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An Angel’s Wings: Little Alex Surveys Bobs Lake

In some ways little Alex McKeown, 8, is like many other young boys his age, especially his almost obsessive love of flying and being around aircraft of any type. What sets him apart is his irrepressible smile, the fact he’s a bit of online sensation, and fundraising dynamo, oh…

Community Living during a pandemic

Life is not easy for developmentally disabled adults, their families, and their caregivers, every day of every year. Navigating around physical barriers, understanding and participating in economic and social life in a community setting, are all challenges that need to be met…

Swimming tips from MLSP

Hi everyone, and welcome back to Week 3 of Swimming Tips & Water Safety with the Mazinaw Lake Swim Program. This week’s topic is drowning prevention, as last week was Drowning Prevention Week with the Lifesaving Society. An easy way to remember some drowning prevention tips is…

MPP Hillier makes his choice regarding doctor’s orders

MPP Randy Hillier has been active on social media in recent weeks. He has been critical of the Ford government, charging it with using the COVID-19 state of emergency as a pretext for a series of omnibus bills which bypass democratic checks on its power, in order to promote…

Cloyne Pioneer Musuem adds to the legacy of Johnny Bay with furniture display

Last week, members of the Schwager family came to the Pioneer Museum in Cloyne to see some furniture and wooden bowls that were made by their ancestors, Johnny Bay Senior and Junior. Laura Schwager, who is a poet and teacher at a Mohawk School in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,…

Remembering Peanuts, Jellybeans and Ma Helmes         

Ask any of the thousand people who went to Sydenham High between 1938 and the early ’70’s, there is only one person they will all be sure to remember: Ma Helmes. And she was not even officially associated with the school. ‘Ma” (Myrtle) Helmes ran a small store attached to her…

A long, hot, historic ride

According to historical reports, it took about 6 hours for the old Kick and Push railroad to bring passengers from Renfrew to Kingston. That was if there were not breakdowns along the way Last Sunday, in the searing heat, it took a group of cyclists 50% longer, about 9 hours, to…

Land O’Lakes Community Services have never stopped looking after their cients

Land O’Lakes Community Services has been in our community since 1976. They continue to provide services in our community. Following is an update of what they have been offering during the Covid-19 pandemic. Maybe you never realized it, but Pine Meadow Nursing Home is a program…

Break and enter – requesting public assistance

On Sunday June 28, shortly before 7:30am Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break, enter and theft at a property in Sydenham. Cash, chequebooks and a rifle were taken. Anyone with information regarding the person(s) responsible should immediately…

Impaired driver arrested and charged

On Thursday July 23, shortly before 8:30pm, an officer from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision that involved a single motor vehicle on Oak Flats Road near Arena Boundary Road in Central Frontenac. The driver was taken to hospital as a precaution.…