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• Driver in Kingston clocked doing 83 km/n over speed limit charged

  14-04-2025 20:16 via thewhig.com
  
  A driver caught driving 83 km/h over the speed limit in Kingston is facing stunt driving charges as well as having their vehicle seized and their licence suspended. The incident took place just after 1 p.m. on Friday in the Front Road-Lakeview Avenue area. That’s the same area where a construction crew was working on sewer lines, and a patrol officer was also present for road safety purposes. Upon hearing the vehicle coming toward them — the crew was working on the road at the time
  
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• Canadian Hearing Society workers remain on strike at Kingston branch

  14-05-2025 17:13 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — Striking workers at the Canadian Hearing Society remain on the picket line as the strike entered its third week. About half a dozen local workers are among about 200 members of CUPE Local 2073 provincewide who have been on the picket line since April 28. Wages are the biggest issue dividing the two sides. The society offered a one-year contract with a two-per-cent wage increase, while CUPE negotiators are seeking a five-per-cent wage increase spread across a two-year c
  
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• Entertaining: Pair of events celebrate a decade of National Fiddling Day

  14-05-2025 15:13 via thewhig.com
  
  Saturday is not only National Fiddling Day, it’s the 10th anniversary of May 17 being named as such. Every year since 2015, Mary Kennedy has been organizing the local fiddling celebration, and this year she’s adding a kickoff celebration behind City Hall on Friday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. If it rains, the show will not go on. The big concert, though, is Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at St. Luke Anglican Church (236 Nelson St.). You can either come with your fiddle and play, or just si
  
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• Entertaining: Former downtown fixture subject of doc being screened Saturday

  14-05-2025 15:13 via thewhig.com
  For Kingstonians of a certain age, S&R Discount Department Store was as much a part of the city’s cultural fabric as Fort Henry, Morrison’s Restaurant or The Tragically Hip. The family-owned business at the corner of Ontario and Princess streets was a retail institution, offering cheaper prices than bigger retailers on a staggering number of goods, from clothing to toys to sports equipment. (My parents would buy me North Star running shoes there — they looked like the covet
  
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• Hughson family relishes importance of giving back

  14-05-2025 13:52 via thewhig.com
  
  Any seven-figure donation is a significant donation. Therefore, when I heard about a pledge of $25,000 for every three months for 10 years, I wanted to learn more about the donor. Who is Bert Hughson? That, my friends, is a million-dollar question. It turned out that I had met his parents decades ago. It’s obvious that Bert’s generosity is hereditary. He not only has a big wallet; but a big heart. Last week, when I met Bert and his mom, Carol showed me a 1980s newspaper clipping abou
  
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• Kingston resident arrested for brandishing imitation handgun

  13-05-2025 22:53 via thewhig.com
  
  A Kingston resident currently bound with a police order, has been arrested and charged following an incident at a gas station. Police were called to the area of Concession Street and Bath Road around 8:30 a.m. on May 13 after receiving reports of an individual with a handgun. According to police, the person began walking toward the gas bar, pacing out front, while moving the item across their face and neck. The person then pointed it toward the glass at the front of the gas station along with va
  
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• Millar family strives to move on following 2022 legion murder

  13-05-2025 19:45 via thewhig.com
  Sarah Millar and her family can finally breathe a sigh of relief following the closure of a second-degree murder trial for the man who took her father’s life. On Oct. 29, 2022, Patrick Millar was brutally murdered inside the Royal Canadian Legion Captain Matthew J. Dawe Memorial Branch 631. Amherstview man Anthony Whitlock was first charged with second-degree murder following the death, but Kingston Police upgraded that charge to first-degree murder on Nov. 28, 2022. More than two years la
  
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• Loyalist Township to decide heritage status of barns near Kingston

  13-05-2025 19:37 via thewhig.com
  AMHERSTVIEW — Two barns, including one believed to be oldest in Ontario, could be removed from a list of properties being considered for heritage protection west of Kingston. Loyalist Township council is to consider a request to remove the barns at 4669 Bath Rd. from the municipality’s list of non-heritage designated sites. Properties listed in the township’s heritage registry are considered for heritage preservation. The property was added to the registry in early 2022 and a p
  
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• Ontario investment could help train more family doctors, says Queen's interim dean

  13-05-2025 13:14 via thewhig.com
  KINGSTON — Queen’s University medical students are among those who will benefit from a provincial investment that will create a host of primary care clinics to train new family doctors. In a news release dated May 7, the Ontario government said it would invest “up to $300 million” to create 17 new or expanded-upon community-based primary care teaching clinics, in “communities with high rates of unattachment to primary care.” The announcement is part of the pro
  
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• Kingston Police using eyes in the sky to combat distracted driving

  13-05-2025 13:13 via thewhig.com
  A new tactic is being used by Kingston Police to make local roadways safer. It’s using its collision reconstruction drones to monitor and detect distracted driving. According to a news release, it was first put to the test on May 7, 2025. The Traffic Safety Union, along with help from a traffic-oriented Uniform Patrol Officer conducted cell phone blitzes at three different locations within the city. Those locations included Division Street at John Counter Boulevard, Sir John A. Macdonald B
  
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• Thirteenth annual Science Rendezvous Kingston wows crowds at Slush Puppie Place

  12-05-2025 19:02 via thewhig.com
  Queen’s University made science fun at Slush Puppie Place with its annual Science Rendezvous Kingston (SRK) on Saturday. Institutional lead and organizer Catarina Chagas explained during the event that this year’s theme was “Wonder.” “We hope to spark some wonder in the kids’ imaginations,” Chagas said. She claimed it worked. “We have children who visited Science Rendezvous years ago who now are volunteers, So, that’s really inspiring.”
  
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• Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre puts babies front and centre for Mothers’ Day

  12-05-2025 18:50 via thewhig.com
  The Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre (SPWC) in Napanee had its annual baby shower for sick, injured and abandoned baby animals on Mothers’ Day on Sunday. The baby shower is the biggest fundraiser of the year and the centre’s greatest single revenue generator, said Kelly Fraser, the centre’s adminstrative director. With no government funding, the non-profit animal shelter is solely reliant on donations. It’s been operating this way since it started 20 years ago. Even through th
  
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• Royal Military College in Kingston pausing various programs

  12-05-2025 18:37 via thewhig.com
  Following the cutback on programs at both St. Lawrence College and Queen’s University, another school in Kingston is hitting pause on some of its operations. According to an email from the Public Affairs Officer, seven undersubscribed undergraduate academic programs for 2025-26 have been put on pause. “Last year, the Commander of Military Personnel directed the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) and Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) to improve the sustainability
  
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• Kingston Yacht Club’s first annual ‘Sock Burner’ opens the sailing season

  12-05-2025 17:15 via thewhig.com
  Tall Ship Expeditions Canada (Brigantine St. Lawrence II) and Kingston Yacht Club hosted the first annual Kingston Harbour Sock Burner: Boats and Bivalves on Saturday. A sock burner is a traditional Chesapeake Bay event for sailors, celebrating the beginning of the sailing season by burning a symbolic pair of socks. “It started at Eastport Yacht Club in 1978 when a boat builder named Bob Turner decided, after a particularly nasty winter, that they should celebrate the coming of spring by b
  
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• New health-care clinic in Kingston helping military veterans and RCMP community

  12-05-2025 13:02 via thewhig.com
  A new healthcare clinic aimed at helping military veterans and the RCMP community has been launched in Kingston. Called Echelon Wellness, it’s the third of its kind in Canada, but a first for Ontario. Igor Gimelshtein, the CEO of Echelon Wellness, said he wanted to open up a facility in the Limestone City because it is the hub of military service in central Canada. “You can see it by walking the streets, you can see it from the architecture, and there is a very, very big veteran
  
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• Kingston woman recalls her mother's beauty pageant win

  12-05-2025 13:01 via thewhig.com
  KINGSTON — Sitting in the kitchen of her west end home, Shirley Tripp holds a cardboard cutout of a young woman. “It was like a little doll, I used to play with it,” Tripp said. “The legs broke and I tried to fix it, but I didn’t do a very good job.” The cutout was part of a display from a department store window, and the woman was Tripp’s mother, Veronica Taggart. The cutout was made from a photograph of Taggart that was taken as part of the advertising
  
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• Loyalist Council votes to keep five wards, Amherst Island its own ward

  12-05-2025 13:00 via thewhig.com
  On April 29, during a Special Committee of the Whole Meeting, Loyalist Township councillors explored options for new ward boundaries and council composition with a thorough discussion around the horseshoe. After several years of consultation, two options were presented by consultants and discussion ranged from the right to vote, effective representation, and unique qualities within communities. In April of 2022, Council received a staff report in response to a petition and a delegation requestin
  
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• Man held after police seize illegal firearm in downtown Kingston - Jamaica Gleaner

  10-05-2025 22:58 via news.google.com
  Man held after police seize illegal firearm in downtown Kingston  Jamaica Gleaner
  
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• ‘It could save their life’ - The Kingston Whig Standard

  10-05-2025 06:10 via news.google.com
  ‘It could save their life’  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Kingston Police Traffic Safety Unit incorporates drone technology to address distracted driving - Kingston Police

  10-05-2025 02:15 via news.google.com
  Kingston Police Traffic Safety Unit incorporates drone technology to address distracted driving  Kingston Police
  
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• Update: Clients evacuated after issues at Adelaide Street Shelter - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 22:49 via news.google.com
  Update: Clients evacuated after issues at Adelaide Street Shelter  Kingstonist News
  
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• CSC: Inmate death at Joyceville Institution - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 22:36 via news.google.com
  CSC: Inmate death at Joyceville Institution  Kingstonist News
  
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• Cherished Wolfe Islander captain has 'sailed his final ship'

  09-05-2025 19:27 via thewhig.com
  Brian Johnson, a Kingston man known as the longtime captain of the Wolfe Islander III, has died. Better known simply as “The Captain,” Johnson worked for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation for 40 years, serving as the captain of the Wolfe Island ferry for 35 of those years. He passed away on Thursday, May 8 at the age of 71. Johnson also worked as a relief captain for the MV Canadian Empress along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. Johnson was known as someone who loved history,
  
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• ‘It has to be done correctly’: City of Kingston to engage community over proposed Sydenham Road homeless shelter - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 19:26 via news.google.com
  ‘It has to be done correctly’: City of Kingston to engage community over proposed Sydenham Road homeless shelter  Kingstonist News
  
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• We have a new pope - The Kingston Whig Standard

  09-05-2025 17:59 via news.google.com
  We have a new pope  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Kingston Police perform first ever distracted driving blitz by drone - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 17:22 via news.google.com
  Kingston Police perform first ever distracted driving blitz by drone  Kingstonist News
  
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• Kingston’s BILL WELYCHKA Releases 2nd Edition Memoir - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 15:56 via news.google.com
  Kingston’s BILL WELYCHKA Releases 2nd Edition Memoir  Kingstonist News
  
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• Kingston Roller Derby HOT TO GO Bout - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 15:53 via news.google.com
  Kingston Roller Derby HOT TO GO Bout  Kingstonist News
  
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• Obituary for Col. John Ross Beveridge, CD, BA, MBA - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 15:35 via news.google.com
  Obituary for Col. John Ross Beveridge, CD, BA, MBA  Kingstonist News
  
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• Costa: Jose Adriano - Kingstonist News

  09-05-2025 15:25 via news.google.com
  Costa: Jose Adriano  Kingstonist News
  
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