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• Kingston's inclusive playground project attracts Jumpstart support

  11-04-2025 14:35 via thewhig.com
  KINGSTON — The yet-to-be-built inclusive playground is likely to be named the Jumpstart Inclusive Playground if a naming rights deal is approved by city council. The 15-year naming rights agreement would contribute $350,000 to the project, according to a report to city council. The playground has been in the works for two years for Shannon Park and $350,000 has already been raised, with grant applications for about $125,000 in grants pending approval and $415,000 in four grants in develop
  
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• Seniors for climate change rally in protest at Kingston MP's office

  12-12-2025 21:31 via thewhig.com
  Members and supporters of Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!) held a rally at the office of Kingston and the Islands Member of Parliament Mark Gerretsen’s office on Friday. The group said it is disappointed with the federal government’s progress in fighting climate disaster and building an equitable, sustainable and compassionate future. In a news release prior to the protest, SCAN! Kingston said that the Liberals are leading Canada toward “austerity, militarization and env
  
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• Kingston doctor hopes new Alzheimer's drug will soon be publicly funded

  12-12-2025 21:22 via thewhig.com
  A Kingston doctor is hoping to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients and their families through advocacy, both for better diagnostic tools and access to a newly-approved drug. Dr. Durjoy Lahiri, a doctor of medicine and neurology at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and an assistant professor in the department of medicine at Queen’s University, says that patients at the cognitive clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital may soon have access to a brand new drug proven to slow the progression o
  
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• Kingston to consider YMCA to operate expanded Invista Centre

  12-12-2025 21:17 via thewhig.com
  KINGSTON — The city could take its first step on the path to expand the Invista Centre to include a new pool and wellness centre. City council is to be asked to endorse, in principle, an operating model for the new health centre that would be run by the YMCA of Eastern Ontario. “It is important to note that while this new facility is intended to be city-owned, the partnership arrangement would see the YMCA contributing towards the capital costs through a combination of fundraising an
  
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• OPP’s Festive RIDE program yielding results in its first three weeks

  12-12-2025 20:26 via thewhig.com
  The Ontario Provincial Police Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere programs continues to find impaired drivers across eastern Ontario. According to a news release from the OPP East Region, officers have arrested and charged a total of 67 people with impaired driving since the initiative began on Nov. 20. Officials said that includes 18 in the past week. Officers from Quinte West to the Quebec boundary, and northwest through the Ottawa Valley, have conducted more than 800 Festive RIDE programs, che
  
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• Local environmental groups oppose conservation authority amalgamation

  12-12-2025 20:20 via thewhig.com
  NAPANEE — Three local environmental groups are expressing their disapproval of the Ontario government’s plan to amalgamate the province’s conservation authorities in larger regions. The Friends of the Salmon River, the Friends of the Napanee River and the Lennox & Addington Stewardship Council issued a media release on Dec. 4 opposing Bill 68, which was passed at the end of November and which proposes the consolidation of 36 conservation authorities into seven regional orga
  
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• Two people rescued after falling through the ice north of Kingston

  12-12-2025 17:37 via thewhig.com
  It was a close call for two people who fell through the ice on Dog Lake, northeast of Kingston. The Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), South Frontenac Fire and Rescue and Frontenac Paramedics were called to the scene, just east of Battersea, shortly after 7 p.m. on Dec. 11. Two males had walked onto the ice to go fishing in the Gilmour Point Beach area. Both fell through the ice into the cold water but managed to pull themselves out but were stranded. Fortunately, someo
  
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• St. Lawrence College to continue with program that addresses health-care shortages

  12-12-2025 14:56 via thewhig.com
  St. Lawrence College has announced its continued participation in the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant (OLSG) for the 2026-27 academic year — a program that was developed to address critical health-care worker shortages in eastern Ontario communities. All sectors of Ontario health care, including nurses, personal support workers and family doctors, are grappling with significant staffing issues, a news release on the announcement said. Numerous studies have cited high vacancy rates, worker bur
  
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• CSC tightens security measures after staff at Collins Bay Institution seize contraband, other unauthorized items

  12-12-2025 13:42 via thewhig.com
  A large number of contraband and unauthorized items have been seized by staff at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security federal prison. According to a news release, between Nov. 23 and Dec. 2, staff were able to seize multiple packages that contained tobacco, marijuana, crystal methamphetamine, “shatter” (cannabis concentrate), as well as a cellphone. The total estimated institutional value of these seizures is approximately $153,431. As a result, the Correctional Service of
  
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• Three rescued from floodwaters in Kingston - Big Country News

  12-12-2025 00:17
  Three rescued from floodwaters in Kingston  Big Country News
  
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• CSC announces drugs, cellphone seized at Collins Bay Institution - Kingstonist News

  11-12-2025 23:32
  CSC announces drugs, cellphone seized at Collins Bay Institution  Kingstonist News
  
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• Water rescue saves three from flooding in Kingston - KXLY.com

  11-12-2025 23:06
  Water rescue saves three from flooding in Kingston  KXLY.com
  
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• ‘Can’t be delayed any longer’: Kingston accelerates plans for $102M aquatics centre - Kingstonist News

  11-12-2025 21:37
  ‘Can’t be delayed any longer’: Kingston accelerates plans for $102M aquatics centre  Kingstonist News
  
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• Kingston Transit announces sweeping winter changes riders need to know about - Kingston Daily

  11-12-2025 20:04
  Kingston Transit announces sweeping winter changes riders need to know about  Kingston Daily
  
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• Area schools above the grade, according to latest provincial report

  11-12-2025 20:01 via thewhig.com
  The Limestone District School Board (LDSB) has achieved its strongest Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) performance in four years, according to a report released recently. EQAO is an independent agency in Ontario that assesses student achievement in reading, writing and math at key points in students’ education. Its purpose is to monitor quality and accountability and report results to parents, educators and the public in hopes of highlighting the strengths and weaknesses
  
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• Napanee council sides with residents, declines support for battery energy project

  11-12-2025 19:40 via thewhig.com
  Opponents of a controversial proposal to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) in rural Greater Napanee are celebrating after the town heard their pleas. After significant public outcry and an emergency special council meeting, the Council of the Town of Greater Napanee decided at its Tuesday meeting not to support the project proposed by CarbonFree. The company had sought a municipal support resolution as part of the Independent Energy System Operator’s (IESO’s) request for p
  
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• Two people arrested after theft in progress reported to Kingston Police - Kingstonist News

  11-12-2025 19:36
  Two people arrested after theft in progress reported to Kingston Police  Kingstonist News
  
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• Citizen alerts police to theft in progress in Kingston - Quinte News

  11-12-2025 19:28
  Citizen alerts police to theft in progress in Kingston  Quinte News
  
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• Kingston teen arrested and charged after traffic stop by police - The Kingston Whig Standard

  11-12-2025 19:06
  Kingston teen arrested and charged after traffic stop by police  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Kingston teen arrested and charged after traffic stop by police

  11-12-2025 19:04 via thewhig.com
  An 18-year-old Kingston resident has been arrested and charged following a traffic stop by Kingston Police. On Dec. 7, around 10 p.m., officers were patrolling the area of Patrick Street and Stephen Street when they saw a vehicle with one inoperable headlight. Upon stopping the vehicle, officers noticed the individual seated in the passenger seat was not wearing a seatbelt. After identifying the person, officers discovered that they were bound by conditions from a previous release order, which o
  
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• Genre-defying guitar wizardry in Kingston this Saturday - Hudson Valley One

  11-12-2025 19:00
  Genre-defying guitar wizardry in Kingston this Saturday  Hudson Valley One
  
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• Police volunteers to bring CAMSafe campaign to downtown Kingston businesses - Kingstonist News

  11-12-2025 18:37
  Police volunteers to bring CAMSafe campaign to downtown Kingston businesses  Kingstonist News
  
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• Deseronto man charged following historical sexual offence allegation

  11-12-2025 18:34 via thewhig.com
  A man from Deseronto has been arrested and charged following allegations of a historical sex offence. The Lennox and Addington County Ontario Provincial Police were notified about the historical sexual offence allegation in early February. According to police, the allegations occurred in the Town of Deseronto between 2012 and 2025. On Dec. 5, following an extensive police investigation involving the L&A Crime Unit and in consultation with the Attorney General, a man in his 30s was charged wi
  
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• Kingston Police catch porch pirates thanks to local resident - The Kingston Whig Standard

  11-12-2025 18:32
  Kingston Police catch porch pirates thanks to local resident  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Kingston Police catch porch pirates thanks to local resident

  11-12-2025 18:31 via thewhig.com
  Kingston Police have arrested two people after they were caught stealing parcels from the porches of homes in the area of Beverly and Union streets. According to police, they were caught thanks to a nearby resident who witnessed the pair in action on Dec. 8 around 4 p.m. The resident was able to call police and provide them with a description of the suspects. Police were able to locate the suspects in the area of Earl Street and Collingwood Street. Both suspects were arrested and while being sea
  
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• ENT: Kingston chorus ends milestone-filled year with holiday concert - The Kingston Whig Standard

  11-12-2025 17:28
  ENT: Kingston chorus ends milestone-filled year with holiday concert  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• ENT: Kingston chorus ends milestone-filled year with holiday concert

  11-12-2025 17:26 via thewhig.com
  It was an invitation Vanessa Patterson wasn’t expecting. “I got an email on a Sunday night (last month) saying, ‘Hey, would Bela Voca like to come to the International?’” recalled the director of the Kingston-based a cappella group, which performs a holiday concert Friday evening at the Spire. It turned out that the first-place finishers, the Toronto Northern Lights chorus, declined their invitation to compete at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s International
  
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• A 'weekend of Care-ing' will help feed those in need

  11-12-2025 16:18 via thewhig.com
  The Weekend of Care-ing is upon us as local personality Care Humphries continues her seasonal spirit-charged mission to feed the Kingston community. For the next three days, Friday to Sunday, non-perishable food donations will be accepted at various locations in support of the Partners in Mission Food Bank. According to Humphries, she started the food drive in Kingston in 2018 as “10 Days of Caring,” when she worked for Rogers Radio at Country 93.5. When she moved to 104.3 Fresh Radi
  
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• Retiring Kingston Police chief reflects on 34 years on the job - The Kingston Whig Standard

  11-12-2025 15:22
  Retiring Kingston Police chief reflects on 34 years on the job  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Retiring Kingston Police chief reflects on 34 years on the job

  11-12-2025 15:19 via thewhig.com
  From a very young age, Scott Fraser knew he wanted to be a police officer. As a child, he said he looked up to his grandfather, who wore his Ontario Provincial Police uniform proudly. From the time he could walk and talk, Fraser said, he knew being a police officer was all he ever wanted to be. “That’s how it was imprinted on me as a young child,” the soon-to-be retired Kingston Police chief said in an interview. At first opportunity, Fraser set down that path of destiny. &ldqu
  
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