Kingston News, November 2nd, 2016

Royal Military College – Review

A complete review of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston begins today.

A team of eight investigators will spend two months interviewing cadets and staff with a special emphasis on stress levels and available support, as well as overall morale levels.

The rare move highlights the growing concern among top brass about the way the 140-year-old institution is being run. Senior commanders ordered the probe following a number of suspected suicides and allegations of sexual misconduct.

The investigative team will report back to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman by the end of the year.

Candon – Conflict – Capitol Condo

Kingston City Councillor Adam Candon won’t face any sanctions from city council after an integrity commissioner found he inadvertently breached the city’s code of conduct.

The report from Janet Leiper recommended no sanction against Candon and council accepted the report last night.

The Capitol condo was approved by council in a 7-6 vote and Candon voted in favour of the project.

Leiper found he was in a conflict of interest because his real estate partner had promoted the condos on a website called Condo Kings.

Council will consider a motion from Mayor Bryan Paterson at its meeting on November 15th to hold a new vote on the condo project.

The full report of integrity commissioner is the first Addendum item on the city council agenda:

http://bit.ly/2fdhbdk

St. Joseph – St Mary Property

The city will go ahead with selling a portion of the former St. Joseph – St. Mary school property to a private developer.  City council voted against reconsidering its decision during its meeting last night.

Just over half the land will become a park…the rest will be split between affordable housing and a private development.

City councillor Jim Neill will present a motion at council’s next meeting to close Napier Street in front of the property so the park space can be connected to Churchill Park – across the street.

Parking Rates

Parking rates will be going up after council approved a report on the rates last night.

Increases will affect monthly parking in the Chown and Hanson parking garages and on street parking permits in March.  Hourly rates around Kingston General Hospital, Queen’s and the courthouse will rise to $2 next June. Downtown event parking will go up by a dollar.

Fines for meters go up $5 and for pay and display they increase by $10.

Smile Cookie Campaign – Donation

The annual Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign in Kingston raised $68,144 for the neonatal intensive care unit at Kingston General Hospital.  Owner Sherri Agnew will make the cheque presentation this morning.  The Kingston Tim Hortons locations have raised over $280,000 through the Smile Cookie campaign over the past four years.

Walk ‘n’ Roll

The City is hosting an open house with a guest speaker and hands on workshop tonight to get ideas on how to get people out of their cars to walk or cycle more often.

The session in Memorial Hall will start with an open house from 6 to 7pm.  Two consulting companies have been hired to come up with a plan.  One is a Dutch firm called Mobycon.

People who can’t attend the open house tonight can complete an online survey on the city’s website.

https://www.cityofkingston.ca/city-hall/strategies-studies-plans/walk-roll-kingston