I was shocked and surprised to read Lorne Wiebe’s commentary today. Copyright laws prevent me from showing you in full so I’m going to put the link and excerpt a bit. L I N K the link takes you to the commentary page which changes each weekday so you mayContinue Reading
That’s Jack Layton with one of our occasional contributors Jason Setnyk. Jason wasn’t available to interview Mr. Layton so I filled in. I have to tell you, the man is much more fun to interview than some I’ve done. I think if more people could spend time with him oneContinue Reading
L I N K That’s the link to Lorne Wiebe’s opinion piece today. He was going off on Mark MacDonald and Mary Ann Hug’s suggestion in Concil to form a committee to examine how to expand the population of Cornwall. I was sitting and listening to John Bolton in betweenContinue Reading
Do you know anyone that got a job at the new Government Call Centre? Even as a janitor? All that talk; all that improvement, pointing to the government website only to not see the posting. Were the jobs all gobbled up by government employees from Ottawa? Email usContinue Reading
I’ve spent a lot of time covering the Bridge Crisis this year. The more I talk to people the less I understand on the Island and I have an above average IQ even if I can’t spell worth squat. We have the Mohawk people, who some Mohawk people claim areContinue Reading
Busy night at City Council. It’s always good to see so many people attend even if a bunch were a Ball team. Our Mayor Bob Kilger always is happiest at these meetings when some sports team or person is present and he had the players and coaches from the BlackContinue Reading
We at The Cornwall Free News wish to offer our congratulations to Mr Rawnsley and his Campaign manager Lorna Foreman. For immediate release Cornwall September 14th, 2009. The Green Party is pleased to announce that David Rawnsley will once again be their Federal Candidate in the riding of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry.Continue Reading
The Plaques say it all. It was a lovely time yesterday in the Parc as they and the Founders’ Memorial Cairn were officially unveiled. The meeting was chaired by Cornwall City Councilor Bernadette Clément, but all the major politician’s came out to speak. Ms Clément led off followed by MayorContinue Reading
I guess blowing up the Canadian economy is the mandate for a majority Government according to our Prime Minister, or his stock portfolio is doing well.. L I N K Deficit going over $50 Billion “Finance Minister Jim Flaherty revealed Thursday that Canada’s budget shortfall will swell to a recordContinue Reading
No, that’s not Guy Lauzon or Stephen Harper posing with Howard who sent us in this Letter to the Editor today. We’re adding the interview questions we recently did with Howard as well. 1) Why have you decided to not run again and instead support Mr. Lauzon? An Independent hasContinue Reading
I love Howard Galganov. Actually the writer in me loves Howard as I love characters. Love him or hate him, The Man in Black is rarely boring. Howard and I come from the same part of Montreal; Chomedy. As a matter of fact some of my family knew his aContinue Reading
Nobody wants an election. It’d be bad for the country. Canada, it’s media, and airwaves alike are being pounded with this message. Here’s Minister Van Loan, who actually can speak! L I N K “What is of concern with an election looming is the number of pieces of legislation thatContinue Reading
I’m not a political scientist. I’m not a geographer. In other words I’m not an expert on this area, but I have politicians, and people of all sorts talk to me about some of the fundamentals of the Bridge Crisis which I’ve covered here in this paper. I am ofContinue Reading
It’s not going to be a Rock n Roll Station, or an Easy Listening, nor even Country music station. Will you listen to a local talk show full of local news and content? IE Do you think people are interested in what’s going on in Cornwall? We need to know,Continue Reading
It wasn’t all fun and Hot Dogs. There was some serious speech making. Here is Cornwall City Councilor and Darlene Jalbert’s campaign manager Elaine MacDonald in action. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMIeV-aLfII There was a minor fracas as 3 people with placards who were handing out tracts heckled some of the supporters in theContinue Reading
Over 1000 people today were treated to a star studded Labour Day afternoon in Lamoureux Parc. City Councilors Glen Grant, Bernadette Clement, Elaine MacDonald, Kim Baird, Syd Gardiner, and Miss Gay National Capital Zelda Marshall joined NDP Candidate Darlene Jalbert who hosted a day of entertainment, good food, good company,Continue Reading
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What a terrific concept and event. Labour day in the parc, food and entertainment sponsored by local unions and the Cornwall & District Labour Council and hosted by Cornwall’s very own Elaine MacDonald. John Divinski wrote a super article in the Seaway News this week. Click the link to readContinue Reading