Youth drum group from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (K.I.)BY BRIDGET DOHERTY Last fall, the Sisters of Providence, the Rotary Club of Cataraqui, Kingston, along with a host of organizations and caring citizens, welcomed the 3rd World Canada Tour. The tour...
BY JAMIE SWIFT Those 13 words speak volumes about the why of war. Particularly since they were uttered at a 1936 Vimy Ridge Pilgrimage by Canada’s first Silver Cross Mother. Charlotte Susan Wood was speaking to King Edward VIII as they gazed across the former...
BY TARA KAINER This spring is seeing a resurgence of action to keep attention on a living wage for Kingston. It is a focus of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation office and a whole raft of allies. In the fall, Kingston city councillor Bill Glover had tabled a...
BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA San Martin is a small town about eight kilometres from El Progreso. About 80 families live there. They are poor and very hardworking. Early every day they go to their fields to cultivate broccoli, onions, potatoes and other vegetables. It is...
Sister of Providence Margo Shafer, far right, volunteered at the Wheelin’ for Healin’ event luncheon held at the Hunstville Legion.BY SISTER MARGO SHAFER Motorcycle enthusiasts hit the road this summer in the Muskoka region to raise money for treatment of mental...
Photos by Sr. Susan PyeSister Peggy Flanagan is joined by her friends l to r: Sister Marilyn Kearns, Monsignor Don Clement, Sister Peggy and MPP John Gerretsen. Sister Peggy calls Sister Marilyn, her “angel” who accompanies her to her appointments at the cancer...
MPP John Gerretsen and poverty tour organizer Tara Kainer begin the day with a meal at Lunch by George.BY CHRISTINE ROSS Kingston’s representative at Queen’s Park is elevating the profile of people struggling to survive on social assistance. Kingston and the Islands...
left to right: Sr. Peggy Flanagan, Jamie Swift and Tara Kainer from the Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation office.BY JAMIE SWIFT Kingston has a new Living Wage Campaign. We’re joining other Canadian cities where social justice advocates are promoting the...
Put Food in the Budget videos produced by the Sisters of Providence available here. Part 1 follows ‘Dollton’ on his visit to Kingston. Part 2 focuses on John Gerretsen’s poverty challenge as he spends a day in the shoes of the poor of Kingston. Part 1: For the...
On a steamy hot July day, Kingston’s representative at Queen’s park followed through on an earlier promise to spend a day living like a person on social assistance. John Gerretsen’s commitment resulted from the campaign Put Food in the Budget, a provincial...
