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A new five year sponsor has been announced for an ice pad and adjacent meeting room at the INVISTA Centre. CUPE 109, a local chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, will assume sponsorship of the current Kingston Transit Rink, as well as the adjacent meeting room and branding
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Canadian accounting firm MNP and the City of Kingston announced Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 that one ice pad at the INVISTA Centre has been renamed ‘the MNP Rink.’ MNP has two offices in Kingston. According to a release from the City of Kingston, MNP says they are proud to show
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Approximately 55 full-time City of Kingston employees will be impacted by a “shortage of work” beginning Tuesday, May 19, 2020, according to a press release from the City. The City said this temporary shortage of work is due to the extended closures and reduction of non-essential City services brought about
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During the council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, council voted 12-0 (Councillor Stroud was absent a the time of voting) to approve a master development plan for Belle Park. Located on Montreal Street and along the shore of the Cataraqui River, the former landfill has been under consideration and
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The City of Kingston has released its 2019 Recreation and Leisure Guide with dozens of programs taking place over hundreds of sessions through the fall and winter months. With an age range of infant-199, and programs taking place across 8 different categories, there’s likely something being offered that will meet
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Traffic in the downtown core will look a little different this weekend, as the City of Kingston launches a temporary project to create a public space on Ontario Street. ‘Ontario Street: A Vibrant Spaces Project’ will close down a section of Ontario Street for two weekends this summer, making the
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Events taking place at city-owned facilities or receiving support from the city are about to be managed by a revised policy. Just before the current council was sworn into office, city staff were asked to review the existing Special Events Policy. The motion (Stroud/Holland, Carried 13-0) was looking for
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