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CFN –  Wednesday March 14th Cornwall City Councilor David Murphy pulled a bully boy shout up at me at City Council.    The good councilor also said I had something against him or some sort of grudge previously in the Free Holder. In life it’s horrible when people make stuffContinue Reading

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CFN – It was confirmed yesterday that it is in fact the City of Cornwall Ontario this has hired heavy weight lawyer David Sherriff Scott of the firm BLG as reported yesterday.   LINK From Mayor Kilger: Mr. Sheriff-Scott is the City of Cornwall’s new legal Counsel and, as such,Continue Reading

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Good morning CFN, I am writing with a suggestion which should benefit the community as a whole and to give you a positive way of helping the Cornwall community.CAO Paul Fitzpatrick deemed it necessary not to spend out of his exorbitant salary to get a tow out of a ditch,Continue Reading

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CFN – When paramedic Erica Stacey was called to a possible drug overdose on Feb. 23, 2007, little did she know how much her life would change in the coming months and years. . She and her partner arrived to a lengthy country lane in Dundas County covered with aboutContinue Reading

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CFN –   That’s Bob Peters of Economic Development in Cornwall Ontario.    We initiated an investigation on his first round of employment with the city of Cornwall that ended in 1997.   Mr. Peters left to work with/for/ Web Tech; IE Mr. Peter Gault, dad of Joey. His directContinue Reading

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Dear Editor and Fellow Residents of Cornwall, Cornwall city government and admistration are leading the community without a moral compass. For all the talk of modernity and progress, Cornwall’s governance and administration are embarrassing relics of a time when secrecy, backroom deals, and favouritism for family and friends were theContinue Reading

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CFN – The actions of Cornwall Ontario CAO Paul Fitzpatrick seem to be getting stranger and stranger? A reader sent in the following this morning regarding our CAO. It would crush democratic principles if a CAO has more power than council. Indeed it would.     This weekend we discoveredContinue Reading

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Dear Editor: The entire mess at City Hall is not serving the public very well.  Our seniors and those that need special help deserve better. There are long waiting lists for long term care beds and social housing, yet this Council wastes time and money on huge payouts and bickering among themselves.Continue Reading

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CFN – Business and journalism schools teach ethics courses and it’s time for political science departments and party campaign schools to do the same! Says Preston Manning!   After experiencing and seeing Cornwall’s current Political stances.   I can honestly say there are some clear unethical practices taking place.  Some atContinue Reading

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CFN – Growing up in Montreal during the 70’s exposed me first hand to language silliness.     As an open minded young person I understood and even supported the desire of the French majority in Quebec. The tools in my schools for learning French were near nil and myContinue Reading

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CFN – I have very thick skin.   I can handle insult; but at a certain point I have ask why a long time newspaper like the Standard Free Holder prints some of what it does about us; or neglects to?  Why the low blows and disrespect? They know we’reContinue Reading

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Hello Mr. Gilcig, I am writing regarding an article you wrote dated Nov 10, 2011 called, Some of the Poop on the Pilon vs Cornwall Case, Robert Menagh, Paul Fitzpatrick and the City of Cornwall Axing our Advertising with them because of Anonymous Comments I was a paramedic for theContinue Reading

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CFN – Cheryl Brink is a lovely girl, but as a reporter it’s boggling at her occasional lack of grasp in factually covering or spinning stories. After our explosive Screen Cap and release of Mr. MacDonald’s statement she wrote a piece in the Free Holder with.    Of course theContinue Reading

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CFN – The Difference between a Good Leader and a Great Leader is Humility, Doubt and Drive! James C. Collins loves to tell the story of Darwin E. Smith, someone most readers have probably never heard of. As Smith was ending two decades at the helm of Kimberly-Clark, maker ofContinue Reading

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CFN –  I have always felt that workers needed protection from abusive management.   As a young person I worked in factories and the hospitality trades; both areas famous for being tough and hard jobs tough on their employees. The Union movements were needed when created, but what’s happened overContinue Reading