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As we say hello to 2020 and set our sights on all the great things the year ahead has in store, we also reflect on the year gone by, which brought with it both wonderful and tragic stories. The following are Kingston’s most significant and most viewed stories as covered
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The number of Kingston area residents who took part in the 43rd Canadian Federal Election was up from the previous election. In the riding of Kingston & The Islands, 66,672 voters took to the polls this year, as compared to 2015’s voter turnout of 66,014. The winner, Liberal incumbent Mark
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Before polls even opened up on Election Day, October 21 2019, tens of thousands of Kingston and area voters had already made their voices heard in advance polls. In fact, Elections Canada says that many more local voters took advantage of advance polling this year than in the past federal
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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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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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It’s the first day for advanced polling in the 2019 federal election, a day many political enthusiasts look forward to casting their ballot on, well in advance of the Monday, Oct. 21 election date. But for a few here in Kingston on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, a glitch in the
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