CFN – Tonight marks the beginning of Passover; the Holy Jewish Holiday whereby Jews across the world eat matzoh and get constipated if they don’t eat enough prunes and fruit. Here in Cornwall the Jewish community is nearly extinct. The synagogue is now a private home; but there is hope asContinue Reading
CFN – Paul J. Fudge, the founder and long standing owner operator of Paul J. Fudge Bailiff and Landlord Agent business in Kingston today announced that the “landlord agent” operations of his business has been sold to James Moak Professional Corporation. “As many know, I have been considering semi-retirementContinue Reading
CFN – The circus that has become the Chem Tanks plunked on our waterfront by Trillium Distribution Cornwall Inc. has taken a bizarre turn. Mark A MacDonald who is running for council suggested that Council demand that Guy Lauzon resign. It makes for great filler on a slow news day; butContinue Reading
Would you like to own the largest and most read newspaper in a market of over 45,000 people? CFN is for sale! With over 29.5 million page views in 2013 and averaging around 60,000 unique visitors CFN is a key building stone with a large regional reach into Ottawa, EasternContinue Reading
Marijuana is not new to anyone here in Cornwall or for that matter just about anywhere else. We live in times where bizarre laws are changing and the public is pushing hard for that change. In Colorado and Washington State Marijuana is now bringing in hard cash into the publicContinue Reading
CFN – Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel have said some amazing things over the years. Once I thought I had made up a clever quip which would have rivaled any ‘Yogi-isms ‘or ‘Stengeleses’ but I found out Yogi had already thought it up. So much for my ego. I don’tContinue Reading
DRUG WARRANT Cornwall, ON – On April 9th, 2014 members of the Cornwall Street Crime Unit assisted by the Cornwall Emergency Response Team executed a drug warrant at a Carleton Street address and took Sandy MacFarlane,52 and Samantha Butcher,39 both of Cornwall into custody and charged them as withContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cornwall Police Services confirmed that a search warrant was executed in the East End of Cornwall tonight at approximately 9 PM just north of Montreal Road. (Carleton Street) 3 people are in custody. No injuries or fatalities were reported. The CERT Team was in action using stunContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Firefighters, EMS, and Police were called to the Walmart store on Brookdale Avenue in Cornwall Ontario Wednesday night. Smoke was reported at approximately 8 PM which resulted in the store being evacuated. No injuries were reported and the Cornwall Fire Services were investigating the roof looking forContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The little shed that could apparently couldn’t. After getting some new paint it was hauled away by order via Herb’s Towing. I contacted Mark A MacDonald; council candidate and leader behind his own occupy movement regarding the tanks and he stated the following: It’s too bad weContinue 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
WARRANT Cornwall, ON – Matthieu Boudrias, 24 of Cornwall was arrested on April 8th, 2014 on the strength of a warrant. It is alleged that the man failed to attend court on March 25th, 2014 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On April 8th, 2014 a memberContinue 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 – Cornwall has lost a piece of its history as former Mayor Phil Poirier has passed away after a long illness. He was 68. He was a kind and generous man who cared greatly for his community. In my five years here at CFN he was very givingContinue Reading
The City of Cornwall would like to advise motorists and businesses that a section of Boundary Road will be closed on Wednesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 10th in order for CN to complete repairs to the rail crossing. Boundary Road will be closed between Marleau Avenue and Industrial Park Drive whileContinue Reading
THREATS Cornwall, ON – A 28-year-old Cornwall woman was arrested on April 2nd, 2014 and charged with threats to life. It is alleged that during the month of March, 2014 the woman threatened to shoot her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend. Police were contacted and an investigation ensued. During theirContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Mark A MacDonald likes to throw around the term Occupy or Occupy Cornwall. Who can blame him. We all like to have some bad ass street cred; but frankly this gerrymandering about the Chem tanks is creating support for the bad guys. If you believe theContinue Reading
CFN – There’s a group on facebook that boycotts Sun News. So it wasn’t so surprising to see CFN have a tiny boycott group of our own. They even posted a list of our sponsors and contacted a bunch. While that’s not good for business orContinue Reading