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Councillor seeks green light to bring photo radar to Kingston
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - There are renewed calls to reinstate photo radar, not on provincial highways, but to keep watch over Kingston streets. Rural councillor Jeff Scott is spearheading...
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High hopes and humps add up to costly repair bill for city
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - It was a small, but expensive learning curve. A two-centimetre mistake on the height of 14 speed humps cost city taxpayers more than $25,000 to fix. "It was...
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City restarts plan to enhance parking/pedestrian safety around Hotel Dieu
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - After two years stuck in neutral, Kingston is restarting discussions to expand patient parking around Hotel Dieu Hospital. "We know there are challenges with...
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A street or something else? Kingstonians voice ways to honour the Hip
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - One block of Barrack Street should be renamed in honour of The Tragically Hip, according to most people who spoke at a public meeting on the subject. The City...
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From protest to programs:, The evolution of Occupy Kingston
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - Occupy Kingston is not just about in-your-face protest tactics anymore. And the group may have found a new home on municipal property - both indoors and legal...
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Tempting offer! Big Banks slash mortgage rates to woo customers
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - The Bank of Canada is urging Canadians to keep a lid on their personal debt, but that's not stopping the consumer rush to big banks to cash in on rock-bottom mortgage...
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City officials ponder the end of the globe - Chandelier globe, that is
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - It could soon be lights out for the eye-popping globe chandelier at Kingston City Hall. Officials are considering removing the so-called 'Sunburst' chandelier...
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Speak Up! Council chamber set for 21st century sound/video makeover
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - When our local politicians speak, can anyone hear them? The council chamber at Kingston City Hall has a notorious reputation for its terrible acoustics and video...
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City plans multi-million dollar parks & rec expansion in 2012
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - The New Year brings some new priorities at Kingston city hall. Parks and recreation will get some major improvements in 2012, starting with the much-anticipated...
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City offers deep discounts to encourage king-sized industrial buildings
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - In the retail world, stores will often let customers 'buy one item and get another at 50 percent off.' City Hall is taking page from that sales tactic by offering...
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Vacated Land Registry building could be used as a municipal satellite office
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - A long-time municipal tenant has packed up and moved. The Land Registry Office at 1 Court Street beside the Frontenac County Court House has been mothballed...
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City offers deep discounts to encourage king-sized industrial buildings
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - In the retail world, stores will often let customers 'buy one item and get another at 50 percent off.' City Hall is taking page from that sales tactic by offering...
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Vacated Land Registry building could be used as a municipal satellite office
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - A long-time municipal tenant has packed up and moved. The Land Registry Office at 1 Court Street beside the Frontenac County Court House has been mothballed...
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Slow start to winter means big savings for city hall
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - A slow start to winter is a bummer for skiers, but not salters. Kingston's public works department has probably saved a few hundred thousand dollars from its...
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New Year's resolutions: Can city hall make them in 2012?
By Bill HutchinsEMC Editorial - Most of us have thought about New Year's resolutions. Whether we actually set life improvement goals, reveal them to others, or keep them is another story....
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New Year's resolutions: Can city hall make them in 2012?
By Bill HutchinsEMC Editorial - Most of us have thought about New Year's resolutions. Whether we actually set life improvement goals, reveal them to others, or keep them is another story....
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City eager to harness economic spinoffs from off-shore turbine project
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - Kingston and Hamilton are teaming up with a green energy company to provide labour and materials for a proposed $1.5 billion wind turbine project in Lake Ontario. But...
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Kingston's 2012 tax-and-spend budget given swift approval
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - City council has closed the books on the 2012 budget. At their final meeting of the year on December 20, councillors approved the necessary budget bylaws to...
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Kingston's 2012 tax-and-spend budget given swift approval
By Bill HutchinsEMC News - City council has closed the books on the 2012 budget. At their final meeting of the year on December 20, councillors approved the necessary budget bylaws to...
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Trash, taxes and tracks: City Hall's 'top 10' news stories of 2011
By Bill HutchinsEMC Editorial - The first year of the four-year council term is coming to an end. It was a time for councillors to set the spending agenda and develop some key policies and...
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