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• Haaima defence begins but doesn't finish cross-examination after two-month delay

  03-08-2026 16:53 via thewhig.com
  
  Cross-examination of one complainant in Michael Haaima’s trial resumed July 30, after an unusual nearly two-month interruption in her testimony, caused by a legal application heard behind closed doors.This complainant first began to testify on June 2 with Crown counsel completing her examination-in-chief on June 4. Immediately afterward, the defence brought a legal application under section 276 of the Criminal Code, prompting the court to move in camera to hear arguments that are subject
  
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• Kingston artist brings his miniature stone world into public view

  03-08-2026 16:44 via thewhig.com
  
  For roughly 15 years, Tim Atkinson has been building up a private miniature world in stone. Throughout his garage workshop and scattered throughout his backyard garden sit miniature cathedrals, castles, villages and halls, their roofs layered with hand-cut slate and their walls assembled one small block at a time, each individually cut by his wet saw. Some contain stained glass windows and interiors with benches, altars, and wallpaper. Until recently, almost nobody outside Atkinson’s fami
  
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• Howe Island resident floats idea of de-amalgamation

  03-08-2026 14:14 via thewhig.com
  
  HOWE ISLAND — Howe Island would be better off as its own municipality, separate from Wolfe Island and Frontenac Islands Township, according to a discussion paper written by an island resident.Posted on a social media site for island residents, the draft discussion paper by Stephen Sorensen examines at the potential of the 31-square-kilometre Howe Island, with a full-time population of around 600, de-amalgamating from Frontenac Islands Township.Prior to amalgamation in 1998, Howe Island To
  
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• Freedom's work remains unfinished: a call for change at Kingston’s Emancipation Day ceremony

  03-08-2026 14:10 via thewhig.com
  
  The abolition of slavery was not the end of the struggle for freedom, but the beginning of a continuing fight against racism, inequality and exclusion, speakers told a crowd gathered Saturday for Kingston’s annual Emancipation Day ceremony.Addressing residents at Confederation Park, City of Kingston director of communications and customer experience J.C. Kenny and keynote speaker Keishia Facey delivered a shared message: while emancipation is a milestone worth celebrating, the work of bui
  
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• Board games, curling and fire safety among the features at downtown Kington’s Promenade

  03-08-2026 14:00 via thewhig.com
  
  Thousands of residents and visitors filled downtown Kingston on Saturday for the second Princess Street Promenade of the season.The event transformed the city’s main commercial corridor into a pedestrian-focused festival featuring local businesses, community organizations, live entertainment and family activities.The free event, organized by Downtown Kingston , closed Princess Street to vehicle traffic between Division and Ontario streets, creating a walkable space where more than 100 bus
  
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• Heavy rain drenches Kingston region as conservation authority warns of high water

  03-08-2026 13:17 via thewhig.com
  
  Residents across the Kingston area were urged to remain cautious around waterways Monday after a storm system soaked eastern Ontario with heavy rain and thunderstorms Sunday.Both a yellow-level rainfall warning from Environment Canada and a water safety statement from the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority were issued.Environment Canada warned Sunday that total rainfall amounts of 50 to 80 millimetres were expected across the Kingston-Odessa-Frontenac Islands area, with some locations pote
  
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