All Posts Tagged With: "Confederation Park"
Best of 2011: One Bag Per Household Limit
In an effort to curb the city’s waste by 65%, we’ve seen the introduction of an organic recycling program, an expanded list of acceptable blue box materials and now a one bag per household limit. Thankfully Kingston has moved away from talking about forcing people to use clear garbage bags, which would have resulting in [...]
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Weekly Poll: The Year That Was
With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, and New Year’s a mere three weeks away, it’s time for our annual review of the news stories and issues that shaped this past year. Will we remember 2011 as the year that Confederation Park was, for a short time, occupied by protesters in an effort [...]
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Weekly Poll: Occupy Kingston’s Right to Remain
Over the past week, occupy movements in cities across Canada and the US have been dealt countless eviction notices, which have been met with both support and opposition. Arguments to allow the demonstrators to remain in place are empowered by our right to peacefully protest as well as freedom of speech, however justification becomes clouded [...]
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Weekly Poll: Managing Canadian Geese
While strolling along Kingston’s waterfront this summer, I’ve regularly encountered large gaggles of Branta Canadensis, otherwise known as the Canadian Goose. Sadly, these beautiful birds are a bit of a nuisance as a result of the seemingly impossible concentration of droppings they leave behind, which creates a messy minefield in parks, and everywhere else they [...]
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Canada Day Festivities and Closures
Kingston’s Canada Day celebrations are scheduled for Confederation Park and Grass Creek Park. A list of holiday and road closures follows below. Here’s what is going on: Red & White People Parade: Anyone wearing Canadian red and white is welcome to join this parade which departs from the Metro parking lot (at Barrie and Princess [...]
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Weekly Poll: Smoking Bylaw Expansion
Once upon a time you could do it in restaurants, movie theatres, taxi cabs, and even in classrooms. Doctors prescribed certain brands as a cure all, and Hollywood would have you believe that all the cool kids are doing it. In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m referring to darts, death sticks, smokes…cigarettes. Nearly ten [...]
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Friday Foto
Happy Friday, Kingston! Sorry for the lateness of today’s post but I’ve been out enjoying the awesomeness of FebFest. If you haven’t been down to Confederation Basin to check out the great additions to this year’s festivities, make sure you make time for it this weekend. FebFest is a mere child at only 7 years [...]
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Guide to Feb Fest
With all the snow shovelling, the constant bundling up in weatherproof layers and adventures in cars failing to start at the most inopportune time, I’d be lying to you if I said that I was a fan of winter. Even so, this weekend there’s plenty of reason to make amends with Old Man Winter and [...]
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Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival
Connect with the cultures of Kingston at the first ever Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival at Confederation Park. This event will include live music and dance, food from around the world, a language village, an international market, passages to Canada stories, a world beat dance party from 5pm-6pm and lots of activities for kids. This great [...]
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Guide to the Limestone City Blues Festival
Thankfully I don’t really have a whole lot of experience with the blues, which is to say that life is pretty good. That said, I truly appreciate great rhythm and blues music whenever I hear it. From August 26th to the 29th, Kingston will once again play host to some of the world’s greatest rhythm [...]
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