Brett Rogers arrived at Swim Drink Fish by the water. In 2004, his last year of a Bachelor of Environment, Honours Geography degree at the University of Waterloo, he built a raft with friends and launched down the…
Last Thursday, on the eve of the Thanksgiving Weekend, Wolfe Island held a popular Meet The Candidates night at the Hotel Wolfe Island. It was a packed room, with live-streamed video to hundreds more who couldn’t make…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
(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…
Published during the 2026 municipal election campaign and kept here as a record.
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.
Read the update
