CFN – What a weird and tiring week. So much of the energy I had to expend this week was wasted because of some very thin skinned and incompetent people at city hall here in Cornwall. Whenever you enact a policy or law it should be something that makesContinue Reading
CFN – Well City Council in Cornwall Ontario is done for 2011. The last official non-secret meeting was held Monday night and it was a full agenda! I thought it would be interesting to do a report card for the mayor, council, and key city management. Mayor Kilger:Continue Reading
CFN – I’m sure Pierre Trudeau is not happy wherever he is today…. While I didn’t agree with everything he stood for I was always proud of his relationship with the US. In his memoirs his advice to Brian Mulroney: ” …be friends with the United States– the CanadianContinue Reading
CFN – So is the City of Cornwall Ontario using this report to council on advertising as a financial tool to control local media? It’s an interesting question and one I’ve been fielding now for over a month and I’m sure some of the city officials and council areContinue Reading
SD&SG PC MP Jim McDonell during election . In difficult economic times, governments make efforts to implement programs that meet the needs of the population while allowing for economic recovery. In 2009, the Federal Conservative government implemented such a program to encourage renovation and boost the economy, and the resultsContinue Reading
CFN – Wow we had a ton of feedback on our story about Online Anonymity and our future policy regarding comments here on CFN. It’s been interesting and I think will help our evolution and growth. With nearly 14,000 comments in three years I personally see the impact both positive andContinue Reading
CFN – Ring Ring. I get a call telling me that there’s a secret meeting of council being held at city hall and to get myself and camera down. Sure enough the chamber fills with all councilors in attendance as well as Mayor Kilger and the city clerk. I was joinedContinue Reading
CFN – Politics make strange bedfellows. It also creates unique and strange dilemmas. Sometimes you have to vote for things you don’t personally believe in or sit in silence as you watch an injustice. However when you look at a larger sampling of decisions certain tendencies show.Continue Reading
Invites you to an evening with Mike Nickerson Author of “Life, Money and Illusion; Living on Earth as if we want to stay” Today’s economic climate requires new approaches to secure the years ahead. With the new challenges come new opportunities. As transportation from distant places becomes more expensive, localContinue Reading
CFN – It looks like the Occupy movement is coming to Cornwall Ontario. A release was sent to us today announcing a rally in Lamoureaux Park on November 18th. “occupy new york broken up over 100 arrested obviously,this movement is Very Important or there would not be aContinue Reading
CFN – Transparency is a funny thing. If someone shows you something what they show you is transparent. Of course what they don’t show you….isn’t. Today the city of Cornwall Ontario issued a release regarding the Diane Shay case. However what they didn’t release was the settlementContinue Reading
CFN – Wow. I am absolutely floored by how much interest has been showed in the issue of Online Anonymity regarding posts. I’ve been flooded by emails and calls and it’s interesting to see how petty some of the competing media has been. The Free Holder who also haveContinue Reading
CFN – As you can see from our Top Ten stories of November 15th we’re getting a lot of focus on local stories. In light of the City Council meeting and the ongoing discussion on Anonymous comments I thought I’d put out our policies for those unaware or unclearContinue Reading
CFN – Interesting evening at City Council last night. Alright, maybe not interesting, but some ground was covered. The real story is simmering under the eye of the public. It wasn’t discussed at the meeting which had a full compliment of city managers. John Towndrow of Transition CornwallContinue Reading
CFN – A report was written this past week by our Economic Development team. I’ve always thought that term a bit odd for Mr. Peters and Boileau as they certainly have not done anything to help develop CFN. I’ve been told that the first ad we had from the cityContinue Reading
CFN – In the aftermath of the stories tarring Cornwall Ontario Staffing honcho Robert Menagh, a lot of discussin’ has been taking place. It’s grist for the Timmy’s crowd and why not? Tall, rugged, a lawyer, highly paid by Cornwall standards; there’s plenty to throw bricks at in aContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall City Council held an in Camera meeting this afternoon. It was ultra quiet and the location was not revealed. I only discovered it as I was on tour with many of the councilors and city management on a tour of some of the veryContinue Reading
The “powers-that-be” at Cornwall have rejected the idea of exchanging ship ballast water at the Port of Cornwall. No problem . . . . that rejection opens the door to play another card should New York State stand firm on their proposed regulations regarding ship ballast water, to take effect asContinue Reading