Hall Monitor: Speedy Resolution
Last night, council got together for a very quick meeting number 27-2012. I say quick because had we started on time, we would have just about been out at 9:00 – there must have been some sort of other...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Bumpy Road
Last night, council members, city staff and members of the media and the public packed our bags and went on a field trip – back to school for meeting number 28-2012. Due to some construction taking...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Time Sensitive
Last night, our city council met off-site again, for the second meeting of the two… uh, make that five… of our meetings on the road and met in the Kingston Room at the Vimy Officer’s Mess at CFB...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Split Pot
Our dutifully elected council and city staff once again took to Council Chambers for our regular council meeting last night, and they introduced the electronic voting component. Like usual, the agenda...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Towers at Purdy’s Mills
If you’ve driven along John Counter Boulevard during the past year or so, specifically the stretch nearest the Via station, you’ve likely noticed the impressive signage on the north side of the road...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Quick Fare
Last night, city council, staff and the public gathered in City Hall for Kingston City Council meeting number 20-2013. The city has published the agenda and addeds online. While not our quickest...
View ArticleCommunity Soapbox: Arresting Reckless Development
Anyone who has been following discussions about large new development projects in Kingston over the last few decades is bound to have experienced a disquieting sense of déjà vu about the proposed new...
View ArticleBest of 2014: Arresting Reckless Development
Since its inception in 2010, our Community Soapbox has allowed Kingstonist readers to contribute their thoughts and ideas to the site through op-ed posts. We have published numerous submissions...
View ArticleKingscourt Development
This is the latest in a series of City Hall communication glitches, members of Council were taken unawares by this bland approval by the Planning Dept. They have, in effect, approved the destruction of...
View ArticleNew Subdivision Planned for Former Nortel Site
Last Summer, the Ottawa-based developer behind Tamarack Homes proposed the demolition of the former Nortel factory, adjacent to the Gardiners Road Rio Can Centre, to make way for a sizeable, 1,018 unit...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Goes To School
Our elected officials took to the halls of city hall again last night for meeting 08-2012 of Kingston City Council. You can also find the agenda and addeds from last night on the city’s website. In...
View ArticleSix Questions for John Gerretsen
1. Kingston has made some modest strides over the past few years to become Canada’s most sustainable city. What are the key environmental areas that you feel the city needs to improve upon? If elected,...
View ArticleSix Questions for Mary Rita Holland
1. Kingston has made some modest strides over the past few years to become Canada’s most sustainable city. What are the key environmental areas that you feel the city needs to improve upon? If elected,...
View ArticleSix Questions for Robert Kiley
1. Kingston has made some modest strides over the past few years to become Canada’s most sustainable city. What are the key environmental areas that you feel the city needs to improve upon? If elected,...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Going Live
Considering all of the extended, high-energy, high-impact council sessions we’ve seen lately, Tuesday night’s get-together was far more subdued and routine – but a lot got done in the hour and a half...
View ArticlePrioritizing Captial Infrastructure Projects in Kingston
I need you to think back to last October, during the lead up to the 2010 municipal election. At that time, candidates of all stripes were making the rounds, touting the necessity of this aquatic...
View ArticleHall Monitor: A Capital Plan!
This is the first of a series looking at our city council’s strategic planning sessions and the resulting document. At the time of this writing, neither the final draft nor the final strategic plan...
View ArticleFriday Foto
Yum! This week was delicious, wasn’t it? Our unintentional focus on food has given us some ideas for possible future theme weeks…stay posted. So, we all survived the first week back and it looks like...
View ArticleThe Battle for Barriefield
Barriefield Village was founded in the early 1800’s on the eastern bank of the Cataraqui River, while it’s settlement was closely tied to the increased activity at the nearby Kingston Naval Dockyard,...
View ArticleThere’s a Hole
How long has it been, one year or two? I honestly can’t remember, but it’s been a long time since I last saw construction equipment around the massive hole on the corner of Bagot and Queen. At last...
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