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“If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep.” The words from Lieutenant-Colonel John McRae’s famous poem, In Flanders Fields, are known to almost every Canadian and yet, faith was broken with Indigenous veterans from the moment they returned from fighting in the Great Wars. Shut out
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Pope Francis’s apology for the Catholic Church’s participation in the residential school system genocide on indigenous people was an “important first step” for many survivors of residential schools according to R. Donald Maracle, Chief of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, who noted that this first step must be
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On Tuesday, Aug. 2, the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts launches its 2022 Human Rights Arts Festival with Sounding Thunder: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow. The musical journey celebrates the life of the renowned Ojibwe WWI sniper, who was Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous soldier and became a politician and
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On August 1, Emancipation Day is marked in countries around the world, recognizing the date the British Parliament abolished slavery throughout the British Empire in 1834. Here in Kingston, the City has been working with local residents and community partners to “offer Emancipation Day programming in coming weeks that highlights
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*Paid Business Feature* The Thousand Islands Boat Museum has created an exciting marine hub for all ages, where river history can be seen, felt, and experienced. This summer, area residents and visitors alike can see the culmination of years of careful planning and detailed exhibit design come alive at the
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From 1932 to 1933, the Holodomor, a forced famine imposed by the Soviet regime, killed millions of Ukrainians. Today, Canada is home to many people of Ukrainian descent whose family members may have survived the Holodomor. Through the Holodomor National Awareness Tour, Canadians can learn about this tragedy, and reinforce
Read moreThis article is Part 2 of a two-part series looking back on the Millhaven prison break of 1972 on the 50th anniversary of Canada’s largest prison break and manhunt to date. Part 1 is available here. Fifty years have passed since 14 men escaped from Millhaven Institution on the evening
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the RCMP, other police departments from around the province, the Canadian Armed Forces, and the staff of Milhaven Institution joined forces 50 years ago this weekend when, during a prison ball game at Millhaven, 14 men cut through a wire fence and slipped off into
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The Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) has another round of one-on-one genealogy sessions coming up this August. If you missed out on the sessions earlier this year, now is the time to book a meeting! The 30-minute Zoom meetings take place on Wednesdays through August, with KFPL’s Local History and
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Area residents and visitors are invited to get creative at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston this summer. The ‘Our Great Lakes: Celebrating our Freshwater Resource’ project features weekly arts-based workshops which will take place on Saturdays throughout the summer months. In partnership with H’art Centre in
Read more Anne Hall, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL)’s Local History and Heritage librarian, is offering 30-minute one-on-one genealogy sessions to library patrons who are working on researching their family trees. According to a release from the library, Hall will support participants with tips and suggestions to “take your family tree to
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On Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2022, the Original Hockey Hall of Fame, located at Kingston’s Invista Centre, reopened its doors to visitors after closing in 2019. Original Hockey Hall of Fame president Larry Paquette and past-president Mark Potter were joined by community members, as well as Aaron Luchuk, who scored the
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