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Updates on Kingston Secondary School

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment construction, information sessions, International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, Karen Smith, KCVI memorabilia, Kingston, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Secondary School, Limestone District School Board, new school, online yearbooks, QECVI memorabilia, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI)

If you’ve not been in the area recently, you might be surprised to see how the construction of Kingston Secondary

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What Should Kingston’s New School Be Named?

January 21, 2018January 22, 2018 Danielle Lennon 0 Comments Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Limestone District School Board, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI)

This past fall, construction began on Kingston’s newest high school, located on the former Queen Elizabeth Collegiate & Vocational Institute

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Kingston’s Top Headline From 2016

December 19, 2016July 26, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 0 Comments Beer Store, best of 2016, downtown Kingston, K-Rock Centre (KRC), Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Penitentiary, Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), local business, Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Princess Street, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University, taxi, Taxi Commission, The Big Dig, The Capitol, The Sleepless Goat, The Tragically Hip, third crossing, Uber, Wellington Street Extension, Wolfe Island Music Festival (WIMF)

With exactly two weeks of 2016 remaining, many of us are taking stock of the biggest headlines and most significant

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Best of 2014: In Pursuit of Memorial Collegiate High School

December 26, 2014July 27, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 2 Comments best of 2014, City Council, John Gerretsen, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Memorial Centre, Limestone District School Board, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University, Sophie Kiwala

The impending closure of KCVI and the fight to stop it have been hot topics in YGK for a couple

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‘Move on’ says Kiwala, while Holland and Kiley Continue Support to Save Schools

May 16, 2014September 21, 2016 Save Kingston City Schools 0 Comments Conservative Party, Green Party, John Gerretsen, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Liberal Party, Limestone District School Board, Mark Bain, Mary Rita Holland, New Democratic Party (NDP), Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), provincial election, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Robert Kiley, Sophie Kiwala

The Kingston community should ‘move on’ and accept the provincial decision to close KCVI and QECVI, says Sophie Kiwala, Liberal

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In Pursuit of Memorial Collegiate High School

March 31, 2014July 27, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 30 Comments City Council, John Gerretsen, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Memorial Centre, Limestone District School Board, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University, Sophie Kiwala

With last Monday’s announcement that the Ministry of Education would provide $35 million to construct a consolidated secondary school in

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The Year That Was

December 10, 2012July 27, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 4 Comments Bath Road, Beer Store, best of 2012, budget, Calvin Park, casino, Collins Bay Penitentiary, Conservative Party, construction, convenience store, Corrections Canada, Don Cherry, downtown Kingston, health care, Homecoming, In Sir John A's Footsteps, John Counter Boulevard, Juried Art Salon, K-Rock Centre (KRC), Kingston Arts Council, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) Central Branch, Kingston Memorial Centre, Kingston Mills, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston this Week, Kingston Whig-Standard, Limestone District School Board, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), Mark Gerretsen, national historic site, Occupy Kingston, parking, Princess Street, prison farms, Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), protest, public school, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University, Rideau Heights, Santa Claus Parade, Shafia Family, Ted Hsu

With less than two weeks remaining until the arrival of 2013, it’s time for our annual review of the headlines

Hall Monitor: Time Sensitive

December 5, 2012July 26, 2017 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments affordable housing, Belle Park, Belle Park Fairways, Bill Glover, Brian Reitzel, British Whig building, Bryan Paterson, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston, City Council, construction, discontinued, Dorothy Hector, drinking water, food bank, hospital, Hotel Dieu, Jeff Garrah, Jim Neill, John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), K-Rock Centre (KRC), Kevin George, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) Central Branch, Lisa Osanic, Mark Gerretsen, Partners in Mission Food Bank, politics, poverty, Providence Care, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University, Rick Downes, Rob Hutchison, Sandy Berg, solar energy, strategic plan, sustainability

Last night, our city council met off-site again, for the second meeting of the two… uh, make that five… of

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Limestone District School Board’s PARC Recommendations

August 13, 2012July 27, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 7 Comments Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Limestone District School Board, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University

Last Fall, the Limestone District School Board announced that various Program and Accommodation Review Committees (PARC) had been established to

KCVI the Loser in PARC’s Recommendations

June 22, 2012June 14, 2017 Save Kingston City Schools 11 Comments Calvin Park, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Memorial Centre, Limestone District School Board, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University

KCVI has been voted off the island. Last night the Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC) voted down five options

Schools Coalition Disappointed at “Sham” Process

June 6, 2012June 14, 2017 Save Kingston City Schools 1 Comment budget, Calvin Park, downtown Kingston, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Memorial Centre, Limestone District School Board, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC), public school, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI)

“A sham” is what the Save Kingston City Schools coalition (SKCS) is calling the process to consider the closure of