Kingston, Ontario News
The City of Kingston has made proposed skateboard park design elements available for review by the public on its website. Community Responses to Neighbourhood Concerns (CRNC) and the City are planning to build a new Skatepark at the Wally Elmer Neighbourhood Centre, 50 MacCauley St, and plans to improve existing skateboard parks at West-49 Lyons… Keep Reading
First Permanent Skatepark Will Be At Wally Neighbourhood Centre Community Response to Neighbourhood Concerns (CRNC) and the City are inviting skatepark users to bring their ideas to help design the elements in a new skatepark to be built at the Wally Elmer Neighbourhood Centre in Kingston’s Rideau Heights district. “If you are interested in skateparks… Keep Reading
Students attending the first day of this year's Queen's University Model Parliament became all a-twitter when Rick Mercer showed up. Keep Reading
Queen’s University principal Daniel Woolf and vice-provost (International) John Dixon will be in Australia for the next two weeks meeting with university officials from around the globe as well as connecting with Queen’s alumni. “Trips such as this one allow me to find out at the highest levels how other universities are adapting to… Keep Reading
On Thursday, Kingstonians wasted no time in enjoying the start of Feb Fest in downtown Kingston. Public skating began first thing in the morning and at noon visitors enjoyed watching the Kingston Knights Sledge Hockey team compete against a group of Service Ontario employees on their lunch break. Old and young alike also had a… Keep Reading
The Queen’s chapter of the Canadian Obesity Network (CON) is helping Queen’s and Kingston community members take a step towards a healthier lifestyle. Working in partnership with Health Counselling and Disability Services, the Queen’s CON is hosting the inaugural Kingston Health Exposé today. The exposé offers attendees a variety of ways to jump-start their healthy… Keep Reading
Queen’s University Classics professor emeritus Ross Kilpatrick says the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, incorporates images inspired by the Roman poet Horace and Florentine poet Petrarch. The technique of taking a passage from literature and incorporating it into a work of art is known as ‘invention’ and was used by many Renaissance artists.… Keep Reading
Perusing their list of “darts & laurels” for Canadians who made the news in 2010, it quickly becomes apparent that Kingston was well represented in many of the Toronto Star’s picks for the year. Fully 25% of the twenty individuals or groups named for criticism and praise were either born or educated in Kingston, including… Keep Reading
Kingston Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a 16-year-old Kingston girl who has went missing on New Year’s Eve. According to police, Victoria Cota was dropped off at the John Counter Boulevard VIA Rail train station on Dec. 31 where she was scheduled to take the 10:30 a.m. train to meet a friend… Keep Reading
A 10 year old Canadian girl has become the youngest person to discovered a supernova, according to an announcement by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC). The society reported that Kathryn Aurora Gray – a resident of Fredericton, New Bruncwick – discovered the magnitude 17 supernova in the galaxy UGC 3378 this past Sunday.… Keep Reading
The Maclean’s magazine “On Campus” section has listed its Top 10 most read online education posts for the past year, and a Queen’s University’s related story made the grade – squeaking in as the #9 most read story of 2010. The article entitled “Queen’s Remembrance Day soapbox”, written by Robyn Urback, is an OpEd piece… Keep Reading
