Oddly enough today the City of Cornwall issued a press release. Kevin Lajoie, Public Information Officer, once again neglected to include CFN in the release and I only found out about it after a reporter contacted me for comment. What our new CAO calls a distraction was a clear violationContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario as a community has historically poorly supported the arts. With an influx of seniors from communities that do support the arts it makes sense for some of those sports dollars to shift. Sadly, that isn’t the case. The city’s 36 year old public art gallery, TAG Cornwall, isContinue Reading
The City of Cornwall has had a bumpy ride when it comes to their last two CAOs. After the Paul Fitzpatrick scandals, Norm Levac came into power. His legacy will be the secret Harbor negotiations the he quarterbacked. We asked incoming CAO Maureen Adams (her hiring being one of theContinue Reading
The deed was done under cover. No public consultation. No real public information delivered. A non nonsensical that jeopardizes the future of the city of Cornwall Ontario. The bad drama started with the Chem Tanks and ended with the release below by the city which actually rezoned the landContinue Reading
This Winter I chatted with Carol Grant (now Sauve) about CFN sponsoring CAPE. We have a history of success promoting local events. Sadly politics have seen festivals like Lift Off and Winterfest destroyed by Cornwall City Council petty politics. Telling groups who to advertise or work with always isContinue Reading
$210,581, nearly $20 per resident of the township, is about how much taxes are going up for South Stormont residents this year, or about 3.8%. Ironically Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart and her puppets fellow elected council, Jim Bancroft, and Donna Primeau, ran on a platform of transparency, accountability, and killing theContinue Reading
Cornwall is one of the oddest communities I’ve ever lived in and I’ve lived in a few. The political corruption fingers through everything from City Hall, to charities, and even our SD&G Highlanders apparently. First you have former MPP Jim Brownell named as Honourary Lt. Colonel. ThatContinue Reading
As council fiddles and sells the community’s future with its shady Harbor Front deal with the Feds and Akwesasne Metro has announced that it will be shutting its doors in a few months. About 75 people will lose their jobs, about a third of those full time employment where it’sContinue Reading
Dear Editor, For several years, “Keeshechewan” residents have been coming to the Cornwall and “Ahkwesáhsne” communities to escape the springtime flood waters of the Albany River. It’s a hardship for the families for sure, but our communities strive to make it work, and we’ve developed somethingContinue Reading
A group of upset citizens have organized around the proposed St. Andrews Firehall and Community Centre. With property purchased via the last council the long waiting residents want action after South Stormont Mayor Jim Bancroft has slipped and slided on the promised facility. The mayor allegedly ducked one meeting withContinue Reading
When the plan to start the South Stormont News rolled forward it was simple and basic. Help promote the community and offer something that most communities its size don’t have any longer, a local news presence. The South Stormont News was incorporated in Ingleside. A deal was struck forContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Ever step into the kind of muck that takes hold of your foot — twist and turn, and you’re more stuck, and deeper in? And when you get loose, you’re minus a shoe, or there’s a clod of mud that won’t come off without a mess onContinue Reading
As some of you know CFN has been the victim of a conspiratorial boycott led by City Hall since 2012. In its 4th year the tentacles sadly extend through the community. City Hall actually had their lawyer state that the largest newspaper in the community is a blog. A veryContinue Reading
As many regular CFN viewers know I am “Hyper Non Partisan” politically. I decided, after dealing with politicians here on CFN that I could no longer support Partisan Politics. It made no sense from a personal view point. Yes, belonging to a group could be a good thing, butContinue Reading
Disabled World is an online newsletter I get weekly. One of the articles dated January 26th/16 was about info on what to do if you got stuck in an elevator. Whew!! Panic time? No! They say be calm. The article gives some advice on what to do including tellingContinue Reading
Fraud is a huge crime issue facing many communities. They take immense resources from law enforcement and the legal system, yet here in Cornwall many are not even investigated. The standard line of recent vintage cases from the CCPS is that investigations can take five months. Now many inContinue Reading
A news item appeared on Feb 19 that Cornwall City Councillor Andre Rivette wants fluoride reintroduced into Cornwall municipal water, citing comments from the medical officer of health that fluoride-free Calgary recorded an increase in childhood dental cavities. The news media reported that University of Calgary recently conducted a studyContinue Reading
There is a reason why the Federal Government is trying to unload harbour lands across Canada. Most are polluted or have historic environment issues that literally could cost billions of dollars to resolve. Cornwall’s harbour is so polluted that when a movement to create a beach occurred a fewContinue Reading