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City to begin visioning process for the future of three major community spaces
September 9, 2025
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Kingston City Council has unanimously approved to embark on a “visioning process” for three major public properties: the Memorial…
Forest Bathing a source of comfort for Kingstonians amid climate anxiety
September 5, 2025
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. This past summer’s heat and drought in Kingston are a preview of what’s to come, with projections showing the…
United Way KFL&A announces $4,085,000 campaign goal
September 5, 2025
85 th annual campaign sees a record setting stretch goal for the community KINGSTON, ON (September 5, 2025) – United Way Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington will aim to raise…
Controversial waterfront high-rise to move forward after council approval
September 5, 2025
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. A controversial high-rise development on Kingston’s waterfront was given the go-ahead by council at their meeting on Tuesday night.…
Local comic artist celebrates worldwide release
September 5, 2025
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Local artist Colton Fox and his co-creator Beige Blum are in the midst of celebrating a major milestone; the…
Research network hosted by Queen's launches to fight EDI data suppression
September 3, 2025
By Owen Fullerton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, YGK News Queen's University's Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) announced two grants to support the launch of the Global Feminist Resilience…
L&A County threatens legal action over Napanee’s encampment protocol map
September 2, 2025
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Kingstonist “Good fences make good neighbours.” The old saying suggests clear boundaries lead to better relationships, but sometimes neighbourly relationships and…
KHSC announces appointment of Clinical Chair in Breast Health
August 30, 2025
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Kingston Health Sciences Centre has announced that Dr. Doris Jabs will be taking on the transformative role of Clinical…
Kingston to participate in first-ever Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup
August 28, 2025
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. On World Rivers Day, September 28th, Kingston will be one of six Ontario communities taking part in the first-ever…
Early intervention program for Kingston area schools aims to prevent gender-based violence
August 28, 2025
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new partnership between the John Howard Society of Kingston & District and Sexual Assault Centre (SAC) Kingston has culminated in the…