Sports & Recreation
Grade 7 Students Collect 95 Pairs Of Skates For P.R.O. Kids
Grade 7 students Erin Dowling and Kassandra Fraser have collected 95 pairs of skates for the Great Skate Donate program.Denita Dyck with Kassandra Fraser and Erin Dowling The Great Skate Donate is a program of the City-run P.R.O. Kids charity, which helps Kingston youth from low income households participate in community recreational opportunities. The annual [...]
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Top Five Things to See and Do
If you’re reading this, it means that you survived the worst of what 2012 could muster: snowmaggedon, the NHL lockout, Gangnam style, the fiscal cliff, teachers’ job action, and the list goes on. Love it or leave it, 2012 is now a part of the history books, and it’s high time we start looking forward [...]
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Light My Ride Program 2012
Cycle Kingston will be conducting its annual Light My Ride program starting the week of November 5th. This Program gives out a limited number of free bicycle lights (provided by Mountain Equipment Co-Op) to bicycle riders who are seen riding in the evening without lights. The times for light distribution start half-hour before sunset, and [...]
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Casino: Provincial Association Opinion Matches Downtown Kingston! BIA’s
The Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA) recently published an article A Question of a Casino in their Insider newsletter summarizing their research into economic impacts of a casino. Their findings echo those cited by the Downtown Kingston! B.I.A. in recent weeks. The article notes: …when the visitor base is drawn from the local area [...]
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Hall Monitor: A Vicious Cycle
So last night, council got together for meeting number 26-2012 – but it felt like 25B-2012, since the agenda was just a completion of the items from last week. Half of an agenda, a wrong week for a meeting and a strange start time (6:00pm). If that doesn’t give an indicator of a bizarre meeting ahead – I [...]
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Community Soapbox: Cycling – or not – in Williamsville
I am writing to give you an update on cycling in Williamsville and to encourage you to contact City Council members if you have concerns. The City plans to move ahead without consideration for on-road cycling facilities on Princess Street in Williamsville. Despite cycling having been raised many times in the public consultation process, the [...]
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Weekly Poll: Belle Park Solar Farm
Belle Park consists of 108 acres of land situated on the western shore of the Cataraqui River. From 1952 to 1974, the area was utilized as a municipal landfill that closed as a result of mounting environmental pressures. Part of the former dump site was re-purposed as a 9 hole golf course, which still operates [...]
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Jock Harty Arena
This may not be a grand building nor was it ever one in which a Stanley Cup final was held, but it was a significant part of ice hockey history in Kingston. It is the second Jock Harty Arena built in 1924. It was situated on Arch Street until 1968. The first arena was destroyed [...]
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Top Five Things to See and Do
Fall is without a doubt my favorite season, next to Summer that is. Autumn perfectly stimulates all of the senses: the gorgeous sight of colourful trees, the delicious taste of fresh apple pie, the familiar smell of rotting zombies, the sound of snow crunching beneath my feet and the cozy feel of fleece on a [...]
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Presentation of the Conceptual Design Plan for Breakwater Park
In late 2011 the City partnered with KFL&A Public Health in submitting an application for 8-80 Cities “Make a Place for People” project. On December 17, 2011, the City of Kingston was notified that it was one of six municipalities out of thirty four (34) applications that was selected as part of the “Make a [...]
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