CFN – Former Cornwall Ontario city councilor Leslie O’Shaughnessy has announced that he will be releasing a statement Monday regarding why he stepped down April 10th, 2012. Mr. O’Shaughnessy was hoping to release a statement by June 2012 as he awaited the results of an internal investigation, but delays haveContinue Reading
Let there be no mistake, the issue regarding the future use of the General Hospital will be decided by our City Council. We need this building for the common good and social benefit of our community, with the focus on seniors. The Minister has been “encouraging us to bring aContinue Reading
CFN– Ah Bob if only….. Today is Monday March 11, 2013. While I know you’re not a techie you do have people around you that read CFN; your city lawyers for a start, Mr. Peters, who did your election banner above while working on City time; Courtney (young peopleContinue Reading
CFN – Was justice bent to suit Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Syd Gardiner? Below in blue are the words from Cornwall police regarding Sign-Gate. The signs were recovered. Investigation revealed that the signs had been moved into another room as they were in the way in the hallway. The signs didContinue Reading
CFN – We’re getting closer to a decision on the Cornwall General Hospital facility. Today is a meeting of the hospital board and what is supposed to be closure. Mark A MacDonald, a former Councilor, and part of the Concerned Citizens Coalition sent an urgent email to City HallContinue Reading
CFN – Lawyer Fay Brunning released a stunning email this morning suggesting that the Cornwall’s Mayor’s conduct is illegal and that he in fact has not been cleared as his lawyer RULED of any issue at this point. Below is Ms Brunning’s email to media unedited. You have asked meContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger issued a statement today about his alleged Conflict of Interest issues. It’s very cryptic and twisty; like a very expensive lawyer wrote it. The Free Holder ripped off a headline that was even more odd than the press release. Crack reporter Cheryl Brink whippedContinue Reading
CFN – In an odd twisty turny snakey thingy Cornwall Ontario Councilor Syd Gardiner still hasn’t been charge with several counts of mischief under $5K or whatever the correct charge would be after he wrassled with protest signs from a week ago. CFN has learned that CAO Norm Levac foundContinue Reading
CFN – Since new Clerk Helen Finn has been hired it seems that the City has a bunker mentality when it comes to answering questions and providing info to the public. We have asked a series of questions which usually come back with questions instead of simple answers. For exampleContinue Reading
CFN – 41,082 Unique Visitors who visited 1,767,880 pages and gobbled up 113.91 GB worth of bandwidth! Darn February being three days shorter than January! It’s been an INTENSELY LOCAL month here at CFN headquarters! We are in the midst of a full blown attack from a very corrupt Cornwall Ontario MayorContinue Reading
CFN – It does seem blisteringly absent. The very day after Council reversed its decision and voted eight to two in favour of supporting Glen Stor Dun’s recommendation – that the geriatric fire system be retired for a young healthy one – the Freeholder ran the rather flaccid front pageContinue Reading
CFN – I used to be a member of Team Cornwall. Great name. Great concept, a tragic loss of opportunity for our community that essentially seems to be a rah rah excuse for the president, Gilles Latour, who doesn’t even live in Cornwall, or coach hockey in Cornwall,Continue Reading
CFN – Mayor Bob Kilger of Cornwall Ontario ducked the final budget meeting where his council reversed a decision and found the money to fix the fire control issues at Glen Stor Dun Lodge. LINK Mayor Kilger hung up on this scribbler when asked why he wasn’t at the budgetContinue Reading
CFN -You don’t need an expert to say there isn’t a person among us who can predict when a fire might break out. Fires come unexpectedly. Consider Truffles, the Cotton Mills, Shoeless Joe’s and St. Albert’s Cheese, the latter which shocked the community only four weeks ago. Fires move swiftly,Continue Reading
CFN – What an odd mix of circumstances this week has become. It’s one thing to get yanked out of a council chamber and prevented from doing my job over the most innocent of t shirts while a councilor is allowed to remain and still has not been chargedContinue Reading
CFN – That’s our corrupt mayor of Cornwall Ontario Bob Kilger. He’s had a lucky week. Instead of dealing with his conflict of interest issues like his being on the Benson University hit on Council for cold cash and others by a gutless act of hitting the panic button,Continue Reading
CFN – The Concerned Citizens Coalition will be holding a public meeting at the Air Force Wing on Thursday, February 28th at 6:30 pm. The Minister of Health has encouraged us to bring forward a “Community Proposal” regarding the future use of the General Hospital and that is what weContinue Reading
CFN – Does being a city Councilor in Cornwall give you some sort of immunity from the law? This is the question being asked by many in Cornwall Ontario after he moved and damaged protest signs. Protesters and this writer himself witnessed the councilor fold and bend signs thatContinue Reading