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Kingston City services impacted by new COVID-19 emergency measures

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments City Council, City of Kingston, city services, COVID-19, emergency orders, fines, ice rink, ice skating, January 2021, Kingston, Kingston Area Recycling Centre (KARC), pandemic, parking ticket payments, parks, physical distancing, playgrounds, Premier Doug Ford, Province of Ontario, skating rink, Springer Market Square, state of emergency, Stay-at-home orders, tickets, trails, Utilities Kingston, yard waste drop-off depot

A number of services through the City of Kingston will be impacted by the stricter COVID-19 measures being put in

Eco-Adventure Camp offering virtual summer camp experience

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments biology, camp-in-a-box, COVID-19, Eco-Adventure Camp, ecology, Elbow Lake, environmental sciences, kids summer camps, Kingston, lakes, online summer camp, parents, planting, pollenation, Queen's University, Ruth Bryce, teaching, trails, undergraduate students, virtual summer camp, Zoom

Eco- Adventure Camp, a camp run by the Queen’s University Biology Station, normally to sets off for Elbow Lake each

Cataraqui Conservation to re-open some conservation areas this weekend

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, Cataraqui Trail, Conservation Areas, Gould Lake, Kingston, Lemoine Point, Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Parrots Bay, reopening, trails

After much discussion at their latest Board meeting, the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority will reopen some conservation areas beginning on

A forward look at 15 years of redevelopment at Belle Park

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Tommy Vallier 2 Comments Belle Island, Belle Park, Belle Park Fairways, belle park master plan, City Council, golf, hiking, hiking trails, Indigenous burial ground, Kingston City Council, landfill, Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, multi-use sport field, Parks and recreation, Pickleball, playground, Recreation and Leisure department, trails

During the council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, council voted 12-0 (Councillor Stroud was absent a the time of

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City invites feedback on Parks and Recreation Master Plan update

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments arenas, City of Kingston, community centres, courts, events, gyms, Kingston, marinas, master plan, open house, parks, Parks and recreation, pools, programming, public input, sports fields, trails

The city is inviting community members to attend the Parks and Recreation Master Plan update open house taking place

OPP remind public not to trespass at Rock Dunder

April 11, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments currently closed, hiking, Kingston, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), private property, Rideau Waterway Land Trust, Rock Dunder, season, trails, trespassing

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding hikers and nature enthusiasts that the nature reserve hiking trail