L I N K If you couldn’t get into your Twitter account this story tells you why. Apparently a middle eastern group allegedly connected to Iran was upset and hacked into Twitter. “(uk)Tory MP Patrick Mercer, chairman of Parliament’s counterterrorism sub-committee, said: “Iran is one of the most predatory governmentsContinue Reading
Team Cornwall played host this morning to the city of Cornwall’s 2009 Year in Review held at Aultsville hall, located on St. Lawrence College campus. Gilles Latour Chair of Team Cornwall was the MC of the event which saw MP Guy Lauzon, MPP Jim Brownell and Mayor Bob Kilger inContinue Reading
This Holiday greeting card from Liberal MP Scott Brison seems to be drawing a lot of fire and abuse. L I N K “The overwhelming response has been very positive,” Brison said from Windsor, N.S. “There’s always a very, very tiny minority of bigots. It’s their problem, it’s not myContinue Reading
We also heard recently from Cornwall City Councilor Elaine MacDonald regarding water meters which are being planned to be implemented in Cornwall. “We want to move to meters so each person will pay for their actual use, not the use as guestimated based on number of faucets, toilets etc inContinue Reading
We tend to take the most precious things for granted. Among these precious things is the supply of fresh pure drinking water. A lot of care and cost go in to making this water available to every household and place of business on demand, 24 hours a day at the flick of a faucet.Continue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Honourable G. Normand Glaude made his return to Cornwall this morning to give his long awaited report on the Cornwall Public Inquiry. The press conference was held in the Simon Frasier conference room at the Ramada Inn. Major Media outlets in attendance included CTV, Global,Continue Reading
You have 5 days to get your tix to the hottest event in Cornwall; the 2009 Annual Year in Review. Last year Mayor Bob Kilger announced the new Shoppers Drugmart Distribution Centre coming to Cornwall. This year the only way you’ll find out first what’s going to happen isContinue Reading
L I N K Wow, Houston Texas has elected an openly gay mayor. Times have changed. I could understand maybe Austin, but Houston? Congrats to Mayor Elect Annise Parker the former city controller. Ms Parker had over 50% of the votes in spite of organised smear campaigns byContinue Reading
Here are a round up of some local news stories. Stolen Items Recovered from Long Sault OPP Car Cornwall City Budget Deficit Nearly $1 Million Claude Macintosh Agrees – Water Meters a Money Grab “It’s a tax on families, plain and simple.” Local Contractors DEBUNK Hst Attacks Menard Bros. “GuyContinue Reading
Courage in Red is the new RCMP show featured on the OLN network. This Sunday night the episode featuring Cornwall Ontario will be aired. “Taking advantage of our unprecedented access, we show never-before-seen covert units, operations, and personnel. Using the latest in POV cameras that let us get unbelievably close,Continue Reading
L I N K China has had the policy in place for decades. One female, one child. It’s changed society in China. Is it limiting births that’s the issue or limiting who can have children? It seems that the areas of the planet with the highest child birthContinue Reading
L I N K These could be the last days of Peter MacKay. Canada’s top General, Walter Natynczyk, essentially discounted the official line on Richard Colvin’s allegations and the Canadian government’s statements regarding their knowledge of treatment of Afghan prisoners. “Either his credibility is in tatters, or he isContinue Reading
Kevin Lajoie has covered the water meter story in today’s Standard Free-Holder. “City officials insist the water meters aren’t intended to generate more money from users. Instead, they said the ultimate goal is to make the system more equitable overall and more sustainable in the long-term. “We’re not after moreContinue Reading
I know I’m going to freak a few of the regular readers of this site out by posting this, but Canada’s rights to its territory and protecting them; especially in the North where I worked when I was young, is very important to me. L I N K I’m goingContinue Reading
I was talking to some sources this past week, and cigarette prices have almost returned to normal here in Cornwall. Before the bridge closure wholesale prices for cases of 50 bags were about $175- $250 or $3.50-$5 per bag which the sellers would then market at $10-$15 per bag. AtContinue Reading
Early meeting of City Council with the focus on spending of Taxpayer Dollars. Topics du Jour were the Water & Sewage Treatment budgets and cleaning the mess on Pitt and First for the parking lot in back of the stores on the North West corner. First the sewage. IContinue Reading
THIS STORY we wrote was picked up by the Bourque Newswatch, one of Canada’s biggest news portals on the web. It doesn’t happen very often and we’re proud to have our site exposed to the world. So hello to all of you new readers of The Cornwall Free NewsContinue Reading
So I was sitting having lunch with Joe Gunn yesterday. Joe is of course not a Liberal by any means or definition. We have these occasional meetings and usually end up discussing politics and making “two bit” bets. Since the Cornwall News has evolved I’ve become more interestedContinue Reading