Arson Charge – Kingston
A 50-year-old Kingston man has been charged with arson after a late night fire in mid-town Kingston.
Three Kingston Fire and Rescue stations responded to a structure fire on Sunday night at house in the 500 block on Princess St..
While the building was being evacuated, an occupant on the third floor was seen “hanging out the window,
Using ground ladders, firefighters were able to rescue him.
Due to the suspicious nature of the fire, Kingston Police were contacted and arrested a male suspect who was  charged with a couple counts of arson, endangering life and damage to property.”
The suspect suffered burns to his legs and was taken to hospital.

Princess Street Promenade – Success

Saturday’s  Princes Street Promenade was such a success, so much so that  Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala thinks the annual event could be a more regular one!
the 2015 Princess Street Promenade filled the downtown core with foot traffic Packed from curb to curb from Ontario to Division streets. With the weathers cooperation only half way through the event the organizer Erin York  for Downtown Kingston, was already thrilled with the events success!
Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala, who was at her stand on Princess Street speaking with constituents, told the Whig-Standard that she would like to see this event put on more often, even as frequently as every weekend.
However, some say if the event were weekly it would lose it’s flair!

Sandbanks Provincial Park at Capacity on Long Weekend
A beautiful forecast usually causes few problems, but On Sunday afternoon Sandbanks Provincial Park had to turn people away!
With the popular beach hitting capacity, Police officers were on the scene to divert traffic from the area south of Belleville, with vehicles lined up for up to 10 kilometres.

1000 Parkway – Deadliest stretch of road
Part of the 1000 Islands Parkway  has been named the deadliest in Ontario according to a new study from Queens University!
Specifically, The study reveals A 37-kilometre stretch of the 1000 Islands Parkway between Brockville and Gananoque as the deadliest in Ontario for wildlife, and the frequency of animal strikes is threatening several endangered species including Three species of at-risk snakes and four species of already endangered turtles.
One of the reasons behind the large numbers of roadkill is that the parkway winds through one of the primary corridors for wildlife moving from Algonquin Park to the Adirondacks.
Strategies for reducing wildlife road mortality could include under passages, fencing, signage and traffic calming measures, the report finds.


Obscene Act War Memorial
A man has been arrested after a lewd activity at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
Officers say bystanders saw a man climb the statue and begin committing the obscene act on Sunday.
The 22-year-old man  was arrested at the scene/
His name has not been released. (The Canadian Press)

Ontario Storm Tornado
Hydro crews have managed to restore power to most of the remaining southern Ontario residents who had electricity knocked out by severe storms that swept through the province Sunday evening.
Environment Canada confirmed yesterday that the storms spawned one tornado near the community of Teviotdale, northwest of Kitchener.
Winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour wrecked two homes and caused damage to some barns and vehicles, including some Ontario Provincial Police cruisers that were parked along a nine-kilometre-long swath.
Power was knocked out to 50-thousand homes and businesses, about 45-hundred of which are still offline this morning.

Back To School Spending
August has only just begun, but the thought of back to school is already on many minds!
Ernst and Young is predicting a four-per-cent increase in back-to-school spending this year. Ernst and Young’s Daniel Baer says the loonie’s falling value means Canadians will likely be shopping closer to home — meaning fewer will go across the border or visiting U-S websites looking for deals.
Baer says recent universal child-care benefit cheques will likely mean extra cash will be spent on back-to-school clothing and other items as well.

Federal Election
Day Three of the federal election campaign will see all three main political party leaders out on the hustings today, with two of them in the Greater Toronto Area.
Prime Minister Harper held a rally in Ajax last night, and is expected to begin his day today at an event in the north-end Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence.
Fresh from his visit to Calgary yesterday, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has a campaign event in Mississauga today, while N-D-P Leader Tom Mulcair is in Montreal for an event this morning.
The first leaders’ debate will take place Thursday in Toronto.

Memphis Officer Killed
An initial court appearance is set for today in Memphis, Tennessee for a suspect in Saturday’s fatal shooting of a police officer.
Accompanied by some relatives, Termaine Wilbourn surrendered to federal authorities yesterday after an intense manhunt.
Police say the officer was shot multiple times after a scuffle with a passenger, and that he’d walked up on a drug transaction.

US GOP Forum
In the U-S, 14 of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are unified in their criticism of Democrats.
But none turned on each other during a candidates’ forum in New Hampshire last night and were largely in agreement on dealing with illegal immigration, abortion and climate change.
Three senators — Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio — appeared by satellite from Washington. Donald Trump skipped the event.

Lion-Beanie
An American toy company has created a “Cecil the Lion” Beanie Baby to raise funds for animal conservation efforts.
Its creation by Ty Incorporated comes after Zimbabwe called for the extradition  of an American dentist accused of killing the well-known lion named Cecil in the African nation in an allegedly illegal hunt. The incident set off a worldwide uproar.
Ty says all profits from “Cecil the Lion” Beanie Baby sales will go to the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of the University of Oxford in England.