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• Wildlife advocates protest clearcutting in Kingston's west end

  19-03-2026 19:47 via thewhig.com
  A group of more than 40 protesters are rallying against clearcutting taking place in Kingston’s west end. About a hundred acres of overgrown farmland at the corners of Taylor-Kidd Boulevard and Coronation Boulevard, referred to by locals as the Mile Square block, have been clearcut in recent weeks. According to Sarah Knight of the newly formed advocacy group Friends of Colins Creek, the property owner, Kingston businessman, farmer and philanthropist Bernie Robinson, insists the land is bei
  
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• Ongoing taxi scam hits victims in the University District

  19-03-2026 19:27 via thewhig.com
  Kingston Police are reminding residents and students to remain vigilant after the area around the University District has been targeted by an ongoing taxi scam. According to police, there have been a couple methods used in which scammers are able to charge the victims bank or credit card. The first method involves a victim being approached by one of the scammers who claim to be having trouble paying for their taxi. They claim that they are having issues with their bank/credit card and the driver
  
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• KHSC reaches scanning goal a month early

  19-03-2026 18:34 via thewhig.com
  Kingston Health Sciences Centre has reached its goal of completing 1,000 PET-CT scans a month earlier than expected, it was announced Thursday. Launched a year ago, a Positron Emission tomography-computed tomography scan “combines metabolic and anatomical imaging to help health-care teams find diseases earlier, plan treatments more accurately, and monitor patients with greater precision,” according to a KHSC-issued news release. KHSC is the only facility in the Southeastern region wi
  
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• Kingston’s Integrated Care Hub to continue to offer services despite provincial cuts

  19-03-2026 18:26 via thewhig.com
  As questions swirled about the services at Kingston’s Integrated Care Hub (ICH), various stakeholders, along with the mayor, have confirmed that while the drug-consumption site will be winding down, the ICH itself will remain in place. “My understanding is that yes, the consumption treatment services component, that one piece of the Integrated Care Hub, has been impacted by these cuts in provincial funding, but the remaining funding for the Integrated Care Hub as a whole is still ver
  
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• Selkirk ordered to pay more than $440K after illegally cancelling pre-construction home sales in Napanee

  19-03-2026 16:18 via thewhig.com
  
  A Kingston-area home builder must pay $440,200 after an Ontario court found it had illegally cancelled two pre-construction home sales in Napanee and resold the lots for a profit. Justice Laurie Lacelle ruled in Superior Court on Feb. 2 that James Selkirk Custom Homes Ltd., also known as Selkirk Lifestyle Homes (Selkirk), relied on a contract clause allowing termination if a subdivision wasn’t registered on time — but the clause violated Ontario’s consumer protection rules for
  
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• New musical centred around Hip songs coming to Kingston

  19-03-2026 15:08 via thewhig.com
  
  A new musical featuring songs by The Tragically Hip is coming to Kingston this fall. It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken will have a 21-show run at Kingston’s Grand Theatre from Oct. 22 to Nov. 8, the Thousand Islands Playhouse announced Thursday. Tickets go on sale on March 31. The musical — which TIP and Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius are co-producing along with partners Michael Rubinoff and David and Hannah Mirvish — was first announced in February of last ye
  
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• 'It's like mental torture': stress over high-speed rail proposal affects mental, physical health

  19-03-2026 13:26 via thewhig.com
  
  CENTREVILLE — The possibility of losing their properties and seeing their communities changed forever is enough to bring many rural residents in the Kingston area to tears. “It’s causing people to feel bad about themselves,” said Heather Coulson Levy of Stone Mills Township. “They’re thinking, ‘Of course I want to try to protect my land, but now I feel instantly guilty because does that mean that I’m now saying that somebody else should have it?&rs
  
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• Kingston Police report successful St. Patrick’s Day weekend

  19-03-2026 12:58 via thewhig.com
  
  Kingston’s Chief of Police, Adam MacIntosh, said the St. Patrick’s Day weekend was a success with officials reporting only a handful of arrests to students, along with a few infractions. According to a news release, those who celebrated did so in a responsible way, and stayed in line when it came to municipal bylaws and provincial legislation. While officers with Kingston Police maintained their presence throughout the University District, they did declare a nuisance party along Aber
  
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