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Best of 2012: Kingston Penitentiary Closure
My disbelief regarding the decision to close down Kingston Penitentiary has led me to adopt the mentality that I’ll believe it when I see it. The prospect of mothballing Canada’s oldest jail, an institution that is so intimately tied to Kingston’s storied past, is difficult for many of us to fathom, especially in light of [...]
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Weekly Poll: The Year That Was
With less than two weeks remaining until the arrival of 2013, it’s time for our annual review of the headlines and news stories that shaped the past year for Kingstonians. Last December, a majority of our readers voted that the Shafia Family murder trial was the top story of 2011, while just over a month [...]
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Weekly Poll: Kingston Penitentiary Closure
Last week the local community was taken aback by an announcement made by the federal government that Kingston Penitentiary, the oldest maximum security prison in Canada, home to the likes of Russell Williams, Paul Bernardo, Mohammad and Hamed Shafia and others, as well as the Regional Treatment Centre will soon be closing. While the news shocked [...]
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Mayor Responds To Kingston Penitentiary Closure
In front of several local and national news outlets, this afternoon the Mayor of Kingston, Mark Gerretsen responded to Federal Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews’s announcement of the closure of the Kingston Penitentiary. “Obviously I am saddened to hear Minister Toews’ announcement today.” said Mayor Gerretsen. “I had a brief conversation with Lori MacDonald, [...]
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Ann at Home – 15th Anniversary of the Museum of Health Care
It is the anniversary of the Ann Baillie Building National Historic Site as home to the Museum of Health Care. Spend an afternoon at the Museum of Health Care during Heritage Week and enjoy a curator’s tour of the nursing gallery, storytelling tours with nursing grads who once called the building home, a special “behind [...]
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