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• ENT: Doc screening looks to bring mothers, community together

  26-08-2026 18:46 via thewhig.com
  
  When Kingston filmmaker Kaycee Leigh first envisioned Thursday’s screening of her short documentary “To Labour with Love” followed by a Q&A panel at the Broom Factory, she thought it would be a fundraiser for her next documentary, Seeking Wh(y).That’s no longer the case.“I think that (the) building of the community and having the story out there is more important for us at this point,” Leigh explained over the phone. “I just feel that human connecti
  
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• Police-involved shooting closes Waaban Crossing; special investigation underway

  26-08-2026 17:55 via thewhig.com
  
  The Waaban Crossing was closed in both directions Wednesday morning after a police-involved shooting, prompting an investigation by Ontario’s police watchdog.Kingston Police said the incident occurred at about 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 26 on the bridge linking Kingston’s east and west ends across the Cataraqui River.In a brief media release, police said the crossing would remain closed for an extended period while the investigation continued.“There is no risk to public safety,”
  
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• Police-involved shooting closes Waaban Crossing; man seriously injured

  26-08-2026 17:55 via thewhig.com
  
  UPDATED: Man seriously injured in officer-involved shooting Ontario’s police watchdog says a 28-year-old man suffered serious injuries after being shot by Kingston Police officers on the Waaban Crossing on Wednesday. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Kingston Police received a 911 call from a man in distress at about 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 26. Officers were dispatched to the Waaban Crossing, where they encountered the man. [siu.on.ca] “There was an interaction, and two officers
  
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• Residents return to Kashechewan eight months after evacuation

  26-08-2026 13:01 via thewhig.com
  
  KASHECHEWAN — As hundreds of people return to their James Bay community, leaders are pushing to restart talks about permanently relocating it.Tyson Wesley, executive director of Kashechewan First Nation, said the homecoming has brought a mix of relief, happiness and grief for residents, who have spent months living in hotels and other temporary accommodations.“I’m glad this is over because I was getting tired of sending our people home in coffins,” he said.The community
  
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• 'Appalling’: Kingston seniors push back against Homestead’s paid visitor parking

  26-08-2026 12:55 via thewhig.com
  
  Richard Brown has some very strong opinions about Homestead Land Holdings introducing paid visitor parking at The Wellington.“This is our home. If somebody wants to visit us — like my daughter, for example, who comes quite frequently — the idea that she’s going to have to pay to come up and visit me is appalling,” he said.Beginning Sept. 14, visitors to the Kingston apartment building that Richard Brown and his wife Marilyn have called home for nine years will be e
  
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• Little interest around Kingston in discussing Trump's proposed rebranding of Lake Ontario

  26-08-2026 12:46 via thewhig.com
  
  Overlooking what might some day be recognized as Lake America, five suddenly drenched seniors were packing up their attempt at a lunchtime picnic Tuesday behind Kingston’s Providence Care Hospital and not disposed to offer anything more than drive-by opinions of Donald Trump, duly elected president of the United States of America.As a midday cloudburst sent them packing, the seniors expressed contempt for Trump, who suggested that Lake Ontario would be renamed Lake America, given his visi
  
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