It's a cold and dreary Friday, but we're heading into the weekend with some sun and cloud ahead — and lots of Christmas-related events for you to check out in our Weekend Five list. In the news today, Kingston's mayor, Bryan Paterson, is proposing an "if you see it, report it" crime prevention campaign after speaking with his municipal counterparts in Oshawa.
And, Kingston Police have again raided an illegal cannabis dispensary in the city, seizing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of contraband. Those stories and more, below: |
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Kingston Police Deputy Chief Matt Funnell, Police Chief Scott Fraser, and board chair Jarrod Stearns at the police services board meeting on Nov. 21, 2024. |
Crime prevention campaign in the works in Kingston Kingston mayor Bryan Paterson floated the idea of running a large-scale, city-wide crime prevention campaign at this week’s police services board, hoping to get feedback from his colleagues before bringing it to city council for consideration. |
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Pictured right, Cornwall Coun. Fred Ngoundjo asks Chief of Police Shawna Spowart 2025 budget related questions, as fellow councillors listen, on Wednesday November 20, 2024 in Cornwall, Ont. Shawna O'Neill/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder |
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Easton Cowan of the London Knights waits for a shot from the point in front Barrie Colts goaltender Sam Hillebrandt during their OHL game at Canada Life Place in London on Friday October 11, 2024. Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press |
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Eric Tremblay, Amherst Island Radio board president, is interviewed outside the station's new media hub in Bath on Saturday, where it hosted a soft-launch opening for board members and volunteers. The media hub will open to the public in the next month, Tremblay said. Photo by Jan Murphy /The Whig-Standard |
COLUMN: Island radio media hub may be the wave of the future
“I feel great,” Amherst Island Radio board president Eric Tremblay said on morning earlier this month outside the facility in Bath, where volunteers and board members were invited to a soft launch open house. “I feel a bit physically tired because there’s been a honey-do list from my hand to my elbow,” he half joked, only moments after he personally fixed an issue they were having with the accessible washroom door. |
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Kingston City Hall on Nov. 22, 2024. Photo by Elliot Ferguson/The Whig-Standard |
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There's more rain in the forecast as we head into the weekend, with a reprieve of sun and cloud during the day on Sunday, but a dip into the minuses overnight that evening. Below is your forecast for Kingston: |
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Did you know? In 1902, hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt was born in Toronto. Hewitt, who coined the phrase, “He shoots, he scores,” called the first game from Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens when it opened in 1931. Hewitt died in 1985. |
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