It's Tuesday, and a Kingston city councillor is adding her voice to a coalition of municipal leaders speaking out against potentially heavy-handed approaches to dealing with homeless encampments. We also have a story about a first-degree murder charge related to a Napanee fire earlier this year, and a look at a Taylor Swift superfan's trip to the pop icon's Toronto tour stop. Those stories and more, below: |
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Sydenham Dist. Coun. Conny Glenn. Photo by Elliot Ferguson/The Whig-Standard
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Kingston councillor joins call against tougher stance on encampments
Sydenham Dist. Coun. Conny Glenn is among 41 municipal councillors who put their names to a statement calling on the Ontario premier to commit to not using the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to overrule any court decision that limits municipal responses to homeless encampments. |
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Season Dufferin Centre residents and Legionnaires stand in front of the Poppy Garden display during the annual Pennies for Poppies program earlier this month to pay tribute to veterans. |
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Local resident Kelsey Stuart is shown here ahead of the Taylor Swift concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in May 2023. Stuart attended the Eras Tour four times, including in Toronto on Nov. 16, 2024. (Submitted photo)
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Local superfan attends 13th Taylor Swift show in Toronto
As music fans around the country clamoured for tickets to see Taylor Swift at one of her six shows in Toronto this month, one local superfan struck gold and managed to catch the global superstar live in concert – for the 13th time. |
Longtime Queen's Gaels coach Pat Sheahan sips from the Vanier Cup following the Gaels' 2009 championship win over the Calgary Dinos. Sheahan coached the Gaels for 19 seasons. Photo by Jeff Chan/Supplied photo |
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A mammography machine at Breast Imaging Kingston. Photo by Susan Young. |
Every month should be breast cancer awareness month
As I walk toward the gleaming façade of the two-year-old Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) building, I feel both anticipation and dread. This new location with its bright, modern design seems worlds away from the hospital basement suite with its rather dingy green walls where I had my last mammogram – skilled, kind staff but not the most pleasant environment.
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Kingston Frontenacs forward Luke McNamara hits Owen Sound Attack forward Harry Nansi during Ontario Hockey League action on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston. (Jan Murphy/The Kingston Whig-Standard) |
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Sun will continue throughout Tuesday, with a chance of showers beginning overnight and continuing throughout Thursday.
Below is your forecast for Kingston: |
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Did you know? In 1997, about 45,000 postal workers, members of Canadian Union of Postal Workers, walked off the job across the country over issues of job security, wages and changes to letter carriers’ routes, one hour before a threatened lockout of the union by Canada Post. It was the country’s first mail stoppage in six years. |
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