CFN – Alan Jodoin was recognized as the recipient of the prestigious 2011 Fran Laflamme Volunteer of the Year Award during the South Stormont Volunteer Appreciation Gala held on Friday, April 20. . The TITANIC themed event held at the South Stormont Community Hall gave Council the opportunity to acknowledge the volunteer achievementsContinue Reading
CFN – Boy is it hard to find a good job in this economy; especially if you’re in Eastern Ontario! So we thought as a service to our valued viewers and the business community that we’d offer free job postings here on The Cornwall Free News. Employers, it’s allContinue Reading
From Left to right: Angela Besner, Account Manager, BDC; Candy Pollard, Business Consultant, Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre; Ravinder Banga, Loans Officer, SD&G Community Futures Development Corporation; Charlene MacLennan, Senior Advisor Grants and Projects, SD&G Community Futures Development Corporation; Keith Kerr, Commercial Accounts Manager, RBC; Nicole Sullivan, Economic Development Officer,Continue Reading
CFN – The annual Bike-a-thon Plus fundraiser in support of the S.D. & G. & Akwesasne Children’s Treatment Centre officially launched this morning over breakfast at the Civic Complex. Invitees filled Salons A, B and C bright and early to be inspired by the words of author Dave Pelzer. PelzerContinue Reading
A copy of my response to Bill Kingston’s Commentary . On the Cornwall Daily. What people have spoken. Whizzing I don’t think so. . Traveling respectively yes . No less a problem than some of the regular bikes who cause their share of incidents. Name me one incident where an e-bike has causedContinue Reading
CFN – Here is a photo from St. Anne’s Elementary School. The teacher Sandy Legallais had a conversation with her students why she was wearing her daffodil pin and that inspired these beautiful paintings by the children! . Pictured above are left to right Ava Aitkens – artist, Amber JetteContinue Reading
CFN – The last Thursday of April each year is designated “Pay it Forward” Day. The first time I heard about the idea of pay it forward was from the popular 2000 movie based on a book by Catherine Ryan Hyde. . It is the story of a young boyContinue Reading
CFN – The results of last night’s provincial election in Alberta can be summed up in one short sentence: Pollsters were dead wrong. Arguably the biggest losers of the night were the Wildrose and the Liberals. One did not live up to the hype, and the other saw its caucusContinue 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 of hisContinue Reading
CFN – The Cornwall & Region Writers’ Society held its monthly meeting on Monday night last week. As usual we rotate the facilitator/chairperson and this month it was Winona Van Noy’s turn. Before the meeting the scheduled facilitator usually issues a challenge by email to the members to writeContinue Reading
IMPAIRED OPERATION & OVER 80 Cornwall, ON – Ryan McDonald, 33 of Cornwall was arrested in the early hours of April 20th, 2012. It is alleged that he was operating a motor vehicle on Brookdale Avenue while under the influence of alcohol. He was charged with Impaired Operation andContinue Reading
CFN – Opportunity to improve the process or an Opportunity for the public to see the process isn’t being followed? Mayor Kilger is quoted as saying the following in the standard free-holder: “I’m confident the process was respected for matters to be included in closed session, and I standContinue 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 of hisContinue 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 I fly frequently on business and always carry my laptop, Blackberry phone and sometimes my tablet with me. TheContinue Reading
CFN – On Monday, April 16, I decided to get more involved in the city’s municipal life and attended the special meeting of the council, which was to decide how it would replace the departing Councillor Leslie O’Shaughnessy. We all remember that right after the announcement of his resignation, theContinue 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 of hisContinue Reading
CFN -As Ottawa’s (arguably) most publicly-known marijuana activist, I have been consistently embarrassed in the eyes of my fellow activists – both nationally and internationally – by Ottawa stoners’ propensity for splitting the 420 crowds into two. Year after year, half the participants were going to Parliament Hill, and half wereContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Free News viewers may recall our story and video last Friday (LINK) in which Tammie Grant shared her dream of a new area tourist attraction in the form of a Titanic museum in Long Sault. Well, on Saturday and Sunday afternoon between noon and 5 p.m., everyone is invited to stop by theContinue Reading