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• A hunger-fighting partnership unites Kingston

  06-02-2026 14:59 via thewhig.com
  Food banks across Canada are taking part in Give 30, a grassroots volunteer-run initiative combatting hunger during Ramadan. That includes Kingston’s Partners in Mission Food Bank. Mona Rahman, a member of the Give 30 team in Kingston, said the initiative was started in 2012 when its founder, Ziyaad Mia, a lawyer in Toronto, was putting away his coffee cup for Ramadan. “Somebody in his office said, ‘Oh, you must really save a lot of money because you’re not buying lunch o
  
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• Napanee council supports amended Southeast Public Health lease

  06-02-2026 14:16 via thewhig.com
  Residents will continue to have access to local vaccine clinics and well water testing after the Council of the Town of Greater Napanee approved an amended lease that will allow Southeast Public Health (SEPH) to remain in the community with a significantly smaller footprint. Council was presented with a report at a special meeting on Tuesday recommending support for an amendment to SEPH’s lease at 99 Advance Ave. that would reduce the amount of space occupied, while maintaining core public
  
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• Kingston Police charge individual with stunt driving

  06-02-2026 13:31 via thewhig.com
  An individual who was driving well over the speed limit on John Counter Boulevard has been charged. According to Kingston Police, the individual was driving along John Counter Boulevard between Sir John A Macdonald Boulevard and Portsmouth Avenue on Feb. 4 around 11:30 p.m. An officer, who was conducting traffic enforcement, spotted the driver travelling westbound at a high rate of speed. Using a handheld radar, the officer was able to determine the vehicle was going 128 km/h in a posted 50
  
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