Sorry for the delay in today’s newsletter — this reporter's laptop seemed to think it was already the weekend and decided to stop working. “When in doubt, reboot” seems to be the mantra that keeps things moving today.
In world news, a new Catholic Pope has been elected, Pope Leo XIV. Robert Francis Prevost is an American cardinal who spent much of his career in Peru.
In local news today, the Habitat for Humanity Kingston Limestone Region has broken ground on a new project, and the City of Kingston is planning to convert a Sydenham Road property into a new modular emergency homeless shelter. And lastly, the weekend spotlight of things to do and see around Kingston includes the Ottawa Redblacks football training camp, which will start at Richardson Stadium, the first time it's taken place outside of Ottawa.
These stories and more, below: |
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Representatives from the City of Kingston and Habitat for Humanity Kingston Limestone Region held a ground-breaking ceremony to launch the latest Habitat for Humanity building project in Kingston on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Supplied photo) |
Habitat for Humanity announces new building project in Kingston
Habitat for Humanity Kingston Limestone Region broke ground on a new building project in Kingston Thursday morning. Construction on a semi-detached structure at 225 – 225 Wilson Street will begin by the middle of May and will provide two local families with safe and affordable homes, according to a press release issued May 8. |
McClement makes an impact off the ice following long NHL career Jay McClement, who amassed more than 900 games played in the National Hockey League, including as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has given a lot to the game of hockey.
Kingston native’s biggest impact on sport might not have happened on the ice, but here, at home in the Limestone City, where he and his wife Lesley, have teamed up with BGC South East to make sports accessible for hundreds of children who may not otherwise have the opportunity. |
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Darren Radford, deputy vice president of Science and Technology at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (centre), presents the Renfrew County Regional Science Fair grand prize to Pembroke's Callie Dennis, North Bay's Jiya Savsani, and Pembroke's Sonia Ahmad and Alice Yang. (Renfrew County Regional Science Fair/SUBMITTED PHOTO) |
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Elegant, effortless and beautiful Mother's Day mini cakes. (AZIZ DHAMANI) |
Recipe: Elegant, effortless and beautiful Mother's Day mini cakes
If your mom is anything like mine, a simple gesture or small treat will make her day this Mother’s Day, no elaborate gifts required. In fact, like most immigrant moms she’ll actually get annoyed if I buy her a gift she thinks of as fancy, because she doesn’t want me to spend too much money on her. |
Chris Bassitt #40 of the Toronto Blue Jays throws a pitch in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on May 08, 2025 in Anaheim. (JOE SCARNICI /Getty Images North America) |
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A Palestinian child walks with a stuffed bear recovered from the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis on June 21, 2024, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (EYAD BABA /AFP via Getty Images) |
Humanitarian response is collapsing in Gaza According to the Save the Children Canada website, nearly half of Gaza’s population is under the age of 18.
In Gaza, there is no end in sight to the killing and misery,” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, told the UN Security Council during an April 29, 2025 debate on the situation in the Middle East. |
Sistema Kingston students and instructors perform the closing number of Thursday's 10th-anniversary concert at the Isabel Bader Centre in Kingston, Ont. (Photo by PETER HENDRA/The Kingston Whig-Standard)) |
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With a mostly cloudy day today, the weekend weather is looking favourable with sunny skies and a high of 21. Below is your forecast for Kingston: |
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Did you know? In 1980, The horror film classic Friday the 13th, about summer camp counselors being hunted by a masked killer, was released in theatres, and its huge success led to a popular franchise. |
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