CONVERSATIONS ---- Heading west    
Posted 3 hours ago
So there’s the first one gone. The first of my crop of nephews has followed a family tradition, of sorts, and struck out for the land of opportunity: the Canadian West. It’s not so much a tradition; it’s more a push out of necessity.

Group offers lifeline to rural women    
Posted 3 hours ago
Living in the country isn’t all daisies and buttercups. For many women, it is a life of isolation with few chances to socialize with other women or learn new skills. Life would be idyllic but for the grinding poverty, lack of transportation and poor access to physical and mental health services.

Ode to Sir John A. Macdonald    
Posted 3 hours ago
Eva Barnes won the limerick/poetry contest held annually on the anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birthday . Ode to Sir John A. Macdonald A lawyer from Kingston’s fair city A Scot, who was raucous and witty: John A.

WIN WIN WIN tickets to Deep Purple or George Canyon    
Posted 1 day ago
Rock pioneers Deep Purple will rock the K-Rock stage Thursday, Feb. 9 when their Smoke On the Nation Tour stops in Kingston. Two lucky KTW readers will win a pair of tickets to see this legendary band.

What's on around town    
Posted 1 day ago
Midnight Magic Rodeo Show The Midnight Magic Rodeo Show is a collaborative, all ages music and art show taking place Friday, Jan. 27, 7-11 p.m. at The Artel, 205 Sydenham St.

In the Arts    
Posted 1 day ago
Domino Theatre comedy Prepare for some laughs as Domino Theatre presents What Mildred Did, a comedy by Oshawa author John Green, running until February 4 at 8 p.m. at the Davies Foundation Auditorium, 52 Church St.

Fairmount Home Alzheimer Walk for Memories    
Updated 1 day ago
Fairmount Home volunteer Ursula Barier (left) shows resident Dorothy Santay some of the native arts and crafts she had on display Jan. 19 during the facility’s annual event in support of the Alzheimer Society Walk for Memories that raised over $1,000.

Small picture, great little story    
Posted 2 days ago
While technically this movie came out just before Christmas and therefore is a 2011 film, my opening this week is that I’ve seen the first really good family movie of this year. We Bought A Zoo, starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, is based on a true story that happened in England.

Province uploading costs of court security   
Posted 2 days ago
Goodbye download; hello upload. The province has announced it is providing Kingston and The Islands with funding for court security and the transportation of prisoners, costs that had been downloaded by the province to municipalities in 1990.

Seniors celebrate Robbie Burns    
Posted 2 days ago
Bear, the entertainer, plays traditional Scottish songs on a bodhran during a Robbie Burns supper at the Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St., on Sunday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the life and poetry of Robbie Burns, Scottish poet and lyricist of the 18th century.

OPP to increase enforcement on highways   
Posted 2 days ago
Ontario Provincial Police statistics indicate the number of people who have lost their lives on OPP-patrolled highways in January has more than doubled over the same period last year.

Drug bust nets large marijuana haul    
Posted 2 days ago
The Kingston Police Drug Unit had a successful night January 19, arresting a male and female in a large marijuana drug bust. A total of about $50,000 in drugs, $25,000 in cash and a vehicle was seized in the raid.

Seeley’s Bay names 2011 Citizen of the Year    
Updated 3 days ago
It was a full house recently at The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 491 in Seeley's Bay as the community gathered to recognize one of their own as the 2011 Seeley's Bay Citizen of the Year.

Visual Paradise opens in downtown Kingston    
Updated 3 days ago
Students of the Creative Arts Focus Program present their semi-annual fine art, design and photography exhibition Visual Paradise running until Jan. 29, in the former Fabricland location, 122 Princess St., in downtown Kingston.

The Story Behind Your Food    
Updated 3 days ago
Campus grub has gone upscale, organically and locally.

Milk recalled over possible cleaning solution contamination    
Posted 4 hours ago
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people in Ontario and Alymer, Que., not to drink Saputo Inc.'s Neilson Trutaste 2% Partly Skimmed Milk because the product may be contaminated with a cleaning solution.