In pictures: Kingston’s climate strike
As hundreds of students and residents took to the streets to march for climate action, Kingstonist was there to capture the moment. Here is a look at the climate strike in pictures.
Booths on display ahead of the climate rally events. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
Students and residents begin to assemble ahead of remarks before the march. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
A grade-school aged child with a protest sign at the climate strike. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
Students holding up a sign to illicit honking support from passing motorists. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
Aidan Tomkinson of Fridays for Future speaks at the beginning of the rally. Photo by Tommy Vallier. 
Ian Arthur, MPP for Kingston and the Islands speaks at the climate strike rally in Kingston. Photo by Tommy Vallier. 
Dianne Saxe, Former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, speaking before the parade left market square during the climate strike. Photo by Tommy Vallier. 
The mach was led by local musicians, who played a variety of crowd-gathering songs. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
Students from across Kingston depart from market square as part of the climate strike. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
Protest signs and banners being held by students during the climate strike. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
Some tombstone-shaped protest signs. The rally was referenced to as a ‘Funeral for the Earth’. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
The climate strike as it passes through the downtown Kingston transfer point. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
Protesters stretched over 2 full city blocks in the downtown as seen along Brock Street. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
Students in black hooded robes carry an inflatable earth in a mock casket, referencing the ‘Funeral for the Earth’ theme the rally took on. Photo by Tommy Vallier. 
Aidan Tomkinson, third from right, leads a parade down Princess Street on September 20, 2019 as part of the global strike for climate action. Photo by Phillip Stafford. 
Protesters carry signs along Princess Street as part of the march for climate action. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
A large banner proclaiming the climate crisis and an “extinction rebellion”, seen during the march. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
Protesters suggesting people use more technology to keep in touch instead of using fuel to fly between locations. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
A large puppet of a devil speaks to the heat of the planet during the climate march. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
One of the protest signs seen during the rally and march on climate action. Photo by Phillip Stafford 
Protesters finished their march by turning along Ontario Street and then marched through City Hall. Photo by Tommy Vallier 
The crowd of marchers and protesters as they enter City Hall as part of the march for climate action. Photo by Tommy Vallier