It’s been fully a week since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement absent of any specific mention of Jewish suffering in the Holocaust, and the only mainstream media mention of the breathtakingly glaring omission was in the conservative-minded Toronto Sun. . I posted about Trudeau’s whitewashingContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario’s “Little Historian” Sara Lauzon took to social media complaining after receiving a private chat message, apparenlty, inadvertently. Lauzon, 25, is a history grad who has not been able to attain a job in history here in the River City. There aren’t too many available. With the CommunityContinue Reading
This week an uproar occurred when our newly minted rock star Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued a statement regarding the Holocaust. Ottawa, Ontario 27 January 2016 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust:Continue Reading
The Cornwall Free News is looking to share our platform with more writers, photographers, videographers, and artists this year. Do you have a burning passion about a subject or your community? If you want exposure what better place? If you want a soapbox where your voice will be heard thisContinue Reading
I know. What an odd picture to header a column, but then, this is an odd town with an ever odder City Council. The problem is the old adage, “You get the politicians you deserve.” After all, this is a town that over 4,000 people voted for Robert Brock Frost,Continue Reading
January is Alzheimer’s Awareness month and the Alzheimer Society has launched a new initiative called Dementia Friends. They are hoping that the community will make a difference by becoming more inclusive of some people with dementia and/or their caregivers. It could involve us learning more about the disease, orContinue Reading
Since it’s 2016, Canadian marijuana policy is about to change. Yesterday’s users were delinquent outsiders. They apparently acted as criminal, conspiratorial spys, students and single mothers. They were immoral, indictable and illegal sitting targets. Tomorrow they will become moral, politically correct and legislatively upright at the stroke of a pen,Continue Reading
Financial challenges are nothing new to health care in Quebec or anywhere else in Canada. The province has created many private health services, but when you’re sick you expect to be treated when you enter a hospital, especially in emergency or crisis situations. A patient at St. Mary’s diedContinue Reading
Re: The cash crunch of commitments: uncosted spending vows lurk for Liberals, Andy Blatchford, 01/17/2016 1 The Bank of Canada can never run out of Canadian dollars, nor can the federal government which owns it. In keeping their promises, Liberals should not be deterred by deficits, because if necessary theseContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There’s a lot of buzz about whether the Cornwall River Kings of the LNAH will survive? The Kings can’t seem to have an owner survive more than a year due to abuse by City Hall.(not counting the fraud that was the Brock Frost ownership) The teamContinue Reading
I had the opportunity to be a volunteer for a few hours at the Cornwall Community Christmas dinner at the Agora Center on Christmas day. What a party!!! Smiling faces on everyone: volunteers and guests. There was music, prizes and great food and… great company!! I can’t imagineContinue Reading
Happier days in Cornwall for me in that pic. I used to really enjoy Cornwall Ontario, but sadly the bad guys (and girls) can make things less enjoyable for all of us. I got a lot of work done over the holiday break as regular CFN viewers are noticing byContinue Reading
A new sign grading for local eateries goes into effect in 2016. In theory it’s a great idea giving consumers a clear window via a Green card, inferring safety, yellow, and red for closed. However in theory Communism is the best form of government which has never reallyContinue Reading
How many times during a week do you hear people ask why the price of gasoline is still so high when the price of oil has dropped so much? While we hear rhetoric about possible issues, the real focus should be on the Federal and Provincial governments allowing for gougingContinue Reading
Santa’s trip over Canada this year will be a bit different. With a chance of hitting 20 celsius this Christmas Eve it might not be hot cocoa and layers kind of weather. Stores are reporting grumpier less Christmas like cheer with a Green Christmas. So your friendly scribbler decided toContinue Reading
It’s interesting to see what hits a button with people and what doesn’t? In this age of internet newspapers like CFN we get to see direct results by page view counts, comments, and of course Social Media chatter. In 2015 we also live in an age of near OrwellianContinue Reading
A Real Christmas Carol By Pastor Tom Newton As we approach another Christmas, I would like to reflect on Christmas before and after becoming a Christian. For Christmas before becoming a Christian was a day; to most of us it meant very little. This year, Christmas will come andContinue Reading
A curious series of events have just transpired this year that is putting yet another cultural asset of the City of Cornwall in peril. First the city cut the funding to its public art gallery to zero in a boggling budget process that saw three councilors cite conflict of interestContinue Reading