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Council approves Unity Farm Inn & Spa development

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Bridget Doherty, City Council, City Council meeting, climate emergency, Countryside District, Gary Oosterhof, Kingston City Council, official plan, Permit to Take Water, Peter Stroud, renewable energy, Robert Kiley, Unity Farm Inn & Spa, water conservation, Wayne Hill, zoning bylaw ammendment

City Council has approved a zoning bylaw and Official Plan amendment for the development of Unity Farm Inn & Spa

Council delays spa decision to consult climate change specialists

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments BPE development, bylaw amendments, City of Kingston, Climate Action Hub, climate emergency, deferral of projects, Gary Oosterhof, Jim Neill, Kingston City Council, Lisa Osanic, Official Plan (OP), Peter Stroud, Rob Hutchison, Robert Kiley, Ryan Boheme, Simon Chapelle, Unity Farm Inn & Spa, Wayne Hill

Kingston City Council has voted to defer by one month their decision on zoning bylaw and Official Plan amendments for

Letter: Response to ‘A day at the Spa’

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Community Soapbox 0 Comments Gary Oosterhof, Robert Kiley, Unity Inn and Spa

Editorial note: The following is a letter to the editor regarding the proposed Unity Inn and Spa. The views and opinions

Community Opinion

Eviction, empathy, and engagement: The complex case of Belle Park

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Robert Kiley 0 Comments access to health care, access to water, Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, addictions, Belle Park, City of Kingston, Department of Housing and Social Services, Eight principles for homeless encampments, eviction, harm reduction, homeless camp, homeless encampment, homlessness, human rights, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada, Robert Kiley, United Nations (UN)

A new encampment with many needs I received my first tip about the Belle Park encampment approximately three weeks ago

The clarity and hope of COVID-19

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Robert Kiley 1 Comment 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, clarity, connecting, coronavirus, corporations, COVID-19, governments, greed, healthcare, healthcare workers, hoarding, hope, humanity, inspiration, isolation, Kingston, life planning, living wage, municipal government, pandemic, Robert Kiley, self-isolation, the envrionment, unions, vaccines

It has been almost three months since I wrote a column for the local press. Between balancing my day job

City News Opinion

‘I’m dreaming of a red light camera’

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Robert Kiley 0 Comments accidents, active transportation, City of Kingston, Kingston, Kingston City Council, opinion, red light cameras, road safety, Robert Kiley, Traffic Calming, traffic enforcement, traffic tickets, Vision Zero

Last year at this time, I penned my second behind-the-scenes piece looking at municipal government in Kingston: a little ditty

Why I wear a white poppy

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Robert Kiley 6 Comments In Flanders Field, John McCrae, Kingston, pacifism, peace, peace poppy, poppies, red poppy, Remembrance Day, Robert Kiley, The Great War, veterans support programs, white poppy, WWI

“Greater love hath not this than one who lays down their life for their friends.” — John 15:13 Why do

City Hall Opinion Politics

The value of local representation

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Robert Kiley 1 Comment activism, City Council, city councillors, City Staff, electoral reform, federal election, first past the post, inter-governmental relations, Kingston, Kingston City Hall, living within your district, local representation, municipal government, proportional representation, Robert Kiley

Vol. 1: To live or not to live in your district? “He doesn’t live in the district, you know?” That

Opinion Politics

A Letter to the Premier (in response to #AMOConf19)

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Robert Kiley 0 Comments 2019, AMO Conference, Association of Ontario Municipalities (AMO), City of Kingston, climate emergency, Doug Ford, emissions, Ford governement, health care, infrastructure, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Public Health, Queen's Park, Robert Kiley

Dear Doug, I must admit, it was an odd experience hearing you speak at the Association of Ontario Municipalities Conference

City Community News

City remedies unwelcoming benches following online citizen complaint

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Tori Stafford 7 Comments armrests, armrests removed, benches, Breakwater Park, City of Kingston, City Staff, defensive design, design implements, exclusionary design, Gord Edgar Downie Pier, homeless population, Kathryn Vilela, Kingston, Neal Unsworth, Parks and recreation, Robert Kiley, transient population

During her lunch hour, Kingstonian Kathryn Vilela was walking along the beautifully redesigned waterfront at Breakwater Park when something caught

Four fun facts about City Hall

July 31, 2019August 1, 2019 Robert Kiley 0 Comments City Hall, First Capital, Gary Bennett, George Brown, Helen Cooper, Isabel Turner, John Counter, Robert Kiley, Sir John A. MacDonald

The heat, the glorious heat. After seven cold and wet months, finally a breath of hot, humid air. Though I

City Hall News Politics

City committee recommends council ban election signs on public property

June 14, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Administrative Policy Committee, banning signs on public property, bylaw enforcement, bylaws, City of Kingston, election signs, elections, intersections, Jeff McLaren, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Peter Stroud, Robert Kiley, signs, Simon Chapelle, Wayne Hill

On the evening of Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019, minutes before the Raptors’ historic tip-off, five members of city council

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