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Share Your Opinion About Kingston’s History & Stories
As part of the continuing work on the Kingston Culture Plan, the City has launched a Your Opinion survey to ask Kingston residents, businesses and institutions how they perceive the city’s history and stories. “With so many significant anniversaries and celebrations coming up in the next few years, this process of gathering and sharing stories [...]
Kingstonist’s Challenge # 13: Batteries, Cell Phones and E-Waste Disposal
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
New Drop Off Locations For Used Batteries, Cell Phones
Battery-shaped collection bins have been set up in the lobbies of City Hall, 216 Ontario St., and the INVISTA Centre, 1350 Gardiner’s Rd., to make it more convenient for residents to properly dispose of used single-use and rechargeable batteries and small used electronic devices such as cell phones. Spent batteries are considered household hazardous waste [...]
Six Questions for Rebecca Anweiler
I have seen Rebecca around town at various functions. She tells me we bumped into each other at a past Kingston AIDS Walk for Life. Which is apparently how her ReelOut story began. ReelOut Queer Film + Video Festival is now in it’s 13th year in Kingston staring on January 26thto February 5th. This year, [...]
Sydenham Military Blockhouse
In preparation for American attack, the town of Kingston erected military blockhouses in four locations throughout Kingston. These blockhouses were connected by a high palisade picket fence, thereby enclosing the town. There were four guarded gates that allowed entrance and exit from the area located at King, William, Princess and Montreal streets. We believe this [...]
Weekly Poll: Tobogganing Hills
Helloooo winter! After months of wondering if we’d see the old man this year, he’s come back full force in the last few days giving us snow days, skating and other great features of a Canadian winter. I personally am not a big fan of this time of year but I’m coming around and considering [...]
Community Soapbox: Battle Brewing Over Lease Agreement
I have a disappointing update to our [Coffeeco's] efforts to reach agreement on a lease extension at our Johnson Street location. For those of you who haven’t been following I’ll provide a detailed update. We have been sub-letting space at 344 Johnson Street from a failed coffee business and abiding to the terms of an [...]
Kingstonist’s Challenge # 12: Local Indie Playlist
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
Weekly Poll
Should Kingston's Transportation Master Plan incorporate double-decker buses?
- No way. (42%, 27 Votes)
- Yes, absolutely. (38%, 25 Votes)
- Only for tourists. (12%, 8 Votes)
- Something else entirely. (8%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 65
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