War Dead

The Kingston Frontenac Public Library is taking part in a special remembrance of those who died in World War One.

The names of 525,000 will be on display on a special World Remembers website and at the Central Library on Johnson Street.

The Library display will feature a Canadian name in the centre of the screen and a new Canadian name will appear every three minutes along with the names of people from other countries.

The display starts today and runs to November 11th…Remembrance Day

http://www.theworldremembers.org/

 Hotel Dieu – High Marks

Hotel Dieu Hospital has received the highest award possible from Accreditation Canada.

Hotel Dieu has been accredited with exemplary standing.

A peer review was conducted at the hospital over a three day period in mid-September.

It got top marks for its quality improvement plan, patient safety program, faith-based ethical framework and a dynamic research program.

The surveyors also praised the cleanliness of the hospital and said staff has a strong sense of teamwork.

 Hospital Fundraising Campaign

The latest fundraising campaign launched by the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation is already halfway to reaching its $65 million goal.

The Extraordinary People, Innovative Healthcare campaign was launched Friday.

The money will be used to purchase equipment for Kingston’s hospitals.

Sign Damage

A Kingston man has been charged with damaging federal election signs.

Police say an officer on patrol at 4:45 a.m. Friday saw a man kicking and throwing a sign on Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard and Normal Rogers Drive.

He told the officer he blamed one politician for having an agenda against him, but other signs were also damaged.  The 47-year-old man was charged with mischief under five-thousand dollars.

Run for the Cure

The 2015 CIBC Run for the Cure was a big success on Sunday.

The Kingston run took place at St. Lawrence College.

Approximately 1,300 people were registered and organizers estimate they raised over $250,000.

Canada – Space Pioneer

A historian credits the principal of Queen’s University in 1861 with first proposing rocket spaceflight.  Robert Godwin is a historian at the Canadian Air and Space Museum.  Godwin says Principal William Leitch made the first proposal for rocket powered flight 30 years earlier than previously thought.  A Russia and American have been credited with making the initial proposal at the end of the 19th century – but Goodwin has published a paper that says the principal of Queen’s soundly beat them with his theory.

Findings have been published in “The First Scientific Concept of Rockets for Space Travel.”