CFN represents an interesting cross roads in journalism. Is news different than entertainment? Has the news become too corporate? Are media outlets too afraid to report news for fear of losing clients? Can you trust anything you read if jaundiced by that? Does the public care about important issues? HowContinue Reading
CFN – In 1927, a young man who was blind , Morris Frank, read a story about dogs being trained as guide dogs for blinded WW1 veterans. . According to the Seeing eye Organization website, he wrote to the author of the article asking for help because he wasContinue Reading
The new year brings high expectations and great challenges for the new council. Dealing with the budget is going to be our biggest challenge The main thrust of the election CAG pledge that was signed by 22 candidates, focused on the fact that taxes are 1/3 less in the counties.Continue Reading
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 and go, and it may have little or no impactContinue Reading
CFN – The Tri County Literacy Council, which is a community based non-profit organization, offers both community and individual literacy programs. According to their website, they provide to our residents of SD&G free educational upgrading, from Literacy Basic Skills to occupational training courses. They also offer free educational assessmentsContinue Reading
CFN – Marijuana is a cash crop and not a small one; especially here in Canada. The war on drugs has failed at just about every level. It doesn’t really deter. It costs society billions. Essentially what it does is keep a lot of lawyers well paidContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I remember when Todd was a nice guy. I really do. At least on the surface, but choking on exhaust from other media seems to have got the worst of him or it’s been having to work with Rick Shaver for as long as he has now?Continue Reading
CFN – Over the years Cornwall has lost a few gems because we tore them down in the name of modernization. Two that readily come to mind are The Old Post Office at the corner of Pitt and Second Street and the other was The Capital Theatre. These buildings wereContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Ashley March is upset I referred to her as a “Puck Bunny” in a story I wrote where I actually gave her some….exposure, quoting from one of her pieces. Could you imagine a reasonable person drawing a conclusion like that from pictures like the one above?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politicians say a lot of things. They really do. And then there are those like our MP who will say just about anything the PMO’s office wish him to say like what he did in Parliament recently on Poverty. Yes, there’s an election coming and surprisinglyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politicians have a funny trait of saying one thing and doing another. Many in Ontario for example were shocked and bewildered when former Premier Mike Harris actually kept some of his campaign promises. New Cornwall Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy took the chain of command tonight. There’s a lotContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A new Lay committee is being formed to decide on who gets a seat on the many committees in our fair city. There are lots of options to serve. Last term I applied for several but was denied because….well essentially all but one of the Lay committee was not re-electedContinue Reading
CFN – The Canadian Hearing Society has opened an office at 4 Montreal Road. Some years ago, probably early 90’s, I was on a board with the late Dorris Turner to open a CHS office in Cornwall. It was located for some time in the old HDH Nurses’ Residence onContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Cornwall & Area Chamber of Commerce was embarrassed and humiliated as their guest speaker essentially pointed out the very reasons why it has not achieved success for several years. Reported in the Seaway News, Ontario Chamber President Allan O’Dette stated that “Cornwall that local businesses need eachContinue Reading
CFN – It seems that there’s a move a foot to kill the CBC. And it’s coming from within. Hubert Lacroix, the reigning President of our Nation’s broadcaster looks like Gordon Gekko a business guy/bureaucrat brought in to dismantle the CBC one block at a time. He didn’t work his wayContinue Reading
CFN– Freeholder Hugo Rodrigues is spouting off about Water Meters for Cornwall in a recent editorial. Frankly I’m not sure Mr. Rodrigues even lives in Cornwall. The Poobah from the Canadian Association of Journalists was dropped in to helm the newspaper for Sun Media and after helping improve theContinue Reading
Does this image offend you? It should. It does me. Does this one? Can you imagine some drunken idiot putting a picture of someone in the centre of a poppy because they were suspended by Facebook? I know. Insane. When presented this image Bill Maxwell of the Canadian LegionContinue Reading
CFN – With the closing of No Frills at the Square, many seniors living in the area were wondering how they would manage to get groceries. I remember one lady who lived in a Senior’s Residence telling me that she would walk to the Square with her walker and getContinue Reading