Sharbot Lake Has Lost Some Movers & Shakers
It has been a brutal year in our communities. It began with a car crash on Burke Settlement Road in early May, an event that continues to devastate the Sharbot Lake community and Granite Ridge Education Centre, This was followed by the Bobs Lake boat crash that is back in… READ MORE
The Frontenac News In The Coming Weeks
As we were preparing this issue of the Frontenac News, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) gave a 72 hour strike notice. The notice comes into effect on Friday, November 15, so it should not affect delivery of this particular paper, which was delivered to Canada Post locations in… READ MORE
High Speed Rail Project Will Feature “A Limited Number of Stops”
Just under a year ago, the federal government established a new corporation to explore, once again, the possibility of a new rail corridor liking Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. The corporation is called VIA HFR (High Frequency Rail) but at the corporations inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was… READ MORE
Deja Vu all Over Again: Canada Post Strike Possible Soon
A friend of mine pulled me over the other day, and said, in a whisper, that they had heard a rumour that there may be a postal strike coming in November. I knew about it because, as a Canada Post customer, we receive updates from the company about potential service… READ MORE
National Newspaper Week
The Frontenac News is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) and News Media Canada. These organisations work on marketing their members to advertisers across the province and across the country, provide research for their members, and are a lobby group in our collective interest as news organisations.… READ MORE
There is a sucker born every day
Every once in a while, there is a flurry of media attention when it takes a while for someone to purchase a winning ticket in a progressive lottery. That happened across Canada three weeks ago, when the Lotto Max jackpot reached $80 million, which is the highest it can get… READ MORE
Ease Of Access To Alcohol Has Up Sides and Down Sides
Verona used to be a dry town, not that long ago. But as of this week, there are 3 stores selling beer and wine, the LCBO outlet at the Foodland store that has been there for almost 20 years as well as the newly re-opened Toppers store and the Verona… READ MORE
Pickleball And The Have-Not Township
The Frontenac News office is located next to the Sharbot Lake Pickleball court. This means that throughout the summer at least, whether it is a sunny day or a cloudy, whether it is a little cool or a lot hot out, there is relentless noise emanating from the next property… READ MORE
Hartington Post Office Mess Reveals Canada Post Rural Fault Lines
Canada Post is in big trouble. At least that is what the corporation is telling Canadians. In releasing its 2023 annual report this past June, the corporation announced an annual pre-tax loss of $748 million, and said it must change its delivery model in order to survive. Two issues were… READ MORE
Kingston Politicians Come To Harrowsmith In Force, But Something Is Missing
MP Mark Gerretson, MPP Ted Hsu, and Mayor Bryan Paterson are the three senior politicians in the City of Kingston, and they all came to Frontenac County at the same time last week. The occasion was the cutting of a corn stalk to mark the start of Open Farm Days… READ MORE
Who Wants An Election?
For those Ontarians who don't particularly like all the fuss and bother of elections, it looked like we were in luck until the tale end of 2025 before another visit to the polls for those who come out to vote. In the late spring, however, rumours that the Ontario government… READ MORE
Welcome to Rurban Living?
Am I mistaken or have many traditionally ‘rural’ ridings and the counties, cities and communities within them more recently evolved into something different? Look around you – are your neighbours the same? Are the shops the same? Are the services - roads, schools, health care - the same – better… READ MORE
Cancelling Wastewater Testing for COVID was a mistake
On August 1, communities in Frontenac and across the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit will no longer have any information about the levels of COVID and other diseases in the community. At the start of June, the Ford government decided to cancel the program testing wastewater for… READ MORE
Investigations into recent fatal crashes will take time to be completed
Early this week, a Frontenac OPP release came out announcing that an arrest had been made in a fatal collision case. The arrest was not related to either of the recent fatal incidents in Frontenac County. It was neither the car crash on Burke Settlement Road in Central Frontenac, nor… READ MORE
Sadness Takes Over
It has been almost a month since a car crash on Burke Settlement Road killed Alex Cryer, a student at Granite Ridge Education Centre, and sent others to hospital. And it has been almost three weeks since a boat crash on Bobs Lake killed Juliette Cote, Ryley Orr, and Kaila… READ MORE
Thank Your Local Columnist
A few weeks ago, Linda Rush and Marily Seitz – who have shared the columnist duties in Ompah, decided to withdraw from the column. This week’s paper features the final column for Wanda Harrison in Arden. In all three cases, the decision was made for a very good reason. The… READ MORE
