“All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.” – Gandalf, Lord of the Rings CFN – B.C Supreme Justice Lynn Smith has ruled that assisted suicide is legal. In her ruling, Smith argues existing provisions in the Criminal CodeContinue Reading
CFN – I always find it interesting that different media outlets can be at the same event and have very different angles on a story. Saturday Standard Free Holder Columnist and dean of scribblers here in Cornwall Claude McIntosh penciled an column that was stunning on a multitude of levels.Continue Reading
CFN – Something stinks in Cornwall and it’s not Domtar……..rather the smell of decaying old beliefs and B.S.! Too many of us living in Cornwall are starting to feel like mushrooms……we are kept in the dark and only fed B*llsXXXX! The integrity of too many good people are currently beingContinue Reading
CFN -When it comes to the question of women’s leadership in the community it is a puzzle that has many pieces and a lot of work remaining to put it together into a coherent whole. Really, if you think of it as a puzzle without the cardbox box cover showingContinue Reading
CFN – This Column of “Spirits in Unity” is being published by CFN for the community of Stormont Dundas & Glengarry. . It is an honor to have you as a reader. I welcome any comments, questions or topics you would like me to discuss. I hope you enjoyContinue Reading
CFN – It’s odd, listening to the disconnected Cornwall Ontario Waterfront Development Committee speak in the video below. In between guffaws about the “Great” story in the Seaway News…. Are the public really being misled as committee members like Pat Clarke would have you think? In February 2010Continue Reading
CFN– Here is today’s installment of Political Times by Mike Roache! To read more Political Times Cartoons CLICK HERE! About Mr. Roache: Mike Roache was born in Halifax and began cartooning for a school newspaper while in junior high,often putting the paper together by himself. Over the years some ofContinue Reading
CFN – Language is a hot topic again in Canada this summer and I have a hunch as our economy slithers down the loo as resource prices tumble we’ll see it get even hotter. While I have many personal feelings on this subject as a Quebec Anglo refugee living inContinue Reading
CFN – The Royal Canadian Air Force Association (RCAFA) Wing 424 has been active in this area for many years. The Wing was started as a Veterans based organization and some of our current members who still visit the club, have served in WWII. There are many groups that use our homeContinue Reading
CFN– Stories like this don’t hit Cornwall very often. Frankly they don’t come about that often here in Canada. It has intrigue, suffering, and many questions with few answers. It started out as a simple police blotter item. It turns into a story of intrigue and possible harm, kidnapping, fleeingContinue Reading
CFN – Holy Gilles Latour! The Waterfront Development Committee meeting in Cornwall Ontario was one Twilight Zone of an episode! It started with Chair Lee Cassidy telling we media, and truth be told, yours truly where to sit and not to move around during the meeting! Click to listen below.Continue Reading
CFN – A quick question to a cache of acquaintances – What do you remember most about going to camp when you were a kid – yielded not only some thoroughly engaging responses, but ones that appear to correlate closely with the findings of a study conducted at the UniversityContinue Reading
Our community, Cornwall and the Greater SD&G area, is changing. This is obvious when you drive around the area and see all of the new construction taking place consisting of homes, businesses, farms and even our community hospital. The renovations / additions to our hospitals that we see taking shapeContinue Reading
CFN – Want to save money and improve your home environment? Free online tool allows homeowners to calculate energy savings and other ecological benefits of their trees. LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) has just launched the Ontario Residential Tree Benefits Estimator (ORTBE), an online tool designed to estimateContinue Reading
CFN– Here is today’s installment of Political Times by Mike Roache! To read more Political Times Cartoons CLICK HERE! About Mr. Roache: Mike Roache was born in Halifax and began cartooning for a school newspaper while in junior high,often putting the paper together by himself. Over the years some ofContinue Reading
CFN – Over a period of several months, Glen Stor Dun Lodge has been hosting a series of celebrations in honour of 100 years of service to seniors of Cornwall and the United Counties of S.D. & G. “The Lodge” traces its roots back to the former House of RefugeContinue Reading
It appears that the conflict of issue guidelines are not being applied fairly with respect to the planning of Cornwall’s Lamoureux Park. Several local residents raised this concern at a recent waterfront meeting on June 12 at the Civic Complex. At issue is the potential to develop a small parcelContinue Reading
BREACH Cornwall, ON- Amanda MacMillan, 23 of Cornwall was arrested on June 21st, 2012. She was bound by a Recognizance with the condition to abstain from the consumption of alcohol absolutely or being found anyplace where alcohol is sold save restaurants and to reside with surety and abide byContinue Reading