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Council votes to extend bylaw exemptions at Belle Park

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Belle Park, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City of Kingston, Councillor Bridget Doherty, Councillor Jim Neill, Councillor Lisa Osanic, Councillor Mary Rita Holland, Councillor Peter Stroud, Councillor Robert Kiley, Councillor Simon Chapelle, Councillor Wayne Hill, deadline, Doug Yearwood, Dr. Eva Purkey, eviction, extended deadline, homeless camp, homeless encampment, homelessness in Kingston, Ivan Stoiljkovic, Katarokwi Union of Tenants, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kozy Inn, Mayor Bryan Paterson, rally, solidarity

The meeting of Kingston City Council on Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2020 immediately got down to business, first tackling the deadline

Business City News

‘Room for change’ noted at Love Kingston Marketplace opening

June 24, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments City of Kingston, COVID-19, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), Dr. Aba Mortley, economic recovery, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kris Millan, Love Kingston Marketplace, Mayor Bryan Paterson, pedestrian streets, reopening, Tim Pater, Tourism Kingston

The City of Kingston hosted a press conference to herald the opening of the Love Kingston Marketplace, a joint effort

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

Community Crime News

Frontline workers look to City for funding amid high sexual violence case numbers

June 15, 2020June 16, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Brea Hutchinson, Chance MacDonald, City of Kingston, Constable Ash Gutheinz, counselling, COVID-19, funding, Justice Allan Letourneau, Kingston, Kingston Police, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Me Too movement, MeToo, municipal funding, Queen's University, SAC Kingston, sex crimes, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, sexual violence, St. Lawrence College, Statistics Canada

It’s been three years since Kingston Judge, Justice Allan Letourneau, delayed Chance MacDonald’s sentence so that he could finish his

City announces ‘Love Kingston Marketplace’ to take shape later this month

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Brock Street, City of Kingston, Clarence Street, COVID-19, Division Street, downtown, Kingston, lane closures, Love Kingston, Love Kingston Marketplace, Market Street, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Ontario Street, pandemic, parking, patios, pedestrian marketplace, pedestrian streets, physical distancing, pick up and delivery locations, Princess Street, social distancing, street closure, traffic

City staff have refined and updated the lane closures planned for the downtown core this summer in order to accommodate

City receives $633,000 to support diversified work places

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments City of Kingston, Craig Desjardins, diversified workplaces, Future Skills Centre, Government of Canada, Indigenous people, KEYS Job Centre, Kingston Economic Recovery Team, Mayor Bryan Paterson, people with disabilities, racialized people, St. Lawrence College

The City of Kingston has received $633,000 from the Future Skills Centre, a research consortium funded by the Government of

The rally, the racism, the work: Reflecting on a week of race relations in Kingston

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 1 Comment Aba Mortley, Bhav, Black Lives Matter, Confederation Park, Ekta Singh, Jagdeep Walia, Justice for George Floyd, Kingston, Kingston: Lets Talk Race, Lavie Williams, Mayor Bryan Paterson, people of colour, police, protest, race relations, racism, rally, Ryan Carter, Sunita Gupta, Ted Hsu, Tiana Edwards

Last week, Jemma Dooreleyers attended to rallies in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and attended Kingston: Let’s Talk Race, an

Dr. Moore to campers: ‘Nothing about you, without you’

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Belle Park, camping, City of Kingston, deadline extended, Dr. Kieran Moore, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homeless encampment, infectious disease, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Mayor Bryan Paterson, tent city, Tom Greening

Dr. Kieran Moore, Kingston’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, uses a simple phrase to sum up his approach to the

Police, mayor address anti-police graffiti ahead of Black Lives Matter vigil

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments anti-police graffiti, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, Kingston, Kingston Police, Mayor Bryan Paterson, police brutality, racism, Sgt. Steve Koopman, United States of America, USA, vigil

Over the past week, the situation in the United States has reached a fever pitch, resulting in rallies and peaceful

City announces start of mixed-income housing project

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 27 Wright Crescent, affordable housing, affordable housing units, City of Kingston, ground breaking, housing crisis, Kingston, Kingston and Frontenac Housing Corporation, Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, Mayor Bryan Paterson, mixed-income housing project, rent-geared-to-income

Earlier this week, the Kingston and Frontenac Housing Corporation (KFHC) quietly made some big moves on a new housing project.

City of Kingston moves forward on creating downtown pedestrian spaces

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments businesses expanding outdoors, City of Kingston, Clarence Street, COVID-19, Division Street, downtown Kingston, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), expanded patios, Kingston, lane closures, Market Street, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Ontario Street, pandemic, patios, pedestrian streets, pedestrian walkway, physical distancing, Princess Street, public spaces, road closures

After announcing last week that it will allow downtown businesses to expand outdoors, as well as waive fees for patios,

Business City News

City allowing downtown businesses to expand outdoors

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments CAO Lanie Hurdle, City of Kingston, downtown businesses, economic recovery, expanded patios, Kingston, Kingston Economic Recovery Team, Mayor Bryan Paterson, patios, pedestrian street, pedestrian walkway, physical distancing, Princess Street, state of emergency, waived fees, waived patio fees

The City of Kingston is making it easier for downtown businesses to expand outdoors, to allow them more space to

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