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Canada’s oldest penitentiary to open doors to tourists

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Gail Dever

This summer, tourists will have a chance to visit one of Canada’s oldest and most infamous former prisons, the Kingston Penitentiary. Government officials announced on Friday that the former maximum-security penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario will open its doors to public … Continue reading →

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Early 19th-century Kingston newspapers available online

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a local partnership in Kingston, Ontario, we can access online the Kingston Whig Standard newspaper and its predecessors from 1810 to 1848. The digital newspapers are part of a larger initiative, called Digital Kingston, that was created to … Continue reading →

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