To the Guardians of Cornwall, I was disappointed, as I know most of you were also, in the decision to award the Pharmacy contract to a firm outside of Cornwall. But I believe you made an error in not accepting to defer the vote as put forth by Councilor Grant.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – We’re happy to present a double shot of View From the Hill by our Political Maven, Keith Beardsley! And now the whining begins It’s always interesting to see how people view the world and their place in it. Good examples of this are the complaints of our recentContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We are now in the third month of the hemorrhaging of our ocean floor since the initial explosion of The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, April 20, 2010. Why are we facing the results of such an event? In addition to the people and businesses involved not beingContinue Reading
Dear Sir: I sent the following letter to the Standard Freeholder but, of course, they did not print it. It seems to me the worst critics of politicians are often those who have never stood for public office themselves. Claude McIntosh, of the Standard Freeholder, often refers to our Premier as theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I love Canada. I love being Canadian. Yesterday was an historic day in our country. I know many of you have seen titillating images of a burning police car or two, and some broken windows, but standing in the midst of the 20,000 + people attendingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – As summer returns to Canada, Liberal MPs have scrambled for the exits and fled our capital city. No doubt they will be doing a lot of navel gazing this summer and probably a lot of plotting too. Liberals will have a chance to review their very dismalContinue Reading
North Americans use over three million miles of it annually…what is it?? Cornwall ON – Dental floss! According to information read in an online Plastics and Resins report, North Americans use over 3 million miles of dental floss annually. Dental floss is made principally from nylon; a synthetic product thatContinue Reading
G20 and the New World Order – Letter to the Editor by Dwight Dugas Cornwall ON – There is a lot of talk about the protestors who are expected to show up in Toronto to demonstrate during the G20 meetings this month. The mainstream media keeps reminding us of theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It is most unfortunate that Cornwall was not chosen as the venue for the G8/G20 summits. The area could surely have profited from the millions of dollars the federal government has poured into the current location for the meetings. We could have had: – a new international bridgeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We’re starting a RANT section to the Burning Yaks category here on The Cornwall Free News. If there’s something you want to RANT about email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com or call us on our hotline 613.361.1755 There are so many big things in the world to RANT about,Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – The last week has seen a few changes deep within the Prime Minister’s Office. I will begin by saying that staff changes at this time of the year are not unusual as the House has recessed for the summer. Nor is PMO immune from this happening asContinue Reading
Dear Editor: I am surprised that after the controversy earlier this year over how the members of Cornwall city council were misusing their personal expense accounts on donations to local charities and community organizations , fundraising golf tournaments, concerts, dinners, dances, galas, and on political party fundraisers, Mayor Bob KilgerContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Yesterday, the Law Clerk and Legal Counsel for Parliament, Rob Walsh, came out with a decision that says political staffers must show up if requested to do so by a committee. Indeed, he advises that even the Prime Minister can be required to show up. This isContinue Reading
Electric Storage Heaters Come to Sudbury by Richard Komorowski Cornwall ON – Most of Ontario, with the notable exception of Cornwall, will be using Smart Meters by the end of this year. The reason given for the conversion to Smart Meters is to balance the electric load on the OntarioContinue Reading
Newington ON – My daughter phoned very upset. She works at Nav Canada in the tuck shop and was in a hurry to leave her shift to go home to her three little girls, she only makes minimum wage. She was quickly trying to explain to the worker while changing shiftsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Boycott BP is the buzz word on Facebook and across many minds as the flow of oil continues and the impact on the US coastline is starting to increase. I spoke at a rally this weekend and what I said is that we need an “Evolution, notContinue Reading
Cornwall On – Michael Ignatieff is faced with some pretty tough choices over the next few weeks, but they can be summed up by fight or flight. Either way, in the short term it will significantly cripple the Liberal Party’s ability to take on the Conservative government. Yesterday’s affidavit byContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – There’s a lot of spin right now and it’s as choppy as the waves bringing that BP oil to American and possibly Canadian shores. BP is spending a lot of money maneurvering search engines and media as they try and spin the story to minimize the impactContinue Reading