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August 29th, 2024 · North Shore News

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  Welcome to North Shore News and Interviews on Amherst Island Radio.
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  Each week we keep you updated on newsworthy events, happenings, and conversations that
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  we've had with people in the local community and beyond.
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  The first ever Bath Art Fest is taking place Saturday, September 14th, hosted by the Hive
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  Artist Collective in Centennial Park.
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  Over 30 artists will be featured from 10am to 4pm alongside live music.
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  One of the owners of the hive, Amanda Lloyd, explains how the day will be set up.
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  We're setting it up a little differently than other art festivals.
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  We're calling it kind of like a home village vibe.
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  So all of the tents are going to be on the perimeter of the park and facing the center
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  and then in the center is going to be the music.
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  We're going to have this painting for kids.
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  We have a big raffle.
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  Most of the hive artists have donated a piece to be raffled off.
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  Lloyd describes some of the other types of vendors that will be at the event.
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  We have jewelers, we have ceramists, we have potters, we have some fabric artists too who
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  are going to be there so you can shop your heart's content there and then maybe wander
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  down into the village for some coffee and some food and some more shopping experience.
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  Amanda Lloyd explains the experience they hope to create and notes some of the local businesses
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  involved.
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  It's a village day.
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  That's what we just want everyone to come out and hang out at the village.
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  Have a hang out by the water, you know, to bring the kids down.
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  We really want people to come in, check out local artists, but then take a stroll down
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  to the village because we wouldn't be able to run this without the businesses who kind
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  of have sponsored us.
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  So we're hoping people will go down to the commons, books on me, the lodge for coffee.
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  Lloyd also noted they hope to make it an annual event.
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  Bath Art Fest will take place rain or shine.
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  For Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm Ted Evans.
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  This is North Shore News.
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  The L&A Studio Tour takes place this year, September 7th and 8th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  each day.
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  It will be the first time studios are hosting live music along with the event.
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  The L&A Studio Tour gives participants the chance to meet artists in their studios and
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  homes, learn about their artistic process, and purchase new artwork from the artists.
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  The event features over 32 artists located in 17 studios throughout the county.
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  The L&A Studio Tour is a self-guided tour leading through rural areas with historic
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  towns, villages, and hamlets.
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  Amanda Lloyd, one of the owners of the Hive Artist Collective in Bath, notes the four
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  members they'll be featuring in their studio.
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  The L&A Studio Tour is really cool.
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  So they have over 30 artists a part of that program.
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  And so only four of the Hive members will be showing in our gallery.
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  So you'll really get a chance to see a little bit more from myself, Amanda Lloyd, David
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  Slack, Lisa Leskin, and Shannon Dickey.
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  Lloyd describes the rest of the weekend and where to find other artists in the county.
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  The rest of the tour, you'll be able to see other Hive artists in their actual studios
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  and other artists, local artists in their studios from NapaNee and from Amherstview,
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  Bath.
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  It's a really, really cool, fun weekend to kind of take a local adventure.
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  Lloyd, note some of the fun activities happening in the studios throughout the tour.
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  You get to meet the artists and all of them have different cool things running in their
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  studios like Little Raffles and Giveaways.
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  And a lot of the studios have music.
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  We have music all day, which is really cool for both days, Saturday and Sunday.
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  Lloyd describes the welcoming nature of artists in their studios.
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  All the artists just love chatting about their art.
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  So it's always fun to have people come in and, you know, we get a chance to talk to
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  the community and get to know us.
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  And yeah, we just want to be, we just want to share.
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  That's all we want to do.
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  For Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm Ted Evans.
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  This is North Shore News.
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  Loyalist Township announced that Deputy Mayor Nathan Townend was elected to the Association
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  of Municipalities Ontario Board in the rural caucus.
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  There were nine candidates vying for four spots during the 2024 to 2026 term.
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  Townend will be representing Loyalist Township and Lennox and Addington County.
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  Townend describes the work that the Association does.
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  The Association of Municipalities of Ontario, so AMAL, is basically the association that
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  represents and advocates for the over 400 municipalities in the province.
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  And so the main work that they do is advocacy work, you know, issues that are kind of across
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  the board that municipalities face and advocate the province, because we are creatures of
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  the province as municipalities, advocates to the province on municipalities behalf, and
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  also develops policy, you know, to advise the government on policy that the government
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  themselves is implementing, you know, so it's kind of a commentary on government policy,
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  but then also suggesting policy, you know, that positively addresses the challenges that
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  municipalities face.
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  Townend explains the type of work he'll be doing as a member of the board.
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  When you're a member of the board in whatever caucus you're elected to, I'm elected to
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  the rural caucus, so I'm particularly representing rural issues.
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  You know, when you're on the board, you are essentially working to develop policy and
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  also advocate for municipalities to the province.
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  Townend describes the benefits of the county and township having a member on the board.
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  The benefit to Loyalist Township and to Lenox and Addington County is obviously having someone,
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  someone you trust and someone you know understands your issues being at that table, essentially,
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  and it's good to have someone from Eastern Ontario there.
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  So between myself, Robin Jones, the president-elect, is from Westport.
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  Brian Patterson is on the large urban caucus.
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  He's the mayor of Kingston.
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  Krista Lowry is the chair of rural caucus.
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  She's from Mississippi Mills, so, you know, that's a couple of people right there that
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  are from Eastern Ontario, and I'm obviously one of those too.
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  We're Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative.
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  Ontario Culinary, along with the Culinary Tourism Alliance, are hosting a Feast On event
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  featuring six chefs from the area happening this fall at McKinnon Brothers Brewing Company.
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  Feast On the Farm, a taste of southeastern Ontario, takes place Saturday, September 28th, from
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  5 to 8 p.m.
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  Feast On is a certification program for restaurants and purveyors in Ontario.
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  Ontario Culinary says the program recognizes businesses committed to sourcing Ontario-grown
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  food and drink.
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  The other part of their aim is to make it easier for food lovers to find local food.
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  Each chef will be showcasing their creations using seasonal produce and ingredients from
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  the region.
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  The array of different dishes will also be paired with local craft beverages.
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  Marketing manager for the Culinary Tourism Alliance, Gabrielle Mueller, explains the
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  goals behind their Feast On events.
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  The goal really is to celebrate the unique taste of place of southeastern Ontario.
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  All the chefs that are featured at the Feast On the Farm event are Feast On certified.
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  So really we're celebrating chefs that are going the extra mile to source seasonal and
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  Ontario-based produce, meats, and other ingredients.
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  And really we just want to take this time to celebrate that.
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  It's harvest season.
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  It's all you can eat.
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  So inviting folks to come on out and eat and taste how much better things taste when they're
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  in season.
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  Mueller notes the range of local beverages that will be on hand as well.
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  I do want to shout out our local drink producers.
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  Of course McKinnon Brothers Brewing, they're hosting us.
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  So we will be serving up their craft beverages as well as craft wine from Carlow Estates Winery
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  in Prince Edward County, Hardway Cider, and Mohawk Soda.
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  So it should be a real all around great time.
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  For Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm Ted Evans.
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  This is North Shore News.
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  I'm Sarah Berger with Kingstonist News and here are the top headlines that you need to
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  know.
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  Kingston Fire and Rescue has recognized Gilles Langouis with a certificate of recognition
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  on behalf of the Mayor's Office for his life-saving actions outside Hotel Du Hospital earlier this
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  year.
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  The state dignitaries stood in front of the Bay of Quinty Skyway on Wednesday, August
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  28th to announce that the construction of the bridge is now complete.
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  A special investigations unit investigation into an incident that occurred in April of
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  this year has been terminated.
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  With SIU director concluding, the Kingston man injured in the occurrence is solely responsible.
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  On Monday, August 26, 2024, a package was seized at Joyceville Institution as a result
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  of the vigilance of staff members.
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  The CSC noted the package was found on the property after a suspected drone drop.
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  This is the 21st reported seizure to take place at Joyceville Institution in 2024.
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  As we head into September in the return of post-secondary classes, the Kingston Police
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  Fraud Unit is reminding students to be aware of scams that target them directly.
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  The two most common frauds targeting students are apartment rental scams and scams targeting
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  Chinese visa students.
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  VGC Southeast has announced new aquatics programs at their West End Community Center, starting
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  on Monday, September 9th, 2024.
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