CFN – Geez, I miss one session of council and look what comes out! Monday night a donnybrook took place over a “Ghost Policy” implemented by CAO Paul Fitzpatrick nearly three years ago. Essentially CUPE 234 employees seeking full time status had to take extensive aptitude testing for such roles asContinue Reading
CFN – I’m used to covering Cornwall City Council, but Monday night was special as I was part of a group to present to Council. Wyatt Walsh led the charge by asking CFN for help with the beaver trapping in Guindon Park. What happened from there is a text bookContinue Reading
CFN– Robert Menagh has had an interesting ride here in Cornwall Ontario. Cornwall Ontario had been without an HR manager for over a year before a hiring firm recommended him for the position here in Cornwall. Hired by former CAO Cecil Vincent; the city had found themselvesContinue Reading
CFN – As we pass the three month mark of the Cornwall Ontario Community Hospital Bilingual Nurse protest Chris Cameron and his team dropped off their petition of over 3,000 signatures to SD&G MPP Jim McDonell at his office in Cornwall. The MPP and I had some one on oneContinue Reading
CFN – Should City Council use a Consultant to replace its vacant Human Resource Managers position or should the CAO be forced to do perform the task with the resources he currently has at his disposal? . The CAO cost the city tax payers $183,079 in 2011. One could reasonablyContinue Reading
CFN – This term of City Council here in Cornwall has shown the holes in the council system. In a time when the City of Ottawa even is considering dropping from 24 councilors it’s starting to make a lot of sense. LINK We have ten councilors currently. Continue Reading
Dear Sir, . Any condo or commercial building on the parking lot east of Civic Complex/Aquatic Centre would ruin the view from the former Si Miller arena property, and lessen it’s market value. The City is trying to sell this site today. . The arena site rises up as itContinue Reading
CFN – It’s been really nice to witness first hand the power of collective action bringing forward an issue affecting the common good. I am referring to the recent series of events that led to “Beavergate,” as it now affectionately called. This tongue-in-cheek reference to a situation that changed theContinue Reading
CFN – So Wednesday we three get to the Civic Complex. Rebecca Sorrell was asked if we’d take a meeting with City Officials, OPG, and the Minister of Natural Resources before her second request to speak before council was submitted. (The first was refused) There’s a hitch though. I’mContinue Reading
CFN – Former MPP Jim Brownell has received an honour from St. Lawrence College. It’s a bit poetic as Mr. Brownell is a former teacher himself before becoming a MPP; something that he truly loved doing before retiring before the last election due to health issues. I spoke with himContinue Reading
CFN – Monday night was a delegation attend City Council. Twenty five or so citizens and activists who are upset with City Council’s actions in Beavergate to day in this city of 46,000 in Ontario. (PREVIOUS STORY) At issue is the Conibear Kill trapping in a city owned nature trail;Continue Reading
PROTEST RALLY EQUALITY FOR ALL _________________________________ WHEN: MAY 26 SATURDAY 1 PM WHERE: CORNWALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHY: ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN DISADVANTAGED BY “LANGUAGE” DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES NEEDS TO ATTEND. DO IT FOR YOURSELF, YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS….JUST DO IT!!!!!!! Cornwall Ontario Nurse Christopher Cameron and his group are organizing anotherContinue Reading
CFN – Imagine going to an event to release kick off upcoming celebrations with no signage for the event? Anyone driving by the restaurant holding the Cornwall Corus Kinsmen 2012 Lift Off would think the local Corus radio station was holding a sales meeting. The Corus Cars wereContinue Reading
CFN – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne issued the following statement today in response to the Seaway International Bridge Corporation’s (SIBC) decision to relocate the tollbooth plaza to the north end of the new low-level bridge that is being constructed for the Three Nations International Bridge Crossing: The MohawkContinue Reading
CFN – Rebecca Sorrell walked in Guindon Park with me and talked about the City of Cornwall’s odd response to a request to a 90 Day Moratorium to Beaver trapping in the City Controlled Nature trail. Beaver Lodge in Guindon Park With 500 acres it seemed preposterous to cull a family ofContinue Reading
Continually funding the Francophone Arts and Culture is just another way of pushing the bilingual agenda. I for one am tired of having bilingualism shoved down our throats at a cost of $2.4 billion annually, thanks to the Federal government, $623 million provincially. In my mind keeping jobs and families in the areaContinue Reading
Psychologists tell us that a dark, evil shadow resides in every single human being. Keeping that dark side of our nature under control is what keeps a society civilized, and allows individuals to develope to their full potential in life. Part of that dark side includes things like bigotry andContinue Reading
CFN – This is a political cartoon of Cornwall Ontario City Councilor and Board member, believe it or not, of the St. Lawrence River Institute’s Bernadette Clement, or as we’ve occasionally mentioned her, Queen Clement. . Hopefully Ms Clement and the rest of council announce a moratorium on Beaver EradicationContinue Reading