FRONTENAC COUNTY

The OPP Frontenac Detachment is urging all residents to be vigilant with their personal information. In the past month, Frontenac OPP has investigated several complaints from residents who have become victims of Identity Fraud. Culprit(s) obtained...

While the kids played games, adults took the opportunity to visit at events throughout the region on a Canada Day where the rain held off, for the most part. The oddest event this year was certainly the best legs contest for men at Harrowsmith....

A report by the consulting group Ameresco, which was received by the board of trustees of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) last month, recommends the closure of at least two elementary schools in Frontenac County over the next 10 years....

Letter from the Publisher The summer season is a crucial part of the year for all the businesses that are the lifeblood of our communities. This week, I've been calling many of the business owners that we deal with on a regular basis to ask them for...

Prince Charles, Land O'Lakes Public on the chopping block A report by the consulting group Ameresco, which was received by the board of trustees of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) last month, recommends the closure of at least two...

Canada Day is on a Friday this year, so July 2 is a big day for events as well. Not only will the farmers' markets in Verona, Sharbot Lake and McDonalds Corners be open for business as usual, there are many other events scheduled as well. On the...

VCA comes calling Wayne Conway of the Verona Community Association (VCA) appeared before the monthly meeting of Frontenac County Council last week (June 15). He was looking for support for a new electronic sign project in Verona. The sign, which...

The Rural Mayors' Forum of Eastern Ontario (RMFEO) met with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), as well as the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) and the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) at the end of last month to discuss...

At a session for municipal staff, council and representatives from the not-for-profit sector that was held at the Frontenac County offices on June 13, Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Pender introduced the Big Data for Small Places initiative to...

Wolfe Islanders have struggled over the years to develop and maintain medical services on the island. There are many stories about difficult trips by car, horse and buggy, sleigh, ferry boat or other inventive means of transportation as patients...

It was all smiles at the outset of the monthly meeting of Frontenac County Council on Wednesday, May 18 as members of council celebrated with paramedics Joe Ferguson and Dale Hodgins, who were two of 21 winners of Ontario's first-ever Awards for...

The Day of the Pig is a feast of food and drink that marks the opening of the Seed to Sausage store for the summer season. This year, it will feature not one, but five pigs. Four guest chefs have been invited to present their own take on preparing...

After spending two months interviewing service providers, people with 'lived experience' of homelessness and/or poverty in Frontenac County, and interested community members, Kim Allen was ready last Friday, May 6, for the key event of the project...

Lanark Frontenac Kingston MP Scott Reid announced this week that he will place his vote on the upcoming third reading to the government-sponsored Bill C-14 in the hands of his constituents. A ballot is being sent out through Canada Post's...

2015 audit results Howard Allan, from Allan Chartered Accountant, made a presentation to Council on April 20 to discuss his firm's audit of the County for 2015. “I think we can say that the 2015 audit went well for the County of Frontenac,”...

In order to highlight the importance of developing local food infrastructure in the county, organizers of Frontenac County’s Integrated Community Sustainability Planning (ICSP) invited Dan Borowec to speak at their annual breakfast at the Verona...

Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS) is leading a community process to respond to issues of poverty and homelessness. NFCS has received a grant from the United Way to respond to the issues in Frontenac County with support from Southern...

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) came into effect in 2012, and in an effort to bring awareness to the fact that the private sector must comply with certain accessibility standards under the act, the Frontenac...

It has been a number of years since absenteeism among paramedics at Frontenac Paramedic Services and both nursing and non-nursing staff at Fairmount Home was flagged as above the industry targets for those sectors. The County's human resources staff...

K&P Trail update Trail proponents and the county's economic development department have a goal of completing the K&P Trail as far as Sharbot Lake by Canada Day, 2017, Canada's 150th anniversary. The trail is now complete from the bottom of the...

Opponents are breathing a sigh of relief, and the Township of Addington Highlands is no longer in line for a $10 million infusion of money over 20 years. All three wind proposals in Addington Highlands and North Frontenac failed to secure contracts...

Opponents are breathing sigh of relief, and the township of Addington Highlands is no longer in line for $10 million infusion of money over 20 years. All  three wind proposals in Addington Highlands and North Frontenac failed to secure contracts...

It is a scene that has been replicated time and time again across the country. Fifteen or so people gathered at the almost empty Kingston airport just before 1 o'clock on Saturday, February 27. As they chatted with each other in the lobby, Nancy...

Appeal period passes without incident The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has clarified the wording in a clause they inserted into the Frontenac County Official Plan, and South Frontenac Planner Lindsay Mills has informed his Council that...

Mike Bossio, who won election over long-time incumbent Daryl Kramp by 225 votes to become the MP for the new Hastings, Lennox and Addington riding, has taken on a new role. Earlier this week he was elected as chair of the National Rural Caucus by 50...

As part of his efforts on behalf of the Rural Mayor's Forum of Eastern Ontario (RMFEO), North Frontenac mayor, Ron Higgins, has been looking at some of the details in the OPP billing model. North Frontenac is one the biggest losers under the new...

A group of friends, mostly from South Frontenac, began talking on the phone and getting together back in September about the possibility of sponsoring a refugee family. Talk turned to more talk, which led to a few meetings, some research, an...

Just before Christmas, the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area (CFKA) announced they were awarding a record $251,000 in grants to support 23 different programs. Of those, 21 were located within the City of Kingston and two in Frontenac County....

Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, is stepping forward in response to a lack of clarity from the new Liberal government on the process they will use to come up with a new electoral system. On December 8, during question period in the...

That November day in 2010 was just another day at work for Frontenac paramedic Veronique Trottier, doing the job she’d been wanting to do since high school. For Roksana Rak it wasn’t “just another day”. Roksana was travelling east bound on...

Frontenac Transportation secures five-year funding commitment from County It has been a long time coming for Frontenac Transportation Service (FTS) to finally settle into its relationship with Frontenac County Council. For years the Council was...

Twenty years ago, Frances Smith won the confidence of two dozen, mostly male, members of Frontenac County Council and was elected warden. At the time she was the reeve of Oso Township. None of them knew it at the time, but all the reeves and deputy...

Family & Children’s Services of Frontenac Lennox and Addington’s Tree of Hope is on track to help nearly 1,000 of the most disadvantaged people in our community (most of them kids) with toys, clothing, food and other support by Christmas. The...

In June of 2005 Scott Reid, who was already the Conservative Party critic for the FedNor department, which oversees economic development in north and eastern Ontario, was given the added task of being the party critic for Democratic Institutions. He...

Sitting as a Committee of the Whole, Frontenac County Council had their last look at the 2016 budget on November 12, and are set to approve the document at a meeting this week. The budget was developed with a target for operational costs of a 1.2%...

Funding request is defeated in a 4-3 vote (Update on this story. Tom Dewey of Central Frontenac has decided not to support the motion. Higgins still against it. The motion being voted on is for $105,750 over 10 years. There are only 6 members of...

The newest stretch of the Frontenac K&P Trail from Craig Road north of Verona to the village of Tichborne is now complete and to mark the occasion, all trail users and supporters are invited to join County of Frontenac Warden Denis Doyle in the...

2015 accessibility award deadline extended to November 13 In an effort to raise awareness about the current standards and regulations regarding accessibility in the local municipalities in the County of Frontenac, Jannette Amini, manager of...

County takes safety insurance in house, savings to follow When an actuarial accountant turns on the microphone to make a presentation at a morning council meeting, it can leave many staring longingly at the coffee pot in the corner of the room. Yet,...

Frontenac County staff are preparing to bring forth a draft budget for Council's consideration next month, but in keeping with CAO Kelly Pender's penchant for a drama-free environment, Council can expect little in the way of surprises. Staff are...

The election is set for next Monday, October 19, as readers know, and the national campaigns are winding down. All that is left are the desperate, strategic, final campaign ads and “the ground game” getting out the vote. In...

Conservative, Scott Reid Green Party, Anita Payne Liberal, Phil Archambault NDP, John Fenik

Conservative Party, Scott Reid Scott Reid has been elected five times to the House of Commons, and each time he has increased his share of the popular vote. He was first elected in 2000, representing the Canadian Alliance in the riding of Lanark...

  Green Party, Anita Payne As Anita Payne describes it, her initiation into the Green Party started when she was living in Stratford a dozen years ago. She was home one Saturday morning listening to the radio when she heard there was a local Green...

Liberal Party, Phil Archambault Phil Archambault was born in St-Eustache Quebec. He lived in the Montreal area until 1995, when he left to travel the world. He met his wife, Melanie, in Bermuda and they settled for a time in the United Kingdom,...

New Democratic Party, John Fenik There are two moments that are key to John Fenik's political career and his candidacy as a New Democrat in this election. The first took place almost 30 years ago when Fenik, a London, Ontario native educated in...

The County of Frontenac invites you to attend the 2015 Sustainability Workshop, free of charge. Space is limited, so please register early. This year’s workshop will be a little different - the county’s definition of sustainability includes four...

On two occasions over the past week, the four candidates vying for the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston seat in the October 19 federal election appeared at public meetings to answer a broad range of questions from the public. Well-attended meetings took...

Fact Check on Climate Change Environment Canada data confirms Reid's assertion of a 3.1% decrease, although the reason it came about is another matter. The province that drove the national decrease is Ontario, and the electricity and transportation...

North Frontenac Township met this week and approved a contract that will result in Frontenac County managing Information Technology (IT) services for member municipalities going forward. The contract was approved by Frontenac County Council at their...

At their monthly meeting, members of Frontenac County Council received the Economic Development implementation plan, which came about after workshops that were attended by members of Council as well as business people from across the County. The...

Kingston – The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority wishes to inform the media and general public that a scientist from the National Microbiology Lab of the Public Health Agency of Canada will be live trapping rodents on two CRCA-owned and...

Most individuals who camp, hike, or cottage in the Frontenac area have encountered snakes, turtles, and frogs. But there is another group of reptiles and amphibians in the area. These are the salamanders, and seven different kinds of these animals...

Attendance reaches target of 10,000 It took the efforts of a committee of volunteers, the Township of South Frontenac, Frontenac County staffers Alison Vandervelde and Anne Marie Young, co-ordinators Pam Morey and Dan Bell, and hundreds of...

It has been a long, slow, dance of sorts, but it seems that the County of Frontenac and the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) are about to come to terms over the County's first Official Plan. Joe Gallivan, the Manager of...