Cornwall Ontario – Former Cornwall Ontario Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley sat down one on one with CFN and talked about losing his appeal for funding for his Whistle Blowing case against the City of Cornwall & Mayor Bob Kilger over the hiring of the Mayor’s son as a CityContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Mark A MacDonald was a bit bewildered Saturday. Busy with his projects including the RCAF Wing Mr. MacDonald was the subject of a Claude McIntosh column, but Mac’s Musing led to the public saying that Mr. MacDonald was not running for office in 2014 as IContinue Reading
CFN – Roofing Medics Ltd., a roofing installation company based in Brampton, has been fined $50,000 and its supervisor, Paul Markewycz, jailed for 15 days for violations of Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed in a fall from a residence in Toronto. On August 16,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – We get a lot of email each and every day at CFN; about 800- 1000 emails each day. Most get dumped promptly to the trash bin and then you sift through what’s left. Some of those are tips or pieces of information. Many times they areContinue Reading
CFN– This has not been a great month for former Cornwall Ontario Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley. Mr. Hickle,y after claims of being forced into retirement has now discovered that he has lost his motion for the City to pay the costs of his Whistle Blowing claim against theContinue Reading
CFN – The biggest farce of the Rob Ford reality show that the world has been enjoying this past week, month, term, has been the media frenzy. . There are always agendas. It’s not that Mr. Ford is some innocent. It’s not that he’s misunderstood. It’s the bizarre hypocrisyContinue Reading
CFN – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has waded into the Rob Ford situation again. This time she’s released a new statement. “As I have said from day one, we have been watching this situation closely and listening carefully. Events obviously continue to move quickly. The things we areContinue Reading
CFN – Remembrance Day has a lot of meaning for millions around the world. 2013 marks the 75th Anniversary of The Night of Broken Glass or Kristallnacht as it’s known. At least 91 Jews were killed in the attacks, and 30,000 were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps. Jewish homes, hospitals,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Since Denis Sabourin moved into Cornwall Ontario from Monkland there are many wondering if he’ll be taking the plunge back into the political spectrum? While some are asking if he’d run again for MP (he fared better than Bernadette Clement did, and without a two year leadContinue Reading
CFN – So I was sitting naked inside of my steam tent wondering, nay, pondering life. It didn’t really work; the tiny chair was out of the question; the stool I had was too tall; I just sat in the tent waiting for the heating unit to pump gloriousContinue Reading
CFN – A new public opinion poll released today finds that more than eight out of every ten people in Ontario support a ban on pesticides linked by scientists to bee deaths. Friends of the Earth Canada (FOE) commissioned the poll to discover whether or not Ontarians were concerned aboutContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Bill Kingston is one whacky dude and it’s not just his choice of hat. Today he commented on the double standard of drug use by politicians. In his best John Baird impression Wild Bill angrily blarted things that aren’t in touch with reality. He tries toContinue Reading
CFN– We humans are an odd lot. Imagine how screwed up the politics of the City of Toronto are that Rob Ford was elected mayor in the first place. While there are countless reasons why he should step down the biggest reason is that he is a bad actor.Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – A third Whistle Blower officially stepped forward today in Cornwall Ontario. The City Employee sent a letter to each councilor and the mayor back in December 2010. Those letters did not find their way to council so another 11 envelopes were delivered to City Hall.Continue Reading
CFN – Today Matt Hays unfriended me on Facebook over Rob Ford. Matt, besides being an extremely gifted and talented writer, editor, and educator, was also my first editor. He also is a gay activist and I can understand why the gay community has issues with Rob Ford. TheyContinue Reading
CFN – The problem with liars is that eventually they all get caught, but why lie? Is it really the better tactic? It must be or why would so many politicians live and die by lying? Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been caught lying one way or the otherContinue Reading
CFN – Specialist physicians should be paid by the hospitals where they carry out their procedures, rather than by provincial insurance plans as they are now, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Paying Hospital-Based Doctors: Fee for Whose Service?” authors Ake Blomqvist andContinue Reading
CFN – Jim McDonell, Progressive Conservative MPP for SD&SG must be starting to feel like a campaign is coming up as he’s becoming more outspoken on several issues. Last week he issued a release on Youth Employment or lack thereof in Ontario and I sat down with him for aContinue Reading