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CORNWALL Ontario – Should all or some of the members of the Cornwall Ontario police board have to resign due to the upcoming Municipal elections? Mayor Kilger sits on the board as a “Citizen Representative” and his campaign manager Pat Finucan is the chair.  Cornwall Councilor Andre Rivette is runningContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Last week CFN sent a query to all those officially running for council regarding the voted upon pay hike for elected officials at the last Council meeting. The raise was severe and many residents have voted their outrage at having such increases including those union staff askedContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Guy Menard I believe, really cares about his community.   He and I may not agree who gets to play a part in our community, and to what degree; but clearly he wants Lift Off to remain; and so do I.  Sadly his company did not sponsorContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Our city continues to slide in the Moneysense compilation of the best places to live in Canada. From 92 in 2010 to 167 in 2012 , our fair city has dropped to 173 in 2014.   The rankings note our 9.9% unemployment rate, growth of only 2.8% from 2008-2013,Continue Reading

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CFN – When ever any party sets out a plan to address any policy, they are, in effect, trying to predict the future and/or influence the outcome. No one can actually know what the future will bring, but if a ball is hit with a bat and it heads towards a house, everyone watching canContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Jim Brownell is very upset.  He’s ranting on his facebook page about yours truly. His invective is pretty out there for the normally mild mannered and polite retired school teacher and former Liberal MPP for our riding. I have been a huge supporter of Mr. Brownell, butContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Agape poohbahette Alyssa Blais finally put her name on the dotted line and is running for council. The social ladder climber has been running Agape for several years since switching over from her gig with the City. Her husband is the Liberal candidate John Earle,  recently wasContinue Reading

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CFN – Social media really has changed the way that people communicate.  The biggest factor is speed and access. Anyone can virtually post just about anything, and on sites like Facebook and You Tube they can go viral quite quickly. One of the hottest stories here in Canada are theContinue Reading

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While the eminent who’s who of Cornwall has taken up the baton in regard to developing a university at Cornwall, perhaps some questions may be asked about job prospects for future graduates. CJOH had a news crew on hand when Algonquin College had their graduation ceremonies . . . andContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – In what turned out to be one of the longest presentations to council I’ve ever endured Cornwall City council voted to give itself an unprecedented raise Monday evening. The presentation was so long that the mayor and four councilors took potty breaks during the monstrous amount ofContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – The July 14th meeting of Cornwall Ontario City Council has to be the best example of the dysfunction and corruption of the Kilger group. The meeting itself lasted until nearly 11PM and there were three main issues (four but I promised I’d play nicey nice on theContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – David Murphy, the  Cornwall City Councilor with the smooth voice and no substance has leaked at Lift Off that his bud, gifted musician Graham Greer, (The Wedgie King of Cornwall!)  is about to throw his guitar pick into the ring and take a run for council inContinue Reading

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I normally don’t comment much on municipal affairs but the issue of pay increases for city council that will come up Monday night bothers me no end and proves in my mind that those advocating it are in it for the money. I covered city council for about 30 years and ofContinue Reading

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Yes, Cornwall Has a Kill the Messenger Mentality I see myself as a moderate reasonable unbiased thinker.  So I come to ask myself why is their so much antagonism towards some media reports/reporters in this community.  Here, is what it comes down to, in my modest understandings.  Long term service, smallContinue Reading

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CORNWALL Ontario – Stephen Fournier, Closed Meeting investigator for the City of Cornwall Ontario has confirmed that the Mayor and two veteran councilors allowed a meeting of the Waterfront Committee to move in camera wrongly. The details of the report will be released by City Hall shortly; but it theContinue Reading