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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Flying Air Canada… If you’re lucky

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Jeff Scott 1 Comment Air Canada, Air Canada Express, Air Canada Rouge, airport expansion, City of Kingston, connecting flights, flying out of Kingston, international flights, Jeff Scott, Kingston, Kingston airport, Norman Rogers Airport

I have always been proud of Air Canada. Whenever I see their jets on the runway or in the air,

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The precarious rise of Dixie

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments Atlanta, democrats, Dixie, drought, global warming, Jeff Scott, Miami, North Carolina, population growth, republicans, the Civil War, the South, the southern states, urbanization, Virginia, Washington, water

Being a Civil War buff, I have often ventured into the Heart of Dixie with an historian’s eye. The American

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The news that still needs to be told

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments Bill Nye, climate change, environment, global warming, hurricanes, Jeff Scott, jetstreams, Kingston, sea level, storms, The Science Guy, water levels, weather

Bill Nye, ‘The Science Guy,’ did a stint on John Oliver’s late night show Last Week Tonight to talk

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Hawaii as the new green oasis

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Jeff Scott 1 Comment electric hybrid planes, electric vehicles, fuel consumption, geothermal energy, green energy, Hawaii, Jeff Scott, Kilauea, Maui, Mokulele Airlines, oil dependency, solar energy, steam, volcano, wind energy

Hawaii is a spectacular chain of islands with beautiful beaches, mountains, and exotic flowers. This is why one and a

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Monarchs in paradise

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments asclepias plants, Asian Milkweed, butterflies, cardiac glycosides, caterpillars, endangered species, Hawaii, insects, Jeff Scott, Kingston, migration, milkweed, monarch butterflies

This winter, in a garden in Hawaii, I was checking out all of the exotic plants, when I was

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Guns and greed

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments American gun owners, assault rifles, Canada, Dicks Sporting Goods, gun owners, guns, handguns, hunting, Jeff Scott, Kingston, Maria Butina, National Rifle Association, Obama, opinion, Remington, rifles, semi-automatic weapons, Smith and Wesson, The Countryside View, Trump, USA

Growing up in the bush North of Lake Superior, I, like many others, went hunting. When I turned 15, after

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Linear prairies of Ontario

July 26, 2018 Tori Stafford grass birds, hydro lines, Jeff Scott, Kingston, pipeline, prairies, roadways, The Prairies, wildlife

Last summer, I drove across the vast and incredible Prairies. I was amazed to see unending fields of bright yellow

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Roundabouts: A Great Idea Comes Back Around

July 5, 2018 Tori Stafford Highway 15, Highway 2, intersections, Jeff Scott, Kingston, roundabouts, traffic, Traffic Calming, traffic circles

Written by Jeff Scott Back in 1985, when I moved to Kingston after completing college, I was perplexed to hear

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In Pursuit of Justice for Countryside

January 11, 2017January 14, 2017 Mike Cole-Hamilton 0 Comments Bryan Paterson, City Council, Countryside District, Jeff Scott, political cartoon, Richard Allen

Horace Rumpole of the Bailey inspired a light-hearted approach to 2017. Rumpole is often seen embracing and defending the figure

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Coalition of Kingston Communities Voice Concerns Over Procedure for Filling Council Vacancy

January 4, 2017January 6, 2017 Coalition of Kingston Communities 0 Comments 2014 Municipal Election, Bryan Paterson, City Council, Countryside District, Jeff Scott, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Richard Allen

Dear Mayor Paterson, In keeping with the mission of the Coalition of Kingston Communities, that is, “to improve processes of

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Selecting a New Councillor for Countryside District

January 2, 2017July 26, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 0 Comments 2014 Municipal Election, City Council, Countryside District, Jeff Scott, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Richard Allen, The Capitol, third crossing

Just prior to the holiday break, on December 19th, Richard Allen announced his resignation as the Councillor for Countryside district,