How Kingston & the Islands federal election candidates are spending election day

Your federal candidates on single-use plastics: A Kingston perspective

Poll: Who will get your vote in the 2019 Federal Election?

Six questions with Candice Christmas of the Green Party of Canada

What would you do if you met Donald Trump?

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Cris Vilela 0 Comments Andy Brooke, Barrington Walker, campaign headquarters, Candice Christmas, canvassing, Conservative Party of Canada, election day, Federal Election 2019, Green Party of Canada, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Gerretsen, New Democratic Party (NDP), People's Party of Canada, polls, results, Ruslan Yakoviychuk, victory parties, voting

After a little more than five weeks of campaigning, it’s all come down to this: A few last hours to get out the vote and then sit back, celebrate all the hard work and watch the results as they trickle in. Here’s how each of the local Kingston & The

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October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Kingstonist 2 Comments 2019 Federal Election, Barrington Walker, Candice Christmas, Conservative Party of Canada, Eden Hataley, Environmental Studies, Federal Election 2019, Great Lakes, Green Party of Canada, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Lake Ontario, Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Gerretsen, microbeads, microplastics, New Democratic Party (NDP), People's Party of Canada, Queen's University, single-use plastics

By Eden Hataley Single-use plastics are everywhere Plastic shopping bags, straws, cutlery, disposable coffee cups, beverage bottles, food, and toiletry packaging invade our everyday lives. Ironically, the attributes that make plastic such a marketable material – its durability and low cost – also make it a pervasive and persistent pollutant.

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October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 Tori Stafford 16 Comments 2019 Federal Election, Andrew Brooke, Barrington Walker, Candice Christmas, Conservative Party of Canada, Green Party of Canada, Kingston and the Islands, Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Gerretsen, New Democratic Party (NDP), People's Party of Canada, poll, Ruslan Yakoviychuk, voting

We’re now in October, which means the 2019 Federal Election is fast approaching! Here in Kingston and the Islands, we have five candidates running to represent our district. Those candidates (with links to our profiles on each of them) are: Andrew Brooke — People’s Party of Canada Candice Christmas —

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August 23, 2019August 27, 2019 Michelle Allan 4 Comments 2019 Federal Election, affordable housing, basic income, Candice Christmas, climate change, climate emergency, electoral reform, Elizabeth May, financial security, Green Party of Canada, Greta Thunberg, Guaranteed Livable Income, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, proportional representation

Candice Marie Christmas (nee Krumreich) is the Federal Green Party Candidate for Kingston and The Islands. She grew up in Lachine, a suburb of Montreal, and prides herself on being fully bilingual. She met her now-husband in the Thousand Islands and moved to Kingston in 1990. Christmas has been a

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July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Robert Kiley 0 Comments Andrew Brookes, Andrew Scheer, Barack Obama, Barrington Walker, Candice Christmas, Conservative Party, Donald Trump, elections, Elizabeth May, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Green Party, Jagmeet Singh, Kingston, Liberal Party, Mark Gerretsen, New Democratic Party (NDP), political leaders, politics, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Services Alliance, Ruslan Yakoviychuk, Stephen Harper

What would you do if you met the President of the United States? A few years ago, this would have been an easy answer, at least for many in Canada who seem to love the Democrats. A handshake or hug, maybe even a dose of fan girl or boy, as