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Economic Action Plan for Kingston
This morning I went hiking with my two fierce creatures at Lemoine Point – a fantastic and little known hiking area just west of the airport. On my way towards the point, I noticed a few signs proclaiming the presence of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. I could not read what each project entailed, and so, upon returning home [...]
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On Third Crossings and Other Mythical Beasts
The other day I attended an information session regarding the environmental assessment associated with a proposed thoroughfare that will better connect the eastern and western realms of Kingston. Truth be told, I was expecting a formal presentation with a Q&A session, however such formalities are rather premature at this early stage in the game. Of [...]
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Norman Rogers Aiport Luggage Lotto
Anyone departing Kingston’s Norman Rogers Airport has played this game – “will my luggage make it to Toronto” – let alone the final destination? A relatively recent decision by Air Canada has resulted in the termination of AC Jazz DH1 service to Kingston, and a new sub-contract to Air Alliance, which flies tiny and apparently [...]
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Did you Know?
The other day whilst navigating the power outage induced traffic jam across the LaSalle causeway (aka the Green Monster), I found myself noting the similarity between this lift bridge and another with which I am familiar, the ‘blue bridge’ in Victoria. Not believing in coincidences, I thought that there had to be more to it [...]
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Sound off….Is Kingston Ready for Roundabouts?
In my introduction a couple of days ago, I indicated that I was a fan of traffic circles. That was, in fact, a poor choice of words, as what I am really in favour of are yield at entry roundabouts vice traffic circles. “What’s the difference?!” I hear you exclaim, they make me dizzy and [...]
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Junior – A New Kingstonista
A couple of weeks ago I got to thinking a bit about my adopted home and it prompted me to post some thoughts here. Very shortly thereafter by the magic of the intertubes I had received links from local blogs: Kingstonist, and K7 Waterfront, thus generating far more traffic than I probably deserved. Fast forward [...]
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