When it’s time for a career change, there is always a certain degree of uncertainty that can keep you stuck in a job you no longer enjoy. What if you never find anything that pays just as good? What if you wind up failing and have to beg for your old job back? What if […]
NOVEMBER 1, 2021 – Scary days. Apparently the email from the school board, which had a link to a document on the EOHU website was DOWNLOADABLE. “Sent: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 17:01Subject: Communication Error – October 30, 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians, We are writing to provide you with information about a regrettable privacy incident that occurred yesterday. […]
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 – Another Cornwall Ontario school has announced a Covid outbreak. The city allowed an unmasked anti-vax rally in front of the hospital on September 4th which has led to community spread. Parents have also stated their concerns on social media about schools shared busing of their children. IE students from different schools […]
APRIL 8, 2021 – CFN just received a copy of a letter sent to parents by the EOHU stating that there are now 3 cases confirmed at Bridgewood Public School in Cornwall Ontario. The release does not confirm whether it’s students or staff with Covid-19. CFN wishes those afflicted a safe and fast recovery.
OCTOBER 22, 2020 – Bewildered. Many in Cornwall are confused, afraid, and angry as information trickles out about the first confirmed school and daycare outbreaks of COVID in Cornwall. If you go to the EOHU social media channels, at least as of publication time, nary a word or release about what was sent out to […]
Apparently if you want a good education in Cornwall you need to attend a francophone Catholic school according to the report from the Fraser Institute. What appears when you peruse the numbers is that Cornwall has a higher percentage of special needs students and a higher number of students who scored below average on tests. […]
(Prescott, ON) On November 28, 2018 the Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a break and enter that occurred at the Wellington Public School, located on Boundary Street in the town of Prescott. The suspect entered a portable classroom and stole a number of laptop and IPad computers. The approximate value of the stolen […]
MISCHIEF, BREACH Cornwall, ON – A 16-year-old Lancaster youth was arrested on April 5th, 2018 and charged with mischief and breach of undertaking for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged on March 29th, 2018 the youth damaged a wall at his school and police were contacted to investigate. During the investigation the youth […]
Cornwall Ontario – Central Public School was a second home to a lot of us growing up over the years in Cornwall in the 40’s and 50’s. We went to kindergarten at age 5 for 1/2 a day and then grades 1 to 8. We attended classes from 9am to 12 and then scurried […]
Ontario Provincial Police News Portal OPP Media Release STORMONT DUNDAS and GLENGARRY DANGEROUS OPERATION OF A VEHICLE /MISCHIEF — VANDALISM 2016-10-04 FROM/DE: Stormont, Dundas & DATE: October 4th, 2016 Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment DANGEROUS OPERATION OF A VEHICLE (South Dundas) – On October 4, 2016 at approximately 12:54am, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Stormont Dundas and […]
Julie Bilotta has had a difficult journey in many ways. After finding herself pregnant and in jail she became a National news story after giving birth to her son Gionni in the Ottawa Detention Centre in her cell which has led to legal issues for the much maligned facility. Her case is still front of the […]
Heavy snow has shut down school buses again this week. With up to 15 more cm expected today in the River City. Temperatures will be warming up and no further precip is expected through the weekend. Send in your snow pics or video to info@cornwallfreenews.com and you can win Cornwall River Kings tickets!
All school buses are cancelled for a second day in the Cornwall Ontario area due to inclement weather. If you have a photo or video of conditions in your area email them to info@cornwallfreenews.com and you can win Cornwall River Kings tickets!
CFN – Cornwall high school students Jeremy Mallette and Samantha Peets won a gold medal yesterday at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, New Brunswick for their project UPOD: The Sixth Sensor. The grade twelve students from St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School also won the Science Fair’s one-thousand dollar Canadian Acoustical Association Award. Mallette […]
CORNWALL Ontario – So what is the problem with our schooling in Cornwall Ontario? Is it Liberal governments giving too much of the pie to the mighty teacher’s unions? Is it our drinking water? Our culture? The Fraser Institute doles out yearly rankings for Elementary and Secondary schools across in Ontario and we’ve slumped again […]
CORNWALL Ontario – School Buses are cancelled for Monday February 2, 2015 due to snow and freezing temperatures in the Cornwall area today. Lows overnight hovered near -25 with a wind chill making things feel like -35! Blowing snow may drop as much as 10CM today. It’s a great day to order in some Yummy […]