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Ontario Should Upload All Former Provincial Highways

It's too bad that Ontario Premier Doug Ford was not a former council member in Frontenac County instead of the City of Toronto. Because, if he was, then maybe Road 38 and Road 506/509 would have been uploaded last week instead of, or along with, the Don Valley Parkway and the…

Prison Farms Fraught with Problems, Delays, Cost Overruns, and Aimlessness

Researchers with Evolve Our Prison Farms continue to investigate and document the introduction of the new prison farm program in Kingston, Ontario, which remains delayed, costly, and fraught with difficulty. Nothing has yet been achieved in prison farm implementation, which…

SFCS Raises More Than $2 Million Toward New Food Bank Addition

With the help of government funding, grants and the generosity of the community, Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC) has raised more than $2 million toward its decade-long goal of building a new facility for the food bank that addresses capacity issues and…

Southern Frontenac Community Services Candelight Vigil

Grieving a loved one is never easy and for many, the holiday season, with all of the events and traditions and joy, intensifies the feeling of sadness and loss. That is why Southern Frontenac Community Services hosted their annual Candelight Vigil at the Sydenham Muncipal Office…

Central Frontenac To Keep Two Meetings Per Month

Central Frontenac Council will continue to have two meetings per month, at 6 p.m., despite a request from CAO/Clerk Cathy MacMunn to reduce meetings to one per month as well as numerous suggestions from various Council members. Council reached this decision at its regular…

2nd Annual Faceoff for the Food Bank: A Success Story

On November 25th, the 2nd Annual Faceoff for the Food Bank took place between Frontenac OPP and South Frontenac Fire Rescue (SFFR). The exciting match ended with a close victory for SFFR, as they edged out the OPP by one goal. Faceoff for the Food Bank event has become a…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? – December 2023

Besides Christmas, there’s another spectacular splash of bright lights this December. The annual Geminid meteor shower will be upon us. This shower is active from December 4 to the 17th and is considered the most active and the best meteor shower of the year. It peaks on the…

Community Columns, December 6th, 2023

These columns from our community reporters are updated every week. Table of Contents Arden Battersea/Storrington Cloyne - Northbrooke Denbigh Godfrey Harlowe Harrowsmith Henderson Inverary Maberly-Bolingbroke Mississippi Ompah Parham-Tichborne Perth Road Plevna Sydenham Verona…

Re: Climate Action Plan

It is alarming that we have not given all our neighbours the information needed to let them understand that what we have done to the earth’s atmosphere is serious, not frivolous, as Ms. Kool labels it. It is even more discouraging that some folks don’t realize that they have the…

A labour of love leads to a new business, and an award

The Clarendon Station is the last standing station along the old K&P Rail line, and until recently, it looked like it was going to join all the other stations along the route as existing only in grainy photos. Noel Bateman, who has some education and experience in heritage…