Cornwall Ontario – One wonders what Councilor Mark A MacDonald has done to possibly offend Hugo Rodrigues, Managing editor of the Standard Freeholder? Or maybe it’s simply safe for Hugo to snipe at Mr. MacDonald rather than tackle real issues with meat in them that might cost the newspaper someContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The dirty and unwashed took a local immigrant family to the cleaners on social media after a strange, but sadly, typical restaurant experience. Mix people with difficulty using the language and recent immigrants to our great country who are trying to build a business and you endContinue Reading
Walsh Pressure Cleaning The importance of checking sewer lines is one of the most important steps when purchasing a property. DIAL 613 571 6881 Today! No corrode sewer lines are essentially treated cardboard that could cost you thousands of dollars to replace. Tree roots through sewer lines, cracked and brokenContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontari0 – Good news costs money, and judging by how many viewers we have and how many pages you click on every month we must be doing something right? Right now the City of Cornwall is going through its farcical exercise of a budget. It’s embarrassing and even inContinue Reading
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A falling unemployment rate will not necessarily indicate a healthy growing labour market in the future, in part because Canada’s population is getting older and more Canadians are retiring from the workforce, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute,Continue Reading
These Tips Will Make You Rethink Your Financial Resolutions Almost everyone with a list of New Year resolutions has at least one financial goal. As with most other resolutions, however, not many people achieve the financial success they plan to achieve each year. If you are among those that didContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Michelle Matos, one of the franchise owners here in Cornwall wanted to clarify her stores position after our story of yesterday where customers and workers are upset with draconian measure being taken by some outlets after Minimum wages were increased to $14 per hour as of JanuaryContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Letters like the one above are being shared locally. Our inbox has been filled by local workers upset at being penalized for issues that they feel they have not contributed to or had no say in. Some employees say that they will actually take home less afterContinue Reading
When Dr. Louis Hebert died in 2015 leaving $846,648.46 to each of his three kids, Lorette Taylor, Marie-Louise Marlow & Louis Paul Herbert, nobody expected the circus that has been the hot mess of the missing money that never arrived at the Cornwall UPS store. 10 months after UPS lost a $846,648.46 inheritanceContinue Reading
December 19, 2017 Ontario Lowering Rates for Payday Loans and Other Services Ontario is protecting vulnerable consumers by reducing the cost of borrowing and other fees for alternative financial services such as payday loans.Beginning on January 1, 2018: The cap on the cost of borrowing for payday loans will be reducedContinue Reading
Fraser Institute News Release: Amount Canadians donate to charity at a 10-year low VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The amount Canadians donate to charities—as a share of their income—has hit a 10-year low and lags far behind the amount Americans give, finds a new study by theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – In 2017 news outlets simply are folding under the financial pressures of the industry. Pressure from an essentially unregulated industry. Pressure from a digital takeover of media ads via US conglomerates in anti-social media, and simply a loss of two streams of revenue have seen older establishedContinue Reading
Canada’s Flourishing Organic Market Captured in New Report from the Canada Organic Trade Association OTTAWA, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canada Organic Trade Association released its second comprehensive analysis of Canada’s organic market: The Canadian Organic Market: Trends and Opportunities 2017. This in-depth publication provides the most up-to-date overview of theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – To many shoppers from Cornwall Hannafords, is one of our favorite grocery stops over the border in Massena. Thanksgiving saw many Canadians flock to get their 39 cents per pound Turkey’s for US Thanksgiving. Sadly, the longtime store will be closing when its lease is up inContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Things You Should Know While Shopping At Sephora. Sometimes stores don’t tell you about all the extra goodies you can get it’s kind of like the secret Starbucks menu if you don’t know then they don’t tell you so here are some helpful tips and tricks whileContinue Reading
Canada’s high-priced beer, wine and spirits hard to swallow “Raise the Bar” report card calls on Ottawa and provinces to improve pricing, taxation and interprovincial trade TORONTO, Nov. 07, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — High prices, unfair taxation and outdated rules continue to frustrate Canada’s bar and restaurant owners. Those are theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Cornwall City Councilor Bernadette Clement’s breakfast buddy Kathleen Wynne and her government have left Cornwall (SD&G) out from a retail outlet for recreational marijuana. The province announced the first 14 communities that will roll out retail outlets. Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Hamilton Barrie, Kingston, Kitchener NDP ,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The problem with people being parachuted into communities to be journalists is that sometimes, some of them, bring an outside perspective and don’t really look at the local big picture. And sometimes they may listen to the wrong people. Or sometimes, they just poot any silly thoughtContinue Reading