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CFN – We are updating our original story after finding out that it was in fact our MPP Jim McDonell and the SD&SG Riding Association that snubbed CFN & SSN viewers by not inviting either outlet to the media event that both Patrick Brown and Christine Elliotte attended in Long Sault.Continue Reading

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CFN – Sometimes politicians can be their own worst enemies.    My political mentor, Keith Beardsley once spoke from the mountain. He does that a lot.  Some of what “Dr. Evil” says is highly valuable. One of the first lessons he taught me was; Don’t get caught in the splash.Continue Reading

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CFN – Fascinating.   Looking at the search warrants laid against now former OPPA President Karl Walsh an alleged potential money trail leads to distant lands where banking is a bit friendlier than here in Canada. Theft, Criminal Breach of Trust, Fraud, Laundering the Proceeds of Crime, Fraudulent Concealment areContinue Reading

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CFN – Sexual Education for Ontario students has been a hot button topic recently in the media.    Ontario Premier, Kathleen Wynne, who is a former Education Minister and is openly gay, has been getting and giving back the rhetoric. Our world in 2015 is a much different place thanContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – That pretty picture above is actually a slide of cancer cells.   For nearly three years CFN has been trying to glean information about Cancer rates in Cornwall Ontario to only be met with roadblocks and a total lack of disclosure and information by the very agenciesContinue Reading

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CFN – Progressive Conservative Leadership candidate Patrick Brown fought off snow and brutal cold Saturday and attended a breakfast meeting at the Ramada Inn. It was a surprising large crowd considering the brutal weather conditions, but significant in that the Conservative MP, MPP, and Mayor of Cornwall were not inContinue Reading

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CFN – Don’t blame the OPP if there are no charges filed over the Sudbury By Election.  Recordings published by Liberal hopeful Andrew Olivier are on the internet and there is an investigation, but as many police can tell you it ends up in the hands of the Crown.  Continue Reading

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CFN – I accidentally took this weekend off.   I  really did.  It was odd.  It was kinda wonderful.  My critters were happy.  My girl friend was happy.   I was even kinda happy, or at least a bit rested. I napped.  I watched Nashville on Netflix.   I chattedContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Patronage gigs are not unique to Ontario.  With Premier Wynne and her team under fire for trying to give a nomination riding candidate (Andrew Olivier) a gig to drop out of the race so that another Thibault, Glen in this case an unopposed entry to the contested byContinue Reading

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FATAL COLLISION CLOSES HIGHWAY 401 (South Stormont) – Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are presently (February 3, 2015) at the scene of a two (2) vehicle collision which occurred at approximately 6:00am on Highway 401, South Stormont Township. A tractor-trailer unit and a passenger vehicleContinue Reading

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CFN – Leeds Grenville MPP Steve Clark and SD&G MPP Jim McDonell were listening and work shopping ahead of the Ontario budget at the Best Western in Cornwall Ontario last week. Some of their focus were on health and social services.   The loss of jobs and Liberal spending habitsContinue Reading

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CFN – Hugo Rodrigues, editor of the Standard Freeholder and President of the CAJ, recently wrote an article about bilingualism. I am a refugee of Quebec.   I left, and most likely will never return simply because of the fact that the people of Quebec, after nearly sixty years ofContinue Reading

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CFN – Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne ranks as one of the worst Canadian premiers at managing provincial government finances while Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall ranks as one of the best, according to a new analysis released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank. Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada’sContinue Reading