CORNWALL Ontario – In election years many politicians pander to the public hoping to gain or retain support. It’s not rocket science. Some governments play with budgets even so as to have a war chest to spend. Some simply throw bones not caring that taxes will go up. LastContinue Reading
AKWESASNE – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) conducted a community plebiscite this past month to collect the community’s opinion on what should become of the Kawehno:ke (Cornwall Island) corridor buildings. For a period of twelve days, community members were able to cast votes from home usingContinue Reading
Mr. Lauzon, I would like to thank you for doing an outstanding job in representing your riding here in Cornwall. When we were challenged with what we had initially perceived as a terrible infliction, “Chemical Tanks on our Cornwall Waterfront” you stepped right in, investigate and quickly andContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Team Cornwall held its annual AGM. Team Cornwall President Gilles Latour, who doesn’t reside in Cornwall; but in nearby Long Sault in South Stormont led the way in ….what I’m not sure. Other media headlines stating “Dozen’s Attend Team Cornwall AGM” are surely not something to beContinue Reading
CFN – Spring election drums are beating much louder after the Easter break as the buzz is that NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will not support Liberal minority PM Kathleen Wynne’s budget. With potential scandal brewing again over erased hard disk drives and the clear challenge of facing the Hudak ledContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Free Holder has a new Editor; one Hugo Rodrigues. He recently wrote about the Chem Tanks. It’s always interesting reading another perspective; but any perspective has to be clearly based on the facts. Has Mr. Rodrigues, as the Editor of the TC Media ownedContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Is Mayor Kilger and his council after the RCAF Wing ? According to documents from Committee meetings it appears that the Wing is in play and part of the secret closed door Divestiture meetings taking place during the last year of this term. With Mayor KilgerContinue Reading
So you’re working at home; or just chillaxing, or have just put the baby to bed and your silence is disturbed by a doorbell. It’s a person trying to come in and check your water heater; or someone trying to sell you something; or a religious group looking for newContinue Reading
The demise of freedom of speech through social and political correctness in Canada: I have been following the events of an American pro-family activist named Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality. Recently LaBarbera was denied entrance into Canada on the possibility of committing a hate crime inContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – After playing “funny beggars” last week when we asked CCH about the closed lab they issued a release this afternoon. The Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA) has taken measures to broaden and enhance the pathology service at its laboratory within the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH).Continue Reading
CFN – Tonight marks the beginning of Passover; the Holy Jewish Holiday whereby Jews across the world eat matzoh and get constipated if they don’t eat enough prunes and fruit. Here in Cornwall the Jewish community is nearly extinct. The synagogue is now a private home; but there is hope asContinue Reading
CFN – The circus that has become the Chem Tanks plunked on our waterfront by Trillium Distribution Cornwall Inc. has taken a bizarre turn. Mark A MacDonald who is running for council suggested that Council demand that Guy Lauzon resign. It makes for great filler on a slow news day; butContinue Reading
Marijuana is not new to anyone here in Cornwall or for that matter just about anywhere else. We live in times where bizarre laws are changing and the public is pushing hard for that change. In Colorado and Washington State Marijuana is now bringing in hard cash into the publicContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The little shed that could apparently couldn’t. After getting some new paint it was hauled away by order via Herb’s Towing. I contacted Mark A MacDonald; council candidate and leader behind his own occupy movement regarding the tanks and he stated the following: It’s too bad weContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – As some of you know I was charged by Cornwall Police for making threatening phone calls over a month ago. I’ve had people state that I had been found guilty, which I haven’t. I’ve been fingerprinted, put in a cell, patted down. I’ve had phone callsContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There has been one consistent public message in Cornwall Ontario since December 2013, and that the community wishes to not have chemical tanks on our waterfront and in particular the ones on the Trillium Distribution Inc. site. While there are varied responses, that’s the common theme. Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cornwall has lost a piece of its history as former Mayor Phil Poirier has passed away after a long illness. He was 68. He was a kind and generous man who cared greatly for his community. In my five years here at CFN he was very givingContinue Reading
Greetings MP Lauzon: Further to my email to you last week, take notice that I am still waiting to hear from you, when will the chemical tank farm be removed from our waterfront? Construction at the site continued all weekend despite city issued “Stop Work Orders” and continued widespread publicContinue Reading