CFN –Have you ever heard of an organization called Green Drinks? I attended my first gathering this past week in my community. There are local groups from Argentina to Zambia. The driving force behind these meetings is people’s passion and concern for our environment and sustainability. Everyone who works orContinue Reading
Dear Editor, How much more evil can we become? We get upset and ourtraged when a few protesters smash store windows and burn police cars but have no concept of how we are allowing our governments to perpetrate this death and destruction on innocent people in our name, with noContinue Reading
CFN – For the past week the public (those who are actually interested and paying attention) has had an opportunity to watch our federal political parties bickering and occasionally slashing away at each other over Nycole Turmel’s party memberships. It makes for great political theatre, but other than inside theContinue Reading
It’s that time of the year again when signs of fall are beginning to show, leaves are beginning their transformation to orange and red and the blooms of goldenrod are beginning their show of yellow. The time when readying the children for the upcoming school year is high on theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Wow, the world seems to be exploding. Riots across England, Syria, Israel; and even China! Spain and Portugal, and many other countries around the globe simmering. Imagine what it takes to get people to that point? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgxEYTQk50 Simple answers? Nope, but I do thinkContinue Reading
Dear Editor: . Samsung will be investing a total of $7 billion in Ontario which will create 16,000 jobs. . Clean energy companies have been moving forward, building new plants and hiring workers to build turbines, solar panels and other equipment. . Jim McDonell and the PC’s want to tearContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question I have been fascinated by airplanes since my childhood years. When I hear sound of an airplaneContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – I would rather have one than not, but living with a Medical Marijuana License from Health Canada has been a bit of a nightmare. For my wife and I, it has been a stressful and humiliating experience on more than one occasion. The fact that we haveContinue Reading
Mark McDonald of SDSG has commenced his campaign demonstrating the hard work ethic that won him the Liberal nomination for this riding. Should Mark win the election, as seems most likely, then we can count on having a superb replacement for the hard working Jim Brownell. I acknowledge the localContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Biophilia is the love (philia) of Nature (bio). E.O. Wilson brought the word to our attention in a book of the same name published in 1984. We are all inherently biophilic, meaning we long for and search for ways to connect to nature. This is not somethingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Tis my Birthday today. I turn 47 which means I’m another year closer to the big 50. A very wise person once shared with me that certain days are great opportunities to take a step back and look at the big picture. Where IContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Harper government seems to be tinkering with its divide and conquer policies in Canada, this time doing in our Nation’s capital, Ottawa. Media reports state that the Federal government has hired secret shoppers to see if businesses are serving consumers in French. While I 100%Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Courtesy. I know; we all think we’re courteous, but are we really? Is it a dying thing? Do you ever hold the door open for someone? Do you have let someone ahead of you in line or give up your seat? Do you drive courteously?Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – OK so when I bought my last car, about 7 years ago, I wanted something brand new. We had a baby on the way and as much as I loved my old V-Dub, I knew that I couldn’t rely on it not to fail me at a crucial moment. SoContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – In World War Two the time period between September 1939 and May 1940 is sometimes referred to as the phoney war as both the allies and the Germans were reluctant to engage each other and neither side went on an all out offensive. The full force ofContinue Reading
Our youthful populace needs a better platform and wider range of representatives to report to Council. In 2004, the City of Cornwall endorsed the CYAC/ COCOJECO and stated that “The city recognized that its greatest resources lie with its youth.” However, the need to reorganize and provide the city’s youthContinue Reading
CFN – What came first? The egg or the chicken? People are becoming more concerned about where their food is coming from and how it is raised or treated in the process. . There seems to be a shift away from the large commercialized chicken, beef and vegetable farmers toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Some of you may notice that we here at the Cornwall Free News don’t like to dwell on the standard disaster news story, but frankly I’m overwhelmed by this weekend’s two busiest stories. Both involve death; one the massacre in Norway, and the second being theContinue Reading