Kingston News

DEAR WORD COURT: Re your recent discussion of "curriculums" vs. "curricula": who cares? So long as the receiver understands the sender, does it really matter? People who lose sleep over these kinds of things need to get a life, to get a job.

I'm still on vacation. Here's another column from the Savage Love archives, which are housed at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.

Scientists are only beginning to understand the peculiar relationship music has with our memories.

Please note that City construction projects have concluded for the winter months but will be reported out as additional closures arise.

A man who murdered a Carleton University student and left her body behind an Ottawa hotel is suing the federal government over an injury he claims he suffered while using a faulty weight machine in a prison gym.

ToxSci Advance Access originally published online on October 7, 2009 Toxicological Sciences 2010 113 :207-215; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfp242 ,1 * Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at Queen's University, Kingston, Room 557 Botterell Hall, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.

A WINNIPEG man has been charged in a murder that happened nearly 40 years ago in Kingston, Ont.

Police in Kingston, Ont., have arrested a Winnipeg man in a decades-old murder case.

Marshall Augustus Matier, 64, shown in an old newspaper clipping, was found stabbed to death behind the armories in downtown Kingston on July 22, 1970.

The Canadian government is considering whether to keep open a high-security facility for foreign terror suspects -- dubbed Guantanamo North by its critics --now that the centre is about to release its last detainee.

Everybody's favourite Canadian Fresh Prince fan, Shad , has been recording his third album, which should be out in mid-2010. The follow-up to 2007's Polaris Music Prize short listed The Old Prince doesn't have a title or definite release date yet, but you may be able to see and hear Shad play songs from it when he tours southern Ontario in ...

Attendees play video games at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

Police in Kingston, Ont., checking to ensure a teen was complying with bail conditions ended up arresting him and his mother.

Brief 15- to 30-minute power outages are scheduled in the downtown area in the early morning of Monday, Dec.

Researchers are warning that people who see sudden, persistent "floaters" or flashes of light in their vision could have a serious eye condition that could lead to blindness if left untreated.

OTTAWA a ' An Egyptian-born terror suspect has been released for a second time from a Kingston, Ont., prison built to hold immigrants accused of having ties to al-Qaida and to other terrorist organizations.

Stephen Colbert "Syrup suckers" are we? It turns out Comedian Stephen Colbert can find himself a maple tree and join the party.

The City's 2010 Accessibility Plan is now out for public review. The Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee is looking for residents to give their initial thoughts on the plan and guide priorities for the coming year at public meetings this week.

Suddenly seeing floaters or flashes of light may indicate a serious eye problem which, left untreated, could lead to blindness.

This work is supported by grants from Queen's University and NSERC to SB, CCFC to EOP, Robert Wilson Fellowship to SS, and the Libyan Government Fellowship to AA.