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
Pete Rose is one of the greatest hitters in baseball. His numbers speak for himself. He has been barred from entering Cooperstown and was again refused to have his ban lifted by current Commissioner Rob Manfred. What Pete Rose did was wrong. Not only in betting on baseball, butContinue Reading
If you are alone on Christmas Day, there will be a free Cornwall Community Christmas dinner at the Agora Hall (formerly Nativity Hall) at 301 McConnell Avenue. They will be serving turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. There will be crafts for the children, music and prizes. Dinner will beContinue Reading
Incredulously enough City Council asked the very person at the root of the Chem tank cover up scandal to issue a report, which he did last month. Bob Peters is the number two in our Economic Development office. His tome to council reads like a game of Three Card Monte.Continue Reading
I mulled over whether to write this story or not. I get abused and attacked every time I highlight something negative about our city; even though what I write about is true. When I wrote about Swastikas in a local high school and used the R word it ledContinue Reading
It was quite amusing to see some local media get excited by our homey Ryan Gosling mentioning Cornwall on Saturday Night Live, a NBC comedic institution led by Canuck Lorne Michaels who hails from Winterpeg. As many know Ryan, who was born in London, grew up here and gotContinue Reading
Another mass shooting in the US of A. Sadly our neighbors to the South are entrenched in a head space that never will be resolved unless those that wish to take action. The question is whether there are enough Americans that actually want to take action. This writer willContinue Reading