Vigil for those with PTSD who gave their lives in the recent Military Suicides Who: Friends of Vets What: Candlelight Vigil in honor and support for our military heroes and their families Event is open to everyone. When: Monday, December 09, 2013 at 17:00 hrs (5:00 pm) Where: Cornwall Cenotaph (Corner ofContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario– I know commentary is supposed to trigger a reaction in the media. We pundits, columnists, and editorial scribblers can even handle when response isn’t favorable, but Bill Kingston’s mouth farts today on our local Corus radio station bring up those little bits of pre-vomit as Mr. KingstonContinue Reading
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013, Conservative MP Michael Chong introduced a private member’s bill known as the Reform Act, which is designed to renew parliamentary democracy in Canada. As I understand it, the Reform Act would: Empower MPs to represent their constituents rather than being the trained seals of respectively, the prime minister, the PMO, and party leaders Empower membersContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Here is Nate’s Weather walk for Wednesday December 4, 2013! Issued: 3:30 PM EST Wednesday 4 December 2013 Tonight, 4 December Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Periods of snow beginning overnight. Risk of freezing rain overnight. Low minus 2 with temperature rising toContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I was stunned when I heard about this memo distributed to staff and vendors of Cornwall Square after our story about the condition of the parking garage. I was even more stunned when I received multiple copies of the documents. Karen Burns, manager of the squareContinue Reading
CFN – Grenville County and Elizabethtown-Kitley Township Trustee Brent Laton has begun his third term as Chair of the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. Mr. Laton was acclaimed to the position during the Inaugural Meeting of the Board on December 3, 2013. Entering his twelfth year as a schoolContinue Reading
CFN – December – with its somber march to winter solstice – seems the perfect month to probe a poet’s perspective. April could prove too cruel with its seductive and expanding light, sometimes gaudy-vividness and abundant post winter distractions. And I hope Doug Hill will forgive me for using aContinue Reading
CFN – Reese’s makes a seasonal candy for the holidays. It’s essentially a peanut butter cup in the shape of a pumpkin at Halloween, tree at Christmas, heart at Valentine’s Day and egg at Easter. There’s truly nothing special about it. Regardless, every day for two weeks I’ve eaten aContinue Reading
Often when reading political documentation, blogs or some media reports, you can sense a bias or an underlying point of view. Since I began following the back and forth of language issues in Canada, there has been at least one constant, our federal official languages commissioner. Through reports, news releasesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The newest member of the River Kings is the latest player from Cornwall to be honoured by the LNAH. Julien Corriveau, acquired last week in a three-way transaction, has been named the league’s top offensive rookie for the month of November. In eight games last month, the shiftyContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Alex Bourret scored twice as the River Kings climbed back to .500 with a 5-2 victory over the Laval Braves on Saturday night in front of 1,365 fans at the Civic Complex. With the victory, Cornwall’s third in its last four games, the River Kings moved toContinue Reading
CFN – Winter conditions snuck up on drivers in Eastern Ontario. No severe storm; but steady snow on Sunday made conditions slick and greasy with several accidents reported. Phil Boyer of Metro Towing reported the tractor trailer incident above near Summerstown Ontario. Nathanael Newton took his GoPro camera aroundContinue Reading
WARRANT Cornwall, ON – Kyle Gumbley, 27 of Alexandria was arrested on November 29th, 2013 on the strength of a warrant. On November 29th, 2013 police attended the Cornwall Court House as it was learned that the man was being held there for an unrelated matter and that thereContinue Reading
Ingleside Ontario – The Ingleside Craft and Trade Show was another big hit this year. This was the seventh annual show with over 80 vendors making it the largest show of its type in the area. With so many vendors applying for spots at the show there wasContinue Reading
CFN – How We Lead covers past, present, and future, “we” being Canada as a whole— citizens, businesses, corporations, NGOs and “not just governments,” Clark insists. And, importantly, Canada’s reputation in the world. What kind of leadership, he asks, have we shown in a changing world over theContinue Reading
CFN – Fast and the Furious actor Paul Walker has died in a fiery car crash. The actor was 40 years old and participating in fund raiser for storm victims in the Philippines. Fast & Furious 7 is filming still and Mr. Walker has one film about to rollContinue Reading
This week’s by-election results — two for the Tories, two for the Liberals — suggest that voters are not too much concerned by the shenanigans in the Senate. Nor should they be. Mike Duffy was accused of excessive aggression in submitting his expenses, and Nigel Wright paid $90,000 out ofContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – CFN has learned that the Redcliff owned, Triovest managed Cornwall Square parking facility has come under investigation of the Labor Ministry after a series of complaints regarding its safety. Apparently even after other tragedies that have taken place Shopping Mall safety is still essentially self-regulated. TheContinue Reading