After battling clandestine drug use for decades inside Canada’s prison system, it might seem counterintuitive to learn that a site where inmates can use illegal drugs under medical supervision will be open soon inside Collins Bay Instituion. Planning and consultations are underway to implement an Overdose Prevention Service (OPS) at
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The Council of the Town of Greater Napanee debated the merits of a municipal accommodation tax and got into the nity gritty of short-term accommodations at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sep 26, 2023, but ultimately decided they did not yet have enough information about either. According to a report
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The Council of the Town of Greater Napanee made some progressive political moves this week at its Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023, meeting when Councillor Angela Hicks brought forward two pieces of correspondence from other Ontario municipalities asking for Napanee’s support on the provincial and federal stage. First, Hicks brought forward
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Content warning: this article contains references to murder, sexual assault, and rape, which may be distressing for readers. Kerri Kehoe survived being kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Richard Joyce when she was just 11 years old. So it is no wonder she was shocked to hear that the man who tortured
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The Town of Napanee will soon have a new feature attraction between hockey games. At its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2026, Council approved a sole source purchase of a brand new Olympia Millennium H Ice Resurfacer. Deputy Treasurer Nathan Murphy explained, “We have two machines at the SPC
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If you are lucky, you may just have passed by a world-famous author these past few weeks. If you are even luckier, you got to pet his best friend, Muck. James Caughill, who goes by the pseudonym Homeless James, has been walking across the country since 2016 to raise awareness
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The Council of the Town of Greater Napanee will hear a staff report on a municipal accommodation tax for short-term accommodations at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sep 26, 2023. According to the report by Town Clerk Jessica Walters, in 2017, the Municipal Act was amended to allow municipalities to
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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has concluded its investigation into a Kingston woman’s fatal fall from a Bath Road apartment building in May, finding that Kingston Police officers on the scene were not culpable in her death. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were
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Editorial note: This article has been updated since it was originally published on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. The most recent updates are available at the bottom of this page. A serious motor vehicle accident involving two students occurred today, Friday, Sep. 22, 2023, over the lunch hour
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At the meeting of the Police Services Board on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, Mayor Bryan Paterson led a discussion about the problem of vandalism at Belle Park, which included the theft of several “copper-containing components” stolen from the site between August 4 and 7. The mayor began by saying that
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Protests organized by ‘Hands Off Our Kids,’ as well as counter-protests, took place across the country today, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. In Kingston, they happened on both sides of Ontario Street. After beginning with a “slow roll” protest that started at the commuter parking lot on Highway 38 at Highway
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Queen’s University has changed the signage on campus washrooms in an effort to make them more inclusive, safe, and welcoming spaces, the university has announced. Single-user washrooms across campus are now gender-neutral, with signs that focus on the function of the space rather than the gender of the user, according
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