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Letter To the Editor on Why I Should Vote by Council Candidate Mike O’Neill
Dear Editor, Why should I vote? I’m just one person and my vote won’t change a thing. The same people get elected by the same voters and nothing really ever changes. Even if new people get elected the...
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Dave Windsor of Cornwall Ontario LTE CAG & CITY Spin Over Taxes – OCT 18, 2014
City and Community Action Group Jargon Spin and Fumble They all suckered by the ‘excuses’ of city vs. county dwelling due hyperbole of taxes. CAG may well have used City Logo when they should not have,...
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From hopelessness to hope: Cornwall’s poppy defacement after the tragic loss...
Hope doesn’t always spring eternal. This was especially true (for me) in late summer, after the 100th anniversary of WW1 slipped back into the past, and August was on the wane. By that time, it was...
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Letter to the Editor – Harry Valentine on Kilger Council & Management’s High...
At a recent presentation of Cornwall mayoral candidates, one candidate (O’Shaughnessy) advised the audience that administration had not followed council’s directives. The incumbent mayor replied that...
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A Real Christmas Carol by Pastor Tom Newton – DEC 17, 2014 LETTER TO THE EDITOR
As we approach another Christmas, I would like to reflect on Christmas before and after becoming a Christian. For Christmas before becoming a Christian was a day; to most of us it meant very little....
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Cornwall Ontario Councilor Mark A MacDonald on CAG Pledge – Letter to the...
The new year brings high expectations and great challenges for the new council. Dealing with the budget is going to be our biggest challenge The main thrust of the election CAG pledge that was signed...
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Letter to the Editor by Dave Windsor – Cornwall Neighborhood Rink Fiasco JAN...
I can see a lot of irony in the condemnation of council to skew the city and continue to show ‘council continuing per se’ in a bad light. Negativity is more popular as it helps people to ‘feel’ they...
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Letter to the Editor – The Interview by William Hopkinson JAN 20, 2015
I was just curious how many, if any, people have seen “The Interview?” My wife and I watched it on VOD Saturday night on our local television service provider. I can see why the North Koreans are a...
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Letter to the Editor – Chris Cameron RE Hugo Rodrigues Editorial in the...
Hugo Rodrigues Editor of the Standard Freeholder Yes Mr.Rodrigues, “Vive la Francophone” in Cornwall and area, but as well to all of those many other cultures. Sir let me tell you the distaste I...
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Letter to the Editor – Nancy Dunlop of Cornwall Ontario is Against the Energy...
As a citizen and taxpayer, I am opposed to allowing TransCanada to reverse their existing natural gas pipeline, build a new portion to tidewater and pump dilbit through it. Energy East has all of a...
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Letter to the Editor – Pastor Tom Newton: Why A New Sex Curriculum for Ontario?
Why a new sex curriculum for Ontario? From listening to the talking points of most Canadian media outlets these days, we would surmise that Ontario is long overdue for an upgrade in what is taught...
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Letter to the Editor by Roy Berger – Questions About Bill C-51 FEB 19, 2015
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to law proposals regarding the safety of Canada and its surveillance. What’s wrong with our current use of Part 2, section 46 of the Canadian Criminal Code?:...
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Dave Windsor on Cornwall Ontario Runaway Municipal Budget FEB 27, 2015 LTE...
The Emperor Has No Clothes In reviewing the papers, hearing the gossip and assessing on my own thoughts it has become painfully obvious that a city, our city, has become part and parcel to an...
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Mark MacDonald – Time to Admit Budget Problem – Letter to the Editor – FEB...
Dear Editor: With respect to the city budget and the huge financial problem that we are facing, we must stay focused on admitting that we (everyone that works for the city) have a problem and we need...
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TAG Cornwall President Wyatt Walsh Letter to the Editor – MARCH 18, 2015
Dear Editor, It was suggested at the Budget Committee session that TAG was not a stable organization or that there were questions about its future?. TAG Cornwall has been around over thirty years, over...
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Pastor Tom Newton on Bill 77 – Letter to the Editor – April 3, 2015
Queen’s Park is at it again in its support of sexual diversity. It is Bill 77 this time. Bill 77 – “a bill that would ban therapy to ‘convert” gay and transgender children and youth….”, and even deny...
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Debbie Cameron on Linguistic Busing LETTER TO THE EDITOR April 10, 2015 #LTE
Dear Editor, I am a concerned Canadian citizen and believe it is my civic duty to protect the rights of children in our country and our community from segregation. The act of separating English and...
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Letter to the Editor Our Volunteers, Our Community by Ruth Mackenzie Ontario...
Volunteers are leading social change and impacting communities around the world. Every year during National Volunteer Week, we have the opportunity to celebrate their efforts and contributions. This...
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Letter to the Editor by Pastor Tom Newton : Municipalities will obey ban on...
Yes, the High Court of the Land has spoken, and many gladly obey. Another nail in the coffin of religious freedom and expression! I am not surprised at the High Court’s decision here, seeing its...
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Larry Kazdan on the Dangers of Printing Too Much Money – LTE – May 7, 2015
Re: Federal parties start to play their economic cards, Jason Fekete, May 5, 2015 http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/federal-parties-start-to-play-their-economic-cards The conventional wisdom is...
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