Cornwall Ontario – Our city councilor here in Cornwall, Claude McIntosh, actually once wrote about me having to do all the jobs here at CFN as though it were something to be embarrassed about or amateur. Of course he’s participated on a City Council that boycotts this newspaper and in fact his last column, after […]
Cornwall Ontario – Poor Hugo Rodrigues. I say that in jest. The former President of the Canadian Association of Journalism spewed a rant over our pathetic Ministry of Culture, Melanie Joly’s, new whatchamacalit thingy where essentially the biggest gloat was Netflix spending $500M creating content in Canada. Nothing against Netflix, but taking advantage of a […]
Cornwall Ontario – You’ll be seeing some changes on CFN in 2017. We have columnists starting from all across Canada. We are spreading our wings as a media outlet. Instead of a regional outlet we will be working our way to being more of a National platform. Thanks to our many contributors and supporters who […]
CFN is growing our Ottawa market, and is now looking for two media interns and community contributors. If you have a passion and want a creative opportunity email your CF to info@cornwallfreenews.com for more information. We’re also looking for Ottawa area media sales reps. Please follow and like us:
Ottawa Ontario – The Ottawa Police Service Central District Investigation Unit has charged Thomas GERO, 41 year old of Ottawa with Uttering Death Threats. In the morning of January 20, 2016, GERO approached a female reporter who was doing a live broadcast on Clarence Street and threatened to shoot and kill her. The incident was reported […]
In a quadruple media reference this morning a very interesting topic was discussed; online comments by viewers. The media trend now is to shut them down. Locally the Postmedia owned Standard Freeholder has had them shut down for quite awhile, while two other outlets hyper moderate. In our market we have the only […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Adam Brazeau is a young man that is a journalist for TC Media owned Seaway News in Cornwall Ontario. He’s covers ground that editor Todd Lihou doesn’t as opposed to won’t. Last night, before he appeared at the SASS Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event today he initiated a conversation […]
CFN – Cornwall’s most read Newspaper is looking for a Summer Journalism student. This is a huge opportunity for a Student or recent grad to cover a lot of material this Summer! Email your CV and writing sample to Jamie@cornwallfreenews.com If you want to test your mettle and prove yourself this is your chance […]
CORNWALL Ontario – St. Lawrence College Cornwall campus put to death its journalism program officially. While not surprising, it’s a sad tale that shows an ineffective, and ignorant side to the college which refused to embrace the realities of the very industry it was supposed to be training people to enter. Most of the blame […]
CFN – No, I am not Charlie. I am not a hero nor a coward. I am a struggling journalist that works in a world where the poor do not get served legally, and are rarely if ever protected; at least compared to the Rich. I have no hate for any group. I do not […]
CORNWALL Ontario – The Canadian Association of Journalists and Sun Media’s Standard Freeholder Editor Hugo Rodgrigues burned a source live on Twitter this morning. Incensed over his interpretation of a CFN story Mr. Rodrigues went on the war path on social media calling out this writer and calling moi a liar after we tipped the […]
CFN – That gentleman on the left is Don McCurdy. He’s the Executive Director over at the Ontario Press Council. My journey of journalism that now is in its sixth year has been an adventure.It really has. This year Don entered “my movie” although he was supposed to enter last year. During a council meeting […]