As Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on the weekend this year, December 27 and January 2 will be the municipal administrative holidays. NOTE: Click Here for the December 2016 Holiday Schedules and Closures City services and facilities will be affected by the holidays as follows: GREEN BIN, GARBAGE AND RECYCLING SCHEDULE There will be… Keep Reading
The City is seeking adults age 45 and older to participate in a series of focus groups aimed at developing an Age-friendly Kingston Plan using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework for age-friendly cities. Right now, the City is seeking to build a pool of willing participants for the focus groups which will take place… Keep Reading
A “Mayor’s Task Force on Development” has been established by Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen. The Task Force is scheduled to go before Kingston City Council for budget approval during its Tuesday, December 6 meeting. The six person task force is comprised of two members of Kingston City Council and four members of the public. The… Keep Reading
Starting Dec.1, parking is prohibited on all City streets from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. The overnight winter parking bylaw ensures that cars are kept off the streets so that snow plows can effectively respond to winter weather events. “Parked cars are an obstacle to safe and efficient weather response efforts. Our work is most… Keep Reading
A consortium of Lake Ontario based organizations has formed to encourage and facilitate the development of offshore wind power in Ontario. A number of large employers in the Hamilton, Niagara and Kingston areas have joined forces to create the Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON), a group of manufacturers and suppliers with unique qualifications and skills… Keep Reading
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… Keep Reading
The City is seeking community input to help gather the names of those who have given their lives in service to Canada since 1914 on the new Memorial Wall. The Veterans Memorial Garden at the revitalized Memorial Centre at 303 York St. will feature a wall engraved with the names of those who died in… Keep Reading
Those interested in learning about the leasing or licensing of space in City-owned buildings to community groups are invited to an upcoming presentation and discussion of the draft Community Leasing and Licensing Policy. The public session is set for 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24 in the Wilson Room of the Central Branch… Keep Reading
Within a week of Queen’s University being visited by M.P. Justin Trudeau, political studies professor John McGarry has been honoured as one of four recipients of a Fellowship named for his father, the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau Fellowships were established by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and awarded to individuals who achieve high… Keep Reading
The City is looking for 29 people to fill vacancies on seven of its committees and boards, and this year is holding a Volunteer Recruitment Information Sharing event at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 in Memorial Hall, City Hall, 216 Ontario St. “Our goal is to recruit a diverse group of innovative, bright, hard-working individuals… Keep Reading
Yesterday, Forbes magazine ranked Canada as the best country for business – moving up from fourth spot last year – in part due to the introduction of the harmonized sales tax last year in Ontario and British Columbia. Canada overtook both New Zealand and Hong Kong, which placed second and third in the overall rankings,… Keep Reading
