Politics

Gerretsen responds to allegations of paying for ads to quash Alberta jobs

Four major education unions to stage province-wide walkout next week

Kingston Health Coalition sounds alarm on long-term care worker crisis

One-day strike to impact local elementary, secondary schools Thursday

Have your say – Yay or nay: Open budget process

ETFO announces further strike action impacting LDSB schools

OECTA announces province-wide walkout next week

ETFO Limestone educators plan united front for one-day strike

ETFO to ‘escalate’ rotating strikes if central agreements not reached

Our city’s homeless: Living as one, PiT counts, and public policy decisions

EFTO one-day strike scheduled for Limestone District School Board

Hall Monitor: Meeting Momentum

Gerretsen responds to allegations of paying for ads to quash Alberta jobs

Four major education unions to stage province-wide walkout next week

Kingston Health Coalition sounds alarm on long-term care worker crisis

One-day strike to impact local elementary, secondary schools Thursday

Have your say – Yay or nay: Open budget process

ETFO announces further strike action impacting LDSB schools

OECTA announces province-wide walkout next week

ETFO Limestone educators plan united front for one-day strike

ETFO to ‘escalate’ rotating strikes if central agreements not reached

EFTO one-day strike scheduled for Limestone District School Board

Hall Monitor: Meeting Momentum

Kingston Region Spelling Bee

Spring Sale Donation Days

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment accusations, Alberta, Brian Lilley, Facebook post, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, MP advertising budget, MP Mark Gerretsen, oilsands, paid advertisments, petition, Queen's University Liberal Association, Sun media, Teck Resources Frontier Oilsands Mine

When asked about the motivation behind a recent sponsored post on MP Mark Gerretsen’s Facebook account, Gerretsen was quick to

Education News Politics

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Tori Stafford 3 Comments AEFO, Association des enseignantes et des enseignants frano-ontariens, Doug Ford, elementary schools, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Kingston, Minister Lecce, one-day province-wide strike, one-day province-wide walkout, Ontario, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario government, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), secondary schools

For the first time since 1997, teachers and education workers in Ontario’s elementary and secondary school will all participate in

Health News Politics

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Tommy Vallier 1 Comment care for the elderly, healthcare, Kingston, kingston health coaltion, long term care, Matthew Gventer, Ministry of Health, ontario health coalition, PSW shortage, PSWs, Rideaucrest, United Food & Commercial Workers, United Steelworkers Union

The Kingston Health Coalition is raising the alarm alongside its provincial counterpart in asking the province to change funding levels,

Education News Politics

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Bishop Remi-Gaulin elementary, Conseil des Ecoles Catholiques Centre-Est (CECCE), Conseil des Ecoles Publiques de lest de lOntario (CEPEO), École élémentaire publique Madeleine-de-Roybon and École secondaire publique Mille-Îles, job action, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Marie Rivier secondary, no classes, one day strike, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), teachers strike

A number of local elementary and secondary students will not have classes on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 due to one-day

City News Opinion Poll Politics

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment 2021 budget, budget process, City Council, City of Kingston, Council in Action, Councillor Bridget Doherty, Councillor Rob Hutchison, Gary Bennett, Kingston, new motion, open budget process, opinion, participatory budget, poll, public input, transparency, YourTV

At their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, Kingston City Council discussed the concept of an ‘open budget process,’ which

Education News Politics

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments elementary school strikes, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), escalated rotating strikes, Ford Government, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, one-day province-wide strike, provincial government, rotating strikes, Same Hammond, teachers strike

As parents and students in the local public school board prepare for two days without school this week, the Elementary

Education News Politics

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments ALCDSB, Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, English Catholice schools, Ford governement, Kingston, Liz Stuart, Minister Lecce, one-day province-wide walkout, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), teachers strike, union negotiations

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has announced it is planning a second one-day, province-wide walkout on Tuesday, Feb.

Education News Politics

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments class sizes, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ford Government, Jane Roberts, Kindergarten, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Limestone local, Ministry Lecce, one day strike, picketing, rotating strikes

As the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) continue rotating one-day strikes, those with the ETFO Limestone local are planning

Education News Politics

January 27, 2020February 3, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), escalated rotating strikes, Ford Government, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, one-day province-wide strike, Ontario, provincial government, rotating strikes, Sam Hammond

Update (Monday, Feb. 3, 2019): According to the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the union is escalating its provincial

Opinion Politics

January 24, 2020January 28, 2020 Cliff Morton 0 Comments 10-year Municipal Housing and Homelessness Plan, City of Kingston, County of Frontenac, Employment and Social Development Canada, homeless crisis, homeless data, homeless statistics, homelessness, housing, Housing First Program (HFP), Kingston, living rough, Point in Time count (PiT), Rapid Re-Housing, recovery-oriented approach, shelters, transitional housing, unsheltered

… A brotherhood of man,Imagine all the people,Sharing all the world.You may say I’m a dreamer,But I’m not the only

Education News Politics

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Kingston, Limestone District School Board, Minister Stephen Lecce, no classes, one day strike, rotating strikes, Sam Hammond, teachers strike, Wednesday January 29

As the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (EFTO) moves into week two of rotating strikes, the union has issued the

City Hall News Politics

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Collins Creek, Councillor Jeff McLaren, hall monitor, Highway 2, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Lanie Hurdle, Local Authority Services, Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), north block, Ontario Street, paige agnew, Peter Huigenbos, petition, Queen Street, redevelopment of City Hall MarketWing, turtle protection, ygkc

Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 05-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The 41-minute meeting, which Mayor Bryan

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