CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question Why are the tips of wings curved up on some airplanes ? Question asked by Emilie. Answer Winglets are verticalContinue Reading
CFN– The Heart & Stroke Foundation will be benefiting from the rapidly growing Artfest, now in its second year. Last year, the event featured 16 local artists – including everything from photographers and acrylic painters to storybooks and jewelry. This year, the event will host over 30 artists from Cornwall and theContinue Reading
CFN– It’s been a busy week here at CFN and it’s looking to get crazier! We have set some new traffic records thanks to you, our amazing and awesome viewers! We are the number 5 overall website in our hometown of Cornwall Ontario and have set a newContinue Reading
CFN – The Kinsmen Club of Cornwall Ontario held their new elections July 1st, 2012 and re-calibrated their board. I spoke with incoming President Kerry Adams this morning about the Kinsmen and their role in Lift Off. He shared the new board membership. Michael Galvin – Past President Kerry Adams –Continue Reading
CFN – I loved these guys approach to spreading their word about their Charity Car Wash and BBQ to help the Agape Centre here in Cornwall Ontario! Now this is a press release! Great video guys and congrats! Good luck with your event Thursday July 19th at Beverly Tire &Continue Reading
FRAUD Cornwall, ON- Melanie St.Louis, 26 of Cornwall was arrested on July 13th, 2012. It is alleged that between September 2011 and January 2012, she failed to comply with the regulations of the Ontario Works Directives. Police were contacted and an investigation followed. She was charged with Fraud underContinue Reading
NEWS EVENTS TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Township Bulletin for July 2012 Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Regular business hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Latest news andContinue Reading
CFN – A new home improvement program has been launched to assist low and modest income homeowners in Cornwall and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Through Ontario Renovates, eligible homeowners can receive funding for urgent home repairs as well as modifications to increase accessibility. “The goal of the program is toContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Action taken in the Omnibus Budget Bill cutting back funding for research resulted in scientists protesting ‘death of evidence’ on Parliament Hill. Unfortunately this is only one example of the Harper Government’s actions related to evidence. “Why save the prison farms?” provided reasons, evidence ignored, in the closingContinue Reading
CFN – The Church on Sydney is the alleged victim of two attacks that culminated with a break in and trashing of the facility and gassing of local Real Estate guy Brock Frost’s Truck. The Truck was not set ablaze. Mr. Frost had parked it there Saturday night as heContinue Reading
CFN – Bands and solo musicians that used to play local area bars and coffee shops to crowds of 20 or 30 people, are now opening up for national acts, in major films, primetime broadcast and cable television shows, and even commercials. Proving that indie music, a term used toContinue Reading
CFN – Principles and institutions developed and implemented over the years by the collective will of the majority of the citizens are at the base of a healthy representative democracy. We have already highlighted the decisive role played by the «power of decision», which while belonging to the citizens, isContinue Reading
CFN – 2012 Cornwall Kinsmen Lift Off finished with a bang Saturday night. By far they had their biggest crowd for Mariana’s Trench, but sadly the turnout for this year was the lowest in this decade. The record was set in 2010; the year that CFN was a media sponsor,Continue Reading
CFN – Others offer the perspective that when a person close to you is suffering you can practise bringing them closer to you. Pema Chodron, a Buddhist monk, describes this method as “tonglen”, a compassionate approach. It uses breathing as a key element for the practise. You bring your mindContinue Reading
CFN – Well Cornwallites, history has been made. After twenty five years of following the same barbaric practices the city of Cornwall has finally begun the progressive move forward in wildlife protection. I am honoured to announce to you that Guindon Park has officially begun the pilot project of abandoningContinue Reading
CFN – Bill C-38, which was tabled in Parliament on March 29th of this year and passed June 19, 2012 has left many struggling in search of answers to the question, “what can I do about this now?” . Our elected Members of Parliament passed a Bill which “weakens environmentalContinue Reading
CFN – It was another hot afternoon at the farmer’s market in Long Sault but the crowds still came out to buy all that great fresh produce, baked and canned goods, great coffee and Thai Food. Nobody let the old Friday the 13th thing bother them at all. The onlyContinue Reading
CFN– Holy Gilles Latour Claude McIntosh did it again! The victim of this week’s hatchet job is Cornwall Councilor Andre Rivette. It looks like Claude and the Mayor must’ve had a few pops again and the sympathetic boyhood friend pulled out the poison pen and let go one.Continue Reading