All Posts Tagged With: "Richardson Beach"
Weekly Poll: Beat the Heat
Imagine this; a hot blazing sun, sticky legs, sweaty palms and the humidity so high that your hair makes you look like this. We’ve all been there, however the question is what do you do to survive the heat? As much as we may crave for the sun to knock on our door during those [...]
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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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Swim Guide: Beach Finder
Every summer, those of us without backyard swimming pools, or friends who are kind enough to share, converge on Kingston’s shorelines in search of a safe yet refreshing place to take a dip. While KFL&A Public Health “regularly” checks the water quality at local beaches, these updates are not always timely nor do they fully [...]
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Six Questions for Rob Matheson
A month or so ago I had a grand vision of producing an election special that consisted of an interview with all six of the Mayoral candidates. I put the offer out there, on a several occasions, but only one candidate, Rob Matheson, jumped at the opportunity. It was actually kind of surprising how fast [...]
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Weekly Poll: Recreational Infrastructure
The dog days of summer may be hard to imagine when it snows in May, but I can already picture myself frolicking around on the new splash pad at City Park in a few months. The splash pad and rink at Market Square, as well as the pending renovations of the Leo Lafleur waterpark and [...]
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Everything’s Going Swimmingly
Last Fall, I wrote about the City’s plans to completely overhaul the ageing aquatic facility that’s located beside the Memorial Centre. Presently, the entire grounds around the M-Centre are getting a much needed face lift, while the work will eventually focus on breathing new life into the Leo Lafleur Waterpark. While we were given a [...]
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Waterfront Agenda Items
As posted on K7waterfront.org, there are three notable waterfront-related agenda items for the next City Council meeting scheduled on the 6th of October 2009. Highlights are as follows: 1. Waterfront-related items listed in the Recreation & Leisure Services Department 2009-2010 Priorities are either stalled, or token. They include: Design of the Breakwater beach area (2010). [...]
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Are We Getting Any Greener?
It has been quite some time since I last took the stage atop my environmental soapbox, but with news of Kingston’s green-ness spreading far and wide, the time has come for a brief, yet honest discussion about our stature as a sustainable community. In a star studded, green carpet affair, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities [...]
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Friday Foto
I really wish mother nature would make up her mind. Last night we faced off against a torrential downpour and gale-force winds, but at least the funnel clouds stayed away. Otherwise, for the better part of this week, we were finally treated to summer, however the air left a majority of us feeling sticky, and [...]
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Life’s a Beach
According to a report released today, Mayors along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway want to promote the use of, as well as tackle environmental issues associated with Great Lakes’ beaches. Surprisingly, the 44-page report titled A Mayors’ Collaborative Action Plan to Protect the Great Lakes, has not garnered much attention in the media [...]
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