Kingston Local Community News

Car wash in support of Pathways to Education

Posted on May 7, 2013 by EMC News

Is your car in need of a good spring cleaning? A car wash in support of Pathways to Education is taking place this Saturday, May 11, at 263 Weller Avenue from 10 a.m. to...

District debate: Council moves ahead with 'student-less' electoral boundaries

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Bill Hutchins

EMC News - They represent an estimated one-fifth of Kingston's population for most of the year, but don't call them constituents. The city's post-secondary student population, which numbers well over 25,000, will remain ghosts in the newly-revised municipal electoral boundaries. "Students want to...

These girls mean business

Posted on May 2, 2013 by EMC News

EMC Sports - The La Salle Secondary School Black Knights got by the Holy Cross Crusaders 15-12 in a hard fought girls' rugby match at La Salle Secondary School last Wednesday. Above: Nicole Gaudet gains some ground for La Salle before being hauled down.

Save the Sharks - Save the World

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Gillian Baillie, Lily Evaristo, Bridget Mignault, Ella Muise, Bridget Shea, and Grace Van Hal

EMC News - Unfortunately, sharks are being taken out of their home and their fins are being sliced off for people to enjoy in their shark fin soup. Sharks are one of the oldest living things on our planet. They have been here since before the dinosaurs, for 100s of millions of years. And they are...

Local talent playing concert series to benefit aspiring musicians

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Kelly Reid

EMC Entertainment - The benefits of learning to play a musical instrument are indisputable. Increased confidence, improved hand-eye coordination, stress relief, increased memory capacity, and many more skills are all part and parcel of becoming a musician. Yet sadly, taking up a musical instrument...