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
Busy Friday. I thought I’d drop in and do a resto review for Spinners and ended up bumping into our area’s Hardest working politician, MPP Jim Brownell, and Federal Liberal Candidate and Cornwall City Councilor Bernadette Clément. Ms Clément, on her way to work as a long time Public DefenderContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Michael Ignatieff stunned everyone, with his claim to be able to balance the budget, and pay down the enormous debt we now find ourselves in, without raising taxes. Some people scoff at the claim, but unfortunately, the Liberals have done it before and they’ll do it again, givenContinue Reading
I love the Scuttlebutt in the Seaway News, but sometimes it can be more butt than scuttle. In today’s issue in the Scuttlebutt the quote is: ” If the Liberals think they will upset Conservatives in the fall, they are in for a rude awakening.” Well, that sounds like anContinue Reading
We’ll be updating as comments come in. Cornwall City Councilor Glen Grant (campaign manager for MP Guy Lauzon) “I used to respect the liberal strategists but I believe they would be making a mistake going to the public in an election at this time. I personally don’t see an issueContinue Reading
If you have a letter to the editor email it to info@cornwallfreenews.com and we just might print it. “For the last few days the Conservative government, aware that the date fixed to report to the population on its actions is approaching, has started a campaign to make Canadians believe thatContinue Reading
I have some Conservative roots. I also love hockey. So when the opportunity arose to sit down with the Cornwall City Councilor and our MP’s campaign manager I decided to take it. And honestly I was surprised and impressed by my encounter with Glen Grant. We’re both Habs fans soContinue Reading
L I N K Elizabeth May, Leader of the Federal Green Party of Canada has officially stated that she won’t be running in Nova Scotia again. Right now things are pointing to the BC riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands. “The B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands, which is currently held by ConservativeContinue Reading
Another night, another nomination meeting. This one served up some really good carrot cake though. It was all Darlene Jalbert last night at the Navy Club. Surrounded by party faithful and committed volunteers Ms Jalbert enters her second attempt to unseat local MP Guy Lauzon. Cornwall City Councilor Elaine MacDonaldContinue Reading