Former base commander Bill Richard remembered as military leader who helped shape modern Kingston

Retired brigadier-general William Shane “Bill” Richard, a former commander of CFB Kingston whose influence stretched far beyond the military, is being remembered as a community builder whose leadership helped transform both the city and some of its most important institutions.Richard, who died July 7 at age 77, spent nearly four decades in the Canadian Armed Forces before dedicating much of his retirement to health care, education and community service in Kingston, his adopted homet