FRONTENAC COUNTY

Frontenac County Council has decided to defer a proposal to proceed with expropriating portions of three properties in the Snow Road area in order to complete construction of the K&P trail through North Frontenac. But they won't wait too long....

There are just about 10% more people living in Frontenac County than there were 5 years ago. The first batch of 2021 census data dropped last week, and the population of Frontenac County is now 29,295, up from 26,682 in 2016. The increase reverses a...

Debbi Miller started working at Frontenac County in December. She was hired to take over as the community development officer in the tiny, two-person, Frontenac County Economic Development department. Taking a community development role when the...

In January, members of the Queen's University Dunin-Deshpande Innovation Centre, including Academic Director Jim Mclelland, convened a panel to discuss the obstacles and opportunities for rural healthcare in Frontenac County. Tracey Snow, who...

Brent Cameron and Bill Macdonald, who are both Council members in Central Frontenac, responded to a Frontenac News email about their political intentions for the municipal election that is coming up later this year, but were not included in the...

There will be a mayoralty election in South Frontenac this fall. It is still early in the year, and there is a provincial election cycle to work through before the municipal election comes into focus, and nominations will not even open for three...

When Alex Jansen studied film at Queen's years ago, he fell in love with Kingston. At the time there was no film industry in the City, and he did his best to support local film-making at that time. He was part of the start-up of the  Screening Room...

Frontenac County does not charge user fees on The K&P trail, which has been built over a 10 year period, mostly through a variety of trail construction grants. The trail is not available to motorised vehicles south of Verona, except seasonally by...

As part of their 2022 budget, Frontenac County provided $110,000 for its planning department to update a Natural Heritage Study that was completed in 2012. The study that was done in 2012 was, for the most part, based on information that was...

Over 120 people fired up their Zoom accounts on January 11 to listen to Jim Hendry of Forests Ontario and Steve Pitt, a forestry consultant and local planning agent, as they went over the ins and outs of how landowners, large and small, can...

Members of the Frontenac County Economic Development Team invite all members of the public to support and participate in the next exciting phase of our tourism sector development initiative by attending one of two virtual town hall meetings later...

Serious Collision on Highway 41 At approximately 5:30 p.m. on January 12, officers of the Lennox & Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Highway 41 north of...

Township building department in Frontenac and L&A Counties are providing year end reporting this month on 2021construction activity, the trend towards record high numbers is consistent across the region. In Addington Highlands, Chief Building...

Looking for a way to casually connect with fellow readers? Kingston Frontenac Public Library’s Book Chat is a monthly online discussion group for adults who like to read. “If you like to talk about what you’ve been reading but feel that a book...

Child development, especially early childhood development, sets the course for a person’s lifelong health, behaviour, and learning. It impacts social, emotional, and physical outcomes, which is why understanding child development is important for...

There will be some familiar names on the ballots for mayor/reeve throughout Frontenac County and Lennox and Addington come October. It seems like a long way off, and there will be a provincial election earlier in the year as well, but in keeping...

Dennis Doyle was the winner of the pre-arranged Frontenac County Warden election at the December 15 Frontenac County Council meeting. He talked about a few of the priorities he would like to see council pursue in the final year of the current...

As the Omicron COVID wave sweeps through North America, residents in the Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) have been on the leading edge. Led by cases in Kingston, which has about 60% of the population, the region was in...

As of Friday, both South and Central Frontenac are taking measures intended to slow the spread of COVID, as the result of the escalating spike in cases in the region. In both townships, he administrative offices nd township halls are all be closed...

The Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is in a bind. In order to survive and thrive it needs to be more available in locations where there are people who expect the library to be open more than minimal hours. Currently, only two branches in...

Many people in Frontenac County are still awaiting the arrival of Hydro crews to bring back power after a windstorm swept through on Saturday, and the news is worse on the COVID front. A spike in cases of the Delta variant has hit communities in the...

South Frontenac at highest COVID level since the start of the pandemic When Dr. Kieran Moore and Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott held a briefing in Toronto on Friday (December 10) they said that the Omicron variant is expected to be the...

The short-lived snowfall this week may have brought visions of winter snow trails into the heads of snowmobile enthusiasts across the region, but when the season does begin in earnest this year they will find that the trail system has been...

At issue is a request to rezone a portion of a parcel of land at Part Lots 17 and 18, Concession 5 and Part Lot 18 Concession 6, geographic Township of Oso (the west end of Silver Lake) from an Environmental Protection Zone (EP) to a Rural (R) Zone...

The Festive RIDE program is now underway in Frontenac County, and Detachment Commander Sgt. Marty McConnel would like to remind residents that they do not have to depend on the RIDE program to help keep the roads safe from impaired drivers. “It is...

A protest at three Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) branches, including one at the Sydenham branch, brought a message of concern about some of the implications of a plan to extend hours at the Pittsburgh branch by 22 hours per week, by...

Residents of Frontenac County with children between 5 and 11 years old have a number of vaccine options available to them in the coming days and weeks. On the Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLAPH) website. Kflaph.ca, the...

After a two day budget session in late October, Frontenac County Council did not make any substantial changes to the proposed 2022 County budget, which included an increase of 4.2% in the amount that Frontenac County residents will be funding. The...

The 2021 Frontenac Access Award was presented Wednesday at the Frontenac County offices in Glenburnie by Frontenac County Warden, Ron Vandewal. Two recipient groups earned the award The Snow Road Community Centre Association donated $5,000 toward...

The 2021 Frontenac Access Award was presented Wednesday at the Frontenac County offices in Glenburnie by Frontenac County Warden, Ron Vandewal. Two recipient groups earned the award: Members of the Howe Island Ratepayers Association donated $15...

Dr. Piotr Oglaza, medical officer of health with Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health, is not contemplating bringing any new restrictions at this time in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the region. He said that, in...

When the COVID-119 lockdown hit, a lot of people faced new levels of stress, but for Interval House and the clients that the agency works with, it brought unprecedented challenges. “There were so many moving parts when COVID first hit,” said...

Here’s your chance to join Kingston Frontenac Public Library’s latest beginner ukulele workshop series! The popular Uke Can Do It for Adults program is back, offering people ages 12 and up the opportunity to learn something new. Don't own a...

Several year’s ago, Frontenac County adopted a policy of targeting its annual budget to increase by the consumer price index (CPI) as of August 31. That figure has been consistently in the 2% range ever since. But not this year. The CPI for Canada...

What’s the most valuable part of a library? You may be envisioning rare books or high-tech equipment. Those things are valuable, it’s true. But we can’t forget about the value of you, our patrons. The people using our programs, collections,...

Pine Meadow Nursing Home welcomed back High View Farms on September 29th! Horse & Wagon rides with a beautiful team of horses from High View has been an Annual Fall Tradition for the home for many years now. Unfortunately, the pandemic made this...

With a broad catchment area and a goal to keep our branches accessible and useful to our library users, Kingston Frontenac Public Library is reviewing hours of operation at all 16 branches. We are looking for feedback from people in both the City of...

GREC joins the Indigo Adopt a School program   Granite Ridge Education is raising money for new book purchases in conjunction with Indigo Books. The school has been accepted as one of the recipient schools in the Adopt a School program. The program...

Frontenac Islands Mayor Denis Doyle has a good memory. He was a member of Frontenac County Council in 2013 when the decision was taken to transfer the “gas tax” grants, that the county receives from the federal government, to the lower tier...

The real estate market seemed exceptionally busy this summer in Frontenac County but it wasn't necessarily the volume of sales that made it that way. Sales were down 19% compared to last summer, and were 1% less than during the same time in 2019. So...

The Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT) programs had continued through the past year with virtual presentations. They would now like to invite you to join them to in person presentations. Everyone is welcome. Reserve your space, now, for...

Family moved to Sharbot Lake where their presence is still felt. Frank Antoine, along with his grand-daughter Sophia (not pictured) were on hand for the unveiling of a plaque at the entrance to Frontenac Park last week. The spot where the Antoine...

After the target of 85% of eligible residents of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) was slipping away for several weeks, the efforts of Kingston Frontenac Public Health and partners Frontenac Paramedics and primary care physicians in...

Online registration for the 2021-2022 hockey season with the Frontenac Fury Girls' Hockey Association is now open The Frontenac Fury will return to the Frontenac Community Arena this fall as renovations and upgrades to the ice surface and supporting...

Motorcycles Stolen Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for assistance locating two stolen motorcycles and a trailer. On July 20, 2021 police responded to a report of a theft that occurred between July 19, 2021 at...

Lou McBride is a long-time worker with people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming so, having worked in the Salvation Army Kingston Community and Family Services Office for over ten years. Last fall, she became part of the Salvation Army team...

A few years ago, I covered a meeting that was a first, and probably a last. The meeting was held at the Rotary Hall that Frontenac County shares with Fairmount Home. There were a number of politicians there, as well as economic development types...

Frontenac County’s popular Open Farms event will be returning this September 10-12 as a hybrid event, with both an in person and a virtual component. The event took place as an in-person farm tour in 2018 and 2019, and as a series of Zoom events,...

(Note - this article has been updated from the article published in the July 22 print edition of the Frontenac News with information from a media call with Public Health on July 22) By the end of last week, the trends were clear in Kingston...

At their July meeting, which is traditionally the only meeting they hold in the summer, Frontenac County Council will be considering a draft management plan for the K&P trail. The Frontenac County portion of the trail is about 75kms, from the county...