Letter to the Editor on Electricity In Ontario by William Hopkinson of Cornwall
Hydro One has to be stopped. With the recent announcement that the Ontario Hydro debt retirement charge will be taken off hydro bills in 2016 they seem to be buttering up the Ontario voter and...
View ArticleWhen will our provincial leaders respect principles of Democracy? by...
I am not sure if very many Canadians realize this; but “discrimination by language”, in our country is legal. Yes, you heard it. LEGAL; as in guaranteed by the Charter of Rights. Under Equality...
View ArticleAre Canadian Soldiers Being Jailed Over PTSD & Mental Health Issues? – Letter...
Letter to the editor: It seems as though everyone who works for the Ontario Ministry of Justice, including crown attorneys, judges, prison guards and provincial police officers may conduct their duties...
View ArticleRussell Barth – Should Marijuana Should Be Sold To Kids Like Chocolate Or...
CFN – When we look at the science and history of cannabis, we see that it is safer than cola, coffee, or chocolate. When one considers that cola and chocolate products almost always have a lot of sugar...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor – Harry Valentine Challenges Gilcig Mayoralty Platform –...
TO: Jamie I read with interest your promise, if elected to public office, to attract $25/hour jobs to Cornwall. I will urge you re-consider such a promise given that the North American economy is in...
View ArticleHarry Valentine Calls Bull Pucky on Dr. Paul & EOHU on Fluoride Safety LETTER...
CFN – A member of Cornwall City Council recently released information that the City of Cornwall had temporarily suspended the addition of fluoride to the municipal water. Without public knowledge, the...
View ArticleDo We Kill the Messenger? Letter to the Editor by Dave Windsor of Cornwall...
Yes, Cornwall Has a Kill the Messenger Mentality I see myself as a moderate reasonable unbiased thinker. So I come to ask myself why is their so much antagonism towards some media reports/reporters...
View ArticleMarc Pilote of Cornwall Ontario on Council Pay Increase – July 12, 2014...
I normally don’t comment much on municipal affairs but the issue of pay increases for city council that will come up Monday night bothers me no end and proves in my mind that those advocating it are in...
View ArticleHarry Valentine on Proposed Benson University in Cornwall Ontario – Letter to...
While the eminent who’s who of Cornwall has taken up the baton in regard to developing a university at Cornwall, perhaps some questions may be asked about job prospects for future graduates. CJOH had a...
View ArticleTom Manley Calls MP Guy Lauzon on Tax Payer Partisan Mail Outs AUGUST 2, 2014...
I recently picked up the Tax Guide at our local post office, published by our MP Guy Lauzon. Most tax measures in the guide are OK, some implemented by the previous Liberal government, and others...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor from MP Claude Gravelle Canada Needs a National Dementia...
I have a 43-year-old teacher volunteering on my campaign for a national dementia plan because, astonishingly, Matt’s wife who is 45 is already in secure, long-term care with the illness (Frontotemporal...
View ArticleA Perspective on the Future of Cornwall Ontario by Harry Valentine – LTE Aug...
CFN – A looming municipal election invites a wide range of citizens to declare their candidacy for public office and share their vision of the city’s future. Over the past 30-years, various...
View ArticleMark A MacDonald Calls Cornwall & District Labour Council Divisive – LTE Sept...
Greetings: The upcoming Labour Council debate is a prime example of doing the same thing and expecting a different result. It’s an attempt by the CDLC to push their own agenda and it only results in...
View ArticleEI Premium Rebate is Political Marketing – Letter to the Editor by Tom Manley
The old saying is “any free advertising is good advertising”. The Harper Conservatives exploit that by getting air time over a useless rebate in EI premiums. In fact, they get double messaging by...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor – Tim Bird of Oshawa Frustrated After Million Dollar...
Please accept this as a letter to the editor, or as a news story lead: I write this letter out of pure frustration with Oshawa City Hall. For 7 years our community has been “boring” our City...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor – Harry Valentine Focuses on Energy For Cornwall & South...
A looming municipal election provides opportunity to raise some issues relevant to South Stormont’s future economy. The newly designated industrial area between Hwy 401 and the CN Rail line, to the...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Accountability – What is that South Stormont Mayor...
I am a South Stormont resident, and as I can imagine many received as I did Deputy Mayor Hart’s campaign flier in the mail. I submitted some questions via email about some issues that I had a concern...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor – Jack White on Council Raises in Cornwall Ontario
Dear Editor We have to thank MR.’s Kilger, Carr, Gardiner, Grant, and MacDonald, for taking that very difficult decision to vote to increase the Mayor’s and Councillors’ salaries by up to 40%, in order...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: South Stormont Candidates Boycott Constituents Oct 9, 2014
The South Stormont News organized a Debate for Tuesday October 7, 2014 at The Long Sault Marina Restaurant, unfortunately the organizer Mr. Jamie Gilcig developed a sudden medical condition and the...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor by Bill Beattie – Harbour Divestiture in Cornwall = Land...
The ongoing behind closed doors Secret Negotiations with Akwesasne over our Port and Port Land is I believe nothing short of an engineered sham a diversionary tactic by Mayor Kilger attempting to...
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