Kingston Whig-Standard
BOARDS UP
A skater glides across the ice of the rink in Springer Market Square, which has had boards installed ahead of four days of events in Kingston on Friday. Friday featured public skating, while the weekend features a historic hockey game, a skate with the...
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JEWELRY STORE ROBBED AT MALL
Kingston Police rushed to a smashand-grab theft at the Michael Hill jewelry store inside Cataraqui Centre at approximately noon on Wednesday. According to police, a lone male entered the mall, went to the store, smashed a display case, grabbed an...
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LIGHT SHOW
While not quite a bright as the Monday night, the Aurora Borealis can be seen just north of the city, like the view here on Smith Road at 9:20 p.m. in Kingston on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Shortly after, the clouds rolled in with the regions next snow...
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`A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW'
More than 30 demonstrators gathered in front of Kingston City Hall on Saturday for a rally in protest of the United States' invasion of Venezuela. The rally was organized by El Salvadorian-canadian Ignacio Melgar as a call for diplomatic solutions and...
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`IT'S HEARTBREAKING'
For Kashechewan First Nations resident Victor Stephen, evacuating his community and arriving in a city such as Kingston isn't something new for the 43-year-old. For him, it's an ordeal that he has had to deal with since he was at least 12 years...
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COUNCIL REJECTS MOVE TO STOP HOUSING PLAN
City council reaffirmed its support for a supportive housing plan that includes converting detached family houses into group homes. Despite objections from neighbours about the potential impact on the local community, council voted down a motion that...
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NO MORE TOYING AROUND
After 160 days on the market, 1020 Midland Ave., more commonly known as Toys “R” Us, has been sold. The commercial retail property was listed for $1 with no exact sale price. Store employees were notified of the sale on Jan. 8, but weren't told how...
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`THIS WILL ONLY MAKE US STRONGER'
The family of a home destroyed by fire in South Frontenac Township last Saturday is overwhelmed with gratitude for the support from the community since the life-changing tragedy. South Frontenac Fire and Rescue was dispatched to a home at 4699 Latimer...
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A WOK TO REMEMBER
When Don Lee and Yan Yi Zhao announced Friday that they were retiring and closing their downtown Kingston restaurant of more than 40 years, The Silver Wok, in about a week, the couple was unprepared for their customers' reaction to the news. “We...
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IT'S A GIRL!
It was, indeed, a happy new year for a Kingston family, which welcomed its newest addition on New Year's Day with the birth of Kingston's first baby of 2026. Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the birth of Audrey Masse, born at 10:37...
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KINGSTON MAYOR REFLECTS ON 2025
Many of the issues that city council has grappled with for years were still around in 2025 and they were joined by a bunch of new problems. Speaking in a year-end interview, Mayor Bryan Paterson said the last 12 months seemed to bring a near...
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MONTREAL MYSTERY
Editor's note: The final in a threepart series in which Whig sports reporter Gare Joyce explores whether Kingston's Bill Taugher, a member of the Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame, did in fact play one game for the Montreal Canadiens. 100 years...
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BEST SPORTS PICS OF 2025
It wasn't by design, but I photographed a lot of sports in 2025: Two national championships on ball diamonds in Kingston and Napanee, a couple of provincial high school championships, the annual CORK regatta. There was even an appearance by the...
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A YEAR IN PHOTOS
A woman and her dog stand on the shoreline in Bath, On. as weather rolls in on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. See more of Meghan Balogh's favourite photos of 2025 on
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`A MISSED OPPORTUNITY'
The proposed closures of several Southeast Public Health (SEPH) satellite offices dominated the latest meeting of the unit's board of health on Wednesday, as the board continues to navigate the three public health unit merger that officially came into...
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Growing up giving: Trenton's `Pint-sized Gord'
As young fundraisers go, Quinte West's Bentley Davidson is ahead by a century. Since a viral photo him dressed as Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie went viral nine years ago, Bentley, also known as “Pint Sized Gord,” has kept raising money for...
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SAFETY TALK
Monica Brown, owner of The Rocking Horse toy store on Princess Street, talks with Kingston Police Community Volunteers on Saturday as the community volunteers visited downtown businesses to discuss CAMSAFE, an initiative by Kingston Police to monitor...
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RINK-ING IN THE NEW YEAR
Under bright but cold morning skies, skaters glide across the newly opened ice rink in Springer Market Square in Kingston, Ont. on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.
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`IT'S THE RIGHT TIME'
From a very young age, Scott Fraser knew he wanted to be a police officer. As a child, he said he looked up to his grandfather, who wore his Ontario Provincial Police uniform proudly. From the time he could walk and talk, Fraser said, he knew being a...
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NEW CHIEF NO STRANGER TO CITY OF KINGSTON
The Kingston Police Services Board has hired a new chief of police. Adam Macintosh, who spent the last 25 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, will be moving to Kingston in the new year, succeeding Scott Fraser, who is...
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ELVIS HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING...
Elvis Stojko, Olympic Silver medalist and seven-times Canadian men's champion, combines his love of kung fu and skating as he performs to Metallica's Nothing Else Matters during the first act of the Stars on Ice 2025 Holiday Tour show at Slush Puppie...
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SIGN OF THE CRIMES
Petty crime is on the rise in Kingston. There once was a time when just the presence of security cameras acted as a deterrent for thieves, with many scared to have their faces captured on film when attempting to commit a crime. In those days, thieves...
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AREA STORE OWNER PRAISES `BRAVE' STAFF
What started out as a normal workday for staff at the Cigar Chief in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory quickly turned into a violent scuffle that none of them want to experience again. On Monday, just before 5 p.m., a man and a woman walked into the Airport...
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LOCAL STORE OWNER CALLS INCIDENT WITH HOMELESS MAN A MISUNDERSTANDING
A Kingston woman who owns IMODE, a clothing store in the city's downtown, said she wants to clear the air after a video that involved her and a homeless man went viral online. The video, which was taken by a passerby, shows the store owner, Sherry...
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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL GIVES STUDENTS A CHANCE TO ROCK
After more than nine weeks of rehearsals, Shannon Perugino, co-director of Holy Cross Secondary School's annual musical, is now seeing the payoff for those long hours — this week's performances of the School of Rock. “(The students) practice their...
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`IT'S THE END OF THE BOOK'
Sister Frances O'brien walks briskly down a hallway in the Providence Motherhouse. She's heading towards the chapel — a bright, clean, welcoming space where members of the community and the apostolic congregation worship together every week. It's a...
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COOL VIEW
A woman and her dog stand on the shoreline in Bath as weather rolls in recently. Milder temperatures are expected to give way to colder temperatures and possible snow in the coming days.
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THE MAIN ATTRACTION
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus greet and wave to spectators gathered along both sides of the parade route down Princess Street during the 21st Nighttime Santa Parade on Saturday in downtown Kingston. The couple then headed over to be the special guests at...
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`THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION'
It's been nearly seven months since Bradley Gleeson, a correctional officer at Joyceville Institution, took his own life due to what his family and friends allege was extensive harassment on the job. A correctional officer for 16 years at that point,...
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KINGSTON REGION MARKS REMEMBRANCE DAY
Hundreds gathered at memorial services across the Kingston region on Tuesday to mark the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year, annually celebrated across Canada as Remembrance Day. The day is an opportunity for the...
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SANTA CLAUS BRINGS TRADITION AND WINTER WEATHER TO AMHERSTVIEW
The Amherstview Lions Club Santa Claus Parade pushed through snow, ice pellets and freezing rain on Sunday for a small but spirited crowd. The colder temperature and face-stinging precipitation couldn't deter the many floats and waving fans standing...
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HOCKEY, HIP HELP HOMELESS
What do hockey and The Tragically Hip have in common? Both are working to support those experiencing homelessness in Kingston through an annual charity hockey tournament. Hockey Helps the Homeless Kingston hosts its third charity hockey tournament at...
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FLY ME TO THE MOON...
A pair of Canada Geese crosses the face of the setting moon in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
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Kingston Youth Shelter sweetens the United Way campaign
Among the volunteers at the Kingston Youth Shelter's pancake breakfast on Saturday was Daykota Mcgregor, a second-year student of the community and justice services program at St. Lawrence College. Despite the dreary, cold weather, the vibe was warm...
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`A SPACE FOR THE LIVING, SHAPED BY THE LIVES OF THE FALLEN'
The National Wall of Remembrance Association (NWORA) unveiled the National Memorial to the Fallen in Macdonald Park on Saturday. The monument is a partnership between association and the City of Kingston, dedicated to honouring Canadian veterans who...
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Wolfe Islanders not pleased with floundering ferry service
Kingston's Wolfe Islander IV ferry service has been met with several challenges since its maiden voyage on Aug. 15, 2023. Frequent interruptions in service have plagued the vessel since its introduction two years ago. On Oct. 11, the ferry resumed...
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DAMPENED SPIRIT?
Water drops fall from the skull of a Halloween decoration as up to 70mm of rain in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 and Halloween the next day.
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DEMO CLUB EVENT
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END OF AN ERA FOR TAYLOR AUTOMALL
After 62 years in the auto industry, the Taylor family is saying goodbye to the car sales industry for good. After taking over from his late dad in 2010, Jason Taylor has made the difficult decision to retire and sell the business. “It's been on the...
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`I don't think foco is going away,' says City of Kingston enforcement
Queen's University held its official Homecoming festivities last weekend, which welcomed alumni back to campus to reconnect with friends and cheer on the Gaels during the popular Homecoming football game. But the city is expected to see a second wave...
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CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Runners in the junior girls race leave the start line during the Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association cross country championships in Kingston on October 23, 2025.
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WARSHIP ANCHORS IN KINGSTON FOR A DAY
The Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Margaret Brooke stopped in Kingston on Tuesday as part of a five-city tour travelling throughout the Great Lakes. The ship, due to its size and the shallow water close to shore, had to anchor between the city of Kingston...
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`THE MOST TERRIFYING NIGHT OF MY LIFE'
A North Frontenac Township family has been temporarily displaced by a wildfire that started on their property just southeast of Ompah on Sunday afternoon, and that fire is still not under control, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. When...
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`THE FEELING IS LIBERATION, NOT TOTAL, BUT A STEP FORWARD'
In his classroom at the Ohahase Education Centre on York Road in Deseronto, Andrew Brant could lean back behind his desk and take some deep satisfaction in a victory that dragged on these last five months for him, though it was in fact years in the...
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MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE
Kingston singer-songwriter Savannah Shea won the `Song of the Year' award at this year's Ontario Folk Music Awards for `Best Remembered,' which she performed during the ceremony held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa Wednesday evening.
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AND THEY'RE OFF...
Atom girls runners compete in the second of three Limestone District School Board regional cross country race this week at Fort Henry in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday, October. 15, 2025. Runners who qualified compete in next week's school board...
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Seasoned psychics among attractions at inaugural Kingston Witches Market
Bubble, bubble ... toil and trouble .... The Broom Factory was aptly named on Saturday as the inaugural Kingston Witches Market took over the live entertainment venue. The humour wasn't lost on those visiting the event that there were handmade brooms...
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`WHO DECIDES WHO GETS HELP AND HOW MUCH?'
Shortly after Spencer Rice enrolled his 10-year-old daughter, Scarlett, in school this fall, he said he quickly noticed she wasn't getting the care she had been accustomed to in previous school years. According to Rice, in the past his daughter, who...
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KINGSTON MAN CLAIMS $75M LOTTERY WIN
The Kingston resident who won $75 million through Lotto Max has finally stepped forward to claim his prize. David Hatt of Kingston is now the biggest ever Ontario lottery winner and the second-biggest lottery winner ever in Canada. The married father...
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Community member concerned over deceased squirrels, birds
A Kingston resident is sounding the alarm when it comes to deceased squirrels and birds in and around the area of Bagot Street. A sign that has been posted along Bagot Street claims that someone is allegedly poisoning the animals on purpose. “There...
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Record turnout for Battersea Pumpkin Festival
If the unseasonably warm weather doesn't really indicate that autumn is here, there are other signs. The Battersea Pumpkin Festival on Saturday was one clear indication. With more than 3,000 visitors to Battersea's homage to the orange gourd, it is...
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SECOND SURGICAL ROBOT SETS KINGSTON APART
Kingston Health Sciences Centre has acquired a second surgical robot to add to its robotics program. The purchase will allow the hospital organization to double the number of robotic-assisted procedures it does each year. Since the foundation of the...
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FROM VANDALISM TO VISION
For more than a month, those at Bubba's Poutine and Pizzeria have been working without daylight after their large windows at the front of the restaurant were smashed by a vandal on Aug.23. As a temporary measure, the restaurant was forced to board up...
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`TODAY IS BRINGING LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS'
At the end of the business day on Tuesday, more than 300 people walked down Princess Street, with drummers at the front leading the way, singing, chanting, landing at the waterfront for ceremonies and speeches to mark Truth and Reconciliation Day in...
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A RAIL LESS TRAVELLED
Due to a change in service, Via Rail will be cancelling stops in Kingston and other communities, and users are not happy about it. According to a recent website statement from Via Rail, beginning Sept. 29, Via is launching a threemonth direct service...
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`IT SEEMS WE ARE POWERLESS'
City council could have little say in the coming redevelopment of the former Davis Tannery property. City council was briefed Tuesday night on the expected next steps in developer Jay Patry's plan to clean up and redevelop the site. In late July, the...
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KINGSTON'S FALL FAIR A SUCCESS DESPITE A FEW BAD APPLES, SAYS PRESIDENT
The 2025 Kingston Fall Fair drew in more than 30,000 people over its four-day annual event, which showcased all things agriculture and featured midway fun. While the fair's president was happy with how it went, she said it was unfortunate that...
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`IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN LOCATED HERE'
When Cathy Martin bought her 1.3-acre property in 1992 on a hill overlooking the village of Yarker, just across the road from the Napanee River, she found a relatively quiet rural sanctuary inside a sleepy, eastern Ontario hamlet. Today, Martin feels...
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SNOWBIRDS EYE VIEW
The Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds fly over Kingston on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, while en route to the Gatineau Airshow in Quebec.
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FRONTENACS CAUGHT IN CHL SWEATER DEBACLE
In hockey, the saying goes, it's the name on the front of the sweater that counts, not the one on the back. Of course, that presumes your team has sweaters to wear, which a week out from the start of the season, the Kingston Frontenacs don't. If...
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FLOWER POWER
A monarch butterfly rests on a wildflower at Lemoine Point in Kingston, Ont. on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.
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DOGS AN IMPORTANT PART OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, QUEEN'S VETERINARIAN SAYS
On the third floor of the Richardson Lab building at Queen's University, two small terrier-type dogs are running amok. Croissant and Cosette, slightly different iterations of a beagle and schnauzer mix, are part of a colony of dogs belonging to...
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`SHARPEST 97-YEAR-OLD YOU'LL EVER MEET'
A couple of dozen friends and family, including his two daughters, came out to Bill Powell's house in Kingston's east end on Monday to celebrate the unveiling of his new boat, which the retired Ontario Hydro executive was describing as “my Labour Day...
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JOE'S MUSIC MILL
The late Joe Chithalen dreamed of a program that would make musical instruments accessible to all. His life was cut short before he could see his vision come to life, but in his memory, his friends and family brought Joe's dream to life some 25 years...
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`THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PHENOMENAL'
For other owners of the vintage rides parked in neat rows at Kingston's Memorial Fairgrounds, the Limestone City Car Classic was an opportunity to show off their prized possessions, but when Jim Braithwaite raised the hood of his `67 Ford Mustang, he...
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`WE DON'T WANT OTHER FAMILIES TO GO THROUGH THIS'
When Amanda Mcarthur found out she was pregnant in 2021, it was a dream come true. She and her husband, Brad Carman, had wanted a third child and they weren't sure it would happen for them. When Declyn died at three months of age, Mcarthur and her...
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KINGSTON POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE
After serving the Kingston community since October 4, 2021, Chief Scott Fraser will be retiring at the end of 2025, Kingston Police announced late Thursday afternoon. Fraser first joined Kingston Police in 2021 as deputy chief before being appointed...
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`IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF'
Diana Butler has lived in downtown Kingston for the past 25 years. Butler believes herself to be a person who doesn't like to complain, but said she's hit a roadblock and is speaking out about an incident that happened to her home earlier this...
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LEGENDARY AUTHOR ATWOOD DELIGHTS CROWD
Through more than 50 books, Margaret Atwood has used the power of words to spark global conversations about dystopian futures, women's rights and environments at risk. One of her novels, The Handmaid's Tale, waves a banner of resistance against...
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FORMER SS KEEWATIN EMPLOYEE RELIVES HIS YOUTH
Doug Cunningham was only five years old when he first laid eyes on the SS Keewatin, which now sits as a tourist attraction on the shores of Lake Ontario in Kingston. Cunningham would pass the Edwardian era ship when travelling to his cottage in Port...
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KINGSTON TO WORK ON ENHANCED HOT WEATHER RESPONSE PLAN
While the worst of the summer heat may have passed, city council wants to look to the next time the mercury rises to dangerous levels. Council passed a motion to have staff develop a strategy to ensure residents have access to ways to keep cool during...
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FALL FAIR TRANSCENDS TIME
Two hundred years ago this fall, Kingston held its first fall fair, an event that has become a rite of passage for families generation after generation. According to a July 12, 1825, edition of the Upper Canada Herald newspaper, the first Frontenac...
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FORT HENRY FETED FOR BEING CANADA'S FIRST PERMANENT MILITARY FORCE
Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled a commemorative plaque at Fort Henry on Friday, honouring the historic significance of the creation of Canada's permanent military force. The establishment of Canada's...
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Ontario's current nurse-to-patient ratios unsafe, says new study
For a seasoned nurse like Rachel Fleming, a day at work has never been more busy. She has been a nurse in Peterborough for the past 10 years. While she enjoys what she does, she said the workload has become overwhelming. On any given day she could be...
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