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November 05th, 2025 · North Shore News

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  Welcome to North Shore News and Interviews on
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  Amherst Island Radio. Each week we keep you updated
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  on newsworthy events, happenings and conversations
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  that we've had with people in the local community
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  and beyond. Loyalist Township will be accepting
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  naming ideas for street names in the area until
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  December 31st. The township's commemorative street
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  naming program gives residents the chance to
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  put forward suggestions that celebrate the people,
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  places, and stories that make the community unique.
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  Approved names will be added to the township's
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  road registry for future developments. Learn
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  more and submit ideas at Loyalist .ca. For Amherst
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  Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative,
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  I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Loyalist
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  Township has announced the new name for the Aquatic
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  Centre at the W .J. Henderson Community Centre.
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  Through a gift agreement for naming rights with
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  Barr Homes and a $250 ,000 donation from the
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  company, the space will be named the Barr Homes
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  Aquatic Centre. Council approved the 10 -year
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  agreement at their latest meeting. CAO Rebecca
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  Murphy spoke about the agreement with Barr Homes.
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  Barr Homes has agreed to sign on, be a major
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  donor in the Tier 3 category, to name the Aquatic
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  Centre at... at the facility at the WJ. This
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  is very great. We're very gracious and very thankful
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  to Barr for stepping up and being part of this
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  vital community project. And we're excited to
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  be naming it and recommending that it be named
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  the Barr Homes Aquatic Center. The renewal of
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  the entire center has been a large ongoing project
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  for the township. The revitalization campaign
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  was approved by council on December 10th, 2024,
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  with a goal of raising $2 million. The new space
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  will feature an eight lane 25 meter pool, a new
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  warm water leisure pool, updates to arena infrastructure,
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  enhanced accessibility, updated change rooms,
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  green energy upgrades, and a new indigenous legacy
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  space in partnership with the Downey Wenjack
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  Fund. Residents can expect to see the new name
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  used in township marketing materials. It will
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  be displayed inside on the west wall of the space
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  as well as a location on the exterior of the
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  building to be agreed on at a later date. Barr
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  Homes will also be recognized on the donor wall
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  to be located in the atrium of the building.
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  Barr Homes has over 70 years of history in the
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  construction industry within Kingston and the
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  surrounding areas. According to the company,
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  they build approximately 60 homes annually in
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  Kingston and Loyalist Township. For Amherst Island
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  Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm
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  Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Loyalists
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  Township has announced that their annual holiday
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  celebration, Light Up the Season, will be returning
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  on Saturday, November 29th from 3pm to 5pm at
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  Fairfield Park, 4574 Bath Road in Amherst View.
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  Admission and all activities are free and no
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  registration is required. This festive family
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  friendly event will include wagon rides, festive
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  music, milk and cookies, hot chocolate, marshmallow
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  roasting, ornament making, and visits with Santa
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  and his reindeer. Lights in the park will continue
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  to shine nightly until February. Guests are encouraged
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  to park at the W .J. Henderson Community Center
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  and take advantage of the free shuttle service
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  running every 15 minutes starting at 2 .45 p
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  .m. Parking at Fairfield Park is reserved for
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  accessible parking only, and parking along Highway
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  33 is not permitted. For more information, visit
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  loyalist .ca slash events. For Amherst Island
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  Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm
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  Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Torrent
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  Productions is returning to Lennox and Addington
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  with their second annual Merry Magical Pantomime.
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  This year the company is presenting Jack and
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  the Beans Talk, a Merry Magical Pantomime. Shows
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  will take place at the hall at Emanuel United
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  Church, 63 Factory Street in Odessa. It will
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  be premiering Tuesday, December 23rd at 7pm and
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  run for 15 shows until January 4th. Established
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  in 2008, Torrent Productions is a professional
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  theatre company composed of Rob Tor and Stephanie
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  Graham. They've developed and produced new musicals
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  at the Toronto Fringe Festival and Next Stage
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  Theatre Festival in Toronto, as well as an annual
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  holiday pantomime in Toronto from 2016 to 2019.
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  Both Tor and Graham have extensive theatre credits
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  from the Stratford Festival, Charlottetown Festival,
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  Neptune Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Mervish Productions,
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  Thousand Islands Playhouse, and many other companies
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  across Canada. Most recently, Graham was the
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  co -director and choreographer of the sold -out
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  run of Mary Poppins at Thousand Islands Playhouse.
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  Tor has spent seven seasons as a performer at
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  Thousand Islands Playhouse as well as many other
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  theatres across the country. For showtimes and
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  more information, visit torrentproductions .com.
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  T -O -R -R -E -N -T productions dot com. For
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  Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism
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  Initiative, I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore
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  News. Loyalist Township has announced dates for
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  their fall town hall meetings. There will be
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  a meeting in Bath Wednesday, November 5th at
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  6 .30 p .m. at the Bath Fire Hall, 241 Church
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  Street in Bath. The meeting for Amherst Island
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  will take place Wednesday, November 12th from
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  6 .30 to 8 p .m. at the Amherst Island Community
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  Center, 5955 Front Road on Amherst Island. To
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  submit questions in advance, residents can visit
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  engage .loyalist .ca slash town hall. For Amherst
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  Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative,
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  I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Residents
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  of Greater Napanee will see a change in their
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  recycling pickup on January 1st, 2026. Starting
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  in the new year, Circular Materials Ontario will
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  take over Greater Napanee's blue and gray bin
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  programs. M -Terra Environmental will be collecting
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  all recyclable materials. To help residents prepare
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  for the transition, the Town is holding information
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  sessions on October 23rd and November 4th from
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  6pm to 7 .30pm at 99 Advanced Avenue. These sessions
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  will provide an opportunity to learn about the
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  transition, how it may impact residents, and
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  how related concerns will be addressed in the
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  new year. Deputy Director of Environmental Services,
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  Growth and Infrastructure Services, Andrew Girouard,
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  spoke about the changes for 2026 and the possibility
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  of more changes in the coming years. 2026, residents
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  should not see a change in their collection dates,
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  the streams of recycling or what recyclables
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  are collected. Beyond 2026, Circular Materials
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  Ontario and MTERA can decide to change collection
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  dates routes. streams, how it's collected, so
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  on and so forth. CAO Matthew Grant explains challenges
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  staff are facing and how they're moving forward
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  in the new year. There's going to be some change
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  management challenges that will present themselves
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  as this rolls out. One of the things that will
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  be important for us is a pretty robust communications
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  plan combined with a pretty significant advertising
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  plan just to ensure that people understand what
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  we are and are not responsible for. You know,
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  we will need to make it clear for people what
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  we are and are not able to do because I appreciate
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  some people will be coming to us to maybe look
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  for us to assist and make sense of this. And
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  unfortunately, we won't be in that position.
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  And so it'll just be really important that we
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  be clear with people about where they can go
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  for the right information, who is now in charge
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  of this, you know, recycling more generally.
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  And that work is already underway. You know,
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  I will give kudos to the team. It's a bit of
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  a moving target. But, you know, we're staying
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  on top of the changes which have been numerous.
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  Non -eligible sources such as industrial and
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  commercial properties, not -for -profit organizations,
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  municipal and government buildings, commercial
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  farms, daycares, places of worship, campgrounds,
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  and trailer parks will no longer receive curbside
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  collection. Residents who live in mixed commercial
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  and residential buildings will still receive
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  curbside collection while the commercial section
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  of the building will not. The town will still
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  be responsible for collecting garbage. For Amherst
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  Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative,
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  I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. This
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