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Weekly Poll: Clear Garbage Bags

In March 2009, the City of Kingston launched the highly anticipated organic recycling program in an effort to reduce the amount of recyclable material ending up in landfills by 65 percent. About a month later, city officials announced that 35 percent of Kingstonians were using their green bins. You can interpret that number as [...]

23Aug2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 17 comments | Continued
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Weekly Poll: The Future of the Poker Run

If you were to list the top 10 things to see and do in Kingston during the summer, chances are the Poker Run wouldn’t make the cut. It’s not a question of whether or not this annual event is entertaining, rather there’s only so much excitement one can expect when watching speeding boats roar [...]

3Aug2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 20 comments | Continued
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Weekly Poll: Staying Cool Without AC

It’s something I’ve written about in the past, so I will apologize in advance for sounding like a broken record.  For both financial and environmental reasons, my household has gone without the modern convenience of air conditioning. I’m not going to sugar coat it, as the hot and humid conditions as of late [...]

12Jul2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 4 comments | Continued
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Battery Park

Last Monday, Mayor Rosen and Homestead Land Holdings cut the ribbon at Kingston’s newest waterfront attraction, located on the fringe of the long contested plot of land that was formerly known as Block D.  The re-purposed real estate on Block D has been developed to accommodate three towering condominiums, as well as a Courtyard [...]

6Jul2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 4 comments | Continued
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Weekly Poll: Clean Air Day

To help raise awareness and hopefully encourage Kingstonians to participate in Clean Air Day on the 2nd of June, we thought that it would be fitting to focus this week’s poll accordingly. The objective of Clean Air day is simple: utilize alternate modes of transportation to help reduce planet-choking emissions. For commuters who [...]

31May2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 17 comments | Continued
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Kingston Area Recycling Centre

Lately, I’ve been logging some serious hours in the yard, and I’m pretty proud of the progress I’ve been able to make at this point in the season.  From painting and installing a new lock on a gate, to cutting down pesky Manitoba Maples, trimming the hedge, and prepping our vegetable garden, the homestead [...]

13Apr2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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What if Kingston…

A few weekends ago I was walking by Tara Natural Foods, who had gorgeous Spring flowers and seasonal produce for sale outside.  I was drawn closer by a volunteer from the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG Kingston) / Urban Agriculture Kingston (UAK) who was standing next to a small basket of eggs, and handing [...]

30Mar2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 4 comments | Continued
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Protesting The Commercial Seal Hunt

Over 50 Kingstonian activists braved the cold and rain last Saturday to protest the Canadian government’s support for the annual commercial seal hunt. Their plea was not “Save Our Souls”, but rather “Save Our Seals.”

20Mar2010 | Matt Gardner | 15 comments | Continued
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What if Kingston…

In part three of Kingstonist’s examination of the downtown business-scape, we highlighted the fact that there are numerous neglected parcels of land along the strip of Princess Street that falls between Bath and Division.  A majority of these properties were once home to car dealerships, car rental agencies and gas stations, while they are now [...]

23Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 9 comments | Continued
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The Rise of the Locavore

Like many people, each and every year I make a pledge to better myself, and give back to the local community.  This year, I purposely kept my New Year’s resolution to myself. It’s not as though I was ashamed of my master plan for 2010, rather, I feared that if I put it [...]

20Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 23 comments | Continued
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