Wealth Index #1:     Conservative Minister of Industry, Hon. James Moore (December 13, Radio Station 1130 News, British Columbia): “We’ve never been wealthier as a country than we are right now. Never been wealthier.”   Campaign 2000 (www.campaign2000.ca) 2013 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada: “Canada’s RealContinue Reading

Their story is captivating, complex and creatively inspiring. But it’s also a story about their soon-to-be-opened glassblowing studio so has an additional layer of excitement. Because as the artists have helped me understand: You can’t open a studio if you’re looking through rose-coloured glasses. To begin, operating costs run high.Continue Reading

A Toronto Police Service officer has been arrested and charged. It is alleged that: – on Monday, December 2, 2013, at approximately 4 a.m., police responded to a single-car collision on the Fred Gardiner Expressway, east of Dufferin Street – the driver of the vehicle was arrested and charged Constable EnisContinue Reading

CFN – In last night’s regularly scheduled meeting of the South Stormont Town Council there were no presentations and no demonstrations, just the ordinary business of the township.  Only the department reports and motions and by-laws that are common during these meetings were on the agenda. The OPP presented aContinue Reading

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Council Mayor Bryan McGillis 613-937-3116 bmcgillis@southstormont.ca   Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart 613-984-2543       tammy.farms@xplornet.com   Councillor Cindy Woods 613-537-2977 cindy_woods@xplornet.com   Councillor BarryContinue Reading

CFN – The explosion you heard in Ottawa yesterday was the latest bomb Mike Duffy lobbed into Ottawa’s political circus. Duffy certainly got everyone’s attention, not only in the Senate chamber, but across the country. Whether you like him or not, it was a powerful presentation from a skilled speaker.Continue Reading

CFN – Jim McDonell, Progressive Conservative MPP for SD&SG must be starting to feel like a campaign is coming up as he’s becoming more outspoken on several issues. Last week he issued a release on Youth Employment or lack thereof in Ontario and I sat down with him for aContinue Reading

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Council Mayor Bryan McGillis 613-937-3116 bmcgillis@southstormont.ca   Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart 613-984-2543       tammy.farms@xplornet.com   Councillor Cindy Woods 613-537-2977 cindy_woods@xplornet.com   Councillor BarryContinue Reading

On Friday, Sept. 13th, 2013, at approximately 8:15 pm, the Stormont,Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) OPP Commercial Vehicle Inspection (CVI) Unit had occasion to stop a tractor trailer for inspection.  Further investigation by the OPP CVI members led to a massive seizure of unprocessed leaf tobacco. Members of the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF)Continue Reading

  First-quarter figures reveal that Ontario’s projected deficit remains at $11.7 billion this fiscal year, meaning that it is now a structural deficit. Current unemployment figures indicate that Ontario’s rate is above the national average for the sixth straight year.   In light of this finance minister Charles Sousa announcedContinue Reading

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Council Mayor Bryan McGillis 613-937-3116 bmcgillis@southstormont.ca   Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart 613-984-2543       tammy.farms@xplornet.com   Councillor Cindy Woods 613-537-2977 cindy_woods@xplornet.com   Councillor BarryContinue Reading

  CFN–  Karma is a bitch they say.   They really do.   But what is Karma really?  Surely if you do the right things enough times mathematically things work out? Of course the opposite would be true to.   If you don’t perform best practices.  If you are notContinue Reading

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Council Mayor Bryan McGillis 613-937-3116 bmcgillis@southstormont.ca   Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart 613-984-2543       tammy.farms@xplornet.com   Councillor Cindy Woods 613-537-2977 cindy_woods@xplornet.com   Councillor BarryContinue Reading

CFN – With MPs and Senators scattering across the country, Canadians are looking forward to our long Canada Day weekend. Political types would like to think that the topic of conversation will be politics and a cabinet shuffle, but outside of the Ottawa bubble I suspect it will hardly beContinue Reading

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Council Mayor Bryan McGillis 613-937-3116 bmcgillis@southstormont.ca   Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart 613-984-2543       tammy.farms@xplornet.com   Councillor Cindy Woods 613-537-2977 cindy_woods@xplornet.com   Councillor BarryContinue Reading

CFN – Today, the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) – Serious and Organized Crime team (SOC) and partners announced the results of a project that dismantled alleged criminal organizations involved in the trafficking of marihuana within Canada and the smuggling of contraband tobacco between Canada and the United States. Project O-TITAN wasContinue Reading

Re:  PM’s former chief of staff controlled secret Tory fund http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/06/06/pol-weston-conservative-fund-wright-pmo.html Bill C-377 currently before the Senate finance committee proposes that all union books be open to the public. Conservative proponent MP Russ Hiebert argues that labour organizations should not be worried if they have nothing to hide, and thatContinue Reading