http://www.thewhig.comRecent Local Newsen-usCopyright: (c) 2008 www.thewhig.com, All rights reserved.http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1166101Canadian diver Emilie Heymans picked up a silver medal today in women’s 10-metre diving. Heymans finished behind a Chinese diver. China has now won gold in all seven diving events. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:38:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1166101http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165748It should only be a matter of time before the great bottled water debate washes up on Kingston shores. London city council may have unleashed a bylaw tsunami this week by approving a ban on bottled water sales at municipal facilities. The wave is now touching Ottawa, Vancouver, [...]Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165748http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165785Showing his match-play savvy, Simon Reyers closed out his third straight City Junior Golf Championship with a 1-up victory over fellow Cataraqui Golf and Country Club member Ryan Desveaux. Reyers, knowing he had Desveaux on the ropes and the latter needing a last-hole win to force a playoff, [...]Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165785http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165768Joshua was not alone at the end, says the woman who had the best chance to save him. In the retelling of a rescue, two days after the fact, desperation saturates Jewel Denison's voice. "I just felt like no matter how hard I tried, these waves were [...]Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:54:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165768http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165758Some of the greenest houses in Kingston just got a little more environmentally friendly. In an area of the city where green all too often describes what is growing around the toilet in a drafty bathroom, the Queen's Science '44 Co-Op is aggressively retrofitting the 20 student rentals [...]Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:10:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165758http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165787Four agencies including police are investigating the apparent poisoning of as many as 60 ducks in Kingston's Confederation Basin marina. Police were called to the marina in front of City Hall at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday after boaters noticed the birds dying suddenly. The Ministry of the [...]Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:10:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1165787http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164045SIMON. SILVER. SUPERB. KINGSTONIANS ARE speaking only in superlatives today following native son Simon Whitfield's outstanding, nail-biting silver-medal finish in the Beijing Olympics triathlon on Monday night. Whitfield has proven himself to be not only one of the greatest athletes this city has every produced, but one of [...]Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164045http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164058Jory McDonald is used to being ahead of the class. The 15-year-old Kingston native started school a year early and will enter Grade 10 this fall. When McDonald began playing basketball five years ago, she spent her early days playing with girls two years older than her. [...]Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164058http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164075The medallists from the men's triathlon gathered inside a tent in Beijing prior to the official presentation of keepsakes in Olympic hues of gold, silver and bronze. Simon Whitfield, who copped silver, took a long look at champion Jan Frodeno, the German ace he calls the Ubertalent. In [...]Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164075http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164081Ask Ellie Page 15 Births, Deaths Page 31 Classified Page 25 Comics, Crossword Page 14 Commerce Page 13 Editorial Page 4 Entertainment Page 22 Food Page 23 Horoscope Page 14 Jumble Puzzle Page 14 Marketplace Page 32 National/World Page 9 Scoreboard Page 19 Sports Sudoku What's Up [...]Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1164081