There’s a lot of buzz about the recession ending. And yes, by definition we may leave an official recession, but the reality is that to truly recover from a recession jobs have to be created and people’s income’s have to rise. I don’t see that. I see inventories being usedContinue Reading
As many of you know our local TV stations have been fighting the big cable companies over $$$. It’s been a long hard battle that has crossed over partisan lines. If you click this link you’ll go to a list of politicians that have come out in support of savingContinue Reading
72% ↑ Thank you to our Cornwall Area readers and those around the world. We grew 72% last month over the month before! In six short months we’ve had almost 25,000 page views. We couldn’t have done it without you. In the next month you should be seeing and hearingContinue Reading
Not by the Standard Freeholder, although the perp posted anonymously 🙂 L I N K The topic was the new condo project at the old Cotton Mills site. “Even DemoPlus knows the score, more so certainly than “cornwallfreenews”. Poor cheerleader Jamie of the “cornwallfreenews”, ever insistant on courting favour withContinue Reading
…and there was our MP. The one that refuses to be interviewed by me. … and he was somehow going on about all he’s done during the bridge crisis. THE SOURCE ON COGECO His out was that there were things that were secret and couldn’t be discussed with the publicContinue Reading
We at The Cornwall Free News are always happy to receive letters to the Editor. Email then to info@cornwallfreenews.com – please note that the opinions shared in these letters are not the expressed opinion of the Cornwall Free News, any of its staff, ownership, or their sponsors. “Since his arrivalContinue Reading
L I N K “Even so, they were nipped by the resurgent Liberals, whose final Elections Canada tally for March to June this year was just over $4 million. In fact, the Liberals, at a cumulative $5.9 million for the first six months of 2009 under Ignatieff’s leadership, are veryContinue Reading
We’re proud and humble to represent Cornwall now on one of Canada’s largest News Portals, Bourque Newswatch. The Drudge Report of Canada, Bourque Newswatch links up to newspaper and media sources from all over Canada and the world. Today our humble newspaper was added to their list. Thanks to ourContinue Reading
Having a store on Montreal Road like I did for about a year introduced me to a lot of colourful and interesting Cornwallians. I’m going to call this person “PEGGY SUE” Peggy Sue sells illegal smokes. This person’s real name isn’t Peggy Sue so if you sell Illegal Ciggies andContinue Reading
Mayor Robert “Bob” Kilger has confirmed with our News Staff that he will not be running again for MP of our riding and loves his job as Mayor of Cornwall. So we have removed his name from our poll and wish him much more success in helping steer Cornwall throughContinue Reading
This letter to the editor arrived today. We are printing it unedited except to not show the writer’s address and contact info that they included. “On July 23, 2009, Justice Minister Robert Nicholson, speaking for the Conservative government, launched a new misinformation and propaganda campaign. In fact, the minister accusedContinue Reading
I’m hearing quite a few people talk about our Cornwall Mayor Robert “Bob” Kilger returning to the Federal scene and defeat the current Conservative MP who besides not attending Grand Chief Mitchell’s swearing in ceremony, has been very not noticed by Cornwall residents during the Bridge Crisis. I put inContinue Reading
MP from 1988 – 2004; member of the Cornwall Hockey Hall of Fame, and our current Mayor; I recently (before the bridge opened) had the honor and priviledge of spending some interview time with Mayor “Bob” Kilger. MAYOR KILGER ON WIKI We covered so many issues that I probably haveContinue Reading
I had the opportunity to sit around the fire Monday night after Cornwall City Council. It was interesting. No other reporters; only about a dozen or so people. I introduced myself, but didn’t take out my notepad, recorder, or camera. I explained I just wanted opinions and discussion for backgroundContinue Reading
So far it’s been neck and neck between the NDP’s Darlene Jalbert and the Liberal Party of Canada’s Bernadette Clement. While both women are not officially the candidate for this riding for their respective party’s, they are the front runners. Vote in our election poll and tell us who you’dContinue Reading
A weird and wooly night at Cornwall City Council and I left early! The main event was the final decision over Le Monuement de la Francophonie. The Richelieu Club wanted an 80 foot flag pole over a monument to honor the contributions of the Francophone community in Cornwall; specifically atContinue Reading
I personally was very disturbed to read about the bridge being open this morning. Not that I don’t want the bridge open, but in the manner that it was done. To arbitrarily take action like this without consulting the MCA to me is just wrong if that’s what happened asContinue Reading
I had the opportunity to catch up with a very busy Bernadette Clement in between events at Lift off, and her Rad Can interview with Denis Babin which you’ll be able to see this Sunday. We will have a link to the interview as soon as it’s available. Councilor ClementContinue Reading