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Coalition of the willing being developed as Eastern Ontario’s answer to health care reform

A small group has been meeting for over a year to talk about establishing a single agency, in line with a recent call from the provincial government, to serve about 500,000 people in Southeastern Ontario. Duncan Sinclair, who lives on Buck Lake, is the former Dean of the Faculty…

Driverless cars on highway 7

The Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) was founded in 1894 as an offshoot of the “Good Roads Train” that pulled into Eastern Ontario Rail stations with the latest in road building equipment for local farmers who were in need of better roads for horses and buggies. One of its…

Planning for the future of Sharbot Lake

(Bill Bowick is a community activist who lives in Sharbot Lake. A member of the Sharbot Lake Business Group, he has been comtemplating the future prospects for the local community in the face of changes that may come as the result of a train or a major upgrade to Hwy. 7, and the…

AH driver faces impaired charges

Officers of the Napanee Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a traffic complaint on March 5, 2019, around 7pm that resulted in a local driver being arrested. A complaint was received in the area of Clark Line road in Addington Highlands about a suspicious driver. Garnet…

March Break at Rural Frontenac Community Services

March break or not, it is always busy at the Rural Frontenac Community Services Child Centre. The EarlyON Centre for young children has programs in Sharbot Lake four days a week, Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30am -2:30pm, Wednesdays from 8:30am – noon, and Saturdays from 10am –…

The Boy Wonder

The Boy Wonder pays homage to the Hollywood musicals of the thirties and forties. They were usually about the struggles of a Broadway Theatre company trying to put on a musical. In our production, Monica Jones is an aspiring actress who has had no luck landing roles. The…

2019 Edition of Maple Madness starts March 9 at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area

One of the most popular – and tastiest - annual events in the Kingston area begins Saturday, March 9, as the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority presents Maple Madness at the Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area. Take a tractor-drawn wagon back to the sugar bush to see…

Are you a landowner in North or Central Frontenac - Queen's University wants you

A class of graduate students under Professor John Meligrana at the Queens University School of Urban and Regional Planning is looking for help from local landowners in Central and North Frontenac. The students are working on a project that is focussed on the issues that impact…

Words of caution from the North

Hello, friends and neighbours in Central Frontenac and South Frontenac Townships. We hear you are currently going through an Official Plan (OP) update. Good luck with this and some words of caution: Get involved! You may think the update will not impact your property if you…

Re – White Lake Cottage Association

Congratulations and kudos to the White Lake Cottage Association for their well-deserved award from the Federation of Ontario Cottagers Association (FOCA). Keeping our lakes as pristine as possible is an ongoing challenge for all lake property owners. White Lake property owners…