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• City of Kingston approves sale of Gore Road property for housing

  08-07-2026 20:05 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Neighbours living near a provincially significant wetland on the city’s east side are calling for better protection for wetlands after city council voted to sell 1.18 acres of land adjacent to Butternut Creek.Brauer Homes proposed to build 40 housing units — 10 triplexes and 10 smaller homes — that would including five affordable housing units.Of the 3.3 acres on the property, only the 1.18 acres sold to the developer can be built on because of its proximity t
  
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• Limestone graduates earn major scholarships, Ernestown student embraces life-changing award 

  08-07-2026 16:37 via thewhig.com
  
  When Haleigh Knetsch opened an email telling her she had been awarded a scholarship worth over $64, 000, the Ernestown Secondary School graduate could hardly believe it. “I just got an email one day saying, like, you have gotten a scholarship,” Knetsch said in an interview on Saturday.The scholarship is from the Queen’s University’s Promise Scholars program, which is valued at between $60,000 and $100,000 over four years depending on a student’s program. The award
  
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• Weekend Spotlight July 10 to 12: Things to do in Kingston area this weekend

  08-07-2026 16:30 via thewhig.com
  
  1. 36th Kingston Buskers Rendezvous Weekend, various times, downtown Kingston : Get ready for four days of jaw-dropping performances, laugh-out-loud entertainment, incredible circus acts, giant bubbles, marionettes, music, acrobatics, and plenty of surprises around every corner. Watch world-class street performers transform Springer Market Square and the surrounding downtown streets into one giant outdoor stage.Festival performances take place in and around Springer Market Square Thursday throug
  
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• Haaima trial adjourned again at request of defence

  08-07-2026 15:56 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — After a month’s hiatus, the sexual assault trial of Michael Haaima has been adjourned for another week after Justice Robyn Ryan Bell granted a defence request based on exceptional personal circumstances affecting defence counsel.The request was made at the outset of proceedings Monday morning. Appearing by Zoom, defence attorney Natasha Calvinho asked that, following the morning’s scheduled testimony, the trial be adjourned for the remainder of the week.Assistant Cr
  
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• Replica of Gord Downie's iconic hat heads to auction for charity

  08-07-2026 15:42 via thewhig.com
  
  A decade after The Tragically Hip’s historic final concert in Kingston, the designer behind the late Gord Downie’s iconic purple hat has created a replica and put it up for auction to mark the anniversary.Over the years designer Karyn Ruis , owner of Lilliput Hats, said she has been reluctant to recreate any of Downie’s hats, worried they would become souvenirs.“In the past I’ve had lots of people asking me, ‘Hey, can I buy that hat or could you make that hat
  
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• Kingston high-speed rail station could cost $3.9 billion, report says

  08-07-2026 13:03 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Rerouting the Alto high-speed rail line into Kingston and adding a local station here could cost almost $4 billion, according to a new report from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.A report to be released Wednesday by the organization estimated a Kingston station would add about 52 kilometres to the route.At $75 million per kilometre — the mid point of the government’s estimated cost — the extra high-speed rail line distance would cost $3.9 billion.The 1,000-k
  
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• Kingston high-speed rail link could cost $3.9 billion, report says

  08-07-2026 13:03 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Rerouting the Alto high-speed rail line into Kingston and adding a local station here could cost almost $4 billion, according to a new report from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.A report to be released Wednesday by the organization estimated a Kingston station would add about 52 kilometres to the route.At $75 million per kilometre — the mid point of the government’s estimated cost — the extra high-speed rail line distance would cost $3.9 billion.The 1,000-k
  
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