CFN – Ah what interesting times we live in… The Montreal Student protest is becoming International news. Countless pieces have been written about it by hundreds of people… As a former Montrealer who grew up during the 70’s, the heart of linguistic purges in Quebec I saw first handContinue Reading
CFN – Sixty years is a milestone uncommon in Western culture today, be it a wedding anniversary, a celebration of service to the people of God or as Queen of Canada and 15 other countries as well as Head of the 54 Commonwealth states (1/4 of the world’s population). Elizabeth II became QueenContinue Reading
CFN – It’s said that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not on a good TV night… Provincial 3rd Place Finisher, Cornwall Ontario City Councilor, and a bunch of other titled Elaine MacDonald led the charge by an esteemed panel to talk aboutContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Ontario is scheduled to take a huge hit as the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations is slated to move by 2015/16 to Borden. Over 50 jobs with salaries starting at $53K per year and running as high as $117K *will be leaving Cornwall. It’s a hugeContinue Reading
CFN– Tragedy struck The Cornwall Square shopping centre as a single person fell from the top of the parking garage. The 50 ish male landed near the Kastner’s clothing store after reportedly leaping from the top of the parking garage. The incident occurred at approximately 7 PM – it has notContinue Reading
CFN – As we pass the three month mark of the Cornwall Ontario Community Hospital Bilingual Nurse protest Chris Cameron and his team dropped off their petition of over 3,000 signatures to SD&G MPP Jim McDonell at his office in Cornwall. The MPP and I had some one on oneContinue Reading
CFN – The end of an era today in Cornwall Ontario as Rub Salt frontman, Lift Off music programmer, and Corus radio music guy Rob Seguin leaves the City of a World of Possibilities for Peterborough. During Mr. Seguin’s tenure Corus radio in Cornwall has seen near unprecedented shrinkage inContinue Reading
BREACHES Cornwall, ON- Kevin Bovin, 41 of Cornwall was arrested on May 18th, 2012. He was bound by a recognizance with the condition to report for scheduled meetings. He was also bound by a Probation Order with the condition to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. ItContinue Reading
CFN – This term of City Council here in Cornwall has shown the holes in the council system. In a time when the City of Ottawa even is considering dropping from 24 councilors it’s starting to make a lot of sense. LINK We have ten councilors currently. Continue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Ontario Photographer Calvin Hanson snapped this shot of a Canadian Coast Guard ship for our Cornwall Free News Photo of the Day! If you wish to submit your photo or video email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com – You don’t have to be from the area to submit!Continue Reading
CFN -CCEOC Inc. today announced their Contact Centre Employer of Choice Platinum level 2012 designation for Scotiabank Customer Contact Centres inCalgary, Cornwall, Toronto and Halifax. “We are extremely proud to be recognized as an employer of choice across all our Centres in Canada,” said David Dobrosky, Senior Vice President of Customer Contact Centres,Continue Reading
CFN – “… the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or byContinue Reading
CFN – Sgt Thom Racine of the Cornwall Police department has had a long and storied career. He’s nearing retirement age and has many irons in the fire. He’s a regular on a local radio station covering sports, as well as a sports columnist in newspaper, but his passionContinue Reading
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 Hello Captain. I am not a pilot, but I find aviation fascinating. I have been reading your weekly column withContinue Reading
CFN – Here are your Cornwall Free News Photos of the day from Cornwall’s own Cory ! He brings us some shots of the clock tower and sign at Lamoureux Park in beautiful downtown Cornwall Ontario. To check out more of his work you can click HERE. IfContinue Reading
CFN – It’s been really nice to witness first hand the power of collective action bringing forward an issue affecting the common good. I am referring to the recent series of events that led to “Beavergate,” as it now affectionately called. This tongue-in-cheek reference to a situation that changed theContinue Reading
CFN -Was it really shocking to learn that Heritage minister James Moore has revised the candidate requirements for future appointments under his department to include a stipulation that they develop and maintain and effective relationship with him and his staff? Actually what was shocking was that someone put that requirementContinue Reading
CFN – This gardening season, don’t forget your trees. With the gardening season underway, the Urban Forest Stewardship Network (UFSN) is calling on residents in communities across Ontario to help trees in their yards and neighbourhoods. Our trees often times exist in stressful conditions. Drought, air pollution, salt spray, competitionContinue Reading