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City: July 7 not an eviction date for Belle Park encampment

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Belle Park, campers not being evicted, City Council, City of Kingston, eviction date, homeless camp, homeless encampment, Kingston, Robert Hosier

After months of people camping at Belle Park and the City of Kingston indicating the homeless encampment was “very temporary,”

Kingston City Hall to reopen on July 20

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments City Council, City Hall, COVID-19, payment centre

The City of Kingston says it will reopen City Hall on Monday, July 20 to allow the public to access

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 looking to open Artillery Park as a drop-in day-service centre

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, Artillery Park, Belle Park, Belle Park homeless encampment, camping, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City Council, City of Kingston, drop-in centre, Home Base Housing, homelessness, Kingston, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), shelters, Street Health

In sharing some information on the Belle Park encampment updates in advance of the special City Council meeting scheduled for

Councillor apologizes for offence caused after use of term ‘Wuhan Virus’

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Bill Maher, China, Chinese-Canadian Association of Kingston and District, City Council, City of Kingston, Council meeting, Councillor Robert Kiley, Councillor Simon Chapelle, COVID-19, G7 leaders, Hay Boon Mak, Kingston, Mayor Bryan Paterson, naming of infectious diseases, naming of the novel coronavirus, pandemic, political correctness, President Donald Trump, race relations, state of emergency, Vice President Mike Pence, WHO, World Health Organization, Wuhan virus

Councillor Simon Chapelle is apologizing for any offence he may have caused after he referred to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan

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

Community gardens readying to reopen

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments City Council, City of Kingston, community gardens, coronavirus, COVID-19, food security, Good Food Stands, Kingston, Kingston Community Gardens Network, Loving Spoonful Kingston, pandemic, Province of Ontario, reopening, vulnerable persons

After much discussion about the reopening of community gardens during the current pandemic, those who oversee such gardens here in

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Council passes bylaw to allow enforcement of emergency orders

April 8, 2020April 9, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment bylaw, bylaw enforcement, bylaw officers, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, City Council, City of Kingston, city parks, conservation areas closed, coronavirus, COVID-19, Easter weekend, Emergency Management and Civil Protections Act, enforcement of orders, groups larger than five, K&P Trail, Kingston, Kingston Police, Mayor Bryan Paterson, municipal orders, physical distancing, Police Chief Antje McNeely, police enforcement, social distancing, waterfront trail

On Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2020, Kingston City Council voted 11-2 to pass a bylaw allowing enforcement of any emergency orders

Hall Monitor: Virtual Emergency

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City Council, COVID-19, hall monitor, Home Base Housing, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Transit, kingston youth services hub, Lanie Hurdle, Princess Street United Church (PSUC), transitiona; housing, tree planting, trees, virtual meetings, Wildflowers, ygkc

Kingston City Council broke new ground last night as they sat for both Special Meeting of Council 12-2020 (agenda), as

City of Kingston announces plans for parking changes at City Park

March 9, 2020March 11, 2020 Tori Stafford 3 Comments accessible parking, Bagot Street, Barrie Street, City Council, City of Kingston, City Park, Court Street, King Street East, Kingston, Maitland Street, metered parking, parking, public input, ring road

The City of Kingston is planning changes to parking around City Park, some of which the public is being asked

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Hall Monitor: Reconsideration resolve

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City Council, city councillors, Councillor Peter Stroud, hall monitor, Integrity Commissioner, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), recycling, Sustainable Kingston, Tourism Kingston, Utilities Kingston, ygkc

Editorial note: An earlier version of this article mistakenly stated that Council had voted to change recycling collection to allow

How easy is it to find an Airbnb address?

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Tommy Vallier 8 Comments Administrative Policy Committee, AirBnB, apartment rentals, bylaw, City Council, City of Kingston, data, doxing, Host Compliance, housing crisis, housing shortage, Kingston, Kingston Accommodation Partners, licensing, online data, privacy, short-term rental licensing, short-term rentals, tourism, Tourism Kingston

With the upcoming by-law to license short-term stays, there’s been a lot of chatter about the topic online. Recently, the

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