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• Environment Canada warns of possible spring ice storm - Kingstonist

  27-03-2025 14:15
  Environment Canada warns of possible spring ice storm  Kingstonist
  
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• Kingston family wins $42,912.50 in school board 50/50 draw 

  02-07-2026 20:57 via thewhig.com
  
  A Kingston family has taken home more than $42,000 after winning the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board’s largest 50/50 raffle to date, the board said In an announcement last week.Cierra Beattie, whose son attends a local school in the board, won $42,912.50 in the spring draw, with the total pot reaching $85,825 before closing on June 19, according to raffle organizers.Beattie said she first learned about the fundraiser through her son’s school and decided to tak
  
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• Kingston city council to look at a set of road-related motions

  02-07-2026 20:52 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — City council is to consider a set of motions aimed at addressing road and pedestrian issues.Four motions from city councillors dealing with traffic, parking and pedestrians are to be considered at council’s Tuesday night meeting.Williamsville District Coun. Vincent Cinanni is to put forward a motion to direct staff to design a new all-way stop with pedestrian crossings and traffic calming features for Alfred Street between Princess and Concession streets.Lakeshore Distric
  
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• Kingston cardiologist's cross-border impact recognized with Order of Canada

  02-07-2026 20:10 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — When physician-scientist Dr. Stephen Archer graduated from the school of medicine at Queen’s University in 1981, he headed out into the world to practice.Decades later, he returned to Queen’s to bookend a lifetime of significant contributions to his field of work and study.Now, those contributions are being recognized by the Canadian government. On June 26, Archer was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.Archer’s career path criss-crosses the Canada U.
  
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• Napanee Connect: 'We're hosting one big block party so we can help residents host a hundred more'

  02-07-2026 17:26 via thewhig.com
  
  Greater Napanee Connect is throwing a big neighbourhood celebration this month, but organizers hope it’s only the beginning.“We’re hosting one big block party so that we can help residents host a hundred more,” said Greater Napanee Connect Chair Tiffany Lloyd.The free Block Party Kick Off on July 17 will officially launch the organization’s new Block Party Lending Program, designed to make it easier for residents to organize neighbourhood gatherings of their own.Th
  
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• Lennox and Addington pauses removal of centuries-old oaks after emotional debate over safety and heritage

  02-07-2026 17:13 via thewhig.com
  
  When I am among the trees …they give off such hints of gladness, I would almost say that they save me, and daily.— Mary OliverAlong County Road 9 in Greater Napanee, oak trees stand like sentinels, forming a broad, canopied tunnel. They might have been young trees when the Mississauga Anishinaabeg travelled the region, and they have grown and stood through the arrival of the Loyalists after the 1783 Crawford Purchase, the coming of the railway, and the birth of modern Canada &mdash
  
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• Intimate partner violence survivors raise concerns over Bill C-16

  02-07-2026 13:15 via thewhig.com
  
  Intimate partner violence survivors and victim advocates are raising concerns about Bill C-16 , warning the changes in legislation could have unintended consequences for those seeking safety and justice.While supporters say the bill aims to reform Canada’s criminal justice system by protecting women and children affected by intimate partner violence, some fear the changes may make it more difficult to hold offenders accountable and could leave victims feeling less protected.The bill inclu
  
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• Kingston braces for heatwave ahead of Canada Day; temperatures near record highs a threat to life and property

  01-07-2026 14:42 via thewhig.com
  
  A day after circulating a warning for extreme weather and a threat of tornado winds, Environment Canada has issued a heat warning in Kingston and the surrounding area for Canada Day and July 2, which will run into the weekend.The government weather service is cautioning that daytime high temperatures will hit 31 C and up to 35 C on Wednesday and Thursday, while dropping to night-time lows of 21 to 25 C.The average daytime high temperature for Kingston in July is 24 to 25 C, according to various
  
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• Grant Bedard launches campaign to be Kingston mayor

  01-07-2026 13:48 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Grant Bedard is not a traditional politician, it’s the first thing he said after sitting down to be interviewed.“I have no political experience whatsoever,” Bedard said.“I’ve seen a lot of things. I went through the homelessness stage when I was younger. I was a ward of the court from a young age. I was taken from my family, put in the Children’s Aid Society, got kicked out of CAS at 15 because I refused to go to school and basically wandered
  
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• Frontenac Islands mayor calls ruling 'vindication' as bylaw quashed

  30-06-2026 21:08 via thewhig.com
  
  MARYSVILLE — A bylaw that prevented Frontenac Islands Mayor Judy Greenwood-Speers from speaking freely was quashed after she took her own township to court.The township’s communications bylaw, approved in late 2024, prevented the mayor from speaking with media on behalf of the township. Instead, all media communication had to come from the township’s clerk and chief administrative officer.Greenwood-Speers took the township to court to have the bylaw quashed.In his ruling issue
  
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• Kingston Police charge two individuals with drug possession for trafficking in separate downtown arrests

  30-06-2026 18:34 via thewhig.com
  
  Kingston Police have arrested two individuals in separate incidents on Friday resulting in drug charges on various counts.On Saturday morning near the intersection of Montreal Street and Rideau Street, members of the community-response arrested a 34-year-old city resident on an outstanding warrant. The officers located more than 24 grams of fentanyl and a sum of Canadian currency.The 34-year-old is charged with possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession o
  
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• 'A promise to our elders': Tsi Thonwatíhsnye's Elder Care Home opens in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

  30-06-2026 16:18 via thewhig.com
  
  Volunteers carried more and more chairs and visitors kept streaming into the reception room as more than 250 people gathered to celebrate the completion of Tsi Thonwatíhsnye’s Elder Care Home in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.Three women drummed and sang welcoming songs, and visitors were gifted with dream catchers as elders, community members, political leaders, and project partners filled the large gathering hall in the new facility to standing-room-only capacity last week for a cer
  
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• Bike-gang member serving life sentence for Bandidos murders dies of natural causes

  30-06-2026 15:54 via thewhig.com
  
  A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Bath Institution died of apparent natural causes Monday, according to Correctional Services Canada.Marcelo Aravena, 50, had been sentenced in 2009 to life in prison without possibility of parole for 25 years.A one`-time mixed martial arts fighter based in Winnipeg, Aravena was convicted on one count of manslaughter and seven counts of first-degree murder. He was a member of the Bandidos, a Texas-based bike gang that had two chapters in Canada, one
  
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• Community groups optimistic of input into Alto's Kingston plans

  30-06-2026 13:34 via thewhig.com
  
  SYDENHAM — Groups lobbying for alternatives to the planned Alto high-speed rail are optimistic some of their ideas may find a way into a revised plan for the Kingston area.Since Alto’s original southern route was proposed as an option for the rail section between Peterborough and Ottawa, at least two proposals from local groups have been put forward.One proposal would use a mix of existing CN Rail corridors and new dedicated passenger rail lines to carry trains reaching about 200 km
  
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• Air Canada Landline expands service in Ontario

  30-06-2026 13:20 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Landline, the company that operates Air Canada’s coach bus between Norman Rogers Airport and Pearson International Airport in Toronto, has expanded service almost a year after the service began.The bus service, launched in late September , transports Air Canada passengers at no additional charge between the two airports.The company now runs four trips in each direction daily and recently expanded service to regional airports in St. Catharines, Sarnia and Muskoka. Prior to
  
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• Amherstview resident, 24, charged in Bath Road collision

  30-06-2026 03:36 via thewhig.com
  
  Kingston Police have provided an update to the motor vehicle collision that closed down Bath Road at Lower Drive for an extended period of time on Saturday morning.Local emergency services received multiple calls for the accident in which police say two cars, a blue GMC Terrain and a white Chevy two-door, collided after one had been travelling at a high rate of speed crossed into oncoming traffic on Bath Road, resulting in the white vehicle careening off the road and over the shoulder, to an ap
  
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• Line Spike founder riding high on positive vibes as second festival wraps up

  29-06-2026 20:15 via thewhig.com
  
  HARROWSMITH — It’s the Monday after the festivities, and Line Spike Frontenac founder and lead organizer Jeremy Campbell’s enthusiasm won’t be curbed by a lower than expected turnout.The second annual Line Spike Frontenac festival drew around a thousand people to a farm field near Harrowsmith for a lineup of musicians from across Canada, including headlining husband and wife superduo, Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk.“It was fantastic,” Campbell said as the
  
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• Role in musical gives Miss Emily a chance to 'flex' her 'artistic muscles'

  29-06-2026 19:12 via thewhig.com
  
  Back when she was deciding what she wanted to do after high school, Emily Fennell seriously considered applying for the musical theatre program at Toronto’s Sheridan College.Fennell, better known as Miss Emily, decided to pursue music instead, and she has gone on to forge her own successful career, with a pair of Juno award nominations to her name.So, when Fennell received a call from Prince Edward County playwright Mike Trites (her mom passed along her number to him) asking if she’
  
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• What's opened, closed, happening in Kingston on Canada Day

  29-06-2026 17:31 via thewhig.com
  
  With Canada Day falling midweek, Canadians will celebrate the national holiday on Wednesday this year — no long weekend this time.Observed annually on July 1, the day commemorates the 1867 enactment of the British North America Act, which united several colonies into the Dominion of Canada — a milestone widely recognized as Confederation. The holiday, originally known as Dominion Day, was officially renamed Canada Day in 1982.Across the country, the occasion is typically marked by f
  
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• Movies in the Square returns to Kingston's Springer Market Square for its 19th season

  29-06-2026 13:50 via thewhig.com
  
  Wet weather was behind the cancellation of the The Greatest Showman, the first of eight movies in the Movies in the Square lineup last week (Thursday, June 25), but that hasn’t stopped organizers from wishing for a better forecast for the remaining Thursday nights this summer.This year is the 19th season of Downtown Kingston’s Movies in the Square, a free Thursday evening public movie-watching event held in Springer Market Square each summer.“Spanning musicals, Marvel adventur
  
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• From canvas to craft, ArtFest Kingston brings creativity into the open

  29-06-2026 13:44 via thewhig.com
  
  Tents and tables were adorned with paint, pottery, loomed wares and artisan foods as the hum of conversation drifted through Kingston’s City Park over the weekend as ArtFest returned.The annual outdoor festival ran Friday through Sunday, drawing more than 200 artists from across Ontario and Quebec for a sprawling showcase of handmade crafts, fine art and more.A soggy start on Friday couldn’t keep the throngs of art lovers from wandering pathways under the trees, lingering at booths
  
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• Downtown Kingston draws crowds for FIFA World Cup community event

  29-06-2026 13:06 via thewhig.com
  
  Hundreds of fans packed Springer Market Square on Saturday as Kingston joined a nationwide celebration bringing the 2026 FIFA World Cup to communities far beyond official host cities.The free, day-long “ Canada Celebrates the FIFA World Cup 2026 ” event featured live match screenings, interactive soccer activities and cultural programming, transforming the downtown square into a festival of soccer fandom.The stop was part of a broader FIFA initiative designed to connect communities
  
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• Crew shortage halts Wolfe Island ferry service, union blames provincial staffing decisions

  28-06-2026 03:35 via thewhig.com
  
  Ferry service between Wolfe Island and Kingston was temporarily suspended Saturday after a crew shortage forced the shutdown, while an irate union blamed the province.The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) said the final sailing before the interruption left Marysville at 8:30 a.m., with service expected to resume later in the evening once staffing levels met federal safety requirements.“Due to a current shortage of crew, we regret that ferry service will be temporarily suspended,
  
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• Wolfe Island ferry service halted by crew shortage, expected to resume this evening

  27-06-2026 19:59 via thewhig.com
  
  The Wolfe Isalnd Ferry service was suspended Saturday morning due to a crew shortage, with officials saying operations are expected to resume later in the day.The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario said the final sailing before the shutdown departed Marysville at 8:30 a.m. The service interruption was attributed to a lack of available crew needed to meet federal requirements.“Due to a current shortage of crew, we regret that ferry service will be temporarily suspended,” the minis
  
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• Bath Road closed due to vehicle accident, now open

  27-06-2026 16:58 via thewhig.com
  
  At approximately 10 a.m. Saturday morning, Kingston police issued a traffic advisory stating that Bath Road was closed in both directions near Lower Road for an extended period of time while police investigated a motor vehicle collision.Motorists were asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes.Two cars, a blue GMC Terrain and a white Chevy two-door, collided on Bath Road, resulting in the white vehicle careening off the road and over the shoulder to an approximate 30-foot drop to an adjac
  
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• Bath Road closed due to vehicle accident

  27-06-2026 16:58 via thewhig.com
  
  At approximately 10 a.m. Saturday morning, Kingston police issued a traffic advisory stating that Bath Road was closed in both directions near Lower Road for an extended period of time while police investigated a motor vehicle collision.Motorists were asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes.— The Whig-Standard
  
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• Downtown Kingston post office closes Friday, affecting regional mail service

  26-06-2026 19:25 via thewhig.com
  
  The main post office and processing facility in downtown Kingston was temporarily closed Friday for maintenance, disrupting mail service for thousands of residents across the city and nearby communities.Canada Post said the facility at 120 Clarence St. would be closed June 26 while building operations work was carried out, with a notice posted for customers at the site.Retail services at the downtown location were unavailable for the day, while mail delivery and customer pickups were suspended
  
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• 'I'm here to rescue a graduation dress': firefighters, town staff, strangers rally to save graduation for Selby student

  26-06-2026 19:21 via thewhig.com
  
  It was a busy morning in the Martin household, with all four kids at home and a big celebration ahead — youngest daughter Remi’s Grade 8 graduation that evening from Selby Public School — but Sarah Richmond Martin had no idea how much chaos was lurking just outside.She was doing laundry when a knock came at the door, and she glanced outside to see a firefighter in full garb.Her son Kobe, 24, who was up and about and had just finished showering, was at the door ahead of her, sp
  
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• Three Kingston residents named to Order of Canada

  26-06-2026 19:07 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Three city residents have been named members of the Order of Canada.Stephen Archer was honoured for his work as an internationally recognized cardiologist.“His seminal discoveries in pulmonary arterial hypertension and its underlying mechanisms have led to novel therapies and improved patient care,” an announcement of the appointments from Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour stated.“He has influenced important health care initiatives, including the creation of the Transla
  
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• Kingston researcher weighs in on proposed legislation that would make it easier for patients to access psychedelic treatment

  26-06-2026 16:13 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — The lead on a major national psilocybin research trial in Kingston is interested to see if a new private member’s bill in parliament, which aims to equip doctors with the ability to prescribe the psychoactive ingredient found in magic mushrooms, will make psychedelics more accessible to patients.Ron Shore , an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Queen’s University, is a scientific adviser for the Centre for Psychedelics Health and Research at Prov
  
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