On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:30 p.m., Mother Teresa Catholic school will be honouring the memory of Xóchitl Rivera by dedicating a “Little Library” in front of the school to their beloved student, classmate, and friend. It has been nearly one year since Xóchitl died suddenly after being struck
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Local innovation hit the global stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada this week, with the unveiling of Project Arrow, the first all-Canadian, zero-emission concept vehicle that has been fully designed and built here in Ontario, including integral computing systems from a Kingston company. In a celebratory
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While many in eastern Ontario may have been dreaming of a white Christmas, those dreams swiftly turned into a nightmare as the region continues to be pummelled with blizzard conditions. The storm system began with heavy rain in the very early morning of Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, leading to localized flooding
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After three days of intense hearings between CUPE and the Ontario provincial government have failed to produce a resolution to the province-wide education workers’ protest action, Kingston’s school boards have contacted the families of their students with an update on what this means for the immediate future. Both the Limestone
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On the afternoon of Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022, a determined crowd of approximately 80 to 100 OPSEU Local 462 paramedics, ambulance dispatch communication officers, local politicians, and other concerned citizens converged at the corners of Princess Street and Gardiners Road, carrying signs with stark messages about the current state of
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An explosion and subsequent fire at the Lennox and Addington power plant led to a widespread power outage early on the morning of Saturday, Jul. 23, 2022. Approximately 30,000 households in multiple municipalities, including Napanee, Bath, Deseronto, Tamworth, and areas of Prince Edward County were without power beginning at around
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With a career in the military, retired Infantry Capt. Mike Bourgeois is certainly accustomed to travel, teamwork, discipline, and goal-setting. This week, Capt. Bourgeois is applying that considerable skill and experience in a new way, as he competes as an athlete in this year’s Invictus Games. Capt. Bourgeois, originally of
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Throughout the afternoon and evening of Friday, Apr. 15, 2022, residents of Kingston and surrounding communities battened down their hatches as best they could against a powerful windstorm. As the windstorm reached the area, Environment Canada warned that winds could reach gusts of up to 90 km/hr. Subsequent data from
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The Ontario PC Party has announced that Loyalist Township Mayor Ric Bresee will be running in the next provincial election as the Progressive Conservative representative in Hastings–Lennox and Addington. The announcement was made on Saturday, Mar. 12, 2022 at Papa’s Pizzeria in Amherstview. Bresee has had an extensive career in
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Last month marked the passing of accomplished graphic designer, typographer, publisher, and enthusiastic conversationalist, Peter Klaus Dorn. Born in Germany in 1932, Dorn came of age surrounded by “many atrocities,” his obituary succinctly notes. He served an apprenticeship as a compositor and studied graphic design in night classes, and in
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With a due date of Jan. 11, Janice Tremblay didn’t think it was overly likely that her baby’s birth would be Kingston’s first of 2022, but little Ethan had plans of his own. “My first child came early too,” said Tremblay, “so I wasn’t completely surprised, but it was unexpected
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Those who are looking closely at the numbers related to local COVID-19 cases may wonder why it seems that the reports from different sources don’t seem to add up. Numbers reported by Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health often indicate hospitalization numbers that differ from those reported by
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