Grenville probe widens to include ex-teachers (The Globe and Mail)
September 8, 2007 on 10:09 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsFormer student will testify at inquiry today that he was held down and beaten bloody with a heavy wooden object
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Smog alert continues as temperatures soar (CBC Toronto)
September 7, 2007 on 10:43 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsOntario’s Ministry of the Environment is continuing its smog advisory for much of southern Ontario. Air quality will be low on Friday and temperatures will reach the low 30s.
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Tory slams Liberals as soft on crime (Toronto Star)
September 7, 2007 on 10:43 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsBullets are buzzing on the streets of Ontario’s large cities, the courts are a “farce” and criminal gangs are thumbing their noses at the justice system, Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory said today.
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Smog alert continues as temperatures soar (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
September 7, 2007 on 10:43 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsA smog advisory remains in place for a second day in a row affecting Toronto and much of southern and eastern Ontario.
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Greenpeace backs Algonquin uranium protest (CBC Ottawa)
September 7, 2007 on 10:43 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsRepresentatives of First Nations communities have found a new ally in their bid to halt test drilling at a potential uranium mining site in eastern Ontario - Greenpeace.
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Kinross Funds Mining and Sustainability Professorship at Queen’s University (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
September 7, 2007 on 10:42 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No Comments Kinross Gold Corporation(NYSE: KGC) announced today the establishment of the Kinross Professorship in Mining and Sustainability in partnership with the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
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Tory wouldn’t allow aboriginal occupations (The Ottawa Sun)
September 7, 2007 on 9:47 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsKINGSTON, Ont. — As premier, John Tory says he would enforce a “one law for all” legal system and apply it to aboriginals who occupy lands as a form of protest against proposed developments.
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Toronto under smog alert (CBC Toronto)
September 7, 2007 on 9:47 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsThe Ministry of the Environment has issued a smog alert for much of southern Ontario, including Toronto. Temperatures are expected to reach the high 20s or low 30s on Thursday.
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Women in the House (Jamaica Gleaner)
September 7, 2007 on 9:47 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsWhen Parliament reopens later this month as expected, there will be eight women from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) who will be in the House. Portia Simpson Miller - They include outgoing Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller …
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It’s time for motorists to turn off our idling autos at the schools (Stratford City Gazette)
September 6, 2007 on 7:30 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsIt’s a familiar scene in front of schools across Ontario: exhaust fumes billowing from a lineup of idling cars. Parents are waiting to pick up their kids after school, the worst place and time for vehicle idling.
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Toronto under smog alert (CBC)
September 6, 2007 on 7:30 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsThe Ministry of the Environment has issued a smog alert for much of southern Onatrio, including Toronto. Temperatures are expected to reach the high 20s or low 30s on Thursday.
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Former SCTV star committed to psychiatric facility (CBC Toronto)
September 6, 2007 on 7:30 pm | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsFormer SCTV and Saturday Night Live comedian Tony Rosato is now in a mental health facility in Kingston after a judge ordered him into treatment as part of his sentence for criminal harassment.
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Former SCTV star Rosato found guilty of harassment (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
September 6, 2007 on 9:46 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsTony Rosato has been found guilty of criminally harassing his wife Leah.
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Former SCTV star Rosato found guilty of harassment (CBC Toronto)
September 6, 2007 on 9:46 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsFormer SCTV and Saturday Night Live comedian Tony Rosato has been found guilty of criminally harassing his wife Leah.
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Souther Ontario under smog advisory (680 News)
September 6, 2007 on 9:46 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsFor the ninth time this year, southern Ontario including the GTA is under a smog advisory. While it’s unusual to have a smog advisory in september it’s not unheard of. Two years ago Southern Ontario had smog advisories in October.
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Residents near anti-uranium protest threaten to withhold taxes (CBC Ottawa)
September 6, 2007 on 9:46 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsAt least three residents near a disputed potential uranium mining site in eastern Ontario say they will withhold their property taxes unless their township council takes a stand in the conflict between Algonquin protesters and a mineral exploration company.
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NFU replaces Feast with Summit on local sustainable food system (Eastern Ontario AgriNews)
September 6, 2007 on 9:46 am | In Kingston Ontario | No CommentsKINGSTON - Wondering what happened to the National Farmers Union’s Feast of Fields, normally held in Frontenac in the fall? Local farm and food advocates have been busy this summer planning the Food Down the Road Summit instead, to take place in Kingston in November.
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