COMMENTARY: Serve Cornwall or serve Canada?
Cornwall councillor Justin Towndale will be leaving his duties as a city councillor for a two-and-a-half month leave of absence. City council voted Monday night, […]
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COMMENTARY: What’s the agenda behind a Cornwall super school?
The $41 million price tag for a Cornwall super school seems more pie-in-the-sky than something attainable. The board’s plan is contingent on the provincial government […]
COMMENTARY: Why are the lights on at GV?
Something does not seem right with the Upper Canada District School Board’s “Building for the Future” plan, and it starts in Cornwall. During the last […]
COMMENTARY: Will Cornwall council do their duty?
Cornwall City Council will vote tonight on whether to continue adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. Really, it’s not a matter of continuing because […]
COMMENTARY: South Dundas’ war on transparency
Remember how South Dundas Mayor Evonne Delegarde campaigned on a platform of more transparency and openness with the public? Well, she tried to shut down […]
COMMENTARY: Do we really need insurance?
Cornwall and SD&G is always touted as a community that is giving and helping and it got me to thinking, do we really need to […]
COMMENTARY: Indebted to Liberals
We were warned. During the federal election at a campaign stop then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper made fun of the Liberals’ plan about running a small […]
COMMENTARY: The budget not everybody will be happy with
The city has finished up one half of the budget in record time – in two days. Covering budgets for nine years I can say […]
COMMENTARY: The political saviours of shop local
Cornwall city council will again go down the road of trying to circumvent or wiggle around rules in the name of shopping locally. A report […]
Change to commenting platform on Cornwall Newswatch
In an effort to streamline our commenting platforms, both on Cornwall Newswatch and on the CNW Facebook page, we have decided to merge the two […]