(Photo:Facebook) CORNWALL Ontario – Hugo Rodrigues is new to Cornwall; but he certainly isn’t new to journalism. Besides now being the Editor in Chief of the oldest newspaper in Cornwall Mr. Rodrigues is the National President at the CAJ Canadian Association of Journalists. You would think that he, more than yourContinue Reading
CFN – MPP Steve Clark attended the media event at the Kemptville Agricultural College where it was announced that $2M was found so that students could attend in the Fall and not have to be “farmed out” to distant parts of the province. With buzz that a Spring election isContinue Reading
CFN – Spring election drums are beating much louder after the Easter break as the buzz is that NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will not support Liberal minority PM Kathleen Wynne’s budget. With potential scandal brewing again over erased hard disk drives and the clear challenge of facing the Hudak ledContinue Reading
CFN – While Tim Hudak will most likely not be remembered as a Premier of Ontario he will be known as a Liberal Killer. While politics are partisan many truly don’t understand the camaraderie most politicians generally have with each other. Their colours may be different, but they eatContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – After playing “funny beggars” last week when we asked CCH about the closed lab they issued a release this afternoon. The Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA) has taken measures to broaden and enhance the pathology service at its laboratory within the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH).Continue Reading
Saturday was an interesting day politically here in Cornwall Ontario. As I stated at the bottom of my election banner on the left, I feel we have to change the culture of our city. Yesterday three political events took place. First was the Provincial Liberal leadership nomination which wasContinue Reading
April 4, 2014 The Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia BC Liberal Party PO Box 21014, Waterfront Centre Vancouver, BC V6C 3K3 Dear Premier Clark, For over a year, we in Ontario have been working to get to the bottom of Ontario’s $1.1 billion gas plants scandal,Continue Reading
CFN – There’s a good chance, the best ever actually; that within six months Andrea Horwath will be addressed as The Premier of Ontario. Her future is in her own hands. The scandals plaguing the McGuinty/Wynne government and the lack of leadership of Tim Hudak are her perfect storm. CanContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There’s a picture of Elaine MacDonald leading a march down Pitt Street over the health accord in today’s Freeholder. Ms MacDonald must have liked our march over the Chem tanks last month as she’s imitated it; but there are a couple of very scary issues at play.Continue Reading
CFN – Tim Hudak is the focus of a letter released by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. The Preme is upset at statements made by the PC Leader who has otherwise been keeping a pretty low profile. Quiet so far on this battle as the drums of a Spring election beatContinue Reading
CFN – Has SD&G Provincial Nomination seeker John Earle ever had an adult job that wasn’t patronage tinged? Does this make him the perfect candidate to run for Wynne Government against incumbent MPP Jim McDonell? Mr. Earle, is recently re-married to new wife Alyssa Blais who herself is noContinue Reading
Premier Kathleen Wynne Room 281 Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier, I wrote to you recently expressing my concern about the reckless waste of tax dollars by your government, and your ongoing attempts to make middle class families foot the bill for Liberal indiscretions. Now,Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – As many of our loyal viewers and subscribers know CFN has been the victim of a conspiratorial boycott that leads all the way, as many believe, to Queen’s Park and the Wynne Government? In many ways it’s worse than the Rob Ford boycott of the Toronto Star;Continue Reading
CFN – It’s odd how politics and politicians work? Tuesday a group including MPP Steve Clark from Leeds-Grenville, MPP Grant Crack and Minister Brad Duguid attended Kemptville to review the facility, after, it was announced to be closed. With a solution in place for the Francophone Alfred Campus MPP ClarkContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – When politics take over principles we all lose. Today it was announced that the Cornwall General Hospital site was sold to developers in Ottawa for $2M. We have not confirmed that number as the Hospital has not sent us a release. Sadly politics doomedContinue Reading
CFN – Canadians lost a combined $1.1 billion, or an average of $1,202 per patient, as a result of lengthy waits for medically necessary health care in 2013, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, The Private Cost of Public QueuesContinue Reading
CFN – The Kemptville Agricultural program has a glimmer of hope. Today, after much community pressure; especially from Conservative members in the region the Wynne government blinked and Minister Brad Duguid issued the following statement late Friday. I am pleased to hear that St. Lawrence College and Algonquin CollegeContinue Reading
With health care in Ontario taking about half of the annual budget and rising, have you wondered how much administration cost there is, even before the hospital’s share? Is that an area to review for savings? We see much dedication and administration expense towards the promotion of French throughContinue Reading