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Tell us your thoughts on KFPL branch hours

With a broad catchment area and a goal to keep our branches accessible and useful to our library users, Kingston Frontenac Public Library is reviewing hours of operation at all 16 branches. We are looking for feedback from people in both the City of Kingston and Frontenac County…

Pat Barr, long serving sitting Council member in South Frontenac, dies

Councillor Patricia Barr: 1950 - 2021 It is with great sadness that I share the news of Councillor Patricia ‘Pat’ Barr’s passing on Tuesday October 5, 2021. South Frontenac Council and staff have been shocked by this news and will miss her warm personality and thoughtful…

Garneys, Thora Charlotte (nee) Parsons

July 12, 1927 – September 21, 2021 Thora passed away peacefully at the age of 94. Predeceased by her beloved husband of 69 years to Norman David Garneys and dear sister Shirley May Orr. Thora will be lovingly missed by her son David and daughter Vicki and soninlaw Richard…

Moving ceremony commemorates National Day Of Truth & Reconciliation in North Frontenac

When Phyllis Webstad was six years old, she was taken from her family in British Columbia and placed in a residential school, where they took away an orange shirt she was wearing. The shirt had been a gift from her grandmother. Now, almost 50 years later, the orange shirt has…

Cumpson Seeks Provincial NDP Nomination in LFK

Drew Cumpson is seeking the NDP nomination for MPP in the next Ontario provincial election, which is scheduled to take place next June. Cumpson is the first candidate to have been vetted and approved by the Ontario New Democrats in the riding. He told the News this week that…

Central to hold electronic public meeting on Council size

The Sept. 28 (electronic) meeting of Central Frontenac Council would have been a very short affair, were it not for Councillor Tom Dewey’s notice of motion to consider a reduction in Council size for the next election. Not the least of the discussion was how to garner public…

Petworth Bridge Renamed In Honour Of A Fallen Soldier – David Ira Boyce

(Editors note - the article was edited from the version which appeared in the print edition of the Frontenac News on October 7/2021. The edits were completed for accuracy and grammatical purposes - thanks to Alan Boyce for providing helping to clean up the text) David Brown’s…

North Frontenac to explore shared seniors housing with Central

North Frontenac Council decided to investigate a partnership with Central Frontenac Township for some seniors housing opportunities after a request for proposal to build and operate a five-unit seniors facility in Cloyne or Plevna received no takers. Ken Foulds of Re/fact…

70 years on Big Gull

In 2020, Jim Brown and his wife Nancy, as well as their son Steve and his wife Astrid, were unable to travel to Canada. That meant missing their annual two week visit to Camp's Bay Cottages on Big Gull Lake, a family tradition that goes back to the early 1950s. Jim Brown first…

Cheryl Sutherland is still at Rainbow Farm.

All things considered, that is an accomplishment in itself. Rainbow Farm was a project that Cheryl and her wife, veterinarian Heather Carver (Verona Animal Hospital) had set up in 2015 as a place to raise their daughter and provide a place for animlas in need of care. In 2018…