CORNWALL Ontario – For one area family the nightmare of what’s happened to them seems to have had salt rubbed into it.   The family lost their life savings, and their home to convicted fraud artist Neil Shah who bilked people for over $2,000,000 million dollars. Mr. Shah is currentlyContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Maybe the commute to Ottawa is wearing him down; but Cornwall Ontario Mayor Bob Kilger skipped the first political event of the election as the majority of candidates appeared before the members of the FOCUS ART group in Cornwall Ontario to talk about arts and funding. PresentContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Convicted Fraudster Neil Shah was denied day parole recently.    Mr. Shah is the son of Cornwall Doctor, Nat Shah, who has won Cornwall Citizen of the Year honours. What’s particularly heinous about Neil Shah is that most of his frauds were committed after he was firstContinue Reading

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

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

CORNWALL Ontario – Will he or won’t he?  That’s the question that many are asking after Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger finally put his name on the dotted line and registered to run for a their term.    The “he” in question is former Councilor Leslie O’Shaughnessy who resigned from councilContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Pat Finucan confirmed to CFN that he will be Mayor Bob Kilger’s campaign manager for re-election.   He also confirmed that he would not step down as Chair of the Police Board while doing so.  He said he spoke to someone; although he didn’t state who thatContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – I had an interesting chat with two of Cornwall’s finest last night.   Mayhem broke out at the Waterfront Committee meeting. CFN and myself were blindsided. For a few years now our high school drop out mayor, Bob Kilger, and some of his friends; I guess becauseContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Is Mayor Kilger and his council after the RCAF Wing ?   According to documents from Committee meetings it appears that the Wing is in play and part of the secret closed door Divestiture meetings taking place during the last year of this term. With Mayor KilgerContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – As some of you know I was charged by Cornwall Police for making threatening phone calls over a month ago. I’ve had people state that I had been found guilty, which I haven’t.  I’ve been fingerprinted, put in a cell, patted down.   I’ve had phone callsContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – There has been one consistent public message in Cornwall Ontario since December 2013, and that the community wishes to not have chemical tanks on our waterfront and in particular the ones on the Trillium Distribution Inc. site. While there are varied responses, that’s the common theme.  Continue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – There’s a lot of misinformation about myself and CFN out in the community and I thought I’d take this opportunity to clear some of it up. When I first moved here my first job was with our local Habitat for Humanity outlet as their marketing manager.  ItContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – As many of our loyal viewers and subscribers know CFN has been the victim of a conspiratorial boycott that leads all the way, as many believe, to Queen’s Park and the Wynne Government? In many ways it’s worse than the Rob Ford boycott of the Toronto Star;Continue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – When politics take over principles we all lose.   Today it was announced that the Cornwall General Hospital site was sold to developers in Ottawa for $2M.     We have not confirmed that number as the Hospital has not sent us a release. Sadly politics doomedContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – While Mayor Bob Kilger and his council in Cornwall can spin the current discussions with the Federal Government over the Harbour lands, the bottom line is that council gave a green light with a 8-1 vote (councilor Samson was in Florida again) for the Mayor and ClerkContinue Reading