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Bake shop owner pleads guilty of defrauding Maberly Fair Board

It’s unlikely that members of the Maberly Fair Board will be eating butter tarts any time soon. Or at least they won’t be buying them at the Maberly Bake shop. In Perth Criminal Court on Monday, May 4, Bonnie Palmer, owner of the shop, pleaded guilty of defrauding the board of…

What does turfing Hillier say to Conservative voters in LFK

We’ve been covering Randy Hillier at the News ever since he was the leader of the Lanark Landowners. It’s fair to say he has always been an energetic, but divisive figure. His history with the Progressive Conservative Party, which we have covered from the outside looking in, has…

OPP Investigation leads to charges

On March 3, 2019 at 2:08am, officers from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Battersea Road. At 2:23am, an officer arrived at the scene and spoke to the male driver. As a result of the investigation, Stephen Baker, a…

Ontario Health Teams – Southeastern Ontario could be served by a massive one.

Duncan Sinclair, former Dean of Medicine at Queen’s University, and the author of a book on health care reform in Ontario, now lives a quiet (for him) life on Buck Lake near Perth Road. But he is still, at 85, involved in health care reform. He has been meeting, over the past…

Failed oil furnaces at Northbrook Medical Centre to be replaced with propane

Addington Highlands Council voted to replace two failed oil furnaces at the Northbrook Medical Centre with propane furnaces at its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon in Flinton. During an inspection, Bosley Heating & Cooling reported that both oil furnaces have failed heat…

Improvements coming to Frontenac Community Arena

There are some big changes coming to the Frontenac Community Arena, beginning with a new ice resurfacer, says Arena Manager Tim Laprade. “Our old one (a 2000 Olympia Millennium Propane model purchased used in 2002) is 19 years old and definitely past its ‘best before’ date,”…

Poet Laureate mentorship program

Kingston Frontenac Public Library is looking for six emerging or practicing poets aged 14 or older who are interested in an hour-long, one-on-one mentorship session in April with Kingston Poet Laureate Jason Heroux. If that describes you, please submit a sample of your poetry…

Hillier out of PC caucus

Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier was not named to Doug Ford’s cabinet, and his bid for the Speaker’s chair was unsuccessful, but he continues to make headlines nonetheless, this time by quoting Jerry Seinfeld. Premier Doug Ford suspended Hillier from the Conservative…

Charbonneau to retire from Frontenac Paramedic Services

Paul Charbonneau, Chief Paramedic at Frontenac Paramedic Services, announced his retirement in front of Frontenac County Council on Wednesday February 20. “I’m very proud of what I have accomplished in my career and especially my time here at Frontenac Paramedic Services serving…

GREC hosts its first-ever EOSSAA championship tournament

Although the Gryphons weren’t in the tournament, the Granite Ridge Education Centre did host its first-ever EOSSAA championship tourney last Friday in Sharbot Lake. “It’s the first time GREC or Sharbot Lake has hosted EOSSAA at any level,” said lead convener Ben Moser, who…