Did I hear anything about the young girl that took her own life? For the second time in two years I was queried that recently. We don’t like to talk about suicide. The police do not put it on the blotter. Here in Cornwall they refused to give me any numbers or data. After much […]
WEAPONS The Cornwall Community Police Service is investigating an incident that occurred on July 31st, 2018 where a male attended the Cornwall Community Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper torso. The male victim was later released from hospital after treatment for a non-life threatening wound. CCPS Criminal Investigations Division detectives are actively […]
Cornwall Ontario – Some irate taxpayers in Cornwall were offended when they read that the Bank of Montreal just sent a big bag of cash over to the Winchester Hospital instead of CCH, especially as Cornwall just bought it’s old empty BMO building on Pitt Street, in need of millions of dollars of renovations, for […]
Editor’s Note – This incident wasn’t reported by the CCPS or SIU when it occurred. The SIU is only reporting its closure of its investigation because the injury wasn’t deemed serious enough. It is not an exoneration or statement of innocence or guilt. We media, nor the public at large, would know about this event […]
Cornwall Ontario – Edna May Dorey’s birthday is May 6th. Edna will be 102 years young. And when you see her, yes ‘young’ does describe her very well. Edna belongs to a knitting group, plays bean bag and, if there is any music in the air, she is up dancing. She tells a story about falling […]
Cornwall Ontario – With the Sunshine List coming out (a list of public servants earning over $100K annually) it’s frightening to see the escalation of Cornwall area services, especially at City Hall where there’s a wage freeze and hiring freeze of unionized employees while management is seeing in some cases, double digit increases. Data from […]
Cornwall Ontario – After complaints from multiple countries, including right here in Cornwall in Canada, the Cornwall Community Hospital has decided to discontinue their relationship with Patient Direct as of May 2018. Jolene Soares sent a communication from Hospital President & CEO Jeanette Despatie Friday afternoon confirming the details. We are in the process of […]
Feeling scammed, ripped off, lied to or ignored by Patient Direct aka the Community Network or MIS TV? You’re not alone. By Mary Anne Pankhurst If you’re a local business owner in Ontario “you” are the target market for Patient Direct. In fact the company may be so clever (after having developed markets like Australia, […]
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Dr. Thomas Baitz has outlived a lot of his patients over his 80+ years. After giving lots of notice that he would stop his work at the Sleep Clinic at the Cornwall Community Hospital, rumours were that he’d retired from medicine. A sign on his door at the McConnell Medical Clinic was […]
Cornwall Ontario – For a town with a higher percentage of seniors it’s going to be a trip to get service as CCH has closed it’s Sleep Lab. The Hospital issued a very brief release below. The lab had been in the Cornwall General Hospital prior to its closing. Sleep Apnea is a condition […]
Cornwall Ontario – The province has an actual useful website that gives you data on surgical wait times. With Cornwall having a higher level of seniors I thought I’d run some numbers based on historical issues that many seniors face. While the community has to its credit come up with wads of cash to […]
Cornwall Ontario – It has been published that the Cornwall Community Hospital is rationed 60 hours per day for doctors. That includes emergency where tragically so many end up because they simply don’t have a GP. Clinics are so brutal that the wait times are near what they would be in emergency which compounds the […]
Cornwall Ontario – With the province rationing health care times a big question that’s starting to loom is whether this City is paying a price for electing Conservative Jim McDonell not once, but twice during this near 15 year run of Liberal governments in the province. Not only that, but the last McGuinty election win […]
THEFT OVER $5000, POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAFFICKING Cornwall, ON – Brandon Belanger-Bedard, 20 of Cornwall was arrested on May 29th, 2017 and charged with theft over $5000 and possession of controlled substances for the purpose of trafficking. It is alleged in the early morning hours of May 29th, 2017 police attended the Cornwall […]
RIDDELL, Valerie (née Leeman) – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a special lady, Valerie Elizabeth Riddell, at the Cornwall Community Hospital on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at the age of 73 years. Beloved wife of the late John Riddell who only died recently. Cherished mother of Debbie Cameron (Chris); […]
MISCHIEF, BREACH Cornwall, ON – Luis Rodriguez, 24 of Cornwall was arrested on May 12th, 2017 and charged with mischief and breach of probation for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged on May 12th, 2017 the man pulled the fire alarm at the hospital and police were contacted to investigate. During the investigation […]
A multi vehicle collision kicked off things Monday morning in the emergency parking lot at the Cornwall Community Hospital parking lot. A CFN viewer who witnessed the collision sent in the picture and this comment. No injuries, the minivan left the parking lot at the southern entrance and turned north onto McConnell, she failed to […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Dr. Thomas Baitz has been practicing medicine in Cornwall for 40 years. He arrived in our city in 1975 after training at the famed Mayo Clinic and studying in Edmonton after arriving from his native Hungary. If you are treated via dialysis in Cornwall you probably owe some thanks to Dr. Baitz […]