Bob Kilger: Gilles Latour is a long-time personal friend and my thoughts are with him and his family at this time. (photo:facebook) CORNWALL Ontario – Former Team Cornwall Prez Gilles Latour was arrested in his office after a five month investigation by Corwall Police Services, but very little informationContinue Reading
(Tom Manley holding Fitzy the Wonder Dachshund!) CFN – Tom Manley is an interesting politician. From his stunning results for the Green Party he shifted to the Liberals in SD&SG. He has been one of the true pillars of the party since his run for MP aContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I was at the Port theatre last night. It’s an original Roxy theatre that has struggled mightily to survive as it approaches its 75th anniversary. They are still fund raising to add digital projection; but since the Sylvain family have bought it have cleaned it upContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – It’s been two days since Monday night’s council meeting in Cornwall where Stephen Fournier presented his report to council. He really didn’t have to be there for the fifth time. That’s unusual as Mr. Fournier is simply a closed meeting investigator. In this case itContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – It’s time for our July 2014 Lihou Report; named after Seaway News Editor Todd Lihou, who raved about their numbers without really giving any numbers. His narrative inspired this new name change in our numbers reporting as CFN has always tried to be upfront about the support we getContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Stephen Fournier, Closed Meeting Investigator for the City of Cornwall will be attending the Council meeting of Monday August 11 after council bumped discussing the report by a month. His report of what occurred at a Waterfront committee meeting where Mayor Kilger and Councilor Glen Grant votedContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cornwall Ontario had two more citizens offer themselves for office. Long time Councilor Glen Grant, (pictured above sitting with little leaguer’s who protested their ball park being turned into condos) who recently was condemned in the Fournier report for moving into an illegal in camera meetingContinue Reading
Last week I sent out press releases to area media. It invited members of the press to attend my conference in front of City Hall. Only one outlet showed up and I gave out my information and was asked some good questions as the reporter is one of our betterContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – In a recent Freeholder story Economic Development officer Bob Peters goes on about our amazing “growth” in Cornwall; but are we really growing economically? The city cites new distribution centre jobs, but doesn’t count the loss of our call centres; nor does it focus on recentContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – In a bewildering flip flop Cornwall Waterfront Committee member Patrick Clarke sent in his press release to announce his decision to run for council. Mr. Clarke (seated between Roy Perkins and Councilor Glen Grant) recently at the meeting where the WFC went in camera illegally as outlinedContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – In 2005, after telling a friend that I was moving to Cornwall, her eyes bugged out: “What about all the pedophiles?” she asked. I was taken aback: “For silly sakes, you can’t paint a whole community with one brush.” Project Truth was in full swing when IContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Should all or some of the members of the Cornwall Ontario police board have to resign due to the upcoming Municipal elections? Mayor Kilger sits on the board as a “Citizen Representative” and his campaign manager Pat Finucan is the chair. Cornwall Councilor Andre Rivette is runningContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Last week CFN sent a query to all those officially running for council regarding the voted upon pay hike for elected officials at the last Council meeting. The raise was severe and many residents have voted their outrage at having such increases including those union staff askedContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Guy Menard I believe, really cares about his community. He and I may not agree who gets to play a part in our community, and to what degree; but clearly he wants Lift Off to remain; and so do I. Sadly his company did not sponsorContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Our city continues to slide in the Moneysense compilation of the best places to live in Canada. From 92 in 2010 to 167 in 2012 , our fair city has dropped to 173 in 2014. The rankings note our 9.9% unemployment rate, growth of only 2.8% from 2008-2013,Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Jim Brownell is very upset. He’s ranting on his facebook page about yours truly. His invective is pretty out there for the normally mild mannered and polite retired school teacher and former Liberal MPP for our riding. I have been a huge supporter of Mr. Brownell, butContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Agape poohbahette Alyssa Blais finally put her name on the dotted line and is running for council. The social ladder climber has been running Agape for several years since switching over from her gig with the City. Her husband is the Liberal candidate John Earle, recently wasContinue Reading
CFN – Social media really has changed the way that people communicate. The biggest factor is speed and access. Anyone can virtually post just about anything, and on sites like Facebook and You Tube they can go viral quite quickly. One of the hottest stories here in Canada are theContinue Reading