FRONTENAC COUNTY

Frontenac Paramedics Joe Banks, David Giroux, Dianne Nielsen, Mark O’Meara, and Campbell Pearce are among 106 Ontario paramedics to receive the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal this year. The award is...

Because of his long career as an MP, Scott Reid is now dealing with his third riding redistribution process. He does not remember all of the details from the 2002 process; he was the rookie MP in the riding of Lanark-Carleton, after beating the...

Watersheds Canada, as well as regional conservation authorities, the Federation of Ontario Cottage Associations, and other conservation oriented groups and individuals, have put on Lake Links in late October since 2001. Until 2020, the one day...

On Thursday, October 20,  the County of Frontenac hosted the local business community at RKY Camp in Parham at the 1st Annual Business Awards and Retreat in celebration of Small Business Week. The day was composed of a series of campfire-side...

A previous disagreement over how to allocate $337,500 that is sitting in a reserve fund for use as seed money for a seniors’ housing project, in North Frontenac, was deferred to the attention of the next Frontenac County Council, at the final...

An innovative contest for youth ages 13-18, living in the area covered by Limestone and Algonquin School Boards, is calling for stories or pictures imagining a place on Earth set in a more hopeful future, one without fossil fuels. How might the...

Every ten years, the federal ridings are adjusted, and they take effect whenever the next federal election is called, and then in the following provincial election. Because of this, people living in certain rural areas, like Frontenac County, tend...

After two hard years of conversations being broken up by dodgy Internet, virtual meetings on Zoom and other platforms, and emails, emails and more emails, the Frontenac County Economic Development Department in ready to pull Frontenac Brand...

The Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTOERO) is an organisation that promotes active living for its 80,000 members, and is also committed to promoting social engagement and political advocacy. Among the many services RTOERO offers to members and the...

As the holiday season approaches, there is an opportunity to assist people in our community who may not be able to afford the extras that many of us enjoy during the holiday season. Rural Frontenac Community Services in partnership with the...

For what seems like forever, we have been working on a new web product at the Frontenac News. It is a services website, designed to include as much practical information for residents of Frontenac County and Addington Highlands as we can gather in a...

Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision (CENTRAL FRONTENAC, ON) - The Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision involving an All Terrain Vehicle on Arden Rd., in Central Frontenac Township. On September...

This weekend there were, yet again, dozens of choices of events and gatherings to choose from. Some residents opted to head out and find local fresh produce in Harrowsmith at Centennial Park. Others may have been planning their Christmas shopping...

South Frontenac Council voted on Tuesday night (September 6) to support the business plan for the establishment of a Municipal Services Corporation in Frontenac County. This clears the way for the Frontenac County planning department to move into...

A celebration of local food and agriculture, September 10-11. Open Farms 2022 is taking place on Frontenac and Kingston farms on September 10-11 and offers opportunities to explore, engage and learn more about farming and where our local food comes...

The riding of Frontenac Lanark Kingston is set to disappear, if the preliminary riding redistribution proposal which was released last week is finalised after public consultations. A new riding of Frontenac Lanark is proposed, which would expand the...

“‘GII-IKIDONAANIWAN’ • ‘IT HAS BEEN SAID’” is the title of a report that was prepared by First Peoples Group, an indigenous advisory group for Queen’s University. The report was submitted to Queen’s on July 8 and was subsequently...

Frontenac County Warden Denis Doyle and Township of South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal met with Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark in Ottawa, Wednesday. The discussion centered around how a plan for communal services in Frontenac...

Frontenac County Warden Denis Doyle and Township of South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal met with Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark in Ottawa, Wednesday. The discussion centered around how a plan for communal services in Frontenac...

The Blue Skies Music Festival brings over 2,000 people to Frontenac County each year for three days, making it one of, if not the, largest annual gathering in the Frontenac region. Yet, it has a deliberately low public profile. It has always been...

In May of this year, Frontenac Masonic Lodge was one hundred years old. In that hundred years, the membership has included men from all walks of life who served the community in many ways. The membership role contains almost all the great family...

Prior to 1998, Frontenac County Council had 29 members, and each year an election was held from among those people to elect a county warden. As part of the 1998 amalgamation which created 4 Frontenac County Townships (North, South, Central, and...

While it is not a top of mind issue for most Frontenac County residents, its proponents believe that communal servicing will have a large the future of Frontenac County. Currently unable to attract any kind of density due to the lack of municipal...

A consultant has concluded that it would be better to build a new 160 bed facility than attempt to add 32 beds to Fairmount Home With the so-called 'aging tsunami' gathering steam, some of the limitations of the Fairmount Home being exposed by COVID...

To make a positive difference in the lives of everyone in Kingston-Frontenac, KFPL’s hours of operation must continue to meet the needs of our communities. The Library wants to offer equitable service across library branches. The new Library...

The Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision. On June 27, 2022 at approximately 2:30 p.m., Officers from the Frontenac Detachment of the OPP, North Frontenac Fire Rescue and Frontenac Paramedics...

A new publication from the Frontenac News is available now at local retailers and Visitor Centres. It is a guide to local food, arts, culture, outdoor adventures, and the pleasures offered by a ferry ride to Wolfe Island. “We published a...

At the Annual Meeting last week, Frontenac Business Services, a federally funded agency offering financing, business and financial advice to Frontenac County entrepreneurs, outlined its activities for the year. The meeting went over the dollar value...

(Editors note - This version differs from the article that appears in the print edition. There were 4 lost paragraphs in the print edition version. They appear in italics in this version for print readers coming to frontenacnews.ca for...

Every year, in June, the Limestone District School Board presents Achiever awards to High School students, based on submissions from their school. This year, the recipients from High Schools in Frontenac County/Addington Highlands were Bridget...

A year ago, the ambitious plans of the new owners of the Hotel Wolfe Island (the former General Wolfe Inn) were set in place, and it was time to see how the local community and visitors from across the water in Kingston would respond. At that time...

Near the end of the June 14 meeting of Frontenac County Council, Warden Dennis Doyle said “I made this announcement at Frontenac Islands Council last night, so I should everyone here know as well that I have decided not to see re-election this...

Cataraqui Region Conservation to move in, pay 1/3 of construction costs. It has been a case of wait, wait, then wait some more, and then hurry hard. Almost 10 years ago, Frontenac County identified the need to upgrade its administration offices,...

There's nothing like the energy in a concert venue just before the band takes the stage. I felt that energy when I walked down the steps to the floor of the Saddledome at age 17 at my first big concert (Elton John with my dad, 4th row seats, $84 a...

In the absence of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Kelly Pender, Susan Brant, the administrator of Fairmount Home, delivered the monthly CAO report. Among the items she discussed under the topic of human resources were a shortfall of staff at...

There was a mix-up at elections Ontario and the location of Advanced polls was not included in the Voter Information Cards that were delivered this week. One of the Candidates in Lanark Frontenac Kingston has sent out the information through...

Two weeks ago, Frontenac Minor Hockey (FMH) celebrated the contributions of it’s long time president Al Pixley who recently stepped down.  Al is a life-long resident of the area growing up playing hockey at the Frontenac Community Arena. When his...

Gale Chevalier, the Chief of Paramedic services for Frontenac County, said this week, in an email, that “due to pandemic-related demands these past two-plus years, we have not met our staffing schedule on Wolfe Island as planned.” She said that...

A program that was started in neighbouring Lennox and Addington County (L&A) is now being offered to members of the Frontenac Federation of Agriculture. In 2018, a preliminary meeting took place in L&A. The meeting was initiated by Deborah Vanberkel...

Over 200 ATV riders met at Verona Hardware on Saturday morning, (April 23) to head out for a run to Sharbot Lake, in honour of Daniel Van Heyst, the 22 year-old Verona resident who died in March in a workplace accident. Devon Clarke and Sara...

Dave Doran is a paramedic with Frontenac Paramedic Services who works out of the Parham ambulance base in Central Frontenac. He is also the Acting President of OPSEU/SEFPO (Ontario Public Service Employees Union) Local 462, which represents the...

Consultant Greg Oates, from NextFActor, has been working on the Frontenac County Destination Development Plan for about a year, with members of the Economic Development Department and a steering committee made up of entrepreneurs from around the...

As of Mid-March, vaccine mandates have been lifted throughout Ontario workplaces and retail outlets. The measure, which was a feature of the province-wide response to COVID-19, in late 2021 and early 2022, had two main purposes.  It was intended...

In addition to her role as a family physician at the Sydenham Medical Centre, Dr. Jeanette Dietrich is the lead physician for the Rural Kingston Family Health Organisation (RK-FHO) “Our group represents five clinics, three in Frontenac County and...

Aging well at home is a vision for many seniors and their families. It is vital that they receive timely, responsive quality programs and services to support them living independently at home and to address their growing needs as they age in place....

As most readers would remember the Frontenac Flyers have had tremendous success over the last decade competing in, and winning, many OMHA Championships. The Flyers success is quite remarkable when you consider the geography and demographics of our...

In February, Frontenac County Council deferred a proposal by Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Pender to commence expropriation proceedings to sections of three properties in the vicinity of Roberstville that are part of the K&P trail. At the time,...

At their regular monthly meeting, Frontenac County Council spent as much time in an in camera session as they did in the open session that followed. The closed session dealt with attendance management, the potential location of a new ambulance base...

The Board of Trustees of the Limestone District School Board held an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening (March 16) to discuss the pending end of COVID-related special measures in the classroom, school-yard and school transportation services....

Busy parents, busy grandparents, busy aunts and uncles — busy everyone with kids in your lives, I’m busy right there with you! I have two young kids, a desire to keep them entertained, and a dwindling reserve of good ideas.    Of course, given...