News from Kingston Whig-Standard
The Whig-Standard is a newspaper published in Kingston Ontario by Osprey Media.
More information'Tough on crime' policies lead to prison overcrowding
Correctional Service Canada has responded to union concerns about double-bunking -- housing two inmates in a unit designed for one -- in Kingston-area prisons, by saying it is used to address short-term accommodation needs, a result of the growing prison population.
Grade 12 students take law into their own hands on radio
A Grade 12 law class from Kingston Collegiate in Kingston has spent the past seven weeks working on a justice education program that will eventually be broadcast on the radio.
Rent or smoke: Arguments end in fight over cigarettes
The decision on whether smoking is grounds for eviction in Ontario is now in the hands of a provincial adjudicator, after a Kingston tenant complained that another tenant's cigarette smoke was entering her apartment and affecting her health.
Smoking could become grounds for eviction
A potentially precedent-setting case that could make smoking in rental housing grounds for eviction has begun in Kingston.
