CFN – Dick Aubry was guest speaker last night. Mr. Aubry has a lovely unit in our Cotton Mill lofts and facilities like Condos and apartments are usually serviced by private service waste services such as Tomlinson. The city currently helps offset the cost of these services by issuingContinue Reading
CFN – Can you imagine with a background in nursing discovering that a staff member at the Long Term Care facility you’re a manager at has hurt a patient? You follow the rules and report it leading to a five year odyssey that has seen your job terminated, reinstated,Continue Reading
CFN – Protesters are hoping that Mother Nature lets them do their bit to change Cornwall Monday night prior to the Council meeting. They have a new twist as per their release; Please join us Monday June 10 6:15pm, Cornwall City Hall 360 Pitt St, to show our disdain towards cityContinue Reading
CFN – Rob Ford is still standing. Short of any possible criminal charges stemming from the alleged Crack video and possible murder implications Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is not only still in the saddle, but seems to actually be galvanizing his support amongst what some are calling his “Ford Nation”Continue Reading
CFN – Just when you thought our Mayor Kilger and his council couldn’t get any weird out pops this new document that’s to be signed by the Wild Bunch. They are calling it a CAO Covenant, you know, like a pact or something a coven of evil Witches wouldContinue Reading
CFN – It’s official. While Deb Matthews refused to confirm our story yesterday today the Cornwall Community Hospital issued a release confirming the sale of the Cornwall General site. The province, in what City Councilor Andre Rivette speculated could be an election issue decided to take some short termContinue Reading
CFN – Yesterday for the first time since CFN started in 2009 I truly felt like selling and moving on. The bad guys aren’t so much winning as I’m a little discouraged at how the good guys react to bad guys, and those that stand up to them. Covering WhistleblowersContinue Reading
CFN – Rob Hickley is a very stressed out man. The weight of being a Whistleblower has impacted his health. After much deliberation he decided to grant an exclusive video interview to CFN. Please note that CFN did something we rarely do. We have a short break inContinue Reading
CFN – The buzz is that Tony Muma is coming back to Cornwall and the Freeholder. Some of you may remember the crack reporter who lost his job when Quebecor chopped a bunch of jobs last winter. Mr. Muma was supposed to come to CFN after his termination butContinue Reading
CFN – In a bizarre twist the City of Cornwall has engaged the assistance of St.Lawrence College for its current round of Strategic planning. Guess who’s the Chair of St. Lawrence College’s Board of Governors? None other than former Cornwall CAO Paul Fitzpatrick. The same Paul Fitzpatrick that has theContinue Reading
CFN – Rob Ford is still mayor of Toronto, our largest city in Canada as of press time. It’s been an interesting week for the mayor as he circles the wagons and staff member after staff member fall off either by firing or resignation. What we do know isContinue Reading
CFN – There is a void in community leadership in Cornwall Ontario. It’s not just Mayor Kilger and his cabal of councilors who spend their time covering up scandal after scandal making Rob Ford look like Mike Duffy. We allegedly elect people to serve in political office because ofContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall is a pretty little city compared to many of its size, but in spite of taxes going up 2.88 percent this year and all of the scandals at city hall connected to the Kilger council and its covering up of mess after mess the city has decidedContinue Reading
CFN – When you sit behind this desk and sift through documents it’s sometimes challenging to decide what information to print. Of course there are legal and liability questions at all times, but there are also moral and personal factors. When CFN first received this document I personally could notContinue Reading
CFN – In a true David and Goliath case Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley stood stoically awaiting for the proceedings to commence at the Court house in Cornwall Ontario. With the words “My name is Fay Brunning” the hearing commenced. To be decided was whether Superior Court of Ontario Justice, The HonourableContinue Reading
CFN – Sadly the Downtown Cornwall Farmers Market is no more. The local DBIA seemed intent to kill it two years ago when local workhorse Gaye Adams was replaced by Tony Lakroix and Keitha Fisher for one year before Mr. Lakroix took over in 2012. I feel a personalContinue Reading
CFN – An odd time to call a super secret special training session of City council don’t you think? That’s exactly what the City of Cornwall is doing. At near the same time as $1,000 per hour lawyer Will McDowell will be trying to have the case for the cityContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall City Councilor went stumping for some local businesses that are upset that the temporary customs set up here in Cornwall are causing long delays that are impacting local business. He’s right. They are. Mostly they are inconveniencing the residents of Akwesasne and their businesses as well. AfterContinue Reading