$30,000 project to be completed in time for "First Capital Day"
Blues Brothers rejected as opening act for Kid Rock at Harley Davidson 110th Anniversary event
Kingston by-law officers are on the lookout this week for unregistered pets
During this spring’s convocation ceremonies at Queen’s University, five inspiring teachers will receive the 2013 Baillie Award for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching. The award was established by Chancellor Emeritus A. Charles Baillie to recognize “outstanding secondary school teachers who pass on to their students a lifelong desire to learn and inspire them to pursue [...]
On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, the Joe’s M.I.L.L. Board of Directors will hold a Donor Recognition Reception to recognize the generous donation from the Ontario Trillium Foundation of $14,900. Dignitaries and speakers invited to Tuesday’s reception include Mr. John Gerretsen, MPP, Kingston & the Islands; Mark Gerretsen, Mayor of the City of Kingston; Ann Pritchard, [...]
New Kingston-based research has established the importance of getting regular screenings for glaucoma, a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball that causes gradual loss of sight and the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. A Hotel Dieu Hospital based research group led by Dr. Sanjay Sharma examined 50 peer-reviewed research articles which found support [...]
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development On May 22-23, Donna Gillespie, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications, and Business Development Officers Jan Dines and Christa Wallbridge attended the EDCO Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Seminar. The event, hosted by the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International [...]
Fencing will go up today around one of Kingston’s most photographed landmarks – the Confederation Arch – better known as the Confederation Park Fountain. The fencing preempts the restoration of the Confederation Park Fountain that will get started next week. “Crews will be repairing damaged concrete, cleaning and resurfacing the basin, recoating the rusty pipes [...]
Residents are encouraged to join the City, United Way, and Kingston Community Health Centres for a presentation of the action plan and to find out how you can get involved to help reduce poverty in our community. The presentation will be held on Monday, June 3, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour [...]
Blues Brothers rejected as opening act for Kid Rock at Harley Davidson 110th Anniversary event
Online form available to choose films to be seen at weekly, free screenings
On iTunes, song is ranked as #6 pop song, #10 song overall and #1 in 17 countries
Raising carbon level in soil would enable farmers to better moderate effects of climate change
Wide range of uses for Queen’s University’s surface coating innovation
Queen’s University is developing a new technology that may result in a surface coating to repel water and oil based contaminants, ice, paint, and fingerprints. Formulated by Chemistry researchers Guojun Liu and Dean Xiong, the coating could be used on a wide variety of surfaces including glass, metal, wood, ceramics, plastics and fibres. The researchers [...]
