Thank you to everyone who came out on Thursday, October 8, to hear from the candidates for Wolfe Island Council and Frontenac Islands Mayor. The full evening is available to watch on YouTube.
Read the updateWith about five weeks until the election, an update on how the campaign is going — what Mark is hearing at the door on emergency services and ferry access, ideas for governance, and support for community groups.
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September 23, 2026
In 2016, the W. Garfield Weston Foundation offered funds to turn an old coal pier into a swimming pier on Kingston's waterfront. There were many people who wondered how this was an environmental project. Restoration…
September 18, 2026
I was in Ecuador this week, in spirit. The Waterkeeper movement has gathered for its annual Conference with membership from across the planet. Incredibly, I was honoured with the Terry Backer Award, one of the highest…
September 18, 2026
Since 1802, the Horne’s Ferry has linked Wolfe Island, Ontario and the Village of Cape Vincent, New York. It carried Canadians and Americans back and forth across Lake Ontario through world wars, economic depressions…
September 9, 2026
Photo: Four Seasons Toronto Hundreds of investors from around the globe will meet this week at Toronto's Four Seasons on September 14 and 15. Canadian politicians, business executives, Indigenous representatives and…
September 4, 2026
(Photo: Patrick Madahbee, Meredith Brown, and Mark Mattson standing on their shores: exploring the Great Lakes St. Lawrence watershed on the Biinaagami Giant Floor Map) Last week, the President of the United States…
August 28, 2026
I ended my last piece about President Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” while standing on Wolfe Island, looking across the St. Lawrence River toward Cape Vincent, New York. From Horne’s Point, the…
August 25, 2026
Main Duck Island There's going to be plenty said about whether President Trump has the power and support to rename Lake Ontario. Lawyers will study it, so will politicians and constitutional experts. Social media will…
August 20, 2026
Ten years ago today, The Tragically Hip played their last show at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston. Gord Downie had told the country he was sick earlier that year. The concert went out live across Canada, commercial free…
August 18, 2026
Photo Owen Corrigan Jack Nicklaus came to Wolfe Island in the 1960s to hunt ducks with his uncle, a dentist from the Finger Lakes who organized the trips every fall. He’d never fired a shotgun before that first visit.…
August 12, 2026
(Photo Peter Mattson) Wolfe Island is and has been a big part of my life, for as long as I can remember. I’ve lived in several communities in Ontario, but Wolfe Island has always felt like home. My connection to the…
August 5, 2026
August is Canada's unofficial swimming month. The time when even the faint hearted are able to muster the courage to jump in the lake, river or ocean at their doorstep. Come to Canada in August and you will see people…
July 29, 2026
It might not interest everyone at first glance, writing about this new Canada Ontario Agreement. But it should. On all sides of the border, across the lakes and throughout the watershed. This agreement will set the tone…