Written by Ted Doleman

In 1996, after an incident at one of our plants in Manitoba, a plan was put in place to have a “Cultural Awareness Program” and I volunteered to be a facilitator. My company and the local Band Council formed a team to develop the program to try and create a… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

Our local townships all support Canada Day events in the villages and hamlets each year. It is a day of community spirit. It is the start of summer, a chance to enjoy pancakes and maple syrup, strawberries, and our lakes on a hot day. This is followed by fireworks, as… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

The issues that were at play during the initial weeks of the effort to get first doses of vaccine into the arms of as many people in the Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region as possible, was mostly about supply and figuring out the logistics of running clinics. Public… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

(warning – this article may trigger painful memories for some people) It was not something that Parham residents, Central Frontenac Firefighters, Frontenac Paramedics, or the Frontenac OPP detachment could have foreseen. In the midst of an oppressive early summer heat wave, in timber dry conditions, three months into a once… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

At the most recent KFLAPH press briefing, Dr. Moore said a few things about what we might expect to see in terms of regulations and advice from Public Health for our communities into the fall and winter. A day later, when it came out that Moore is taking on the… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

By the time this newspaper is printed, I hope to have an appointment to get my second dose of Astrazeneca before the end of May. The pharmacy where I will get it is located a 30 second walk from my office. So it shouldn't be a total loss, as my… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

A lot of people are frustrated by the fact that we are still worrying about COVID in Canada, when the United States seems to have moved on.  We are in lock-down and they are out partying, and now even the much vaunted United States Centre For Disease Control (CDC) is… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

If anyone was surprised when Christine Elliott, the Ontario Minister of Health, indicated on Monday that the “stay at home” order in Ontario will likely be  extended, they shouldn’t have been.  With case loads, hospitalisation, ICU, and ventilator numbers all just starting to drop after plateauing at the highest level… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

We are all used to Randy Hillier lying about COVID, the charter of rights, and how sober his sons were when they arrested at the Arrow Pub in Perth. He found another line to step over when he started retweeting comparisons between COVID restrictions and the policies of the Nazi… READ MORE

Written by Craig Bakay

I’ve never really considered myself part of any herd except maybe hippies and rock’n’roll musicians but when it comes to being part of the covid herd immunity thing, I’m in. My beloved daughter Meggie will be relieved to know that I got my first covid shot Monday. I plan to… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

Until only a few weeks ago, political dis-function in the United Stated and the United Kingston has been part of the reason why the overall COVID case and death rates have much higher than ours have been in Canada. But since they are two of the nations with the highest… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

Oh, the sacrifices I make so others don’t have to. I consider it my responsibility, as a reporter and editor, to follow certain people on social media, mostly on Twitter. It is usually not that onerous. In fact it brings information and story ideas. But among those people whose accounts… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

Last Saturday (March 28), the 539th person received a dose of Astrazeneca vaccine at the Sharbot Lake Pharamasave. Sarah Swanson, the pharmacist, has no idea when more vaccine will come to her store. Meanwhile, the pharmacies in Harrowsmith, Inverary and Northbrook area will also complete their vaccination programs by April… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

Last Friday morning, I strolled over to the Sharbot Lake Pharmasave to get a shot of AstraZeneca.  There were no crowds. Pharmacy staff were using the day as a soft launch of their vaccine protocols. They were learning how to input data into the new provincial system, and how to… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

To say the COVD-19 vaccine rollout has been messy in Canada would be an understatement. Supply problems in January and February have now given way to confusion over who will be able to be vaccinated, where they will be able to get vaccinated, and which vaccine they will get. I'm… READ MORE

Written by Jeff Green

It is clear, one year into the COVID universe, that Canadians, and our region in particular, have fared rather well. As a country, our infection rate is 25% of the rate in the United Stated and our death rate is about 40% of the death rate down South. In our… READ MORE