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CFN –  The delegation from South Glengarry expected to be moving forward with plans to link up to Cornwall’s massive ability to furnish water and sewage to help expansion for not only South Glengarry; but also Cornwall. CFN spoke with Mr. Brandt this morning who was bewildered and frustrated byContinue Reading

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CFN – Mayor John Henry of Oshawa Ontario sent  us a statement for publication after the incident in his council last week that resulted in several members of the public being hauled away by police.  LINK The beginning of each Council meeting begins with the following preamble, which provides membersContinue Reading

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  The Concerned Citizens Coalition has called a meeting to talk and try and get an update on the Sale of the Cornwall General Hospital. . Monday September 16, 2013 at the RCAFA Wing 424 at 6:00 pm. . The meeting will be open to the public. The real estate agentsContinue Reading

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CFN – What the heck is happening in Oshawa Ontario? Council went awry resulting in armed plain clothed police and what appears to be city staff wrassled a citizen to the ground that was seated? Activist Barry Dutton was also evicted under the guise of Trespass. More video of OshawaContinue Reading

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CFN – Traffic was down for hours on Lefebvre Street near Water as power lines were taken down by an alleged speeding Minimax Express truck pulled lines down on the narrow domestic street. Why a Minimax Express truck was on the street still seems a mystery? For Ron Kyer itContinue Reading

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CFN –   Please be forewarned to read and think before reacting to this piece.  It’s not defending the author of the letter above  nor is it in any way condoning some of the horrible sentiments in the letter above that has gone viral. Obviously a distraught, frustrated, bat shitContinue Reading

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CFN – Today, local contractors and the Greater Ottawa Truckers’ Association welcomed MPP Jim McDonell and MPP Jack MacLaren to Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry to discuss MPP MacLaren’s Bill 80, Fairness Is a Two-Way Street Act, 2013, during a demonstration at the Ontario-Quebec border on Highway 2. Originally introduced by the Harris Government inContinue Reading

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CFN – In light of the footloose five who were allegedly fired by the city of Cornwall we did a little sniffing.   While the city is still under it’s own leaky Cone of Silence questions are being asked now about all staff who potentially could have “stolen time” fromContinue Reading

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CFN – Local political buzz in Cornwall is whether all things are well in the Provincial Liberal riding association camp after none of the local Grit VIP’s were in attendance for Premier Kathleen Wynne’s visits to the River City including last candidate Mark A MacDonald or former MPP Jim Brownell.Continue Reading

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CFN – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Cornwall Ontario at a local Trucking firm that received funding to help create a few jobs. It’s the photo junket season with the Preme hopping from town to town pressing the flesh and meeting some of the community. She had a chanceContinue Reading

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CFN – The PC party in Ontario is in a total conundrum.  Not since the Mike Harris days has the potential for control of Canada’s largest province been so close yet so far away. It’s enough of a conundrum that there is a growing movement to dump leader Tim Hudak.Continue Reading

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CFN –  Dr. Rob Kamermans of Coe Hill Ontario has become a Martyr to Medical Marijuana.   The Pony Tailed doctor’s path has led him to controversy and the pages of media such as the National Post and his locals. The breaking point is his simple concept of helping hisContinue Reading

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The Mayor of the Township of South Stormont recently indicated the township’s interest in having a 600-acre parcel of land re-designated for future economic development. The land lies next to Moulinette Road, between the CN Rail line and Hwy 401. As Cornwall’s industrial park reaches capacity in the future, an alternative siteContinue Reading

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CFN – Working families with children in Canada face high tax hurdles that could dissuade them from earning extra income, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Treading Water: The Impact of High METRs on Working Families in Canada,” authors Alexandre Laurin and Finn PoschmannContinue Reading

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CFN – As I sat in the courtroom Tuesday I marveled at the utter waste of tax dollars at play.   I watched Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley stoically sit through the process. I watched his attorney Fay Brunning hold her own not just against Super Lawyer Will McDowell ofContinue Reading