CORNWALL Ontario – We knew it was going to happen.  Incumbents Bernadette Clement and Elaine MacDonald signed on the dotted line and will run for council again in 2014. Both are on the Feral Five list of councilors that have essentially rubber stamped Mayor Kilger’s secretive and at times essentiallyContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – For one area family the nightmare of what’s happened to them seems to have had salt rubbed into it.   The family lost their life savings, and their home to convicted fraud artist Neil Shah who bilked people for over $2,000,000 million dollars. Mr. Shah is currentlyContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Council decides whether accept a report from management and decide on September 22, 2014 to foot the bill and add fluoride to our drinking water or not. With the new treatment plant upgrade costs could be steep while many in the public are demanding an end toContinue Reading

It’s time.    I will be putting together my team this week.     I’m very lucky to have one of Canada’s greatest political advisers, Keith Beardsley, who has been giving me advice since high school on board. But if my candidacy has any chance it will take people; lotsContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Politics has been compared to war in some ways; but sometimes it’s just petty and sometimes it’s just personal. Maybe it’s because The Seaway News is the number three media in Cornwall? ( they moved up after Corus Radio shut down its newsroom losing three jobs inContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario –   Two familiar faces joined the race for council in Cornwall as incumbents Maurice Dupelle and Denis Carr signed up officially. They contrast as it was Dupelle’s first term on council and Carr is the longest serving elected official.  Where Dupelle was learning the ropes and actuallyContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Maybe the commute to Ottawa is wearing him down; but Cornwall Ontario Mayor Bob Kilger skipped the first political event of the election as the majority of candidates appeared before the members of the FOCUS ART group in Cornwall Ontario to talk about arts and funding. PresentContinue Reading

Greetings: The upcoming Labour Council debate is a prime example of doing the same thing and expecting a different result.  It’s an attempt by the CDLC to push their own agenda and it only results in dividing candidates.Chemical tanks on our waterfront, resignations, criminal charges, huge payoffs, and closed doorContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Convicted Fraudster Neil Shah was denied day parole recently.    Mr. Shah is the son of Cornwall Doctor, Nat Shah, who has won Cornwall Citizen of the Year honours. What’s particularly heinous about Neil Shah is that most of his frauds were committed after he was firstContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – CUPE has filed a grievance on behalf of security workers that were terminated Friday August 22, 2014. Mary Unan, speaking from Toronto, shared that the process is underway with a hearing scheduled in October that will hopefully reinstate them. For the 6-8 workers who lost their jobsContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario –  I hate fake.  I hate fake flowers. I hate fake stuff.  Mostly I really am not a fan of fake people and fake spin; especially when it’s petty. Yesterday some very silly persons appearing to lack personal integrity tried to showboat with an ALS Ice Bucket challenge.Continue Reading

  CFN – A looming municipal election invites a wide range of citizens to declare their candidacy for public office and share their vision of the city’s future. Over the past 30-years, various candidates have promised to work to bring high paying jobs to Cornwall, repeatedly singing the hymn “IContinue Reading

(photo:facebook) CORNWALL Ontario – Imagine using ALS as a cause to play petty small town politics?   That’s exactly what some media outlets did in Cornwall Ontario today. Many across social media are using the ALS challenge for the right reasons of raising awareness; but many are also using itContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – It’s showtime!   Labour Day will be the kick start of the Municipal elections in this part of Ontario and CFN and The South Stormont News have some very special election specials for candidates! With over 65,000 unique visitors per month; mostly concentrated between Cornwall, Kingston, andContinue Reading

  CFN – Where to start; the political climate in this area is absolutely scary. This does not feel like a community, this feels like a battle between good and evil. I do not believe I need to define who is who, anyone with a functioning brain can see thatContinue Reading