CFN – The Cornwall River Kings first year has been quite an adventure. The screen caps above are from former team exec Mitch Gagne as he was departing and now local Super Sports reporter Todd Hambleton from the Free Holder is reporting chapter two. LINK “Bernie wants toContinue Reading
CFN – OPG celebrated winning Gold Certification in it’s first LEED award for the OPG Visitor Centre in Cornwall Ontario! Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is awarded its first LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the St. Lawrence Power DevelopmentContinue Reading
CFN – Fiscal responsibility has been the hallmark of the Harper government from day one. It’s therefore quite interesting to see in year seven of his reign that the opposition is focused on trying to destroy the credibility the Tories have on that front. It’s a good strategy on theirContinue Reading
OVER 80 and FAIL TO PROVIDE BREATH SAMPLE Cornwall, ON- Ross MacDonald, age 37, of Cornwall was arrested at approximately 7:30 a.m. on May 3rd, 2013. It is alleged that he was found operating a motor vehicle on Cornwall Center Road while under the influence of alcohol. He wasContinue Reading
CFN – May 5 to 11 is Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada and provides an opportunity to remind people of the need to be able to cope for at least 72 hours of an emergency while emergency workers help those in urgent need. Our area has been fortunate to missContinue Reading
CFN – The Hockey Gods can be funny. They tend to reward guts and hard work in the playoffs and those “Pesky” Ottawa Senators hung on and never gave up. That or the Habs simply took their foot off the gas after going up 2-0 and 3-1 which is never aContinue Reading
CFN – We at CFN and our MPP Jim McDonell would like to salute all nurses on International Nursing Day and International Nursing Week! While doctors may have solutions it’s nurses that care for us. I still can remember the one time I was in intensive care and wakingContinue Reading
CFN – Monday evening promotions and awards were imparted to several members of the Stormont Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps. Parents and well-wishers gathered at the Cornwall Armoury to witness the event and to encourage the Cadets. A special presentation was saved for last – one that was intended as aContinue Reading
Mike Evans and Bryan McGillis have teamed up to share their love of Boats and Engines and formed a partnership! B&M Marine and Small Engine Repairs has opened in Bonville at 17298 Myer’s Road(just down from Habitat for Humanity) off of Highway 138. Mike brings over 35 years ofContinue Reading
CFN – Maybe it’s old age? Maybe Cornwall Ontario Mayor Bob Kilger simply is losing his legs, but for the second time in less than 3 months he’s hit the panic button; this time calling a State of Emergency in Cornwall for some of the flood victims from Kashechewan Ontario whoContinue Reading
CFN – As Don Cherry would say; “Chris Neil’s a beauty!”. The Sens game plan for their first home game of the series was pretty clear. Hit early; hit often and especially hit #11 Brendan Gallagher and the player assigned most to the diminutive Mr. Gallagher was Chris NeilContinue Reading
CFN – The announcement this week by Tony Clement, Canada’s capable Treasury Board President, that representatives of his department would attend collective bargaining sessions at Crown corporations, is entirely welcome. The entities he singled out for careful examination in search of budgetary economies were Canada Post, Via Rail and theContinue Reading
CFN – The City of Cornwall will be hosting as many as 350 residents from the northern Ontario community of Kashechewan who are being evacuated due to flooding concerns. The displaced residents will begin arriving at the Cornwall Regional Airport this afternoon (Sunday May 5), with the first flight scheduledContinue Reading
CFN – Recently CFN conducted a Linguistic Customer Courtesy test between the cities of Cornwall Ontario and Valleyfield Quebec. Both have populations between 40-50K; both have strong French Catholic traditions, and both straddle the same waterway. One of course is in Quebec and one in Ontario. The tests were balanced.Continue Reading
CFN – Good enough. Injury and whining didn’t mar a fine performance by the Habs. Goalie Carey Price kicked out 29 of 30 shots on goal and all was well in Hab land as they defeated Ottawa 3-1 and evened their series at 1. Ryan White scored the first goalContinue Reading
CFN – It’s said in sports that excuses are for losers. Surely when the Ottawa Senators lost their best players it would be acceptable to most fans for them to fold the tent; but with a fiercely tenacious work ethic and some amazing coaching they now are up 1-0 in their firstContinue Reading
WARRANTS Cornwall, ON- Steven Lavigne, 32 of Ottawa was arrested on May 2nd, 2013 under the strength of an outstanding warrant. It is alleged that on October 17th, 2013 he defrauded a 30-year-old Cornwall women online. Police were contacted and an investigation followed. He was charged with Fraud underContinue Reading
CFN – The City of Cornwall is calling a Special Meeting of Council to discuss the results of the reports from Special Investigator Stephen Fournier regarding the two Whistleblowing cases. Council was chastised in the report for not being more transparent and accountable with the public. The city has hadContinue Reading