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As a first-time candidate, Kayley Kennedy said she has learned a lot during this campaign. She has learned about the issues that concern people in parts of the riding that she did not know that well coming to the campaign, and about what it takes to...
Matthew Barton’s candidacy came about as the result of his fervent support for the newly minted People’s Party of Canada (PPC). In August, he attended the People’s Party of Canada 2019 Conference in Gatineau. Quebec. “One difference between...
David Sillars lives on a back road near Henderson, but he was in a Bracebridge courtroom last week for sentencing after being convicted of several charges stemming from the tragic outcome of an overturned canoe near High Falls along the Muskoka...
MEDIA RELEASE: All LDSB schools will close Monday, Oct. 7 October 4, 2019 Dear Families, I am writing to provide you with an update on plans by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to begin full strike action on Monday, Oct. 7. CUPE...
In his summation in Monday night’s debate at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake, Conservative candidate and six-time MP Scott Reid observed: “There were some questions I’ve never heard before.” Indeed there were as Reid debated election rookies...
At the conclusion of the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority’s (CRCA) Full Authority Board Meeting on September 25, chairperson Alan Revill, on behalf of his fellow board members, announced the appointment of Katrina Furlanetto to the position...
At the conclusion of the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority’s (CRCA) Full Authority Board Meeting on September 25, chairperson Alan Revill, on behalf of his fellow board members, announced the appointment of Katrina Furlanetto to the position...
Members of The Frontenac County Administrative Building Design Task Force were joined by staff and board members from the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) on September 18. The committee was looking at a work plan for a retrofit and...
Open Farms InFrontenac has received the Economic Developers Association of Canada’s (EDAC) 2019 Marketing Canada Award for Best Event. The award was presented to Richard Allen, Frontenac County Manager of Economic Development, at the annual EDAC...
The City of Kingston has informed Frontenac County that they will be paying just over $200,000 less than the amount that the county has invoiced then for their share of operating costs of the Fairmount Long Term Care Home and Frontenac Paramedic...
The Land Between, a not for profit environmental organisation, has received a grant from Environment Canada, one of only 15 across Canada, under the Community-Nominated Priority Places program. Canada is working closely with provinces and...
An All Candidates meeting is set for Monday night, September 30 at the Oso Hall (Soldiers Memorial Hall) 1107 Garrett Street, in Sharbot Lake. Candidates will have an opportunity to spealk and will take questions from the audience. The candidates...
Sydenham’s Matt Trousdale has an idea and he is casting about to see if it has legs. Trousdale heard a couple of weeks ago that some rail cars from Upper Canada Village are being “divested of” by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission. The...
It certainly took a while, but the NDP now have a candidate in the Lanark Frontenac Kingston riding. Satinka Schilling, who was raised on a rural property near Perth in Tay Valley, and now lives in the Town of Perth, was acclaimed to the candidacy...
The Frontenac Community Arena opened officially for the 2019-2020 season with speeches, recognitions and the unveiling of the arena’s newest addition — a brand new Engo Wolf electric ice resurfacer. The evening began with Arena Manager Tim...
Alexandra Pedersen is busy as a bee these days. Speaking from her house in Kingston, the 32-year-old talks about the beekeeping workshop she taught last Saturday at Wintergreen Studios in South Frontenac. “I think it went really well,” she...
At the beginning of the summer last year (2018) Rural Frontenac Community Services (RFCS), which is based in Sharbot Lake, began operating the EarlyOn program at locations throughout Frontenac County, but it wasn’t until September that the full...
A disagreement that has been simmering for months between the City of Kingston and the County of Frontenac was discussed at a meeting of Kingston City Council on Tuesday evening (September 3) Both services are operated by Frontenac County with...
It wasn’t an organized thing, but several Silver Lake Powwow attendees decided to join in the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) issue by displaying red hands across their mouths this weekend. They were joined by grandmothers displaying...
Agriculture has been the cornerstone of Frontenac County’s economic and cultural life since before the county was even founded 152 years ago. Farm communities sprang up to support families who cleared land, planted crops and raised animals. Fall...
Agriculture has been the cornerstone of Frontenac County’s economic and cultural life since before the county was even founded 152 years ago. Farm communities sprang up to support families who cleared land, planted crops and raised animals. Fall...
Over two thirds of South Frontenac residents are living with dangerous levels of radon in the living area of their home. And the numbers aren't much better elsewhere in Frontenac and L&A Counties where over 55% are in the same boat. A study that was...
Two off-road collisions in Addington Highlands Officers with Lennox and Addington County OPP responded to an all-terrain vehicle collision on August 17, around 7pm on Jacques Bay Road in Addington Highlands that resulted in a 48 year old male party...
Frontenac County senior administration began talking about the need for an improved administrative office suite several years ago. This has lead to the consideration of a number of options, the completion of a number of studies and a consultation...
Frontenac County received $1.534 million this past spring in one-time transfers from the Province of Ontario. "Taxpayers need their local government to deliver modern, efficient services that show respect for their hard-earned dollars. This funding...
The next phase in what might be called a little misunderstanding between municipal partners, will play out at a city council meeting in Kingston in September. According to a city official, when Frontenac County Officials brought budget numbers that...
After a long gap, the Rural-Urban Liaison Committee (RULAC), a forum where members of Frontenac County and Kingston City Council have an opportunity to discuss issues related to their shared responsibilities, met on June 26. The meeting was...
Southern Frontenac Community Services has stopped providing services through a program that is designed to find housing for homeless residents of Frontenac County and help those who are precariously housed to stabilise or improve their situation....
Members of the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating the apparent drowning of a two year old girl. Shortly after 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2019 officers responded to a residence with a swimming pool in...
Magenta Corporation is the proponent for a vacant land plan of Condominium that is slated to create 18 waterfront and back-lots on a 91-acre parcel of land called Johnston’s Point on Loughborough Lake south of Perth Road Village. Thanks to a...
Back Forty Artisan Cheese will be hosting their 4th annual summer festival at the Back Forty Cheese Factory on Saturday June 29th. Relax along the Mississippi River while enjoying great cheese, local food, drinks, and live music. Back by popular...
Matt Walker lives north of Madoc, but he works in Addington Highlands and in North and Central Frontenac. He runs the Compassionate Care Program, which deals with a broad range of needs for individuals who are faced with a “life limiting...
Twice a year, the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area (CFKA) makes grant announcements for community groups and not-for-profits in Kingston. Most of the time, Frontenac County based groups receive grants as well. There was an exception in late...
Central Frontenac Township deferred making a commitment on regional roads at its regular meeting Tuesday evening in Mountain Grove until it hears back from lawyer Tony Fleming as to what a “1 per cent ownership of regional roads and bridges”...
On Saturday May 25, 2019 shortly before 12:00pm, a Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 15 near Washburn Road. The officer stopped a vehicle travelling at 54 kilometers over the speed limit....
On May 14, several girls and staff from Granite Ridge Education Centre and Sydenham High School tried their hand at blacksmithing. This event was arranged to show the girls that there is no job they cannot do. Stefan Duerst, Artist Blacksmith from...
On February 27th, 2019 the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) and Minister responsible for FedDev Ontario, announced Eastern Ontario CFDCs would receive funding to support projects...
Joe Gallivan, Manager for Planning and Economic Development for Frontenac County, briefed Frontenac County Council last week on a communal services report that will be coming their way next month. This is a file that Gallivan has been working on for...
The staff at the Frontenac CFDC and County of Frontenac are working with an individual who is researching the possibility of creating a poultry and rabbit abattoir in South Frontenac. For over a decade, farmers have been telling us that there is a...
After flirting with the idea of constructing a new Frontenac County Administrative building, Frontenac County Council is being asked to look once again at renovating its current building. A little over a year ago, after considering its long-term...
Vandeross consulting (Ella Vanderburg and Katie Ross) is a new consulting company with a focus on helping small businesses in Kingston and Frontenac County. They were approached recently by an organisation called Rural by Purpose to see if they...
While the Ottawa area and the Muskokas have been battling floods all spring, mainland Frontenac County has pretty much escaped the worst of things. All three townships have posted warnings on their websites but only North Frontenac has had to do...
Gale Chevalier will take over as Chief of Frontenac Paramedics on July 1st. She shouldn’t have any difficulty fitting in, however, since she will be heading a service where she has spent her entire 25-year career as a paramedic. She began working...
When the Provincial government announced last week that it would be cutting the number of paramedic services from 52 municipal agencies and six First Nations paramedic agencies to 10 services in total, the news was read with interest by at least one...
Ontario to cut the number of paramedic service operators, Public Health Units, to 10. “In 45 years working in Paramedic Services, I’ve never seen such a well-kept secret” said Frontenac County Chief of Paramedic Services, Paul Charbonneau, on...
Frontenac County is paying $180,000 to purchase the Parham Ambulance, a facility it has been leasing ever since taking on land ambulance in 2004. A property appraisal by Rivington Associates pegged the value of the building at $205,000 and a...
Low-income individuals and families in Frontenac County are having ongoing challenges to find suitable housing. These people are at increased risk of becoming homeless. The Housing and Homelessness Collaborative serving Frontenac County is...
For the past few months, Wagarville Road resident Peter de Bassecourt has been making a monthly trek to Kingston to fix things. Not things like what’s-wrong-with-the-world things; lamps and chairs and toasters type things. He’s become part of a...
The Natural Edge Program for shorelines is coming to Quinte Conservation’s Watershed with help from Watersheds Canada. Maya Navrot, Education and Stewardship Coordinator for Quinte Conservation says, “Natural Edge is a well-established program...
The idea of South Frontenac Township, Frontenac County and the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority sharing an administration building isn’t looking too likely, at least in the short term, following a discussion at South Frontenac’s Committee...
