Kids are back to school in our regional boards this morning, and parents may be breathing a little sigh of relief to have that first drop-off or bus ride successfully behind us.
In the news today, an early intervention program at Kingston-area schools is hoping to empower youth in healthier relationships by preventing gender-based violence. We also have an update on the Haaima trial, which resumes after a two-week hiatus.
These stories and more, below: |
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Julie Langan, executive director of the John Howard Society of Kingston and District. (Supplied photo) |
OPP lay more than 1,500 traffic charges over long weekend
More than 1,500 charges were laid during a traffic enforcement in eastern Ontario over the long weekend. According to a news release issued Tuesday by Ontario Provincial Police, there were 1,576 charges in all, 893 of those for speeding. |
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Belleville's Lauren Ash, the star of TV's Superstore and more, has just recorded her first album of original music. The city's Empire Theatre is one of the stops on her fall Ontario tour. Photo by SERGIO GARCIA /SERGIO GARCIA PHOTOGRAPHY |
Belleville actor Lauren Ash launches first rock album
For once, Belleville native Lauren Ash isn’t kidding. She's rocking. Ash played hard-nosed Dina Fox on Superstore and Lexi on Dead To Me. She has just launched her first album of original songs and is starting a tour to promote it, including a Nov. 7 stop in Belleville. |
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Bill Powell, 97, didn't let a hip replacement stop him on his latest building project in his garage workshop, a Fife rowboat that he unveiled outside his east end Kingston home on Labour Day, Monday Sept. 1, 2025.. Photo by Gare Joyce/Kingston Whig-Standard |
97-year-old with new hip 'already on to next project' after unveiling boat he just built in his garage
A couple of dozen friends and family, including his two daughters, came out to Bill Powell’s house in Kingston’s east end on Monday to celebrate the unveiling of his new boat, which the retired Ontario Hydro executive was describing as “my Labour Day labour of love.”
“It’s a 12-foot Fife rowboat with a stitch-and-glue construction and it’s immaculate, completely ship-shape,” Powell said proudly. “I decided to name it ‘Wee Willie.’” |
Former NHler Bryan Bickell and fishing team parter Josh Westerink hold up their final day catches after the CISA Kingston Open weigh-ins on the stage at Confederation Park on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. Bickell, a three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Chicgao Blackhwaks, and Westerink stood in second place among a pro field after the first two days, but fell to sixth place in the final round. Photo by Gare Joyce/Kingston Whig-Standard |
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Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra speaks during Question Period at Queen's Park last spring. Photo by Cole Burston /The Canadian Press |
Deachman: School trustees are essential voices in education. Leave them alone
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra said recently that his ministry “needs to step up to the plate moreso than it has over the last 40 years.” After realizing he wasn’t simply reading from a random sampling of my old report cards, I discovered that the comment also wasn’t a criticism of his own ministry. |
Sunny with a high of 25 today.
Below is your forecast for Kingston:
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Did you know? In 1995, one of Canada's greatest poets, Earle Birney, died in Toronto at age 91. He had been born in Calgary in 1904, when it was still part of the Northwest Territories. He won his first Governor General’s medal for his 1942 book "David and Other Poems." He wrote love poetry, novels, television and stage plays and taught at the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. |
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