Author Archive: Robert John
Kingston Closures and City Services Affected by Easter Holiday
Municipal Services will run on a Holiday Schedule (Friday, April 6 to Monday April 9) with services like Kingston Transit, Green Bin and garbage collection will be affected by the Easter holiday. See below for a full list of services. Kingston Transit: Bus service will not operate on Friday. Buses run on their regular service [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 30, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development On March 28, John-Paul Shearer, Director of Business Development and Donna Gillespie, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications attended the annual Kingston Housing Industry Roundtable hosted by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Topics at the roundtable included reviewing the Kingston economy, resale market trends, rental [...]
PARTEQ Brings Entrepreneur Expertise to Queen’s University Students
PARTEQ Innovations’ new entrepreneur in residence knows a thing or two about business success. And he’s bringing his business savvy and engineering background to Queen’s University to help young researchers get their ideas off the ground. Roger Bowes, former CEO of Kingston’s ESG Solutions, transferred his graduate research experience in seismology at Queen’s into the [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 23, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development attended the SWITCH Green Profit Conference on March 18 and 19 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Kingston. The conference featured topics including sustainable energy innovations, best practices and how they can be applied to businesses, municipalities, home, and [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 16, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Jan Dines, Manager of the Entrepreneurship Centre at KEDCO was in Toronto on March 12 as a judge for the Regional Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) competition. SIFE is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 9, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development John-Paul Shearer, Director of Business Development and Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development attended the 1st Annual Sustainable Energy Symposium at St. Lawrence College on March 8. The symposium was aimed at engaging the Sustainable Energy Industry in the development of innovative technology solutions and knowledge [...]
Study: Canada Lacks Strategy to Respond to Terrorism, Disasters, & Cyber-Attacks
Canada needs a national strategy to properly respond to terrorists, cyber attacks and natural disasters, according to a recently released national study. There is a lack of information sharing between jurisdictions and no comprehensive national strategy to protect critical infrastructure (CI). “This central national security issue is dependent on a weak, incoherent federal ‘framework document’ [...]
Name Announced for New School in Napanee
The new elementary school now under construction in Greater Napanee will be named Southview Public School when it opens later this fall. Trustees with the Limestone District School Board decided on the name at its regular board meeting March 7. The name for the new school, which consolidates H.H. Langford and Westdale Park Public Schools, [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 2, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Elizabeth Allen, Project Manager of Labour Market Development will be participating in the KEYS Career Speed Networking Event on Tuesday, March 6 at the Confederation Place Hotel. The event will feature over 25 local employers. The purpose of the event is to provide a forum for internationally [...]
City of Kingston to Recognize “Remarkable Recyclers”
Program Recognizes Households That Divert 75 Per Cent From Landfill This spring, the City wants to recognize its remarkable recyclers for their good work diverting waste from landfill. “If your household members think it is about time that their hard work, dedication and recycling know-how got the thumbs-up from the City, then this voluntary program [...]
