CIBC Visa Cardholders Charged More Interest in Ontario than in Quebec Cornwall ON –In the April CIBC VISA card statements, an updated Cardholder Agreement was enclosed explaining some recent changes. Written in legal language that is difficult to read and understand, as of September 1, 2010 cardholders will be payingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So why all the false stories about GM paying back their government bail out? According to media reports GM has paid back some of the monies given to them with other monies given to them to bail them out. They also secured more financing at aContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – As I write this there’s an awful lot of oil heading towards the Louisiana coastline; some of which has already advanced into pockets and is impacting wildlife and the environment. So far very little has been done; and it looks like this will be even bigger than theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It looks like Mortgage rates will be going up again by June according to several media reports regarding the Bank of Canada rates. Some are speculating that the rate hike will be as high as half a point. LINK “Removing the conditional commitment … [is] as goodContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Mortgage rates have gone up for the second time in less than a month as the cost of borrowing rises which is scary news for home owners in Canada as the potential for 80’s style hyper inflation hovers over the recession. LINK RBC kicked off the increasesContinue Reading
Cornwall and S.D.G.’s Summer Company Seeks Young Entrepreneurs The Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre (CBEC) is now accepting applications for Summer Company 2010. Students between the ages of 15-29 years of age who are interested in learning more about business could receive awards of up to $3,000 to start their ownContinue Reading
With $80 dollar a barrel oil seeming reasonable the world is scrambling for alternatives. Solar is a hot ticket nowadays especially here in Cornwall Ontario. Recently The Heart of the City held a breakfast meeting to discuss some very interesting opportunities. LINK Dr. Sudhanshu Varma and Dr. RayeContinue Reading
We’re very lucky in Canada, but the world today is a very small marble. When our neighbor to the South bleeds we tend to get splashed. In Europe now when a country like Greece goes through major economic mess, Germany and the rest of Europe get to help payContinue Reading
It’s sexy. Not sure if it’ll work, but it’s exciting; especially as the editor of an online newspaper. We already have a lot of you who read our paper on your Blackberry or iPhone. This exciting development could lead to smaller eye glass and contact lens bills forContinue Reading
Industry Minister Tony Clement talks to the Globe and Mail about the financial recovery. L I N K “If there was one thing you want to achieve in government this year that you believe would help Canada’s industrial sector, what would it be? [Government and universities have] actively engaged inContinue Reading
Online Networking Phenomenon Twitter has just signed two deals with Google and Bing (MSN) that will result in Tweets or mini blog entries being indexed to Search engine queries. L I N K “In October, Twitter said it had struck multiyear arrangements that make users’ short blog postings available on Google.comContinue Reading
SD&G Economic News Update by Roger Sauvé – Cornwall EI recipients up 46% in October Cornwall Ontario – December 22, 2009. Statistics Canada reported that the number of people in Cornwall receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) jumped by 46% in October from a year earlier. The number of recipients in the Hawkesbury regionContinue 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
Naughty Tiger Woods may have to cough up to half his estate. Frankly, if I were him, I’d save the legal bills and just roll it over. There really isn’t too much he can possibly say in his defense, and America especially respects you a tad more whenContinue 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
Canada has some funny views about communications. They tend to grant monopolies that make huge amounts of money for companies like Ma Bell and the cable companies on the back of the users, IE, we taxpayers. Competition isn’t really heard of. The result is that Canada has one of theContinue Reading
The Year in Review meeting is a popular meeting that is expected to attract hundreds of business people, including special guests from outside of the City. The meeting will be held on Friday, December 18, 2008 at 7:00 am, at Aultsville Theatre at St. Lawrence College. The highlight of theContinue Reading
ROGER SAUVÉ – The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 4 – Job numbers down 1,800 this year How is the job market in Cornwall? This question is not as easy to answer as you might think. Employment estimates,Continue Reading