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
CFN – Did the headline peak your curiosity? Mine, too! A few days ago I was handed a clipped advertisement announcing two public presentations on the topic, one in Green Valley yesterday and the other in Cornwall today. So, off we went to the presentation earlier this evening at OntarioContinue Reading
CFN –The City of Cornwall has established a temporary Cooling Centre for residents who are looking for a place to cool down from the humid temperatures over the next couple of days. The lower-level Salons of the Cornwall Civic Complex (100 Water Street East) will be used as a CoolingContinue Reading
CFN – Does Cornwall Ontario deserve its own TV station? That is a question we’ve been wrangling with for over two years now. We actually were supposed to go live to the air in 2011 before The City of Cornwall decided to boycott CFN along with some of their friendsContinue Reading
CFN – Rookie MPP Grant Crack spoke this week in Cornwall Ontario and I had a chance to talk to him and ask about the possibility of a snap Ontario election? The budget either passes today or voters go to the polls. The big question revolved around whether NDP leaderContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Maurice Dupelle sat down for an interview with CFN earlier in June. We covered a lot of ground with the rookie councilor. It’s interesting to watch Councilor Dupelle’s baptism by fire as he experiences the issues that council has created, and in light ofContinue Reading
CFN – Members of the press were invited to Cornwall Square for today’s official unveiling of Cornwall & the Seaway Valley’s newest means of promoting the region, known as TIM, which is shorthand for Tourism in Motion. The brain child of the agency’s executive director, Linda Wilson, the vehicle is both aContinue Reading
DOMESTIC MISCHIEF & BREACH Cornwall, ON- A 49-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on June 18th, 2012. He was bound by a Probation Order with the condition to Keep the Peace and be of Good Behaviour. It is alleged that on June 18th, 2012 he got into an altercation withContinue Reading
CFN – The comic world is very special. There’s a Brotherhood (and Sisterhood) and comics across Canada are pulling together to help Canadian Comic Mike MacDonald who’s struggling with Hepatitis C. Mike himself is hoping to be at 292 Elgin in Ottawa, but Comics across Canada will be performing toContinue Reading
CFN – The year was 1982. Against the backdrop of the escalating nuclear arms race, 168 different groups cooperated to create Vancouver’s first Walk For Peace; 35,000 people gathered that first year, followed by 65,000 in 1983 and by 1984 we were 100,000 strong. We gathered at Kitsilano Beach formingContinue Reading
CFN – Another secret council meeting was held in Cornwall Ontario. A phone call today leaking the meeting to CFN led to the video below being shot right after Cornwall Ontario City Council stepped out of their 4PM meeting to have a meal before going to the PAC meetingsContinue Reading
CFN-Jennifer DeBruin cherishes hearing the reminiscences of her maternal grandmother, Mary, about the days of her youth prior to the inundation of her hometown of Moulinette. Moulinette is one of the now Lost Villages, which once stood on the shores of the mighty St. Lawrence River, one of Canada’s most historic regions—settledContinue Reading
DOMESTIC ASSAULT & THREATS Cornwall, ON- A 20-year-old Cornwall male was arrested on June 15th, 2012. It is alleged that on June 15th, 2012 he got into an altercation with his 18-year-old girlfriend when he assaulted her and threaten her. The victim did not require medical treatment. Police wereContinue Reading