Eviction, empathy, and engagement: The complex case of Belle Park

Prison farms in a time of global crisis: Thinking big, starting small

Letter: Embracing rogue

Opinion: Ontario education replacing ‘3 Rs’ with ‘3 Ss’ – surf, stream, and share

Opinion – Getting the medical care that is right for you during serious illness: A perspective from a critical care doctor

Opinion: It could be worse

Under pressure: Supporting small businesses during enforcement of the Quarantine Act

The clarity and hope of COVID-19

Letter: Public consultation needed on multi-year use of KP

Remembering the life of Wayne Westfall

Letter: ‘Breaking the cycle of poverty through education’

Suggestions for coping with teachers’ strikes

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Robert Kiley 0 Comments access to health care, access to water, Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, addictions, Belle Park, City of Kingston, Department of Housing and Social Services, Eight principles for homeless encampments, eviction, harm reduction, homeless camp, homeless encampment, homlessness, human rights, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada, Robert Kiley, United Nations (UN)

A new encampment with many needs I received my first tip about the Belle Park encampment approximately three weeks ago

Community Editorial Board News Opinion

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 Jeannie Prinsen 0 Comments animal justice, baby formula, Calvin Neufeld, China, Chinese factory, Collins Bay Institution, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), COVID-19, dairy goats, Evolve Our Prison Farms, food security, goat dairy farm, goat milk farm, Kingston, plant-based farming, prison farms, prisoner labour, prisoners, rehabilitation, Save Our Prison Farms, social justice, sustainable farming

Ten years ago Neufeld was a neighbour of Collins Bay Institution and watched sympathetically as Save Our Prison Farms protested

Opinion Soapbox

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Community Soapbox 0 Comments active transportation, Belle Park, City of Kingston, COVID-19, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), food supply, going rogue, homeless camp, Kingston, Kingston Economic Recovery Team, local farmers, Memorial Centre Farmers' Market, pandemic, supply chains, technology, vulnerable residents, Wi-fi

The following is a letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect

Education Opinion

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Cliff Morton 0 Comments 3 Rs, 3 Ss, computers, COVID-19, curriculum, e-learning, education structure, Kingston, online classes, online learning, Ontario, opinion, pedagogy, public education, schools, technology, the efficacy of e-learning

The structure of Ontario’s Kindergarten to grade 12 schools and Ontario public education is in the process of a sea-change,

Health Opinion

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Daren Heyland, end of life care, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), medical care, medical care planning, medical treatment decisions, opinion, Plan Well Guide, Queen's University, serious illness

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed article from Dr. Daren Heyland. The views and opinions expressed do not

Community Editorial Board Opinion

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 Lindsey Foster 4 Comments baking, cooking, coping mechanisms, coronavirus, COVID-19, family, food delivery, Ice Storm '98, Kingston, physical distancing, self-isolation, social distancing, staying connected

It took me 45 minutes to set up online banking for my mother. Five days of convincing her to let

News Opinion Soapbox

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Cliff Morton 0 Comments Bath, changes in operations, coronavirus, COVID-19, Kingston, McCormicks Country Store, opinion, Pharmasave, Quarantine Act, rural businesses, Schells Market, small businesses, state of emergency, supporting local businesses, Village of Bath

Local news sources including the Kingstonist report that the City of Kingston and Loyalist Township have declared a state of

Opinion

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Robert Kiley 1 Comment 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, clarity, connecting, coronavirus, corporations, COVID-19, governments, greed, healthcare, healthcare workers, hoarding, hope, humanity, inspiration, isolation, Kingston, life planning, living wage, municipal government, pandemic, Robert Kiley, self-isolation, the envrionment, unions, vaccines

It has been almost three months since I wrote a column for the local press. Between balancing my day job

Opinion Soapbox

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Bhavana Varma, charitable fundraising, City of Kingston, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), federal government, filming in Kingston Pen, former prisoners, Kingston, Kingston Pen, Kingston Pen Tours, Kingston Penitentiary, Lanie Hurdle, letter, multi-year lease, prisoners, public consultation, Scott Harris, United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFLA)

The following is a letter to the editor regarding the new multi-year lease of Kingston Penitentiary. The views and opinions

Art Books & Lit Community Community Editorial Board News

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Ashley-Elizabeth Best 0 Comments Ashley-Elizabeth Best, Barrie Street, Kingston, medically-assisted death, medically-assisted dying, novel idea, painter, painting, poetry, poetry group, quadriplegic, The Villanelles, travel, Wayne Westfall, writer, writing, writing group

On Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, The Villanelles had our last poetry group meeting with beloved member Wayne Westfall. On Sunday,

Education News Opinion

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments cooking lessons, food vouchers, high school students, Inner Harbour, Kingston, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), low-income families, mentorship, north end, nutrition program, Pathways Kingston, Pathways to Education, post secondary education, Rideau Heights, tutoring, volunteers

The following is a letter to the editor received by Kingstonist on Monday, Mar. 9, 2020. Pathways to Education celebrates

Community Editorial Board Education Family Opinion

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February 27, 2020March 2, 2020 Alison Young 0 Comments activities, Community Editorial Board, curriculum, education, elementary school students, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Kingston, learning, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), parents, school, secondary school students, teachers strike, what to do with students during a strike

Editorial note: With the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)’s moving into Phase 6 Strike Action yesterday (Wednesday, Feb. 26,

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