CORNWALL Ontario – My phone started ringing far too early this morning. It was surreal, but I live in surreal times in a surreal community. I first have to shoot down and dispel the rumor. I will categorically not be the NDP candidate for this riding in the upcomingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – It’s not easy at the top. Cornwall Community Police Chief granted an interview to the lowly Todd Lihou at the Seaway News. Todd gets lots of police news; perhaps because one of his confreres son works for the CCPS; perhaps because Todd himself tried to beContinue Reading
Dear Editor, It was suggested at the Budget Committee session that TAG was not a stable organization or that there were questions about its future?. TAG Cornwall has been around over thirty years, over twenty in the same location. While it has endured criticism, as all organizations have at oneContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Seaway News editor Todd Lihou was all goo goo over praise given to the paper along with The Freeholder and Cornwall Newswatch. He doesn’t get why they get that praise. During the budget process, of which Ms Clement is the chair, the city has been givenContinue Reading
CFN – Claude McIntosh & Andre Rivette led the charge against Art funding at the Budget Committee meeting Monday. Groups had ten minutes only to sing for their supper with some follow up questions with Bernadette Clement chairing. For disclosure purposes I am on the board of our ArtContinue Reading
CFN – As I was reading over this press release and mulling over some recent communication I found it odd to come to the reality that former disgraced CAO Paul Fitzpatrick actually communicated more with this media outlet than current CAO Norm Levac. Mr. Fitzpatrick may have had many faultsContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Councilor Maurice Dupelle is frustrated. After his first term as councilor was mired in scandal and controversy he’s now facing the decision to call in the closed meeting investigator (cue Hugo!) over his allegation that much of what occurred at a recent in camera meeting was inContinue Reading
CFN – Is your council using ad dollars as a tool to control media in Cornwall? It’s a valid question. For three years now City Council and its tentacles have boycotted this newspaper. CFN has the largest audience in the city and are the only media outlet toContinue Reading
Dear Editor: With respect to the city budget and the huge financial problem that we are facing, we must stay focused on admitting that we (everyone that works for the city) have a problem and we need help. Empirical data shows that the disproportionate rate of growth in our protectiveContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – So are things improving when it comes to bullying in the Cornwall area? Another Pink Shirt day passed. It was the usual blah blah rah rah. Monday night about 20 or so of our firefighters showed up at City Council. Some might consider that a formContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – First he was on the board of YAC (Your Arts Council) and then he was off, rumored to be regarding a…..Conflict of Interest. Next Eric Covington joined up with TAG’s new board (The Art Gallery of Cornwall). TAG, going through it’s third board in less than fiveContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – As the debate about the bike paths on Second Street continue a City Councilor had an accident on the corner of Marlborough and Second Street West. Mark MacDonald missed council after the 4 PM incident where he stopped moving through the busy intersection when he heard approachingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – That pretty picture above is actually a slide of cancer cells. For nearly three years CFN has been trying to glean information about Cancer rates in Cornwall Ontario to only be met with roadblocks and a total lack of disclosure and information by the very agenciesContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cutting taxes may be great buzz words to getting elected, but they are a lot harder to implement. What you have in today’s Cornwall are a group of council. There are a few experienced hands on deck like Mayor O’Shaughnessy, Elaine MacDonald, Mark MacDonald, Andre Rivette,Continue Reading
CFN – Today I was in a chat with someone. They mentioned an incident in Cornwall and forgot that it was CFN that stepped up and came to the defense of their own business and that of others. It was one of our first ombudsman pieces and an experienceContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A simple first paragraph of a news story has set off a fire storm of controversy between South Stormont Mayor Jim Bancroft and his council and the Standard Freeholder. “A need to set aside money for reserves to help pay for future projects is driving a 12.2%Continue Reading
CFN – Progressive Conservative Leadership candidate Patrick Brown fought off snow and brutal cold Saturday and attended a breakfast meeting at the Ramada Inn. It was a surprising large crowd considering the brutal weather conditions, but significant in that the Conservative MP, MPP, and Mayor of Cornwall were not inContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Monday night two subjects stood out. Now these were distractions from the bigger mess of our budget which preliminary numbers are looking at a tax increase of over 5% which simply is not acceptable, especially considering the bloating of taxes through eight years of Kilger rule.Continue Reading