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• ENT: Singer Bif Naked bares all in new documentary

  25-02-2026 21:06 via thewhig.com
  The first time Bif Naked watched the documentary about her life — which is being screened Thursday night as part of this year’s Kingston Canadian Film Festival — she sat in a darkened theatre in Calgary last September alongside other film festival attendees, and, like them, wasn’t sure what to expect when it started. “I didn’t see any rough cuts,” the Canadian punk-pop singer, who grew up as Beth Torbert, explained over the phone. “The first time I
  
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• MP Kramp-Neuman joins opposition to high-speed rail project

  25-02-2026 20:33 via thewhig.com
  NAPANEE — Shelby Kramp-Neuman, the Conservative MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington-Tyendinaga, is the latest to come out in opposition to the proposed high-speed rail project. In a statement Wednesday, Kramp-Neuman said she came to the decision after consultations with constituents, stakeholders and representatives of the Crown corporation developing the project. “The feedback I have received from residents across Hastings-Lennox and Addington-Tyendinaga has been of overwhelming co
  
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• Divisional Court reserves decision in trustee challenge testing limits of in-camera confidentiality

  25-02-2026 20:06 via thewhig.com
  Ontario’s Divisional Court has reserved its decision in a case testing the limits of confidentiality in closed-session school board meetings. Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) trustee Rachael Prinzen is seeking to overturn two code-of-conduct decisions that found she improperly disclosed in-camera materials to the minister of education, resulting in her suspension from board meetings. On Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a three-judge panel — Justice Andras Schreck, Just
  
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• Nearly 1,000 military homes to be built in Kingston as part of major expansion

  25-02-2026 14:48 via thewhig.com
  The federal government has announced a major expansion of military housing with a majority to be built in Kingston. The announcement was made by the Hon. David J. McGuinty, the minister of national defence, on Tuesday. In total, approximately 7,500 new residential housing units will be built in nine locations across Canada, including Kingston, Ottawa, Valcartier, Petawawa, and Edmonton. Nearly 1,000 of those are planned for Kingston. The builds are the second phase of a planned build and will be
  
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