CORNWALL ONTARIO – While Gilles Latour pled guilty to eight counts of over 1 million dollars, including his own mother, other seniors, Jason Christoff, and Andre Pommier, the bigger question is if cases like this are properly being handled by area police who clearly don’t have the manpower and resourcesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – With the Sunshine List coming out (a list of public servants earning over $100K annually) it’s frightening to see the escalation of Cornwall area services, especially at City Hall where there’s a wage freeze and hiring freeze of unionized employees while management is seeing in some cases,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Cornwall is a big enough city to have culture. Yes we have a lower income level, but that usually breeds art. It usually attracts artists who are always looking for less expensive places to practice their art too. The problem is that there is no true appetiteContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – One gets the feeling that Eastern Ontario isn’t Premier Kathleen Wynne’s favorite part of Ontario. When first running for the leadership of the party she was late to an event in SD&G, and yesterday she was late to make an appearance at a local eatery part ownedContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Some might call this column “Sour Grapes”, but it really isn’t. It’s more of a question? Rogers is a large and wonderful company that offers many great services. It also has a huge footprint in hockey; something I know a bit about. My history with the sportContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – After years of labour peace it seems giving managers double digit raises while freezing hiring and wages for union staff leads to Strike votes. CUPE issued the following: Cornwall municipal workers give their union overwhelming strike mandate CORNWALL, ON – Municipal workers in Cornwall have given their unionContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – One of most crucial gigs on council is being on the police board. It’s meaty. It’s one of the biggest budget items. Yet it’s been used in a corrupt and abusive manner (last term under Kilger and Pat Finucan) and as a rubber stamp for police budgetContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The budget process has been so weird this year in Cornwall that the CBC gave a dingle to councilor Mark MacDonald who was the most diplomatic I’ve ever heard him be while hammering at the fact that it’s time to look at the big ticket items ratherContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – What an ugly budget procedure this year has been, and it’s not over yet. What we’re starting to see clearly is that the adage that you get the government you deserve always comes home to roost. A motion to cap an increase @ 4% because ofContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It’s funny how words can become corrupt. Phrases start out well meaning, but then we humans start to interact and corrupt things. According to some, Communism is the greatest form of government, but as anyone that ever read or watched Animal Farm can attest, it can beContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – As council argues over whether to cut pizza and pop for committee meetings CFN has discovered that the City rents space above Gordon’s Jewellers on 2nd and Pitt so drivers can use the loo or take a lunch break. Of course if they break there where wouldContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – After living here in the River City for fourteen years I still get mystified at the tragic load of cow poop that some perpetrate on the public? Sadly because of a culture of exclusion and bullying, I call it the “Ed Lumley” factor, it leads to theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – As it’s become clear that the political assassination of Patrick Brown was from within his own party it’s raised a number of questions for voters who clearly have had enough of the Wynne Liberals and their abuse of the public purse. From Hydro, to Sex Ed curriculum,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – What do you do when you mess up a case in Cornwall Ontario? Run it in a language that the victims, and most media need a translator for! Even though transcripts from the botched handling the Kristine Cadieux death by Felix Laframboise show that Mr. Laframboise agreedContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario -Robert Cadieux has taken some of the pain at the tragic loss of his wife Kristine, and his injuries, and worked hard with a group of supporters to create a group called V.O.I.C.E. as many feel that the Crown and Justice system has let down their families andContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Former Cornwall City Councilor and political lobbyist Charles “Chuck” Charlebois, better known as Mr. Cornwall passed He worked passionately to support Le Village and the Waterfront before illness slowed him down. CFN would like to offer our condolences to the Charlebois family on their loss. Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – With the demise of yet another hockey management team there are rumblings and even a piece written by that mincing lifeguard, Hugo Rodrigues. Cornwall Ontario is a hockey town. It just has a city government that for whatever reason refuses to allow business to be business. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The Cornwall National’s are issuing a press release today announcing that the team is folding. A last attempt was made to save them via a league meeting, but the overwhelming lack of community support did them in. The team held a meeting with players at 3 PMContinue Reading