CFN – A member of Cornwall City Council recently released information that the City of Cornwall had temporarily suspended the addition of fluoride to the municipal water. Without public knowledge, the situation that had been ongoing for 2-months, the result of problems related to the storage of the hydrofluorosilicic acidContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – And then there were three. Former councilor Leslie O’Shaugnessy filed his paperwork at City Hall at approximately 4:15 PM Wednesday to run for Mayor of Cornwall Ontario. He joins current mayor Robert Bob Kilger and CFN Editor Jamie Gilcig as we get closer to the SeptemberContinue Reading
TO: Jamie I read with interest your promise, if elected to public office, to attract $25/hour jobs to Cornwall. I will urge you re-consider such a promise given that the North American economy is in a mess. The US-dollar is the world’s reserve currency and unless US lawmakers drasticallyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Justin Trudeau is stopping in Alexandria and Cornwall Ontario on Canada Day. With a year until his first election shot at becoming Prime Minister of Canada every seat will count. For example in the recent Provincial election none of the leaders dropped by Cornwall because it wasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – For a new comer Hugo Rodrigues, editor of the Standard Freeholder and poobah at the Canadian Association of Journalists is upset. He’s mad. He’s talking radio licenses. He’s not happy that Corus radio shut down their newsroom in Cornwall terminating three jobs. I agree with him.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Will he or won’t he? That’s the question that many are asking after Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger finally put his name on the dotted line and registered to run for a their term. The “he” in question is former Councilor Leslie O’Shaughnessy who resigned from councilContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – What should we pay our mayor and council in Cornwall? Clearly their salaries are low and some might say you get what you pay for. There are some, like Bernadette Clement, that spend mightily to get elected and clearly are using the role of Councilor as aContinue Reading
Taxes, taxes, taxes! The next election will have a lot of chafe and mayhem; but the bottom line will be about taxes. Under Bob Kilger taxes have gone up insanely now for eight years; mostly to cover the costs of scandals, poor management and a lack of vision, andContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Robert “Bob” Kilger finally put his papers in and will be running for mayor which means I finally have someone to campaign against! After several false starts and predictions of running the two term mayor signed on the dotted line to ask voters for a third chanceContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Today Corus Radio shut down The Cornwall Daily.com; essentially cutting down its local newsroom in Cornwall. Three jobs were lost including,most likely, news director Bill Kingston who also represented the station as a member of the board of the Cornwall & Area Chamber of Commerce; aContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Imagine a phone ringing in the blackness of night. You fumble for it and it’s the police. Shaking sleep from your conscious you’re told that you’ve committed a crime. After shaking my head clear and digesting the call from Cst. McGregor of the Cornwall PoliceContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Standard Freeholder editor Hugo Rodrigues is a bright man. In addition to being the editor of Cornwall’s oldest newspaper he is also the Director of the Canadian Association of Journalists which many would consider means that he performs to higher standards than say…..Todd Lihou of the SeawayContinue Reading
CFN – Richard Currier and Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart seem to have an agenda. The pair seem to keep popping up together and mayhem seems to follow them. Today the Seaway News printed a story nailing South Stormont Mayor Bryan McGillis. In the piece, which spells his name “Brian”,Continue Reading
Akwesasne – Last week I was able to attend the two public sessions in which the people of Akwesasne had an opportunity to discuss the proposed land claims settlement as presented by the St. Regis Tribal Council and printed in the Indian Time newspaper. .The first public information gathering wasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – One of the things that few people know about me is that I’m agoraphobic. IE I have fear of crowds and in particular speaking in front of crowds. I know; it’s nuts;but there’s something magical about challenging our fears that amps me up. I used to jokeContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Pat Finucan confirmed to CFN that he will be Mayor Bob Kilger’s campaign manager for re-election. He also confirmed that he would not step down as Chair of the Police Board while doing so. He said he spoke to someone; although he didn’t state who thatContinue Reading
We live in a world that has become far too politicized. And I’m writing this in my election blog! Early this week the OPPA decided to loudly get into the election fray by commissioning and buying advertising to run an attack ad against Tim Hudak. Now most CFN viewersContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – We had such a great experience printing The South Stormont News that we are about to move forward in July with the CFN print edition! It’s been a long time coming, and gives us a chance to expand our coverage and try a few new things. Continue Reading