CFN – My wife and I had the pleasure of first meeting the incredible Celeste Levis; a young and talented bilingual Francophone Northern Ontario singer/songwriter in the fall of 2010. Ironically, at the time, our chance meeting had nothing to do with music at all. Instead, we had decided to start takingContinue Reading
CFN – Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is not a popular man in Montreal this week as he’s foiled poor Montreal GM Marc Bergevin twice in one week. First at the draft selecting 6’6 Samuel Morin, Quebec born Defenseman who Mr. Bergenvin was about to trade up in the draft for.Continue Reading
Poverty is nothing new to Canada, the Province of Ontario or the City of Cornwall. Philippe Morin wrote an article in the Toronto Star in 2009, which stated that low-income households are one in four in certain parts of Cornwall. We understand it is discouraging for those living in poverty;Continue Reading
We’ve all wanted to go postal (all pun intended) at some time or another. The type of day where you regret even leaving your front door to face the day. The sort of day where you know that whatever you do, you just cannot make any headway nor win your cause inContinue Reading
WARRANT Cornwall, ON- A 15 year old Cornwall Youth was arrested on July 2nd, 2013. It is alleged that on June 27th, 2013 she failed to attend for court and a bench warrant was issued. She was held in custody until her bail hearing on the same date. DRUGSContinue Reading
CFN – Thank you CFN viewers for your support in June! It was an amazing month for us as we set CFN records with 62,095 Unique Visitors and 3,085,391 pageviews! That’s a lot of clicks on our pages. We keep listening to what you want to read aboutContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Motor Speedway was host of the first of two night of a DIRTcar doubleheader as the Super DIRTcar Big Block Series was in town with a record setting 58 modifieds in attendance for the Evans Bus Lines 100 along with a full race program for the otherContinue Reading
CFN – I know you’ve seen the picture above before but yesterday was a very wet day and I didn’t take any pictures worth showing you. It was raining pretty much all day but your local heroes braved the nasty weather so we would be ready for your shopping needs.Continue Reading
CFN – Nearly 100 protesters showed up at the St. Lambert Quebec IGA Friday night where 17 year old Meaghan Moran had quit her job after recording an exit interview where a manager suggested that the store could not tolerate English being spoken during breaks between staff. A press releaseContinue Reading
CFN – Is Cornwall Ontario Mayor Bob Kilger ill? That’s the big buzz question after Monday’s council meeting. The mayor has been sporting an unkempt beard now and has been more publicly cantankerous than usual. A medical professional suggested that the mayor may be wearing a colostomy bag which isContinue Reading
CFN – With MPs and Senators scattering across the country, Canadians are looking forward to our long Canada Day weekend. Political types would like to think that the topic of conversation will be politics and a cabinet shuffle, but outside of the Ottawa bubble I suspect it will hardly beContinue Reading
CANADA DAY TRAFFIC PLAN Cornwall, ON – The Cornwall Community Police Service would like to advise the residents of our community of the upcoming traffic detours as a result of the Canada Day celebrations. These detours are necessary in order to ensure the safety of the pedestrians attending andContinue Reading
CFN – Slick rainy weather contributed to an accident between a Cornwall City bus and a single vehicle at the corner of Montreal Road and Marlborough. If you see news happen email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com or call our hotline at 613 361 1755. CFN always gives photo credits uponContinue Reading
CFN – Last night representatives of TransCanada Pipelines were present at the Township Council meeting to provide information on the proposed Energy East Pipeline Project which may be going through South Stormont. This was a preliminary information session to start the long process for the approval and construction of theContinue Reading
CFN – Habs GM Marc Bergevin is in the middle of a perfect storm for the Montreal Canadiens. Not since Jean Beliveau have the Habs had the potential for that big French Canadian Centre that Vincent Lecavlier represents now that the Tampa Lightning bought out his contract. At 33 theContinue Reading
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind is seeking volunteers to provide loving homes for future guide dogs and assistance dogs in Cornwall, Morrisburg, Winchester, and surrounding areas. The volunteer position is called “Puppy Walking”, but walking is only one element of the program. To be a Puppy Walker, you mustContinue Reading
The Olymel l.p. executive today announced a major investment in its food processing plant in Cornwall, Ontario. The company is investing $37 million in the expansion of its facilities, and will add 70,000 square feet to the existing space. Work now in progress includes the addition of a continuous smokehouseContinue Reading
CFN – Can you imagine an employee here in Ontario being told that they could not speak French while at work? Could you imagine that same employee being told that they could not speak French on their break on site with another employee? That’s exactly what’s happened to youngContinue Reading