The perfect gift for the coffee enthusiast in your family or extended family and friends is fresh roasted premium quality coffee. Or how about a new machine to brew their coffee? You can’t go wrong with a little lovin from your local roaster. Coffey’s Coffee offers a long listContinue Reading

From cave painters to Picasso, man’s best friend has always captured artists’ imaginations. There are many reasons why.  Among them, dogs – all descendants of Grey Wolves – have for tens of thousands of years given humans so much:  Protection, warmth, hunting and herding assistance, as well as comfort, companionshipContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – The River Kings will be holding a Teddy Bear toss next Saturday, Dec. 21 when Cornwall hosts Riviere-du-Loup at the Civic Complex. Members of the Cornwall Professional Fire Fighter’s Association will be on hand for the Sparky’s Toy Drive Teddy Bear Toss.   “There is no betterContinue Reading

CFN – Our MPs finally stopped squabbling long enough to agree to depart from Ottawa for their home constituencies. I doubt too many Canadians will miss Question Period or for that matter the attacks and counter-attacks that have become the daily pattern when the House of Commons is sitting. OtherContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – Over 200 people crammed into Salon B of the Civic Complex in Cornwall Ontario.   The crowd clearly and unanimously were against the tanks being constructed on our waterfront.     Guy “I don’t know anything” Lauzon shuffled through papers and did the political speak.   MinisterContinue Reading

CFN – Please help eight year old ROCKY, a Sheltie Poodle mix find his way home.  His very upset mommy is in shock after construction workers let him out.  Rocky has been missing for weeks now and is probably sheltered in someone’s home.     He was last seen on Beaupre RoadContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – Museum curator Ian Bowering has authorized us to print his apology to CFN after openly smashing his hand into our news camera and shutting if off by flipping the door to the camera shut while we were covering the Waterfront Chemical tank protest here in Cornwall Ontario.Continue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  It’s very sad for me personally to see how the Kinsmen Avonmore Cornwall Lift Off organization has failed our community.   The event has struggled since their biggest year in 2010 after Chris Savard, its founder, left in a cloud of mystery that led the group toContinue 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

CFN – The Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed Bill 36 Local Food Act, 2013 on November 5, 2013. The purposes of the Act are to foster successful and resilient local food economies and systems in Ontario, help increase awareness of local food in Ontario and develop new markets for localContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – Hmm…how to gentrify a former industrial city with a stunningly beautiful waterfront…. a) build luxury condos?  b)  build lovely green spaces for the community to enjoy?  c) lease out lands to a firm that will plunk a chemical tank or two after the property had been cleanedContinue Reading

Over the past few years the Police Budget has ballooned from $13 million to near $18 million.  I think the time has come to start living within our means. . It is getting more difficult for seniors to be able to afford high taxes and people are being squeezed to the limit.Continue Reading