CFN – The last column Claude McIntosh wrote for the Standard Freeholder contained a straight out lie. It wouldn’t be the first time Mr. McIntosh made up a porkie and blurted it out on the page. Now this wasn’t some “opinion”. Nope, it was a clear knowing mistaking of theContinue Reading
Cabinet Shuffle – So what? Once again all those who like to speculate on the importance and the meaning of the upcoming cabinet shuffle are busily speculating away, ruminating about new faces and fresh blood to help pull the government out of its self-dug hole. Who is in and whoContinue Reading
CFN – Ageism. It’s wrong; but sometimes there can be grains of truth in cliches. Sadly Cornwall Council voted to keep Fluoride in our drinking water. Fluoride is poison; but of course many poisons have been used as medicine. In this case many municipalities and regions around the worldContinue Reading
CFN – Democracy is a term that gets bandied around frequently. It’s big in the news right now. Turkey, Egypty, the US. It’s talked about in Canada too. After all, what really is a Democracy? What does it mean to you? What is so special about Democracy that so manyContinue Reading
We’ve all wanted to go postal (all pun intended) at some time or another. The type of day where you regret even leaving your front door to face the day. The sort of day where you know that whatever you do, you just cannot make any headway nor win your cause inContinue Reading
CFN – Can you imagine an employee here in Ontario being told that they could not speak French while at work? Could you imagine that same employee being told that they could not speak French on their break on site with another employee? That’s exactly what’s happened to youngContinue Reading
CFN – Today’s Supreme Court decision against California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act will pave the way to Marriage Equality I think it’s time to ponder the actual state that Marriage is. Is Marriage a lifelong commitment based on culture, religion and custom or simply aContinue Reading
A review of local news websites show that only two allow anonymous posts: the Standard-Freeholder and the Cornwall Free News. Both sites have some moderation of comments, but a review of activity over the past several months have led staff to concur with the generalized assessment of the practice by the American Journalism Review:Continue Reading
Subject: Lamoureux Park Beach Still Possible I was doing my thrice weekly walk with a friend. We passed by the inlet just below the RCAFA Wing. Our approach was from the boat launching ramp and kids were enjoying a swim in the inlet, from the south side. When I andContinue Reading
CFN – Some people ask why I buy my gas for the most part over the border in Akwesasne. The answer is that I hate getting gouged. I hate companies playing games. The gas in Akwesasne is from McEwen which has many stations here in Eastern Ontario. For theContinue Reading
In my circle of news feeds, this equation has appeared more than once. The first problem with this equation is the source of the story line: myth, legend, and fiction. In my study of theology and church history, I’ve seen worse equations that have been imagined and passed off asContinue Reading
CFN – So you have a crisis occur in your organization. Most times you can never avoid taking a hit of some sort; but as they say; “The Difference between Winners and Losers is how you deal with adversity.” Elaine MacDonald radio quote. Now this quote if you listenContinue Reading
The welcome return of sunshine should have buoyed my mood yesterday but the front page of the Freeholder (Friday, June 14) has left a big cloud. The greyness starts at the top of the page, where the headline trumpets the close to $200K the city has spent, in part,Continue Reading
CFN – One of the reasons traditional media has lost so much ground to new media such as CFN is because of the public perception that it’s not truthful. Recently the Freeholder ran a full page ad bestowing to advertisers mostly their numbers and good stuff. The only thing is thatContinue Reading
Re: PM’s former chief of staff controlled secret Tory fund http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/06/06/pol-weston-conservative-fund-wright-pmo.html Bill C-377 currently before the Senate finance committee proposes that all union books be open to the public. Conservative proponent MP Russ Hiebert argues that labour organizations should not be worried if they have nothing to hide, and thatContinue Reading
CFN – Yesterday for the first time since CFN started in 2009 I truly felt like selling and moving on. The bad guys aren’t so much winning as I’m a little discouraged at how the good guys react to bad guys, and those that stand up to them. Covering WhistleblowersContinue Reading
Many people have heard of Bed & Breakfast accommodations or the Bold & the Beautiful Soap Opera , but a whole generation has now been living under another B & B. Canada’s Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturism, also called Bi and Bi Commission with Chairs Andre Laurendeau (Le Devoir)Continue Reading
CFN – Canadian Association of Retired Persons (C.A.R.P.), offers many benefits to its members. Founded more than 25 years ago, it is a non-profit non-partisan association for people 45+ of age. Their magazine, Zoomer, describes CARP as promoting and protecting the interests, rights and quality of life as this ageContinue Reading