Busy weekend since Jack and Gilles went up the Hill and kept Mr. Harper from Rolling Down. Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May won her ballot and now has to overcome the Conservative incumbent to get her seat in Parliament. There’s already rumblings about whether to allow her in theContinue Reading
We area creating two polls about the activity by CBSA seizing of Akwesasne Resident’s vehicles and the closing of the bridge. Thanks for voting and please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
What an odd day. It started with the bridge being shut down. The reports coming in consistently point to an individual who had their vehicle impounded not wanting financial assistance from the MCA who had been paying the $1,000.00 fines or bounty’s to recover vehicles. The party started to tryContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The entrance to the International bridge to Akwesasne and the US was shut down this afternoon after another vehicle seizure. Reports indicate that after a single person attempted to block the roadway CBSA officials requested that Chief Swamp of the Akwesasne Police Force shut the bridge. ThisContinue Reading
It was a long night at the tent. It’s getting colder at night too and it looks like a building is going to be erected on the site of the tent as the weather makes Tenting not the best solution for a determined group of people. What amazed me mostContinue Reading
Hmm…election drama dies down, government goes on the war path. Here’s a press release from the MCA released today. For immediate release: Seskehko:wa/ September 18, 2009 For information contact: Mohawk Government Office Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Tel: (613) 575-2348 AKWESASNE LEADERSHIP RESPONDS TO CBSA ATTACK AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBERS Akwesasne —ThisContinue Reading
I was shocked and surprised to read Lorne Wiebe’s commentary today. Copyright laws prevent me from showing you in full so I’m going to put the link and excerpt a bit. L I N K the link takes you to the commentary page which changes each weekday so you mayContinue Reading
That’s Jack Layton with one of our occasional contributors Jason Setnyk. Jason wasn’t available to interview Mr. Layton so I filled in. I have to tell you, the man is much more fun to interview than some I’ve done. I think if more people could spend time with him oneContinue Reading
Rahim Jaffer was a young 25 when he became MP in Alberta. After losing his seat to the NDP he fell out of politics though married to current Tory MP Helena Guergis. That sure can’t help her career either. L I N K “Police said Mr. Jaffer’s blood alcohol measuredContinue Reading
L I N K That’s the link to Lorne Wiebe’s opinion piece today. He was going off on Mark MacDonald and Mary Ann Hug’s suggestion in Concil to form a committee to examine how to expand the population of Cornwall. I was sitting and listening to John Bolton in betweenContinue Reading
L I N K In The Art of War it is said that when facing a stronger adversary you choose the time and place of battle. Today the Bloc Quebecois and NDP chose to wait a bit. The issue of the Home Tax Credit is over and Canadians can allContinue Reading
I just shake my head as I read this stuff. www.conservative.ca The first thing you see when you go to Mr Harper’s website are attack ads graphically displayed. A click away you can participate in something called https://mycampaign.conservative.ca/ Where Mr. Harper and his team will actually instruct you to perpetuateContinue Reading
We have interviewed Elizabeth May of the Green Party and are about to interview a few more of the Federal Leaders and big wigs as election drums beat in yonder distance. If you could ask anyone question what would it be? Email in your questions and to which leader you’dContinue Reading
Politics are a blood sport. They are not for the squeamish. We don’t really want honest politicians. We don’t want fair politicians. We want our politician’s to serve our best interest. We want our MP to bring Jobs and prosperity to our riding; even if it’s at the loss ofContinue Reading
Do you know anyone that got a job at the new Government Call Centre? Even as a janitor? All that talk; all that improvement, pointing to the government website only to not see the posting. Were the jobs all gobbled up by government employees from Ottawa? Email usContinue Reading
I’ve spent a lot of time covering the Bridge Crisis this year. The more I talk to people the less I understand on the Island and I have an above average IQ even if I can’t spell worth squat. We have the Mohawk people, who some Mohawk people claim areContinue Reading
Busy night at City Council. It’s always good to see so many people attend even if a bunch were a Ball team. Our Mayor Bob Kilger always is happiest at these meetings when some sports team or person is present and he had the players and coaches from the BlackContinue Reading
We at The Cornwall Free News wish to offer our congratulations to Mr Rawnsley and his Campaign manager Lorna Foreman. For immediate release Cornwall September 14th, 2009. The Green Party is pleased to announce that David Rawnsley will once again be their Federal Candidate in the riding of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry.Continue Reading