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Triboard transportation extends busing contracts until June of 2022.

In November of last year, the Tri-Board Student Transportation initiated a Request For Proposal (RFP) process for the awarding of contracts, to deliver students to schools, with the Limestone, Hastings-Prince Edward Public School Boards and the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic…

Homelessness Prevention Program in Frontenac County

Bonita McCourt, the Director of Community and Family Services with the Salvation Army in Kingston, briefed Frontenac County Council at their January 20 meeting about the delivery of homelessness prevention services in Frontenac County. The Salvation Army took over the delivery…

WSIB Denies Many Sexual Harassment Claims

Were you aware that a large portion of claims made to WSIB by workers who have experienced sexual harassment at work are being denied? WSIB defines harassment as “engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker, including bullying, that is known or ought…

Turning the February COVID blues on their head

With only a small space for an editorial, I thought something about the lighter side of living with COVID-19 would be apt. There aren’t that many lighter sides to the pandemic, as we all know. We are in the midst of Lock-down 2.0 and the latest news about hyper contagious…

Local land trust offers online winter birding experience

Several bird species spend the winter Frontenac County. They stay despite the cold and snow, and make the best of it here, as, this year, we’ve all had to do. A local land trust is hosting an online birding event to celebrate the birds of winter. “This year, people are spending…

Get The Lead Out! Non-lead tackle protects loons, eagles, & even catches fish

Humanity has had a very complex relationship with lead throughout history. Since the Romans ground it up and used it in their makeup, we’ve been poisoning ourselves and our environment with lead despite healthier alternatives being available. While it has largely gone out of…

Mara Shaw on climate change and farming practices

350 Kingston, an advocacy group of Kingston residents, dedicated to the fight against climate change, kicked off their virtual winter speakers series, Turning the Tide on Climate, on Monday night (January 25), with a talk about agriculture and climate change by Mara Shaw. Mara…

Nature Conservancy of Canada asks visitors to respect nature reserves

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is asking all visitors to its publicly-accessible nature reserves to do so with respect and to follow all posted signage for guidance on permitted activities. “We have noticed an increase in some non-permitted activities on our properties…

Seniors study in South Frontenac

Emily Stanley, a Master of Arts Student at the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, is doing a research study analysing the experiences of retired adults who have moved from urban to rural communities and their experiences socially connecting within the community.…

2021 Mera Award Of Excellence In Fine Arts & Fine Crafts

Every two years since 2009, the MERA Schoolhouse puts out a special call to all artists living in this area. This call is to apply for the very generous award of $1000 given to acknowledge a body of work demonstrating exceptional artistic skill, originality and quality. The…