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Hall Monitor: Re-opening and re-location

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Artillery Park, Belle Park, City Council, City of Kingston, cooling centres, COVID-19, drop-in centre, eviction date, homeless camp, Kingston, Love Kingston Marketplace, pedestrian streets, provincial framework for reopening, reopening

Kingston City Council added a meeting to their calendar, sitting for meeting number 20-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2020

City to resume metered parking fees June 29

June 23, 2020June 24, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments COVID-19, HonkMobile, metered parking, parking, parking fees, parking lot, parking lots, parking meters

The City of Kingston, which is continuing to re-introduce normal functions after suspending many in March in response to COVID-19,

Kingston Health Sciences Centre ready to increase outpatient clinic visits

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments COVID-19, Hotel Dieu, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), outpatient clinic visits, physical distancing

The Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) site of the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KCHC) is increasing its in-person outpatient clinic visits

Hall Monitor: Quiet streets

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Tommy Vallier 1 Comment CAO Lanie Hurdle, COVID-19, cycling, delegated authority, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Coalition for Active Transportation, Love Kingston Marketplace, pandemic, pedestrian traffic, quiet streets pilot project, removal of delegated authority, road lane closures, state of, ygkc

On Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2020, Kingston City Council held meeting 19-2020 (agenda) in its electronic format again, where they moved

Hall Monitor: Carrying camp

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, Belle Park, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City Council, City of Kingston, Douglas Fluhrer Park, eviction, eviction date, Extension of eviction date, Gardiners Road, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homelessness in Kingston, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Loyalist Township, mural wall, paving, public art, public art wall, recycling

Kingston City Council sat for meeting 18-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, sitting in its virtual format. Though council

Kingston Fire and Rescue issues zero-tolerance warning for illegal burning

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments backyard fires, burn ban, burning yard waste, fines, fires, illegal fires, KFR, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Ontario Fire Code, open-air burning, Ted Posadowski, yard waste, yard waste drop-off depot, zero-tolerence policy on illegal open air burning

Following a recent spike in calls, Kingston Fire and Rescue (KFR) has instituted a zero-tolerance policy for open-air burning conducted

Hall Monitor: The cost of COVID

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments $4 million deficit, Belle Park, budget deliberations, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, deep water dock, downtown St. Lawrence campus, economic impact of COVID-19, electric buses, frozen wages, hall monitor, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, Lanie Hurdle, parking at City Park, projects delayed, shortage of work, staff wage freeze, strategic plan, strategic priorities, Town Homes Kingston, tree purchasing, wildflower verges, ygkc

It was a busier than usual week for Kingston City Council, as they sat for four meetings this week. On

Painted stones form heart of support

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments COVID-19, shop local, supporting local businesses, YGKLove

On a small grassy hill, near both history and healthcare, sits a steadily growing outpouring of love to our community

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The plans and people behind the Kingston Economic Recovery Team

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Aba Mortley, Bhavana Varma, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan Corcoran, Doug Ritchie, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), Dr. Kieran Moore, economic impact of COVID-19, economy, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Karen Cross, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Economic Development, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Economic Recovery Team, Lanie Hurdle, local economic impact of COVID-19, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Megan Knott, Sean Billing, Susan St. Clair, Tim Pater, Tourism Kingston, Tricia Baldwin

Mayor Bryan Paterson has now shared the details of the new ‘Kingston Economic Recovery Team’ (KERT) he announced on April

In pictures: Snowbirds Operation Inspiration flies over Kingston

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments 2020, CF Snowbirds, flyover, Kingston, May 8, Operation INSPIRATION, snow birds, Snowbirds

As part of their national ‘Operation INSPIRATION’ tour, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds flew over Kingston shortly before 11:00 a.m. on

Hall Monitor: Response recovery

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Conacher Drive, coronavirus, COVID-19, delegations, Donna Gillespie, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Economic Development, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Economic Recovery Team, local economic impact of COVID-19, Mayor Bryan Paterson, public delegations, shop local, townhouses, ygkc

Kingston City Council sat virtually for meeting 15-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, May 6, 2020. Though this was another meeting with

Hall Monitor: Response Reservations

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments budget, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA), community gardens, Conservation Areas, County of Frontenac, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, Frontenac Paramedic Services, hall monitor, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, kingston city budget, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, operating budget, pandemic response, Public Health, relaxing restrictions, ygkc

Kingston City Council held meeting 14-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2020, hosting its third meeting in its virtual format.

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