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Addington Highlands Continues Strategic Priorities Discussions

Addington Highlands Council finished up its General Discussion on Strategic Priorities (continued from Jan. 31) before its regular meeting on Feb. 7, looking at a large number of topics: communication and ratepayer priorities, roads and waste sites, community facilities, parks…

South Frontenac Council - Feb. 7/23

Anne Prichard, Executive Director of Frontenac Business Services (FBS), appeared for South Frontenac Council at their meeting last week (February 7) to introduce the services offered by FBS to the new council. She outlined the support that FBS offers to local businesses ,…

The Roar

As mentioned in previous articles, the Lions is a Service Club and Youth is one of our focus areas. The Peace Poster Contest is an example of how Lions reach out to youth. It encourages children to make a drawing with the theme representing “Peace”. The LOL Lions Club is pleased…

Community Columns - February 16th, 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…

Sharbot Lake is not the Centre of the Universe

I’m proposing that the municipal councillors are suffering a condition I’m calling Sharbot Lake Syndrome- based on the well known and recognized Stockholm Syndrome. The Stockholm syndrome refers to the idea of groups of people being influenced by power imbalances that cause…

The Frontenac Heritage Festival Returns

One of the casualties of the pandemic is making a full return in 2023. The Frontenac Heritage Festival is back for its 15th year. Some of the features of the early years of the festival, which originally took place the weekend before the annual Family Day Weekend, have gone by…

Getting to Know Tichborne

Recently, I received a lovely text message with a few photos of an abandoned bus on the K&P Trail. Many of us that travel the trail, rarely take the time to investigate why or how these relics come to be. The bus has seen better days and sits tucked away neatly amongst the birch…

Tensions Roil Beneath the Microsurface In Central Frontenac

Third time was not the charm when it comes to special budget meetings for Central Frontenac as the Feb. 6 meeting only sent staff back to the drawing board. Council will reconvene at 2 p.m. Feb. 14 (before the regular Council meeting) to take another stab at finalizing the 2023…

Kingston & Area Health Coalition Planning Public Campaign To Oppose Privatised Healthcare

There is nothing new in Ontario's plan to approve more private clinics, to provide a prescribed set of services for Ontarians. There are already 900 privately owned surgical and diagnostic clinics in the province. On January 16, Doug Ford announced his government's plan to start…

Denbigh Fire Station May Close Says Fire Chief

Although the Jan. 31 special meeting of Addington Highlands Council was billed as a “General Discussion on Strategic Priorities,” nobody expected the bombshell that Fire Chief/Community Emergency Management Coordinator Casey Cuddy dropped when the discussion turned to Emergency…