HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development KEDCO is pleased to be working with Queen’s School of Business students on the upcoming business conference, Experience India. The one day forum will take place on August 7 from 8am – 5pm in Goodes Hall, 143 Union Street. With India rising steadily in economic strength, the… Keep Reading
Excerpt from Primaris Retail REIT Press Release. Associated article: “Cataraqui Town Centre Purchased for $168 Million” Primaris Retail REIT (TSX:PMZ.UN) has announced an agreement to purchase the Cataraqui Town Centre… —————————————————————————————- Cataraqui Town Centre Cataraqui is a two-level enclosed regional shopping centre containing a gross leaseable area of approximately 595,000 square feet, was built in… Keep Reading
Primaris Retail REIT (TSX:PMZ.UN) has announced an agreement to purchase the Cataraqui Town Centre. The Town Centre is being purchased from a joint venture of The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited and Ivanhoe Cambridge for $168 million dollars, with the acquisition to occur in mid- August of this year. John Morrison, President and CEO of Primaris,… Keep Reading
Mickey Rooney is crossing Canada on a farewell tour and will make a stop at Kingston’s Grand Theatre on Wed. Sept.29, less than a week after celebrating his 90th birthday. Rooney, along with his wife Jan Rooney, two singers, and a three piece band, will sing songs, show film clips, and tell tales from his… Keep Reading
Queen’s Vice-Principal and Civil Engineering professor, Kerry Rowe, has been elected a Fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering. He is the only Canadian, and one of just six international Fellows, whose election was revealed at the academy’s annual general meeting July 5th in London. “I am delighted. It’s very significant recognition of… Keep Reading
Medizone International, Inc. (OTCBB:MZEI) announced today that it has retained The Eversull Group for Financial Public Relations, Investor Relations and Shareholder Services Consulting. Medizone International, Inc. is a research and development company engaged in developing its AsepticSure™ System to decontaminate and sterilize hospital surgical suites, emergency rooms, intensive care units, schools and other critical infrastructure.… Keep Reading
Earlier this month, the Government of Canada, the City of Kingston and Kingston Interval House celebrated the grand opening of Robin’s Hope Transitional Housing/ Maison l’Espoir de Robin, a new second stage housing project for women and children fleeing violence in Kingston and Frontenac County. Member of Parliament for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Guy Lauzon, on behalf… Keep Reading
Every Saturday in July and August, there will be free chef cooking demos at the Kingston Public Market. The demos will happen in the courtyard of Spring Market Square running from 11am until Noon. The cooking demos are all about Kingston’s best chefs sharing their knowledge and passion for local food with the public. There… Keep Reading
Victor Tron, head of pathology and molecular medicine at Queen’s University, has discovered that the growth of melanoma – one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer – can be slowed by a little known gene called MicroRNA 193b. This gene, which can be found in human DNA and unknown just 10 years ago,… Keep Reading
The Queen’s Orientation Roundtable Alma Mater Society has made application for exemption to the noise control by-law to hold an outdoor spirit event to be held at Tindall Field which located at 160 Union Street West on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The event will run from 8 p.m. until 11:45 p.m. The Queen’s Arts and… Keep Reading
Last April, Bruce Power contacted the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission – Canada’s nuclear regulator – to request a licence to ship low-level radioactive generators from its Bruce Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Huron to Sweden. The 1,760 tonne shipment of 16 radiation-laced steel steam generators are being transported to Sweden where an estimated 90 per… Keep Reading
