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Utilities Kingston Hosts Water-Smart Plant Sale

Support the United Way KFLA and get beautiful, hardy, water-smart plants for your garden – plants that only need to watered during the driest of times. On Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Utilities Kingston hosts a charity plant sale at its water conservation garden, 1211 John Counter Blvd. Prices start at… Keep Reading

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Rain Barrels Offered to Utilities Kingston Customers

Utilities Kingston now has up to 1,000 rain barrels for sale to its customers. Order yours while quantities last by calling 613-546-0000. – DELIVERY: The barrels will be delivered to customers’ homes. No delivery appointment is required, and customers do not need to be home to receive their rain barrel. – COST: Rain barrels cost… Keep Reading

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City of Kingston Wins Sustainable Award

For the second time in three years, the City of Kingston has won a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Sustainable Communities Brownfield Award. Announced at the FCM conference in London, Ontario,the award honours the City’s innovative and efficient filtering solution to remediating groundwater at Emma Martin Park. “We’re proud FCM continues to acknowledge the work… Keep Reading

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Public’s Ideas Sought for Community Gardening Network

Kingston “green thumbs and local food enthusiasts” are being invited to attend and contribute ideas toward the local community garden network. The session is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 14 between 7 pm and 9 pm in the Reddendale Room of Centre 70 at 100 Days Raod. (map) Mara Shaw, executive director of… Keep Reading

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Utilities Kingston Offering Rain Barrels to Customers

Utilities Kingston now has 1,000 rain barrels for sale to its customers.  Get a head start on spring and order yours while quantities last by calling 613-546-0000. – DELIVERY: The barrels will be delivered to customers’ homes. No delivery appointment is required, and customers do not need to be home to receive their rain barrel.… Keep Reading

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City Looking for Kingstonians to “Pitch In” for Community Clean Up

The Pitch-In Kingston volunteer community clean-up event will take place on Friday, April 26th. For this year, Sustainable Kingston has organized the event with a goal to both beautify Kingston and make it a safer place to live. Pitch-In Kingston has been organized by the Chamber of Commerce over the past 12 years, but for… Keep Reading

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Kingston Wins Sustainable Communities Award for Belle Park Project

This week, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced that the City of Kingston has won a 2013 Sustainable Communities Awards for its Belle Park Specialty Tree Planting and Associated Landscaping Project. The announcement was made at a ceremony taking place during the FCM Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show in Windsor, Ontario. “It is… Keep Reading

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