Cornwall ON – It was a sold out dinner Friday June 4th. The annual Spaghetti Fundraiser was a well attended blast. Organizations and businesses could buy tables and the public attended the dinner with music. It was a good time had by all and of course wherever youContinue Reading
MOHAWK COUNCIL OF AKWESASNE WANTS SUBSTANTIVE TALKS WITH CBSA TO BEGIN AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY, — When CBSA closed the crossing through Cornwall Island on May 31, 2009, the Mohawks and the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) agreed to form a Task Force on how to find long term solutions to the problemsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If you love local music you’ll want to be at Liberalpalooza. Graham Greer, The Trench Town Oddities, Sara Murphy, Joel Sauve, and Melanie and the General Electryk will be LIVE! The fund raiser hosted by the friends of Bernadette Clement and The Federal Liberal RidingContinue Reading
A Stronger Canada Pension Plan For your entire career you work hard and build a good life for your family. Every Pay cheque, your deductions include a small amount that is tucked away in your public pension plan. When retirement comes, you expect to be able to live in dignity with some measureContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Today marks the one year anniversary of the Seaway International Bridge Crisis. On May 31st, at approximately 11:PM Canada Border & Security Agents left their posts at the behest of the Harper Government leading to a 42 day bridge closure. Fast forward to today, the 1stContinue Reading
BRIDGING THE CHASM letter to the Editor by John Milnes Cornwall ON – Our Member of Parliament, Guy Lauzon, and his Conservative play-pals must soon get their act together. Are they still studying how to construct a low level bridge? Someone should mutter in their ears many low level bridges have beenContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We’re talking Accoutability this afternoon on Seawayradio.com – We expect some surprise guests and of course you can dial in and have your word! Community radio live from Cornwall Ontario! Our phone numbers are :1 (646) 595-4982, 1 (877) 217-3932 and of course you can alwaysContinue Reading
No raise for city council Cornwall ON – After a grueling debate over the city councils pay increase, the end result was “No.” Many options were brought forward to the table but no one seemed to agree on a solution. One alternative was to include their expense account directly intoContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It should be fun at Council this Tuesday. City Councilor Mark MacDonald has organized a Facebook page and movement protesting the possibility that the Council will give themselves a 36.8% salary increase. Very few of the councilors I’ve spoken with over the last week have beenContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So it looks like I’ll be shooting a documentary here in the area over the next year. It’s going to be a political odyssey. I’ve been asked to run for office, and the official announcement should be coming out in June with specific details. I’ve doneContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Cornwall City Council has scrapped a gym project’s funding so as to be able to pass those dollars onto St. Lawrence College. Funding that was being mightily aided by both Provincial and Federal funding. Meetings recently saw both issues debated and voted on. LINK 1 FollowingContinue Reading
The Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario Minister of Health & Long Term Care, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario. 17 May, 2010 Ref: The Pharmaceutical Professional Allowance Furore Dear Minister: This is an open letter to you and all others who may have become embroiled in this issue. To commence I do believeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Kevin Parkinson is not happy with our MP Mr. Guy Lauzon. Mr. Parkinson wrote a piece about Credit Card interest rates and sent our MP a letter. Mr. Parkinson has asked us to print this chain. Dear Kevin, Thank you for sending me your emailContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Cornwall City Councilor Mark MacDonald isn’t too pleased with the proposed increase in Cornwall Ontario City Councilors salaries by 36.8%. He’s so incensed that he’s started a facebook page to foster opposition to the proposal. Next Tuesday night, the 25th, is showdown at City Council overContinue Reading
Dear Editor: I am appalled that Cornwall city council is considering a proposal by councillor Andre Rivette to use a per capita population formula to increase the pay of members of city council during the period 2011-2014. Under councillor Rivette’s proposal of 43 cents per resident, the pay of city councillors wouldContinue Reading
Dear Editor: The McGuinty Government’s Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) will cost the average Ontario family almost $800 a year, according to a study released by Andrea Horwath, leader of the Ontario NDP, on May 4. Using Statistics Canada’s “Social Policy Simulation Database and Model”, the Ontario NDP examined the HST’sContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Peter Stoffer may have been the guest of honour but the real stars of last night’s Tommy Douglas Fund raiser were the local Federal NDP riding association that blew by their fund raising goal of $6,000.00 for the evening. Darlene Jalbert will now have over $3500.00 addedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Federal NDP Riding Association invites you to attend the 2010 edition of their annual Tommy Douglas Dinner. Peter Stoffer, MP for Sackville-Eastern Shore and the Federal NDP’s Veterans Affairs critic, will be the guest speaker. The dinner will be on Thursday, April 29, 2010Continue Reading