CAPP Kemptville News

Ottawa and provincial media coverage

• Sep 9, 2025:  Kemptville Jail is an attack on local democracy
  
  
• Oct 23, 2024: The new Kemptville jail has been frozen for four years. Here’s why
   
• Mar 26, 2024: Les prisons de Doug Ford : un criminologue propose des solutions nettement moins coûteuses
   
• Nov 27, 2023:  Benefit concert amplifies opposition to Kemptville prison on Indigenous lands
  
  
• Nov 2, 2023:  Piché: Next, Doug Ford should drop the Kemptville prison plan
  
  
• June 7, 2023:  Albert, Lachance and Piché: Why so much secrecy about the Kemptville prison plan?, Ottawa Citizen
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• May 9, 2023:  No “get out of jail free card” for Kemptville prison plan, Ontario Farmer
   
• May 2, 2023:  Kemptville jail opposition scores legal victory as judge rules case can proceed, Ottawa Citizen
   
• Mar 23, 2023:  Government lawyers seek to dismiss Kemptville jail court challenge over time-limit technicality, Ottawa Citizen
   
• Dec 13, 2022: Is the prison site illegal? Opponents of the Kemptville prison site insist the question must be resolved, Ontario Farmer
   
• Nov 23, 2022:  Doyle and Piché: Kemptville jail plan another example of Ford’s assault on democracy, Ottawa Citizen
  
  
• Sep 9, 2022: Locals fight prison on former Kemptville College grounds, Farmers Forum
  
  
• Aug 16, 2022: ‘A bit of a David and Goliath scenario’: Legal action taken to stop Kemptville jail, The Star
  
  
• Aug 15, 2022: Kemptville residents take legal action in bid to stop jail, CBC News
  
  
• Aug 15, 2022: Opponents of proposed Kemptville jail asking courts to ‘quash’ province’s plan, The Ottawa Citizen
  
  
• Aug 15, 2022:  Two Kemptville, Ont. residents file judicial review of proposed jail, CTV News
  
  
• Aug 15, 2022:  Group files a motion in court to block construction of new provincial jail in Kemptville, City News Ottawa
  
  
• June 4, 2022: Rally to be held in Kemptville to protest the Ford government’s plan for new prison, City News Ottawa
  
  
• Apr 18, 2022: Concerned residents opposing proposed jail in Kemptville, City News Ottawa 
  
  
• Apr 15, 2022: “Stop groveling for a few acres”: Prison opposition groups push to save all former Kemptville College lands, Inside Ottawa Valley
  
  
• Mar 30, 2022:  Wilson: trading farmland for a prison in Kemptville is wrong, The Ottawa Citizen
  
  
• Mar 14, 2022:  Ontario Liberals call for more consultation, pausing Kemptville prison, Ottawa Citizen
  
  
• Jan 24, 2022:  LETTER: Stop proposed prison on Kemptville College farmland, Farmer’s Forum
  
  
• Dec 6, 2021:  Benslimane, Doyle and Piché: Building a new jail in Kemptville isn’t going to ease overcrowding in Ottawa’s detention centre, Ottawa Citizen
   
• Nov 19, 2021:  RESIDENTS FURIOUS: Kemptville jail consultation blasted as a ‘false sales job’, The Ottawa Sun
   
• Nov 18, 2021:  Queen’s Park Briefing: the Engagement session, Toronto Star
  
  
• Nov 15, 2021:  Kemptville jail opponents rally ahead of meeting, The Recorder and Times
  
  
• Nov 13, 2021:  Protesters rally against proposed Kemptville, Ont. prison, CTV News
  
  
• Oct 26, 2021:  Elections Ontario asked to divulge MPP complaints that could muzzle community groups, Toronto Star
   
• Oct 25, 2021:  Civil liberties group calls for disclosure of MPP complaints about third-party political advertising after Kemptville jail controversy, Ottawa Citizen
  
  
• Oct 25, 2021:  Kemptville, Ont. residents concerned about provincial prison proposed for their town, Global TV
  
  
• Oct 20, 2021:  Are Ontario’s new election laws being used to muzzle dissent?, Toronto Star
  
  
• Oct 20, 2021:  Interview with Colleen Lynas and Justin Piché, CFRC radio
  
  
• Oct 19, 2021:  Minister accused of using controversial new law to try and ‘silence’ grassroots group, Global News: The Bill Kelly Show
   
• Oct 17, 2021: Minister in Doug Ford’s government accused of using controversial new law to try to silence ‘grassroots’ groups, Toronto Star
   
• Oct16, 2021:  ‘Doesn’t make sense:’ Kemptville residents question plan to build a huge jail in the middle of a small town, Ottawa Citizen
   
• Sep 19, 2021: ‘It came out of nowhere’: Residents in the small town of Kemptville don’t want a prison. Doug Ford’s government says they’re getting one anyway, Toronto Star
   
• Jun 24, 2021:  Concerns remain over Kemptville Prison Plan, Toronto Star
   
• Jun 22, 2021:  Fighting a proposed provincial jail in Eastern Ontario, Talking Radical Radio
   
• Mar 24, 2021:  North Grenville residents speak out against proposed Kemptville prison, City News
   
• Mar 3, 2021:  Why new prisons may not bring new jobs, TVO.org
   
• Mar 3, 2021:  Piche and Doyle – Eastern Ontario should say no to prison expansion
   
• Dec 2, 2020:  Proposed Kemptville jail meets with resistance, The Toronto Star
   
• Dec 4, 2020:  Kemptville prison opponents plan meeting, The Toronto Star
   
• Nov 24, 2020:  Residents hope to have their say in online engagement session for proposed Kemptville jail – to be held Nov. 26, CTV News
   
• Nov 9, 2020:  Kemptville residents protest against proposed new jail, CBC News
   
• Nov 5, 2020:  ‘There is no doubt some division in our community’ over proposed Kemptville jail site, Ottawa Citizen
   
• Aug 27, 2020:  Province to build 2 new jails, upgrade 3 others in eastern Ontario, CBC News
  
  
  Local media coverage
  
  
• Apr 26, 2024: ‘Significantly and negatively affect local ecosystems’: Researchers talk potential environmental impacts of proposed Kemptville jail to mark Earth Day, Inside Ottawa Valley
  
  
• Mar 18, 2024: ‘We had not got to the heart of the matter, legally’: Kemptville residents seek appeal following dismissal of jail judicial review, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Oct 16, 2023:  Benefit concert to bring in funds for judicial review that aims to stop Kemptville jail, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Sep 14, 2023:  CAPP fundraising for prison legal challenge, North Grenville Times
   
• July 17, 2023:  Municipality of North Grenville asked to match $20,000 raised in support of judicial review to stop Kemptville jail, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• July 17, 2023:  Does North Grenville council support or oppose the proposed Kemptville jail?- Neutral isn’t a good colour, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• May 2, 2023:  Judge denies province’s motion to dismiss Kemptville jail judicial review, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Mar 29, 2023:  Judge hears arguments from CAPP and JOG regarding proposed jail, North Grenville Times
   
• Dec 14, 2022: ‘Throwing a grenade at us and then running for cover’: Province files motion to dismiss judicial review contesting jail, Kemptville Advance 
   
• Sep 29, 2022: Save Don’t Pave the Farmland, North Grenville Times
   
• Aug 24, 2022:  Solicitor Generals’ Office comments on Judicial Review request, North Grenville Times
   
• Aug 18, 2022:  New plan to stop the prison, North Grenville Times
   
• Aug 18, 2022:  “Proposed provincial prison in Kemptville is illegal”, North Grenville Times
   
• Aug 18, 2022:  What is special about the proposed site in Kemptville, Ontario, North Grenville Times
   
• June 1, 2022: Signs, Article, Peter Johnson, North Grenville Times
   
• May 21, 2022:  Post-election jail opposition rally set for Saturday in Kemptville
   
• Apr 27, 2022:  Greens oppose the proposed prison for Kemptville, North Grenville Times
   
• Apr 15, 2022:  ‘Stop groveling for a few acres’: Prison opposition groups push to save all former Kemptville College lands, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Apr 6, 2022:  Proposed prison gets more attention, North Grenville Times
   
• Mar 16, 2022:  Ontario Liberals call for a pause on proposed prison, North Grenville Times
   
• Mar 12, 2022: Ontario Liberal Party calls for moratorium on Kemptville prison, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Jan 26, 2022: Green’s oppose the proposed prison, North Grenville Times
   
• Jan 24, 2022:  Stop proposed prison on Kemptville College farmland, Letter to Ontario Agriculture Minister Lisa Thompson, Farmers Forum
   
• Dec 22, 2021:  CAPP asks Province not to transfer land for prison re: first open letter to Minister Thompson, North Grenville Times
   
• Dec 15, 2021: Mayor Peckford requesting more clarity regarding policing costs associated with future correctional facility, North Grenville Times
   
• Dec 1, 2021:  Kemptville prison opposition groups say OPSEU adding voice to province’s false sales job
   
• Nov 17, 2021:  Anti-prison rally draws large Kemptville crowd, North Grenville Times
   
• Nov 15, 2021: ‘Use the voice that was given to you’: Kemptville prison opposition growing as residents rally on provincial lands, Kemptville Advance
   
• Nov 10, 2021:  Open letter to Solicitor General and Steve Clark, Kirk Albert, North Grenville Times
   
• Nov 1, 2021:  MPP Steve Clark files complaint about Kemptville prison protesters, then announces new public engagement session, Kemptville Advance
   
• Oct 27, 2021:  Condemnation of Steve Clark’s action widens, North Grenville Times
   
• Oct 20, 2021: Anti-Prison protest comes to Steve Clark, North Grenville Times
   
• Oct 15, 2021: Kemptville College prison opponents to protest at MPP Clark’s Brockville office at noon today, Farmer’s Forum
   
• Oct 6, 2021: Open letter to Premier Doug Ford, Colleen Lynas, North Grenville Times
   
• Sep 22, 2021: Protesters see no prison in their vision for the future of North Grenville, North Grenville Times
   
• Sep 22, 2021:  Open letter to Steve Clark, M.P.P., North Grenville Times
   
• Sep 17, 2021:  ‘We remain optimistic’: Prison opposition groups protest outside North Grenville’s strategic plan meeting, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Aug 15, 2021:  Ontario Green Party disavows proposed prison, My Kemptville Now
  
  
• July 14, 2021:  Fieldwork on correctional facility site begins, North Grenville Times
   
• Jun 30, 2021:  Council faces continued opposition to the proposed correctional facility, North Grenville Times
   
• Jun 30, 2021:  Imagining anti-colonial and a food secure future for Kemptville College Farm, North Grenville Times
   
• Jun 26, 2021:  Kemptville prison opposition groups reveal findings of Solicitor General access to information request, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Jun 23, 2021:  Access to information request reveals lack of transparency about prison plan, Article, Kirk Albert and Colleen Lynas,  North Grenville Times
   
• Jun 22, 2021:  Proposed Kemptville Campus jail opponents to address North Grenville Council this evening, June 22, Farmers Forum
   
• Jun 14, 2021:  Local opposition groups create lawn signs in fight against proposed Kemptville prison, MyKemptvilleNow
   
• May 25, 2021:  Group against provincial jail in Kemptville raising funds to send mail-outs to residents, advertise, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Mar 31, 2021:  Concerns about proposed prison voiced at public meeting, North Grenville Times
   
• Mar 26, 2021:  New concerns about provincial prison in Kemptville discussed during council meeting, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Mar 26, 2021: Still Lots Of Uncertainty On Proposed Prison Following Special Council Meeting, My Kemptville Now
   
• Mar 13, 2021: Kemptville prison opposition groups to have their voices heard at special council meeting March 23, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Mar 9, 2021:  Podcast interview with CAPP representatives, North Grenville Times
   
• Mar 9, 2021:  Special Council Meeting Set To Discuss Proposed Prison In Kemptville, My Kemptville Now
   
• Mar 9, 2021:  Kemptville prison opposition groups to have their voices heard at special council meeting March 23, Ottawa Valley News
   
• Mar 3, 2021:  Feisty opposition to prison on Kemptville College farmland, Farmers Forum
   
• Feb 18, 2021:  Coalition Against Proposed Prison Information Session, North Grenville Times
   
• Feb16, 2021: Kemptville residents against prison debate failed correctional system, doubt rehabilitation claims, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Feb 4, 2021:  CAPP Looks for Answers from Municipality and Province, My Kemptville Now
  
• Jan 29, 2021:  Public Forum Being Held To Speak Out Against Proposed Kemptville Prison, My Kemptville Now
   
• Nov 17, 2020:  Prison planned for downtown Kemptville divides residents, Inside Ottawa Valley
   
• Nov 11, 2020:  Jail Opposition Group protests in downtown Kemptville, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 7, 2020:  ‘We’ve got to stand up’: Residents protest new provincial jail planned for downtown Kemptville, Kemptville Advance
  
  Editorials and letters to the editor
  
  
• Aug 29, 2025:  CAPP says NOPE, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 7, 2024:  A Time for Courage, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Sep 21, 2023:  CAPP corrects opinion piece by former editor, North Grenville Times
  
  
• June 1, 2023:  Municipal council open to whatever developers ask and want, Colin Creasy, North Grenville Times
  
  
• ​Sep 15, 2022:  Costs coming to Kemptville taxpayers, Letter to the editor,  Bill Gooch, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Aug 18, 2022:  I Fought the Law, Editorial, North Grenville Times
  
  
• June 1, 2022:  The Real Dirt on Farmer Lisa, Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times
  
  
• May 11, 2022:  Mr. Stephen goes to Queen’s Park, Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Apr 27, 2022:  CAPP and JOG must hold the Municipal Council accountable, Lawrence Belzac, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Apr 20, 2022: A theatre critic’s review (on the local Green commercial), Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Apr 13, 2022:  CAPP sends a third open letter to Minister Thompson, Marie-Therese Voutsinos, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Apr 6, 2022:  What are they hiding? Why are they hiding it? Letter to the Editor, Rodger Parnell, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Apr 6, 2022:  Skepticism is warranted regarding prison promises, Opinion Editorial, Don Sherritt, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Apr 1, 2022:  Taxpayers have a right to know, Letter to the Editor, Suzanne Gahagan, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Mar 23, 2022:  Access Denied: information not forthcoming using FOIs, Letter to the Editor, Colin Creasy,  North Grenville Times
  
  
• Mar 23, 2022:  Ontario government refuses to provide any supporting documentation, Letter to the Editor, Lisa Gallant, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Feb 16, 2022:  Correctional facility, response to Doreen O’Sullivan article, Letter to the Editor, Nadia Gray,  North Grenville Times
  
  
• Feb 9, 2022:  Correctional facility: connecting the dots, Letter to the Editor, Don Sheritt, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Feb 4, 2022: Policing costs to be passed onto residents, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Feb 2, 2022:  CAPP sends a second open letter to Minister Thompson, Marie-Therese Voutsinos, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Feb 2, 2022:  Yet more serious questions raised about the proposed prison, Opinion Editorial, Colleen Lynas,  North Grenville Times
  
  
• Feb 2, 2022:  An open letter to the Premier, Letter to the Editor, Colin Creasy, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Jan 26, 2022:  Greens oppose the proposed prison, Article, Steve Gabell, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Dec 22, 2021: Ontario Government – A modest proposal, Letter to the Editor, Darrell Nunn, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Dec 8, 2021:  MPP Steve Clark, Letter to the Editor, S. Hamill, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Dec 2, 2021:  Kemptville prison opposition groups say OPSEU adding voice to province’s false sales job, Letter to the editor, Kirk Albert, Colleen Lynas and Justin Piche, Kemptville Advance
  
  
• Nov 24, 2021: Failure of the government, Op-Ed,  Josh Bennett, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 24, 2021:  Growth in Kemptville, Letter to the Editor,  Mary Pemberton, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 10, 2021: Former Police Services Board Chair expresses concern regarding proposed correctional facility and increased tax burden, Opinion Editorial, Don Sherritt, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 10, 2021:  Correctional Facility, Letter to the Editor, John Brooks, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 10, 2021:  Open letter to Solicitor General and Steve Clark, Kirk Albert, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 3, 2021:  Time for truth and transparency, Opinion Editorial, Lisette Major, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Oct 20, 2021:  Nowhere man, Editorial, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Oct 14, 2021:  Response to Steve Clark’s executive assistant, Colleen Lynas, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Oct 14, 2021:  Stuck in the Middle with you, Editorial, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Sep 29, 2021:  The Steve Clark Prison, Opinion Editorial, Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Aug 11, 2021:  The Proposed Prison, Group Opinion Editorial, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Jul 14, 2021:  Stand By Me, Editorial, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Jun 23, 2021:  Access to information request reveals lack of transparency about prison plan, Colleen Lynas and Kirk Albert,  North Grenville Times
  
  
• May 12, 2021:  Our provincial government’s gamble, Op-Ed,  Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Jan 27, 2021:  Challenging the Economic Benefits, Letter to the Editor, Colleen Lynas, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Jan 27, 2021:  Asking for the Evidence, Letter to the Editor, Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Dec 23, 2020:  Open letter to Steve Clark, Letter to the Editor, Roger Parnell, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Dec 9, 2020: A better vision for Kemptville, Guest editorial, Victor Lachance, North Grenville Times 
  
  
• Dec 2, 2020:  Prison Benefits Bureaucrats, Letter to the editor, Steven Harris, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 18, 2020:  Projects such as using farm land for non-farm uses, are symptomatic of a larger problem, Letter to the Editor, Colin Creasy, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 4, 2020:  Stakeholders Meeting Solidified Our Opposition to the Proposed Prison, Article, Colleen Lynas and Kirk Albert, North Grenville Times
  
  
• Nov 2, 2020:  Open Letter to Doug Ford, Marie-Therese Voutsinos, North Grenville Times
  
  Podcasts and radio interviews
  
  
• Nov 2, 2023:  Interview with Rogers TV’s Derick Fage, Colleen Lynas, CAPP
  
  
• June 8, 2022:  Interview with Reeve of Montague,  Bill Dobson, Valley Heritage Radio
  
  
• Apr 18, 2022:  Interview with Victor Lachance, Ottawa City News (near end of article)
  
  
• Feb 2, 2022:  Interview with Colleen Lynas, CFRC Radio
  
  
• Oct 20, 2021:  Interview with Colleen Lynas and Justin Piché, CFRC radio
  
  
• Jun 22, 2021:  Fighting a proposed provincial jail in Eastern Ontario, Talking Radical Radio
  
  
• Mar 9, 2021:  Conversation with Victor Lachance and Colleen Lynas from the CAPP Group, NG Times