Category: Featured
Kingston’s Hugh Dillon Series “Flashpoint” Renewed by Ion Television
The U.S. cable network ION Television announced this week that it is renewing the Canadian produced police drama “Flashpoint” for a fifth season. 13 new episodes, set to begin shooting this February 2012, will air on ION in the United States and the CTV network in Canada. The SRU tactical police squad depicted in the [...]
McAdoo Landfill Site Reclamation Project Could Exceed $100 Million
Blue Gold Beverages, Inc. announced that it is in negotiations to acquire the rights to the largest polymer reclamation project in North America, through its continued partnership with California Chemical Fiber Material Company. The company is in the process of negotiating for the rights to the McAdoo landfill site near Kingston, where commercial grade polymer [...]
Kingston MP Ted Hsu Voted 1st Runner Up, Rookie of the Year
Last night, Maclean’s and L’actualité magazines – in association with the Historica-Dominion Institute and Presenting Sponsor TD – celebrated the 5th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards. The ceremony was attended by members of Parliament, journalists, and other prominent Canadians at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa. During the event, Kingston and the Islands MP [...]
Queen’s University Now One Step Closer to Harry Potter’s Hogwarts
Queen’s University was founded in 1841 with a royal charter from Queen Victoria by The Church of Scotland. And it may be this shared Scottish heritage with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling – whose mother was half Scottish and where Rowling now resides – that has created a link between Queen’s and the world of [...]
City to Measure, Evaluate Road Conditions in Kingston
A specially-equipped van (similarly outfitted as the one pictured here) is to be used to evaluate and measure over 900 km of Kingston’s roadways in the next few weeks. The Road Surface Tester (RST) van will collect pavement inventory and condition data that includes measuring pavement roughness, rutting, cracking and other distress to street surfaces [...]
Virtual World Being Created for Children with Cerebral Palsy
A virtual world that allows children with cerebral palsy (CP) to socialize, exercise and engage in collaborative games from the comfort of their own homes may soon be a reality, thanks to pioneering research by Queen’s University computing experts. “The level of excitement about this project is unlike anything I have ever experienced,” says Nick [...]
Survey: Kingston is a Conductor for Paranormal Activity
This week FlightNetwork.com, a Canadian online travel agency, released the result of a poll asking travelers about their spookiest, scariest travel opinions. In a media release for the survey results, special mention was made of a “particularly knowledgeable respondent” who informed pollsters that the entire city of Kingston, Ontario ‘is built on limestone and is [...]
Battlefield 3 Released, BF3 First Impressions Review
Battlefield 3 finally became available to the public shortly after midnight today, and our BF3 Beta reviewer has sent us his impressions of the game after spending a few hours with it on the PC. Right off the mark, he proclaimed that playing BF3 on the computer earns a solid ‘Triple A’ rating and concluded [...]
Optical Guitar Turns Light into Sound
Fibre-optics research by Queen’s University’s Hans-Peter Loock is being displayed in a new exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. The exhibit demonstrates how fibre optic cabling can be used in both an acoustic and electric guitar to create music from light waves. “Originally, I was looking to create a proof of concept for [...]
Queen’s University Parking Department Acquires Electric Vehicle
Queen’s University in Kingston has acquired an electric service truck and announced plans to possibly increase that number to create a fleet of sustainable vehicles. This first vehicle – a Greentruck EVR1000 [pdf company brochure] – is a crew-cab pickup truck seating up to four passengers, produced by Vantage Vehicle International Inc. Powered by a [...]
