Cornwall Ontario – David Murphy has aspirations to run for Mayor of Cornwall in 2018. In the meanwhile he voted to support the vanity project of his long time employer, Gerry Benson. The farcical waste of cash and Liberal slush funds going into the CIC are shameful pork of theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It’s been an exciting week so far! I finally returned to Cornwall after being away for over a year, just in time for an important city council meet. Last night City council kicked off the meeting with a presentation on Waterfront Lands given by Rachel Perkins.Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: CFN spoke with Ms Baxter today at Archie’s Golf where she expressed that she wished for us to publish this letter to City Hall in Cornwall which we have done and have not edited. Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:39 AM To: loshaughnessy@cornwall.ca; dcarr@cornwall.ca; bclement@cornwall.ca; mdupelle@cornwall.ca; chebert@cornwall.ca; emacdonald@cornwall.ca; mmacdonald@cornwall.ca; cmcintosh@cornwall.ca; dmurphy@cornwall.ca; arivette@cornwall.ca; jtowndale@cornwall.ca Cc: mboileau@cornwall.ca; jfawthrop@cornwall.ca; madams@cornwall.ca; jrobinson@cornwall.ca; bpeters@cornwall.ca; KLajoie@cornwall.ca Subject: Child Sexual Abuse and Jehovah’s WitnessesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – CFN can confirm that CAG, the Community Action Group, supposedly dedicated to fighting rising taxes in Cornwall has dissolved. Group leader Gerry Benson spoke with CFN after appearing at council to beg for more cash for his vanity Liberal slush fund excuse to pump cash into theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – One area lawyer refers to Mayor Leslie O’Shaugnessy as a hobo. They get irate that the man won’t wear a tie to council and dresses shabby even to going as far as once saying he was going to drop some coins onto the mayor’s desk to helpContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Insanity or Genius? In an election year with a record budget increase looming an apparent leak from an in camera session is buzzing around town about the City purchasing the BOM building on Pitt Street to create an art centre or facsimile. There’s a huge degreeContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – In a very long interview with former Cornwall Nationals Hockey team owner Will Beauvais he shared quite frankly that he was bewildered when CFN dropped the team as we were their largest marketing partner. He then stated via telephone that it was team manager Rodney Rivette thatContinue Reading
“Choose Cornwall”. I did. In fact, both my wife and I did. We came here to attend St. Lawrence College, (SLC) not knowing much about the area.You can look at tourism sites, review sites and city websites but you never know what kind of culture a place has until you’veContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Spring is normally a time that has a good real estate professional chomping at the bit. Likewise professionals that earn their dosh from servicing the sales and renovations of property as well. It’s an extensive net. This Spring things are dead in Cornwall and we examine someContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Our city councilor here in Cornwall, Claude McIntosh, actually once wrote about me having to do all the jobs here at CFN as though it were something to be embarrassed about or amateur. Of course he’s participated on a City Council that boycotts this newspaper and inContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The easiest way to explain what happens to WHISTLEBLOWERS is to use few examples from my case, but this could have happened to anyone, your mother, father, daughter or son. There are multiple documents/books which give a template to shut down Whistleblowers. Step 1: Deny everything. In myContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – An incensed Cornwall Ontario City Councilor, Mark A MacDonald, sent an angry email from his vacation in Barbados over a budget committee vote for a tax hike of nearly 5% for 2018 to council and the media this afternoon! [bs-quote quote=”Hello everyone: With respect, if youContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – When I ran for Mayor of Cornwall in 2014 I was really clear about our number one issue, taxes. I had a clear plan that would cut taxes by 5%. Now knowing the lay of the land; my false police charges, still not held accountable for byContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The Benson Charity Golf Classic has folded. Another cultural event dying in an area already nearly void of culture. Since 2002 it was a great tool to advance the Benson name, consolidate political power, and an excuse for some golfing buddies to have a great time andContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – CFN is proud to present a new column by former City of Cornwall HR specialist and Whistle blower, Diane Shay. Diane was a manager at Glen Stor Dun Lodge, our area’s government run seniors residence who became embroiled in a massive Whistle Blowing case that the cityContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – There are rules for In Camera meetings for a reason. Past councils of Cornwall, including many current members have been sanctioned for violating them in the past. Now apparently they simply are trying to rewrite their rule book putting all the pressure on Clerk Manon LevesqueContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Corruption is not new to Cornwall. Sadly it’s in the culture. Bullying and ignorance is far too common. This writer experienced it first hand during my time saving our former Art Gallery before it ultimately folded simply because of the insane politics of this area. IContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Mario Leclerc, who some CFN viewers might know from his time with the NDP tossed his name into the hat for the Federal candidate nomination recently. This week, he withdrew his name citing an unfriendly riding association. In particular he cited President Claude Poirier, Bernadette Clement, andContinue Reading