Time running out to save prison farms

Time is running out to save prison farms. In a few months, the Frontenac Institution dairy herd will be auctioned off. This herd genetically dates back to the 1800’s and when it’s sold, the decision to close Canada’s prison farms is virtually irreversible.  MORE...

ISARC Social Audit - taking the pulse of our city

It was exactly eight years ago this month — well before I started working here at Heathfield — that I arrived at the Vincentian Room to meet other local volunteers. The occasion? Sister Pailine Lally, heading up the Justice & Peace Office, had organized a “social audit” of the Kingston community for the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC).  MORE...

Protect yourself in a Wired World

The rapid rate of technological changes, a part of the society in which we live, leaves many of us feeling a bit dizzy and unable to keep up with the latest innovations. Change is inevitable, a law of life, as we all know. MORE...