Wow, a lot going on locally. Red Cross Employees Picket Montreal Road Shane Haley Murder Case Update Arena Site starts Clean Up Cornwall Pyramid Targeted Leon’s Prez Makes Speech in Cornwall Councilor Mark MacDonald isn’t Happy about Rink Process please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
I’ve been asked that a few times now; about how we can run The Cornwall Free News. Well right now it’s a labour of love. You plant a seed, nurture it; and hopefully one day it’ll sprout some fruit. A lot of people have helped and spend their time soContinue Reading
I’m going to email the rest of council and the Mayor and hopefully we get some answers or positions regarding the site for the arena. This was just released by Councilor Mark MacDonald. Further to the issue I tried to raise at our last Council Mtg., let me be veryContinue Reading
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Now this looks like a fun event. The 2009 edition of the Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Federal NDP Riding Association’s Tommy Douglas Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 30th. This year it’s at the Cornwall Golf and Country Club, Highway Two East, just past the city limits on the way toContinue Reading
I’ve thought that Mr. Lauzon was never “in touch” to actually be out of touch. He’s far too busy running the Habitat ReStore to realize how little most families in Cornwall actually survive on. L I N K MP out of touch In a recent mailing made by Guy Lauzon,Continue Reading
I was just watching this week’s city council meeting on Cogeco and it’s amazing to watch this group interact. There definitely are certain “types” of people. You can see which councilors supports business interests, and which councilors support human interests; which councilors are smarter or brighter, or which councilors youContinue Reading
Montreal GM and head coach Bob Gainey’s breathing better tonight as the Habs, led by Alex Tanguay’s 5 point night thrashed Atlanta. Alex Kovalev crept out of the dog house and put two goals in the night. The Habs were outshot 25-22 and Carey Price recorded a rare win forContinue Reading
LINK Is Councilor Denis Thibault politicking or is this a good thing? Talk back to us Cornwall. Councilors received a 2.1% pay increase bringing their salaries up to $14,270 per year. I’m going to ask some of our City Councilor’s to respond to this article. please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
We’re starting a feature called Six Questions. We ask interesting people six questions and the answers can be surprising. If you know of anyone you want Six Questions asked of email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com Here are Six Questions with Cornwall City Councilor Mark MacDonald. I’m going to thank Mark forContinue Reading
NDP Leader Jack Layton wants Ottawa to pull any Federal ads from two Quebecor owned Newspapers ( Le Journal de Montreal and Le Reveil du Saguenay) that have locked out their employees. “I know this is a very difficult time for you and your families,” Layton told the workers gatheredContinue Reading
LINK Cornwall City Councillor Elaine Macdonald is upset about Cornwall’s waste and wants to implement a Green Box program at a cost near $1 Million dollars per year. “If we’re going to cut down on our waste, that’s what we have to go to,” said MacDonald. “It’s a systemic changeContinue Reading
LINK Claude McIntosh of the Standard Freeholder thinks a rematch between Guy Lauzon and Denis Sabourin is brewing. What do you think Cornwall? In my opinion I think the change in the economy and a new Liberal leader could just be the ammo to give Mr. Lauzon a run forContinue Reading
Denis Sabourin had to move the Justin Trudeau breakfast once, but it looked like he needed a larger room than Salon’s A-C at the Civic Complex. Every parking space was filled including along the entrance way into the complex. The line to greet Trudeau took over an hour to process. Continue Reading
LINK Wow; these are some big allegations. I’ve only lived in Cornwall for five years; but if true there should be some very serious consideration before planting the first shovel. I’d love to hear from people more on the know of this project. “Dear Councillors, Our city has a dumpContinue Reading
LINK www.AndreaHorwath.com Ontario NDP’ers have a new leader. Congrats and click the links for the full story and Andrea’s Bio. Did any of you meet her when she visited Cornwall at Darlene Jalbert’s campaign office this last election? Born in Stoney Creek to an autoworker’s family Andrea earned her degreeContinue Reading
Are you going to see Justin Trudeau this Saturday at from 8:30 in Salons A-C at the complex? I know I’ll be there. Not sure if there are any tickets left but if you still don’t have yours you can try Denis Sabourin 13 346 5416 or e-mail m3011@glen-net.ca orContinue Reading
Liberal Senator George Baker from Newfoundland and Labrador is under attack by the Harper government for comments he has made about Newfoundland and Labrador forming a Bloc Quebecois type political party if the government doesn’t deal in a manner they feel more fair to Newfoundland and Labrador. LINK He (BAKER)Continue Reading