CORNWALL Ontario – Alas many of us had hope for change after Mayor Bob Kilger and three of his henchmen were bounced in the last election. There was a clear message from the people that change was wanted in our city, but sadly, as some predicted, that change has notContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – City Councilor Mark A MacDonald has rebuffed the official City line over the Vincent Ice Rink on Monaco Crescent. Greetings: This is my position with respect to the recent city of Cornwall press release regarding the kids ice rink. My understanding is that our by-law officers haveContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Mayor’s may have changed, but the bizarre attitudes in Cornwall Ontario haven’t as new mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy attended the ice rink this morning, before the CTV cameras showed up and decreed that the boards have to come down. He confirmed this via phone with CFNContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – City Councilor Mark MacDonald has written to the CAO about getting grip on rampant increases in Fire fighting that have led to higher taxes in Cornwall. Mr. MacDonald refers to a story in the Globe and Mail about policing costs. This just might be something that councilContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Aurele Houle is not a happy camper. His neighbors across the street, the Vincent family, have spent hours building up a pretty and charming mini ice rink for their kids and the neighbors kids. It’s a throw back to a time that rarely exists anymore. Instead of doingContinue Reading
CFN – Well that was an interesting and anti-climatic council meeting in Long Sault. The new council under Comrade Tammy Hart decreed to kill advertising on both The South Stormont News and Cornwall Free News. At no point in our service to the township had we had any complaint regardingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I’m going to pay a rare compliment to our city council. Maybe rare shouldn’t be the term. Because of the weirdness that was the Kilger council of the last term there was very little to compliment our elected officials about. Nearly half of our currentContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Disgraced former Team Cornwall President Gilles Latour was actually thanked by current Team Cornwall President Peter Gault early this morning in what has to be one of the most bizarre public statements in light of the black eye Mr. Latour has given to the local business community.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – If Mark MacDonald has his way council will be voting to rescind the whopping raises the Kilger team voted for themselves last term. Returning to council after a four year hiatus Mr. MacDonald has been firmly in support in stemming the high taxes afflicting one of theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Seaway News is reporting that the United Way locally may not hit its modest target this year set at under $1M. Sadly one of the greatest charities in this country decided to play the political card. After being a part of the disaster that has beenContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I remember when Todd was a nice guy. I really do. At least on the surface, but choking on exhaust from other media seems to have got the worst of him or it’s been having to work with Rick Shaver for as long as he has now?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy and his council have issued a release announcing that Kilger CAO appointment Norm Levac is delaying his retirement. Mr. Levac announced his retirement shortly after the former Mayor announced he was running again. It seems that this new council appealed to him enough toContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Ashley March is upset I referred to her as a “Puck Bunny” in a story I wrote where I actually gave her some….exposure, quoting from one of her pieces. Could you imagine a reasonable person drawing a conclusion like that from pictures like the one above?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – What’s in a name? Well if you’re name is Justin it might just be a hot thing in the 2015 as a Federal election is zooming up. Some think that our PM will even trigger an early vote. Here in SD&SG our MP Guy Lauzon hasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cornwall City Council candidate Guy St. Jean appears to be bailing on Cornwall and moving to Florida with his elderly husband Charlie. From his blog: Although I was running for Council, the decision to run was a joint decision. It is extremely important to have your partner’sContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The City put out an interesting graph that clearly shows that older voters turn out more for elections than younger ones. The irony is that if you read social media the younger ones make the most noise and have the highest reach so why don’t they vote?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politicians say a lot of things. They really do. And then there are those like our MP who will say just about anything the PMO’s office wish him to say like what he did in Parliament recently on Poverty. Yes, there’s an election coming and surprisinglyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politicians have a funny trait of saying one thing and doing another. Many in Ontario for example were shocked and bewildered when former Premier Mike Harris actually kept some of his campaign promises. New Cornwall Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy took the chain of command tonight. There’s a lotContinue Reading