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Collins Bay inmate battling cancer hopes for early release

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 1 Comment Beaver Creek Institution, Black Pistons, cancer, case management, Cindy Golemiec, Collins Bay Institution, Collins Bay Penitentiary, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA), COVID-19, criminal organization, CSC pharmacy, Gravenhurst, Judge Henderson, Kingston, Kyle Lawlor, leukemia, Medical Assistance in dying, Operation Resurgence, Parole Board, Randy McGEan, Security Threat Group (STG)

A federal inmate at Collins Bay Institution is struggling to obtain parole by exception as he battles terminal cancer in

Environment Health Opinion

‘Dust in the wind’: Lafarge Cement Plant contamination concerns Bath residents

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Kingstonist 0 Comments Bath, calcium aluminoferrite, calcium silicate, cancer, carcinogen, cement dust, clinker, Conservation and Parks, contamination, Ignacio Arroyo, Kingston, Lafarge cement plant, Loyalist Township, Ministry of the Environment, tricalcium aluminate

Recently, the Canada Lafarge Cement Plant located three kilometres west of the Villiage of Bath, experienced a filter malfunction, expelling

Community Health News

Kingston welcomes Nanny Angel Network

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Dominic Owens 1 Comment Audrey Guth, Britt Smith, Britton Smith, cancer, childcare, family, Homestead Land Holdings, Kingston, Leah Werry, mothers with cancer, Nanny Angel Network, service, support

Every day, hundreds of thousands of people are treated for cancer around the world, and here in Kingston, a new

Cancer is funny: Kelly Dear returns to stand-up comedy

June 22, 2018 Chris Morris cancer, comedy, downtown Kingston

The last time Kelly Dear performed standup, Ethyl and Myrtle were on stage with her. This weekend, when Dear takes