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The Standard was created by William R. Givens in 1907, when he acquired the News and Times, which had been an amalgamation of the Kingston News and Evening Times in 1903. The two men amalgamated the papers on 1 December 1926, creating the Whig-Standard. The word "Kingston" was dropped from the name in 1973, but was reinstated in the early 1990s.
Rosen was elected to the council for the former Kingston Township in 1994, and in 1997 was elected to the Board of Control of the newly amalgamated City of Kingston. [3] He practiced law privately until 2000 when he joined Rosen Corp. Ltd., a family-owned firm which at one point included Rosen Fuels, a fuel-oil company founded by Rosen's father.
John Walter "Bill" Fitsell (July 25, 1923 – December 3, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, writer and historian. He was a columnist for The Kingston Whig-Standard from 1961 to 1993, and was the founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research in 1991.
Robb died January 29, 1976, at his home in Abbey Dawn. His obituary in the Kingston Whig-Standard described him as a "distinguished poet," and a "poet-naturalist". [9] ' His obituary was also featured in The Globe and Mail on January 31, 1976, where he was remembered for his conservation work. [13] His legacy remains as a vibrant Canadian poet.
Arthur Britton Smith was born in Kingston, Ontario on May 13, 1920, the son of Cyril Middleton Smith, a lawyer, and Edna Madeline Smith (née Spooner). [1] Both his parents were originally from Manitoba.
The pair also later brought in Thomas Carter of the Whig. Carter is listed in the Whig in 1893, which points to this period taking place after the Shannon family ownership. The Evening Times, a paper started in 1898 by Rev. James R. Black from the Pappas building, merged with the Times in 1903 to create the News and Times.
Margaret Mick (1 June 1860 – 25 May 1925) was Canada's first female peace officer to be killed in the line of duty. On the night of Monday, May 25, 1925 Mick, who worked as a Matron, was the only staff member on duty at the Toronto Municipal Jail Farm for Women in Concord, Ontario.
CKWS-DT (channel 11) is a television station in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment , the station maintains studios on Queen Street in downtown Kingston, and its transmitter is located near Highway 95 on Wolfe Island , south of the city.