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The Rideau Trail - A more rugged and natural alternative for hikers

The Rideau Trail, like the K&P Trail and the Cataraqui Trail, offers options for hikers and cyclists in our area but there are significant differences as well. Both the K&P Trail and the Cataraqui Trail take advantage of abandoned rail lines to create recreational trails that…

Court Sports Fever Still Spreading In Sharbot Lake

For years, the derelict tennis and basketball courts at the former Sharbot Lake Public School have been languishing. But now, weeks after a volunteer group began work on them, they are neat and tidy and ready for an upgrade. As soon as this weekend, weather permitting, a company…

South Frontenac’s Recreation, Parks and Leisure Master Plan

South Frontenac residents and visitors are invited to take part in the development of the Recreation, Parks and Leisure Master Plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide the Township with long-term direction for the provision of recreation and park services. Following several…

Grownup Storytime Online

Kingston Frontenac Public Library’s Grownup Storytime Online is back, still in a socially distanced form until in-person programs resume. Listening to audiobooks has long been popular among adults, but there's something special about listening to someone read to you, live and in…

Rights vs Responsiblity

There has been a lot of mention about Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982). People, including our MPP talk about how they have inalienable rights in Canada. This is very true, we have many rights put forth in that document. What people tend to forget is that for every…

Relieved to see MPP charged

Mr. Hillier’s actions in Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston and across the province in general have been frustrating, reckless, and straight up insulting to everyone who is doing their part during this pandemic. I’m glad to see that he’s facing some consequences for those actions that…

Walker, Dennis Harold

September 19, 1949 – April 22, 2021 With broken hearts we are saddened to announce the sudden passing of Dennis Harold Walker. Son of the late Harold and Ruth (Ellerbeck) Walker. Truly beloved husband of 45 years to Donna Walker (Bauder). Cherished father of Amy Rose (Bob) &…

Wills, Ray

Peacefully, at the Lennox and Addington County Hospital in Napanee on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Raymond Sidney Wills of Northbrook at age 93. Beloved husband of Anne Wills (Paul) and dear father of Leigh Winwood (Don Fobert) of Northbrook and the late Larry Wills. Grandfather of…

Variants of concern driving cases all over KFL&A

Moore warns again against travel outside the region. Dr. Kieran Moore, the medical officer of Health for Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington, pulled out the same map he had used a week earlier to demonstrate that continuing spread of cases in the region in a video this…

Be Not Afraid: The Snakes of The Frontenac Area Are Harmless!

The Frontenac area is home to a wide variety of wildlife. This includes ten different species of snakes. Although the thought of coming across a snake terrifies most people, this fear is not warranted. All of the snakes that are found within the region are completely harmless.…