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
Do you want a say in how or what garbage is handled in Cornwall? Cornwall ON – Your opportunity has arrived. The City of Cornwall invites and encourages your input on present and future ways to manage the City’s waste production. Your attendance is welcome at a public meeting thisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – A little while ago we reported that while on tour of Eastern Ontario MPP and Revenue Minister John Wilkinson was interviewed by Assistant News Director of AM 1220 Bill Kingston, in Cornwall, and that the interview was not aired. We did some research and sent outContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – There were some tense moments at Cornwall Ontario City Council this Monday evening. Some of the hot topics at play were a Wage Freeze for City Council; The Waterfront Land Development Committee being formed; and policy for what Elected officials could put on their expense account.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – It should be an interesting round at City Council Monday night. Councilor Mark MacDonald is curious why there were any negotiations with Akwesasne about the Cornwall Waterfront while the Akwesasne Liason Committee of the city has never had a single meeting? A committee he supposedlyContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Minister of Revenue and MPP for Perth Wellington John Wilkinson was in Cornwall Ontario Thursday April 15th to discuss the impact of the upcoming implementation of the HST. The hotly discussed and debated tax has Ontario residents concerned of its impact, and Minister Wilkinson toured businesses inContinue Reading
Dear Sir: Today I received, in my mailbox, yet another Guy Lauzon scam newsletter. This latest scam is entitled “Getting Things Done For SDSG”. It is an 11 inches by 16 inches printed paper containing four pages of gobble-de-gook and of course the mandatory photograph of our less than competent member ofContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – City counselor, Mary Ann Hug brought a motion to the table at last night’s city council meeting, proposing that the city of Cornwall charge the federal government a fee for using Brookdale Ave as their temporary port of entry. The fee: $10 thousand dollars a day. HugContinue Reading
Public Meeting The SDSG Federal Liberal Association Policy Committee is holding a public meeting in Crysler, on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from7 to 9 p.m. at Tony’s at 9 Queen Street. Bernadette Clement, Liberal candidate in the next election, will also attend this meeting and will listen to citizens on issues relating to healthContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – There was a press conference at Quinn’s Inn yesterday in St. Andrews. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made some major announcements that will lead to some major investment in Eastern Ontario. MPP Jim Brownell had a lot to smile about as did Cornwall Ontario Mayor Bob KilgerContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry Provincial Liberal Riding Association has announced that their annual Trillium Dinner will be held on Thursday, April the 8th at the Best Western Parkway Inn, 1515 Vincent Massey Drive, Cornwall. Dianne Poirier, president of the Association, is pleased to advise thatContinue Reading
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