Sutherland Drive Park Fire

Copper Wire May be Responsible for Fire
Corey Lablans For The Whig-Standard

Mike Koshowski, acting captain with the Kingston Fire and Rescue left uses a broom to sweep burning material away from non burnt material while Steven Duetta and Dan Rioux spray water containing foam. “The foam acts as a surfactant allowing the water to be more slippery and wet,” says Koshowski. The fire happened at the railway tracks at the Sutherland Drive Park. “There was a grass fire, it looks like someone may have done some burning but it is hard to say. We extinguished it with some backpacks and water, it went out pretty fast.”(Bottom)

Top Left: A pile of burning copper sits amongst the grass along railway tracks at the Sutherland Drive Park. There were no definitive answers to whether or not the burning copper was the origin of the fire but....





Right: teven Duetta with the Kingston Fire and Rescue kicks around some smoldering copper wire while spraying it with water containing foam

Front Moves Across Kingston

Front Moves Across Kingston During Sunset
Corey Lablans For The Whig-Standard

Thunderstorms rolled on through Ontario Wednesday afternoon keeping east of Kingston towards Gananoque. Kingston avoided the thunderstorms, although a front was still visible as it moved across the city over the evening making for a dramatic sunset.

Thunderstorms rolled on through Ontario Wednesday afternoon keeping east of Kingston towards Gananoque. Although the city was clear of all storms, a front was visible as seen above Fort Frederick Museum at the Royal Military College.

Front Crosses Lake Ontario

Front Crosses Lake Ontario as Sun Sets
By Corey Lablans Photography

Thunderstorms rolled on through Wednesday, July 6th east of Kingston around the Gananoque area . Kingston remained clear of the storms allowing for an amazing sunset combined with dramatic frontal clouds, which made their way over the city and across Lake Ontario to Wolf Island.
A small sail boat makes its way out into Lake Ontario as the front makes its way towards Wolf Island.

Baby Robins

Baby Robins Fill Nest in Napanee
By Corey Lablans Photography

Four baby Robins await the return of their parents while sitting in a nest outside Tim Hortons in Napanee Wednesday, July 6^th, 2011.

Kingston Canada Day

Canada Day Fireworks in Kingston
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An estimated three thousand spectators took in the 15 minutes of fireworks Canada Day at Confederation Park.

Smoke on Board

Smoke Causes Family to Turn Back Boat
By Corey Lablans Photography

Kingston Fire and Rescue inspect a motorboat that had smoke coming out from underneath the steering wheel at the Kingston Marina Friday, July 1st afternoon. Ted Kanellos, the owner of the boat said they were headed out on their first run of the summer when smoke started coming out from under the steering wheel. The first thing that went through his mind was getting his kid and wife safe. “Originally we thought it was electrical but we believe it may have come from the engine,” Kanellos said. Ron Timlin, Acting Captain commented on the pathway of the smoke, saying that he believes it came through drainage pipes and out from the steering wheel. Extent of the damages are unknown at this point but the boat is being toed in and being looked at.

Limestone Mile

Armstrong Places Second
Corey Lablans For The Whig-Standard

Nicole Armstrong rounds the corner at Ontario Street and Market Street, about the halfway point, during the 2011 Limestone Mile Friday morning downtown. The high school girls division mixed with the women’s division and Armstrong came in second with a time of 5:27.7.