SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 – Walmart reached out to CFN via email and confirmed a second case of COVID 19 at their distribution centre. “An associate from our Cornwall Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) has recently tested positive for COVID-19. We’re keeping the associate in our thoughts and wish them a speedy recovery. Out of an abundance […]
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 – Walmart confirmed to CFN that in fact one of its Logistics workers tested positive for COVID-19. Their comment is below with no word of how many other workers have been placed in quarantine. CFN wishes the worker a speedy and and full recovery. “An associate from our Cornwall Distribution Centre store […]
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 – We covered the July 2020 numbers HERE. 1363 Calls for Service July 2020 1376 Calls for Service August 2020 Unwanted Person 42 Trouble with Youth 24 Threats 20 Theft 52 Sudden Death 5 Shop Lift 29 Sexual Assault 7 Neighbor Disputes 29 Motor Vehicle Collision 95 Mental Health Act 33 Landlord […]
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 – Can you imagine a City police service refusing to answer emails to its largest newspaper? Most can’t, but that’s what we have to work with here at CFN as Media person Stephanie MacRae, Chief Danny Aikman, and Deputy Chief Shawna Spowart refuse to answer a single email question from this newspaper […]
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 – There is a tree outside my window which has already a bunch of orangey yellow leaves on a couple of branches only, among all the green leaves. Is Fall far away? I guess those days of camping are just about over for the summer. It has been a different kind of […]
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 – We were very lucky recently as CCH was gracious enough to allow us to ask a few questions of its Chief of Staff, Dr. Lorne Scharf about COVID-19. Here are our questions and his answers: CFN How did you feel the first time you encountered a Covid-19 patient first hand? […]
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 – CFN has been a digital platform leader in Eastern Ontario since our inception in 2009. Feels odd typing 2009 in 2020 and we’ve all seen many changes and lived through many experiences. In life we have to learn and evolve and one of the things we’ve learned is that people come […]
AUGUST 19, 2020 – How do you say good bye to someone who has loved you all your life and whom you have loved too?? All of us have experienced it at one time or another but it doesn’t seem to get any easier. Recently my family lost our wonderful brother, Ron Herrington, affectionately called, […]
It has been six years since you left us. We are sending a dove to heaven with a parcel on its wings, be careful when you open it. It’s full of beautiful things Inside are a million kisses wrapped in a million hugs. To say how much we miss you and to send you all our love. […]
AUGUST 11, 2020 – This is one of the reasons why so many don’t feel safe shopping in Cornwall Ontario. This writer, like many seniors, likes to do their errands early in the morning with the hope of avoiding #covidiots and special people that like to wear their masks under their noses. With the EOHU […]
AUGUST 8, 2020 – Area Home Inspector Brian Schofield is a happy and lucky man. His wife Donna survived a brutal case of COVID 19 that most people would have succumbed to. The registered nurse survived and now faces a long recovery, but for today she gets to be with her husband. They wrote on […]
AUGUST 6, 2020 – Scary times for many. Thanks to COVID and tenants not paying their rent and fear of the unknown many small rental home owners have sold up leaving many scrambling to find a unit in Cornwall which already had been struggling with rental units for workers at places like Olymel and others […]
Remember that wonderful song by Nat King Cole, “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”? Sodas, pretzels and beer. Well, not exactly – no beer. When I was growing up you had to be 21 to be served alcohol. Any social circles I was involved in, whether dances, parties or any formal activities, there was […]
A early evening crash sent one man to CCH in a two vehicle collision in Cornwall Ontario. We will update if more info becomes available. If you see news happen email your photos or video to info@cornwallfreenews.com
Ronald “Satch” Herrington passed away at Heartwood Nursing Home on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at the age of 85. Sadly missed by his brothers and sisters Edward Herrington, Dawn Ford, Evelyn Ringe and Brian (Sandra) Herrington as well as many nieces, nephews and dear friends Claude Hebert and Bob Katz. Predeceased by his […]
Not sure what’s wrong with people in this world. The person who did this probably doesn’t wear masks during Covid either. Thanks to a good Samaritan Cornwall Police were called after the owners were confronted. Cornwall Police stated to CFN that the report has been made and that no charge has been laid yet. Ontario […]
The Longue Sault Rapids were a big attraction when I was young but were lost to the new St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. I remember going to Sheik’s Island, west of Cornwall, for picnics. We could see all the rapids by looking over a fenced cliff area. The rapids swirled and swirled around. Boats such […]
JULY 6, 2020 – It might have taken awhile, but Eastern Ontario has decreed that staff and customers mask in. Months into the Coronavirus Pandemic there still is no real treatment or cure. The Cornwall area is a particularly vulnerable area. It not only is close to the Quebec border, which many locals complain about […]