A Perspective on Bullying Several of my neighbours have advised that their children had been targets of school bullying. In recent years, several school-aged children have ended their lives due to school and online bullying. This author is of the view that there has been an increase in theContinue Reading
It was with a feeling of Deja-vu that I read the front page article in Tuesday’s Ottawa SUN News about the 96 year old woman who had to deal with Services Ontario to replace her lost health card. . A few years ago a similar horror story unfolded in Cornwall, Ontario at the bureau of Ontario ServicesContinue Reading
While visitors to CFN appear to be magnetized by language issues, here’s a question that touches us all, whatever our language. Do we deserve our government? Specifically, do we deserve a government that is poised to sell out a significant chunk of our natural resources and potentially Canada’s sovereignty toContinue Reading
Back in September, Paul Brisebois from Fluoride Free Cornwall appeared before Cornwall CIty Council asking that the City terminate the practive of adding fluoride to the city’s municipal drinking water. In response, Cornwall city administration has invited the head of the EOHU to present his response at the Cornwall City CouncilContinue Reading
Did anyone miss the November 5th news release from the Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration? Minister Charles Sousa presented A New Direction: Ontario’s Immigration Strategy. Of course it lists all the right words, attracting highly skilled workers and their families, supporting diverse communities, growing a globally connected economy and ensuresContinue Reading
Letter to the editor After watching a documentary called CHINA BY DEATH by Peter Navarro at the Library and Archives in Ottawa, I was horrified to learn about the injustice, deception and control China has on the entire Western World. Why are we allowing China a COMMUNIST STATE to take over our beautiful country? How LOW do weContinue Reading
If you haven’t already found out that you are being misled by deceptive advertising at our new box store, you soon will. You probably receive your weekly flyer full of coupons offering you 50% off this week, 40% off next week, and buy-one-get-one free another week. . They are advertisingContinue Reading
I have been a regular contributor for the last half year now, writing ‘Letters to the Editor’ to various Cornwall media on the Language Debate that seems to have anchored itself within the City of Cornwall; especially in regards to government hiring practices. There are those of us who have outlinedContinue Reading
First it was the little Canadian flag lapel pins that you could get at parliament hill. Then it was the Olympic uniforms that our athletes wore at the winter and summer Olympics. Now it’s our Canadian passport covers, which used to be produced right here in Cornwall. What should beContinue Reading
In the not too distant past, September 25 2012, from a not too distant land, Ottawa Ontario, was a pronouncement from 3 wise and learned Judges, the Federal Court of Appeal. Air Canada, from which a couple flew during a vacation in 2009, was alleged to breach linguistic duties toContinue Reading
The city of Cornwall received 2164 complaints in 2010 and 1756 complaints in 2011. Are the problems of messy properties getting better? No, complainants have given up on Property Standards! . When the Property Standards Department receives a complaint, they take pictures, issue a cleanup notice and then…. everything stops.Continue Reading
Free Speech and being debt free belong on the same page. Now that the folks in the Cornwall region have launched their initiative for language fairness–please forward my compliments. I was a founder and builder of the federal Reform Party in Osoyoos, BC– the Okanagan town on the border with WashingtonContinue Reading
It’s been a few weeks since I last sent a letter to the editor. I decided this week to send something I think may shed some light on the current state of our democracy here in our beloved Canada. Canada has chastised other countries in the past about human rightsContinue Reading
Why is there no out cry against the injustice over the murder of the unborn? What prompted me to write this letter is what the admin: Jamie wrote recently – “The good pastor when not picketing in the region loves to inject Abortion debate into news piece about puppies andContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Mayor Jim Watson, the City of Ottawa and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) decided last week to ‘relocate’ Lily and her two kits, the beavers who had been residing at the Paul Lindsay Park Pond since last summer. This ‘relocation’ seems somewhat suspicious due to theContinue Reading
On Monday evening, Paul Brisebois, spokesman for Fluoride Free Cornwall appeared before Cornwall City Council asking that the city stop adding fluoride ro the municipal water supply. His submission had previously been posted on the website for the agenda of council meetings. . During his presentation, Brisebois mentioned that he had contacted city staff to findContinue Reading
To the editor: As a former high school teacher, the beginning of September always meant back-to-school. For students, it’s a time for many new things at school. It can also be a time for new experiences: becoming more independent, going to a different school or moving out on their own.Continue Reading
In recent weeks, the local Cornwall media has carried several news items that relate to cancer. In 1995, Health Canada released a study that indicated that Cornwall had a higher rate of cancer that industrial cities such as Hamilton, Windsor and Sarnia. A story very recently came to public attentionContinue Reading