CORNWALL Ontario – Some very ugly people got their way and used City Hall as a bully tool to destroy a family rink. Last night the Vincent family and some friends were essentially forced to take the boards down from their rink. As you can see in theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Rookie City Councilor (and Liberal nomination hopeful Justin Towndale has spoken out regarding the Monaco rink status. He sent CFN the following communication. He is only the second councilor to publicly speak out regarding the rink that the city sent trucks and police to yesterday. PleaseContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Ugly politics have led to a city directed truck starting to tear down the Vincent family ice rink in Cornwall Ontario. Manager Bill De Witt who was present said it was on direct orders of Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy and CAO Norm Levac. Laura Vincent was teaching atContinue Reading
CFN represents an interesting cross roads in journalism. Is news different than entertainment? Has the news become too corporate? Are media outlets too afraid to report news for fear of losing clients? Can you trust anything you read if jaundiced by that? Does the public care about important issues? HowContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – 2010 Cornwall City Council contender Mr. Pat Finnerty passed away December 31, 2014 comfortably at home at the age of 79. Mr. Finnerty made some striking points in his own manner during the election pointing out that the community needed “new blood” to lead. Big MoneyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Sometimes you have to out a troll clearly. On the left is one Nicholas MacNaughton. Mr. MacNaughton is a special kind of troll. His hatred has lasted several years now and his energy in attacking CFN and myself seem to be his occupation. It probably startedContinue Reading
The new year brings high expectations and great challenges for the new council. Dealing with the budget is going to be our biggest challenge The main thrust of the election CAG pledge that was signed by 22 candidates, focused on the fact that taxes are 1/3 less in the counties.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – It wasn’t a huge crowd, but they were very spirited. The kids had a good time and even some of the neighbors were dancing as an area DJ provided some tunes. The big news today is the allegation that the complaint to shut down the Vincent’s rinkContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Alas many of us had hope for change after Mayor Bob Kilger and three of his henchmen were bounced in the last election. There was a clear message from the people that change was wanted in our city, but sadly, as some predicted, that change has notContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – City Councilor Mark A MacDonald has rebuffed the official City line over the Vincent Ice Rink on Monaco Crescent. Greetings: This is my position with respect to the recent city of Cornwall press release regarding the kids ice rink. My understanding is that our by-law officers haveContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Mayor’s may have changed, but the bizarre attitudes in Cornwall Ontario haven’t as new mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy attended the ice rink this morning, before the CTV cameras showed up and decreed that the boards have to come down. He confirmed this via phone with CFNContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – City Councilor Mark MacDonald has written to the CAO about getting grip on rampant increases in Fire fighting that have led to higher taxes in Cornwall. Mr. MacDonald refers to a story in the Globe and Mail about policing costs. This just might be something that councilContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Aurele Houle is not a happy camper. His neighbors across the street, the Vincent family, have spent hours building up a pretty and charming mini ice rink for their kids and the neighbors kids. It’s a throw back to a time that rarely exists anymore. Instead of doingContinue Reading
CFN – Well that was an interesting and anti-climatic council meeting in Long Sault. The new council under Comrade Tammy Hart decreed to kill advertising on both The South Stormont News and Cornwall Free News. At no point in our service to the township had we had any complaint regardingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I’m going to pay a rare compliment to our city council. Maybe rare shouldn’t be the term. Because of the weirdness that was the Kilger council of the last term there was very little to compliment our elected officials about. Nearly half of our currentContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Disgraced former Team Cornwall President Gilles Latour was actually thanked by current Team Cornwall President Peter Gault early this morning in what has to be one of the most bizarre public statements in light of the black eye Mr. Latour has given to the local business community.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – If Mark MacDonald has his way council will be voting to rescind the whopping raises the Kilger team voted for themselves last term. Returning to council after a four year hiatus Mr. MacDonald has been firmly in support in stemming the high taxes afflicting one of theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Seaway News is reporting that the United Way locally may not hit its modest target this year set at under $1M. Sadly one of the greatest charities in this country decided to play the political card. After being a part of the disaster that has beenContinue Reading