Browse Frontenac News

Frontenac County endorses Public Health call for decriminalisation of opioid drugs

Dr. Susan Stewart, the chair of the Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Community Drug Advisory Committee, asked Frontenac County Council to endorse a call for decriminalisation of people who use drugs, a position the Community Drug Advisory Committee is supporting,…

Open Farms planned as a hybrid event, live and virtual, for September

“It is happening, we are planning ahead for it,” Alison Vandervelde said of Open Farms, the signature annual event for the Frontenac County Economic Development Department. Open Farms was well attended, and received, in its inaugural year, 2018, and grew substantially in 2019.…

Re: Jealous of the US COVID freedoms? Don't Be

Yes, you are right, the vaccination rates in the US are significantly higher than in Canada. Of course, they don’t have a federal leader that bought enough vaccines to provide 4 doses for everyone; yet, only 4% of all Canadians are fully vaccinated (gov of Cda). Even now some…

Totten, Thelma Iva

At Pine Meadow Nursing Home, Northbrook, on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Thelma Totten, of Kaladar, in her 89th year. Daughter of the late Ernest and Margaret (Gunter) Anderson. Commonlaw wife of Andy Anderson. Predeceased by her husband Larry Totten. Mother of Kim (Gord) Ormerod and…

Donald James Hollington

Donald James Hollington, age 71, passed away peacefully on May 6th, 2021, surrounded by family at his home on Dog Lake, in Battersea, Ontario after a short yet courageous battle with lung cancer. Don was born on May 18th, 1949, in Exeter, Ontario to Margaret Rita (Mabel) Paul…

Harrowsmith Brewery Hits the Market with Spike's Corners

Craig Sindall, a teacher at Napanee District Secondary School, bought the farm property next to his home on the Camden-Portland Boundary about 12 years ago. It had an old barn on it. “Originally, I was going to knock the barn down,” he said. But if he had done that, there…

Sunbury Family Store – looking back and moving forward

Janet and Dwight Ritchie have been living in and operating the Sunbury General Store for 27 years, offering food, gas, work clothes, and other essentials to a large community of people in the Sunbury vicinity. Late last year, Mike Healey who lives nearby on Washburn Road with…

South Frontenac vaccine clinic books up in hours

The second large scale clinic, jointly organised by the Verona and Sydenham Medical Centres, filled up in 5 hours last Thursday (May 13), with little promotion. The drive-through, by appointment clinic, is being held at the Keeley Road Public Works yard near Sydenham, between…

Unusual Acres greenhouse ties into Victory Gardens in its first season

While there are many good options for bedding plants locally and at garden centres in nearby cities, Unusual Acres bedding plants are produced using some of the soil and plant techniques that Sarah and Pete have been exploring for several years. “All of our plants are grown…

Storrington Lions Club turns 50

A service club is more than just people or a building. For many, it is refuge in a storm. That is the case with Storrington Lions Club, a group of volunteers in South Frontenac Township that has worked hard for the past 50 years to make the community closer and stronger,…