Ceremony honours local police officer, Hero of the Year Award recipient
A crowd gathered Monday afternoon at the outdoor ampitheatre behind City Hall to celebrate the bravery of Kingston Police Constable
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Commercial eviction ban too little, too late, says MPP Ian Arthur
The Ontario provincial government has announced a decision to temporarily freeze and reverse evictions for commercial tenants during COVID-19. The
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Ontario releases list of essential businesses permitted to be open during COVID-19 pandemic
The Ontario government has now released the list of all essential businesses which will be permitted to remain open during
Read moreOntario Premier orders the mandatory closure of all non-essential businesses
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Four major education unions to stage province-wide walkout next week
For the first time since 1997, teachers and education workers in Ontario’s elementary and secondary school will all participate in
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A Letter to the Premier (in response to #AMOConf19)
Dear Doug, I must admit, it was an odd experience hearing you speak at the Association of Ontario Municipalities Conference
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Kingston students walkout, march to protest curriculum changes
Chanting “We can’t go back to ’98!” and “We as youth deserve to know!” approximately 1,000 secondary students in Kingston
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What is the Nothwithstanding Clause?
Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1982 (or the Notwithstanding Clause) gives parliament, at either the
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MPP Ian Arthur eager to take on new role as environment and sustainability critic
Kingston and the Islands’ MPP Ian Arthur will certainly be busy in Queen’s Park having recently been appointed the environment
Read moreOfficial statement from MPP Ian Arthur regarding Ford government’s anti-climate-change language emails
“The experts and the evidence are all clear; climate change is a real, urgent crisis that we must address now,
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Kingston brewers respond to Ford’s ‘buck-a-beer’
After the long weekend – during which, no doubt, many suds were sunk – Ontarians were treated to a
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MPP Ian Arthur reacts to ‘disappointing’ throne speech
The 42nd Parliament of Ontario has officially opened with Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell’s speech from the throne at 2 p.m. on
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