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The Standard was created by William R. Givens in 1907, when he acquired the News and Times, which had been an amalgamation of the Kingston News and Evening Times in 1903. The two men amalgamated the papers on 1 December 1926, creating the Whig-Standard. The word "Kingston" was dropped from the name in 1973, but was reinstated in the early 1990s.
The News is believed to have started in 1839, and is listed as having united with the Kingston Chronicle & Gazette to become the Chronicle and News in 1847. The earliest known proprietor was Samuel Rowland in 1851-1852, who had purchased the Chronicle and Gazette after owner James Macfarlane’s death. Samuel was a clerk for the courts in ...
The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette (historic) Kingston This Week; Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada's oldest daily newspaper, founded in 1834; The Queen's Journal; Golden Words; Internet. City of Kingston; Visit Kingston; The Kingston Local, became defunct in 2020 along with 10 other online news outlets. Kingstonist; References
The Kingston Whig-Standard. Known for. Society for International Hockey Research, International Hockey Hall of Fame. John Walter " Bill " Fitsell (July 25, 1923 – December 3, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, writer and historian. He was a columnist for The Kingston Whig-Standard from 1961 to 1993, and was the founding president of the Society ...
David Russell Williams [1] (born March 7, 1963) is a Canadian serial rapist, murderer and former colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He is currently serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 25 years for two murders, committed in November 2009 and January 2010. In late January 2010, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP ...
S. St. Thomas Times-Journal. Sarnia Observer. The Sault Star. Simcoe Reformer. Sing Tao Daily (Canada) St. Catharines Standard. StarMetro (newspaper) The Sudbury Star.
Broadcasting on 960 AM, CKWS was owned by Allied Broadcasting, a partnership of Roy Thomson and Rupert Davies, owner of the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper. The call letters were derived from the newspaper's name, as was common at the time. FM sister station CKWS-FM (now CFMK-FM) signed on in 1947 (originally as CKWR-FM), and CKWS-TV launched ...
The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "the sound is a mixture of twangy electric and thumping acoustic guitars." The Times determined that "the album showcases some fine songwriting, and an old-fashioned, passionate commitment to the rock'n'roll craft." Track listing. All tracks written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.