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 initiatives… READ MORE

A couple of weeks ago there was a bit of an apocalyptic feeling in the air. The oak tree that drops acorns, that sound like gunshots, onto my office roof in the fall most years, was shedding dried, half chewed leaves on the ground at the front door.  This was… READ MORE

Written by Jan Miler

I grew up near Palmerston, a small Ontario town with a population of 1,800. A monochrome kind of town, so I was pretty sure I didn’t have any prejudices or systemic bias. How could I? We were farm kids, so I didn’t even know about white privilege. My father, who… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

It has been more than sobering for many of us. After a steady, but slow trend towards opening up our lives over a couple of months, during which time COVID-19 cases completely dried up in our region and restaurant patios re-opened, as did most of the retailers who were shuttered… READ MORE

Written by Bill Bowick

What’s in a name? A great deal. That’s what! It’s the sound which captures your attention when someone calls out to you in a crowd. It’s the thing that distinguishes you from all the others in the crowd. It’s the mark you put on important papers as a pledge. It’s… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

note – Depending on your feelings about zoom and the people you zoom with, the following are interchangeably do's or don'ts   Wear a clown mask Wear nothing Never speak Speak constantly and emphatically and never unmute interrupt incessantly line up zoom meetings for an entire day and then forget… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

I don't know about the rest of you, but it seems to me that we are just now hitting the most difficult stretch of time that we will likely face in this year of the COVID. It's been over two months since the shutdown. We sheltered in place, watched Netflix,… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

As I write this on Tuesday, we have reached a milestone in our KFL&A region. Public Health's daily update on the spread of COVID-19 says that we have not had a confirmed case of the virus anywhere in the City of Kingston, Frontenac or Lennox and Addington Counties, for 14… READ MORE

Written by Bernie Dertinger

The latest message from FOCA repeats the recommendation of all the pundits from premier Ford to the mayor of Perth for cottagers to stay at home and not to go the cottage. Frontenac council issued a similar message. Agreed, social distancing is the most important and most effective tool to… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

For the last month, the relationship between seasonal and permanent residents of Frontenac County has become fractious. In mid March, COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in both Toronto and Ottawa but not in the Kingston-Frontenac Lennox and Addington catchment area, and the province had already begun to shut down. The… READ MORE

Written by Reverend Jean Brown

(United Church Clergy from Sharbot Lake and Parham United Churches serving the areas and amalgamated churches of Zealand, Oso, Maberly, Parham, Sharbot Lake, Oconto, Tichborne, Wagarville, Long Lake and all places in between) The world’s circumstances and health situation has changed drastically but the Christian message of Easter and of… READ MORE

Written by Frances Smith

Over the past 3 weeks you have been bombarded with information about COVID-19 and the ongoing global pandemic, I am not going to repeat all that information now. My goal with this letter is to address our Community specifically. First I want to extend my gratitude to all the citizens,… READ MORE

Easter is the one holiday in the Christian calendar that aligns with one of the major Jewish festivals, Passover. Every year, Passover and Easter take place within days of each other, so while everyone else is eating chocolate and counting bunnies, us Jews are suffering with unleavened bread and bitter… READ MORE

Written by Kieran Moore (Medical Officer of Health)

I am thankful to all of you, the people who live and work in our region, for all you are doing to protect our community, our neighbours, and our loved ones from COVID-19.   The decisive actions and the changes we have all made these last few weeks are saving lives.… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

(This article has been altered from the version that was published in the Frontenac News on Thursday, April 2, with new information as it has become available) As of Saturday morning, April 4, there were 48 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington, the area covered by the… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

It has been an unprecedented in week in the life of the county, the province, and our little corner of it. The scope of it started to come clear to me last Thursday when I was driving down Road 38 to deliver papers to post offices at about 7:15. When… READ MORE