LoginKingston-area artist's work hits all the right notes
The old adage goes something along the lines of art imitates life. Read More
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Calgary Flames draft Kingston Frontenacs forward Battaglia in second round of NHL draft
Kingston Frontenacs forward Jacob Battaglia is a member of the Calgary Flames organization. Read More
Kingston Water Taxi's maiden voyage delayed due to high winds
Kingstonians hoping to flag down the new Kingston Water Taxi on Saturday for its planned launch had their hopes dampened by inclement weather. Read More
Wet start to Artfest Kingston as rain, wind move into region
Heavy rains put an early damper on one of the largest art festivals in the area on Saturday as Artfest Kingston began at City Park. Read More
Shafia case revisited 15 years later
Fifteen years ago this week, a car was found submerged in the Rideau Canal, near Kingston Mills Locks. Inside the car were four women, who we learned were murdered, but it was made to look like an accident. Read More
From the archives: 'It's difficult to conceive of a more heinous, more despicable, more honourless crime' — Justice Robert Maranger
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on January 30, 2012 in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Read More
From the archives: How they died
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Sept. 19, 2009, in The Kingston Whig-Standard Read More
From the archives: Death on the Rideau
Editor’s note: This article was originally published July 2, 2009, in The Kingston Whig Standard. Read More
'It rattled the Kingston community': Shafia 'honour killings' took place 15 years ago
The murder of Zainab Shafia, Sahar Shafia, Geeti Shafia and Rona Amir Mohammad 15 years ago was nothing Kingston had ever seen before. Read More
TIMELINE: The journey from murder to the Shafias' conviction
In the early morning hours of June 30, 2009, Zainab, Sahar and Geeti Shafia, along with their father’s first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad, were murdered at the hands of their own family. Read More
Murderers serving life in prison
The Shafia family members convicted of murdering four of their own will never be free of their crime, but at least one of them was granted a brief parole to visit her mother’s grave. Read More
Horrific discovery of slain Shafias 'quite a traumatic thing'
From Marlene MacDonald’s kitchen window, you can see the entrance to Kingston Mills Locks. To the right is County Road 21. To the left is a beautiful view of Colonel By Lake. Read More
Reign of the 'OLM' generally a short one
The June 18 passing of the incomparable Willie Mays — growing up, he was my favourite National League baseball player and Mickey Mantle was “my guy” in the so-called junior circuit — set me thinking about Mays being the “oldest living member” (OLM) in baseball’s Hall of Fame. I thought about the OLM distinction itself and how it offers a small measure of peculiar pride and pleasure. The “Say Hey Kid” was the hall’s OLM until he took a game-ending called third strike at age 93. His death instantly elevated former shortstop Luis Aparicio, the Venezuelan vacuum cleaner, to OLM status. Read More
'I just feel devastated': Fire destroys Quinn's Meats in Yarker
A fire late Thursday afternoon has destroyed Quinn’s Meats, an abattoir and butcher shop in Yarker. Read More
Manufacturing vaccines in Africa is essential
At long last, the community of nations is taking concrete steps to address global vaccine inequity and support the desperately needed expansion of vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. Read More
COLUMN: Napanee's La Pizzeria was the place to be for countless patrons
In the early 1990s, the lunch bell at Napanee District Secondary School meant only one thing in my world: hit the pavement. Read More
Kingston Police seek suspect in construction site theft
Kingston Police are looking for information about a person who committed a break-and-enter at a construction site in midtown Kingston at the end of May. Read More
