CORNWALL Ontario – Wednesday February 26th is wear a Pink Shirt Day to celebrate Anti-Bullying. Bullying in our Politically Correct world is a scary thing. It’s about conforming and what happens to those that don’t. It’s what happens when an honest person confronts a group or person that is lyingContinue Reading
Are you kidding me, city officials are powerless to stop the construction of the illegal chemical storage tanks that are being built on our waterfront! This is insane. The company ignores the “Stop Work Order” and they forge ahead with the tank farm. If an ordinary guy ignored anContinue Reading
The City of Cornwall has a bylaw, that (in short), prohibits the use of excessive noise at all times in quiet zones, and all other zones from roughly 7PM (or 9PM, and even 11PM) until 7AM. The last three nights there have been constant snow removal teams working outsideContinue Reading
Councillors and Mayor, A recent post on a local news site suggested that something like $600,000 dollars was spent by the city for food stuffs and food provision. I found a 2013 budget document from the City of Cornwall that roughly confirms that information. Please be kind enoughContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Gerry Benson and his friends on the Community Action Group are funny cats. I’ve been a member for two years now and receive no information from them nor does this group do much except send the odd email. While they make a valid point theyContinue Reading
CFN – I always marvel at how we humans communicate? The concept of Shop at Home is critical and something that always is important to any community; but there are also barometers. For example should we spend $25 for a book that we can buy online for $5? IfContinue Reading
CFN– One of the problems with politics is that you have to filter the message and sometimes legitimate criticism is muted because of the adversarial nature of the Partisan political system. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne just celebrated one year of office. Ms Wynne clearly was the Liberal Party makingContinue Reading
CFN – More and more scientists are proving and acknowledging the power of positive thoughts. Not only how it affects us individually, but our world around us. I recently watched a Ted Talk (brilliant talks for anyone who is interested in enlightening themselves. The topics vary, and the speakers areContinue Reading
CFN– If Quebec Premier Pauline Marois and her Separatist friends are serious about a Spring snap election I would suggest that she call it an all or nothing call. That a vote for her party is a vote clearly for separation and that if granted a majority government itContinue Reading
A Great public interest story as some of us know the Federal Conservative Government has been saying one thing and doing something else. The Our Elected Government say they are helping Military and Vets and do this. Please check the link below. http://www.parl.gc.ca/HouseChamberBusiness/ChamberVoteDetail.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=2&FltrParl=41&FltrSes=2&Vote=47 It maybe be a surprise to manyContinue Reading
CFN – We have all kinds of rules to govern our behavior. The law tells us we can’t punch our neighbor for accidentally mowing over our daffodils, or kidnap his dog for ransom. But there are other “laws,” ones that tell us what’s appropriate to say and do in everydayContinue Reading
CFN – I don’t know whether to call the Vet or talk to one of my addiction colleagues. My cat Tiger, big big baby, is sniffing celery leaves. He is no longer content with his ‘pot’ catnip; now he is in ecstasy sniffing celery. What is this?? As soon asContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Guess who wrote this commentary? It’s city council’s main responsibility. Once a year they decide how to spend your tax dollars, my tax dollars. The budget process finished up yesterday and I sat through the entire thing for three and half days. It was …well….it was anContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Whatever happened to all those tax dollars spent on the Benson Vanity University project? The study still has yet to be released to the public. Looking at the names on the committee above we can see that most have fortunes of their own or multipleContinue Reading
Early on in Martin Scorcese’s 2006 film “The Departed”, Massachuesetts State Police Captain Oliver Queenan, played by Martin Sheen, tells the young aspirant, Billy Costigan, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, “We deal in deception here. What we do not deal in is self-deception.” We are deceiving ourselves if we believe thatContinue Reading
The “Cornwall Is My Place” inspirational evening that is being organized by the City and their CONSULTANTS, is a complete joke. . Our elected officials do not need to have another meeting for public input. . The public has been telling them about our beautiful waterfront for years and yet chemical tanksContinue Reading
It’s time for our twice yearly subscription push here at CFN. In this world where many businesses will not advertise, in spite of large audiences, on media that expose scandals and investigate hard news we ask you the viewer to help support your favorite newspaper in the region!Continue Reading
CFN – There are calls again to raise the minimum wage. As someone who’s worked for minimum wage in their lifetime I understand the symbolism of that term, but what it’s become is a fulcrum for poverty development that actually hurts the employability of masses of people. AdvocatesContinue Reading