Cornwall ON – Low energy Monday has a lot of hot talk about hot issues here in Canada. The Marijuana issue should be back on the hot plate soon as Canada will come up with another law to try and not allow it to be legalized. Abortion is toContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Mr. Harper, Mr. MacKenzie, Mr Layton–I understand that there will be a vote in Parliament today to ‘extend the mission’ in Libya. Firstly–to call this a ‘mission’ is obtuse. This is not a mission, it is a war against a sovereign nation that has threatened no one. WhenContinue Reading
CFN – If you haven’t noticed already, the fireflies are back. Yipee! The name “firefly” is misleading as the firefly is in fact a beetle that flies. We are very fortunate to live in a part of the world that is not overtaken by urban sprawl which hinders the lifeContinue Reading
Morrisburg ON – (Harpocrat* ‘power grabber’ from Greek harpax, harpaktes ‘robber’; Latin harpyiae ‘harpies, rapacious monsters’; English harpy ‘greedy, cruel or grasping person’ + Greek kratos ‘power, might’) Chorus: Listen to our Great Reformer! Leading us to the Promised Land! “Friends, in the name of Democracy obviouslyContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question . The cost of fuel is steadily increasing. How much fuel does a big jet use? AskedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I’m still a rookie in the journalism field. I’m not really a journalist although I portray one occasionally. I’ve not been burdened with some of the hypocritical rhetoric it takes to be a top notch network Newsy. My eyes have really seen a bitContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We’ve all seen them on the side of the road. Lines of bottles sitting in rows, with their signs written in black marker on a scrap piece of cardboard, all the while either oblivious or apathetic to the fact that their profits come at the cost ofContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – One of the interesting aspects of politics is analyzing what is going on and attempting to decipher some of its meaning. Rarely does what is in front of you turn out to be the whole story. More often it is but a smoke screen for what isContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Apparently I’m a big Ho. Prostitute, whore, seller of words and souls for a few pence occasionally pressed into my tiny corporate hands. A friend was visiting from a foreign land last night and wanted me to show him the sights of Montreal. Seeing as there was thisContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Opposition politicians whining about a government budget isn’t new, its part of their job and its what they do best. Nor was there much that was new in Harper’s budget yesterday. It didn’t contain any dramatic surprises; even the settlement with Quebec on the HST issue hadContinue Reading
CFN – We have a few apple trees on the property and we have tent caterpillars who have taken up residence in these same trees. Although our neighbours have urged us to spray the trees for these insects in the past we have chosen to leave them as a foodContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So I get a ping this morning from a voice from the past. She tells me about this event in Montreal, Le Mood, in Montreal, which you can tell from the hot poster above is about Judaism. I’m born Jewish, but have never really practicedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Saviez-vous qu’on songe à fermer une autre église francophone? L’église Sainte-Croix? Cette annonce a bouleversé la communauté franco-ontarienne à plusieurs égards. D’ailleurs, quelques centaines de fidèles de la paroisse Sainte-Croix et de paroisses avoisinantes, ainsi que plusieurs sympatisants ont démontré leur désaccord en signant une pétition contreContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question . Are there levels of flying licenses similar to Ontario vehicle drivers graduated licenses? Are theyprovincial orContinue Reading
There is a time and a place to protest, and during the throne speech on the Senate floor while theGovernor General is addressing the nation on behalf of the Prime Minister is definitely not the timeor place to have done so. As much as I and many other Canadians disagreeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Brigette DePape (Bridgette Marcelle) entered our Canadian history books by a simple act of defiance. It was gorgeous. A simple sign with two words on it. She sacrificed a great job to own that moment of our shared history and gained a National andContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So I sit here, catching up on emails and reading a lot of media buzz. It can be very, very confusing. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty stated that the Senate should be abolished. Others have stated the same thing while Mr. Harper seems to want toContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – NDP Premier Darrell Dexter of Nova Scotia has offered Jack Layton some friendly advice, namely dial down the volume. Pretty solid advice and hopefully Jack will follow it. It’s perfectly normal for opposition parties to criticize the government. Let’s face it that is what they do. AsContinue Reading