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
CFN – A Minimum wage rise in Ontario is making imports more profitable for exporters from China, India, and other countries while killing manufacturing jobs in Ontario and making it harder for those on fixed incomes to survive. It will make Wal-Mart more money while penalizing those who work forContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Chief of Police Dan Parkinson will have to answer to what’s going on in the tow truck trade in Cornwall Ontario. We have seen nearly a dozen incidents of vandalism and fire over the last 36 months. New by laws seem to be only fuelingContinue Reading
As many of you know I have been the only candidate running for Mayor of our fair city now for a few months now. There’s a lot of chatter whether Mayor Kilger will run again. Most say that he won’t. His good buddy Claude McIntosh wrote about two months agoContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I was prepared for just about anything tonight. It’s been a crazy Ontario election here in SD&G. Public interest has been at a minimum. This election’s Chamber of Commerce debate had about 100 less than last elections and most of the crowd was very very partisan withContinue Reading
Council debated an injunction regarding the loss of Eorla lab positions at our hospital. It’s an interesting debate; but sadly missing a key element and partner; and that’s the hospital itself. One of the things I’ve discovered is the thickness of layering of relationships politically in Cornwall. It’sContinue Reading
I am not sure if very many Canadians realize this; but “discrimination by language”, in our country is legal. Yes, you heard it. LEGAL; as in guaranteed by the Charter of Rights. Under Equality Rights 15.(1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the rightContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Alas the River Kings, we knew them well. That David Murphy is quite a guy. He likes to sound like a game show host, but he also appears to be a string puller in the background using his clout at City Hall and with the Benson Group.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – People like Kevin Hargreaves just don’t get it. They don’t understand. That’s fine if you’re an average Joe or Jane, but when you are President of a Chamber of Commerce it’s quite another thing. My history with the Chamber has not been a pretty one. As aContinue Reading