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After months of speculation, it’s official: Kingston and the Islands MPP Ted Hsu is running to be the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. At an event on Sunday, May 28, 2023, Hsu officially threw his hat in the ring to replace Steven Del Duca as the next leader
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Greater Napanee’s Town Council meeting on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, held a number of topics for discussion, but it got heated when it came to the creation of a budget for the Downtown Advisory Committee. Council received a report from the Downtown Advisory Committee, which was recently established after the
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On Tuesday, May 30, 2023, Kingston City Council as the Committee of the Whole will be asked to formally approve the 2023-2026 Strategic Plan, along with an implementation strategy for the various priorities included in the document. According to a staff report circulating ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, the plan represents
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The Town of Greater Napanee Council is taking steps toward the possible implementation of a multi-use trail that would run through the town on an abandoned CN Rail line, which could conceivably cross Highway 401 and eventually connect the town to the Cataraqui Trail. As a followup to the special
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Richmond Landfill’s contamination problem resurfaced in the town of Napanee at this week’s council meeting on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Ian Munro, a long-time member of the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE), made a deputation at the meeting to update Council on the state of the landfill
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Content warning: This article contains graphic images and content regarding animal welfare that may be disturbing for some readers. The Ontario government is quietly reintroducing a controversial hunting practice, and not everyone is happy about it. Bill 91, the Ontario government’s massive Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023, was
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“If this keeps one kid from getting hurt, it’s been worth it,” Dave Mills says of his repeated interviews on the subject of unanchored soccer nets. His son, 14-year-old Garrett Mills, was killed by one six years ago, on Friday, May 12, 2017. It’s hard not to wonder what kind
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When the lives of at least two people travelling on the Wolfe Island ferry in early February 2023 were put at serious risk due to a ramp failure, many people who depend on the ferry wondered what more would have to happen before this situation was addressed. In fact, shortly
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The town of Napanee bore witness to something singular last night, Thursday, May 11, 2023: a public meeting where two opposing sides came together to listen and learn from each other. The much-anticipated meeting at Strathcona Paper Centre’s banquet hall, to allow Greater Napanee Town Council to hear comments from
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Greater Napanee Town Council met on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, for their regularly scheduled meeting ahead of the May 11 Special Meeting of Council, which will receive public thoughts on a proposed sale of property by the Town. However, the less conspicuous meeting was not without some of its own
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Update (Friday, May 5, 2023, at 1:30 p.m.):The City of Kingston has now provided a map outlining the boundaries of parts of the city, as disscussed in the overview of the final 2023 tax levy and rates below. That map can be viewed here. Original article (Friday, May 5, 2023,
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Queen’s University graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and community supporters joined their contemporaries in a nationwide walkout Monday, May 1, 2023, in response to the lack of attention to research funding in the recent federal budget. According to Support Our Science, provision of a living wage for researchers would
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