December 30, 2009 Dear Editor: I disagree with the recent suggestion by Mayor Bob Kilger that the City of Cornwall should provide stipends to council members who sit on the boards and committees of various community organizations. This is simply a pay increase through the back door for council members inContinue Reading
Dear Jim Brownell, I’m writing this letter as a survivor of historical sexual abuse in Cornwall to ask for your support in continuing the counselling that has been funded by the Inquiry, which is scheduled to end on the 15th of January, 2010. Because of the abuse that I haveContinue Reading
Two days after Commissioner Glaude read his final report, I’m left feeling quite perplexed by the various reactions, especially by the media and our Mayor. The big issue that is being reported is that no definite answer was provided as to whether or not there was a pedophile ring inContinue Reading
Dear Canadian Citizens: I am writing you today with respect to the up coming extradition trial of a Canadian citizen by the name of Mark Emery. Here is my concern and why I am interested in his plight: There are 14 US states that have legalized the use of cannabis asContinue Reading
The family involved in the Peter Ross Auction Service showed the true spirit of the Christmas season on Saturday December 12th. At lunch time during an auction at their establishment in Osnabruck Center, the auctioneer paused between items for sale and announced to all those in attendance that his familyContinue Reading
Tiger Woods Loses ‘Superman’ Status as United States Becomes a Nation Scorned The recent car accident involving Tiger Woods and the ensuing scandal that has befallen him has brought extraordinary attention to one of the most talented athletes of all time. No other golfer in the history of the sportContinue Reading
Dear Editor This is truly an unjust world when you can go to prison for life, for sending seeds to another country; but if you send troops, you get a Noble Peace Prize. Do we really need a foreign government stepping in and disciplining one of our citizens, for somethingContinue Reading
Canadians Must Speak UP! The time has come to legalize marijuana, tax it, and create a few hundred thousand jobs. Marc Emery is currently waiting to see if we will let the US extradite him, to face a possible life sentence for selling seeds on the internet. 44% of CanadiansContinue Reading
What do Harper, McGuinty & Obama Have in Common? Hypocrisy 101 We are misled and lied to each and every day by the leaders of governments around the world. I think they all take a course called Hypocrisy 101 as a precondition to running for office. Close to home theContinue Reading
Oderous to the Extreme! I just read some news about a local pharmacy, Medical Arts, losing a nursing home contract to an outside competitor. Something about how this went down makes me hold my nose. The reason given to change providers was that a very successful 50 year old establishedContinue Reading
Dec. 1, 2009 Dear Editor: I am appalled by the poor judgement shown by the Mayor and a majority of Cornwall city councillors in giving a 14% pay increase to the city’s CAO. The CAO’s salary, which will increase from $154,313 to $175,000 this January and rise by an additionalContinue Reading
Politics sunk into an unprecedented abyss last week in this country when the Prime Minister of Canada approved advertising that accused the official opposition, the Liberal Party of Canada, of being associated with anti-Semitism. The government flyers state: that the Liberals participated in a conference in Durban on racism inContinue Reading
Dear Editor: The following video clip is a damning indictment of the Council on Foreign Relations which is playing the American public like a fiddle. Their cavalier attitude towards the people and how to manipulate them to take the H1N1 vaccine is both stunning and sinister.Listen for the part whichContinue Reading
The media continues almost daily to browbeat the Canadian public into accepting the H1N1 vaccine, now approved by Health Canada, a very shady government department that is intimately linked to the pharmaceutical giants. If you doubt that, read Shiv Chopra’s new book, “Corrupt to the Core,” and you’ll be horrified whenContinue Reading
Even if I am not a big fan of our MP Guy Lauzon, the day I received his big blue sheet Getting Things Done for SDSG, I ran over to my neighbour, who’s not interested in politics, to show him how rich and what a good person our MP isContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Michael Ignatieff stunned everyone, with his claim to be able to balance the budget, and pay down the enormous debt we now find ourselves in, without raising taxes. Some people scoff at the claim, but unfortunately, the Liberals have done it before and they’ll do it again, givenContinue Reading
If you have a letter to the editor email it to info@cornwallfreenews.com and we just might print it. “For the last few days the Conservative government, aware that the date fixed to report to the population on its actions is approaching, has started a campaign to make Canadians believe thatContinue Reading
We at The Cornwall Free News are always happy to receive letters to the Editor. Email then to info@cornwallfreenews.com – please note that the opinions shared in these letters are not the expressed opinion of the Cornwall Free News, any of its staff, ownership, or their sponsors. “Since his arrivalContinue Reading