Kingston News, December 14, 2016

Sailing Centre Proposal

A group of five influential Kingstonians meets with the city and federal government representatives today to pitch building a Canadian Sail Training Centre on the Kingston Penitentiary Property.

The group floated the idea a couple of years ago and says it has now secured $300 million in funding.

Details are available at:

www.hattersbay.ca

Defence Report – Special Ops

A report co-authored by a Queen’s University defence expert and a Royal Military College professor says Canada’s defence decision makers need to have a better knowledge of the Special Operations Force.  Christian Leuprecht and RMC professor H. Christian Breede say the Special Operations Force is under-utilized and Canada needs to develop a better way to optimize the use of the specially trained soldiers.

The report was published jointly by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute in cooperation with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

The full report, titled Beyond the Movies: The Value Proposition of Canada’s Special Operations Forces, is available online.

http://www.cdainstitute.ca/images/Analysis/Leuprecht_Breede_Analysis_December2016.pdf

Transit Funding

Kingston Transit is going to cash in on more tax dollars today.

Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala will be making an announcement on transit funding this afternoon at the Kingston Transit office on John Counter Boulevard.

Syrian Refugees – Transit Training

Students in Enactus St. Lawrence College will help teach Syrian refugees how to use Kingston Transit.

The training has been made possible thanks to a grant from Scotiabank.

The hour long Syrian Newcomers Transit Orientation program will take place at Kingston Community Health Centres on Weller Avenue tomorrow.  Arabic translation will be supplied by an Enactus St. Lawrence College volunteer.  The newcomers will be able to get transit passes from their settlement worker.

Second Girl Found

The second girl reported missing by Loyalist OPP has been found.

15 year old Gillian Taylor Hayes was located by Ottawa Police at a shopping mall on Monday.

Police reported on Saturday that 14 year old Marcie Muckle had been found – but didn’t say where.

The two girls were reported missing from Loyalist Township on December 5th.

Impaired Driver

Another day – another story about an impaired driver.

Police say a vehicle was seen swerving in and out of traffic around 6:45 Monday morning.  It went through a red light at Bath Road and Tanner Driver and then rear-ended another vehicle at a stop light on Bath Road.  A man was arrested at a home on Campbell Crescent.  The 46 year old Kingston man is facing charges of impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene of a collision.

Woman Arrested – Intoxicated

A sad story about a 36 year old woman with no fixed address who was arrested by Kingston Police for causing a disturbance in a downtown store.  A news release from police says the woman spilled beer and urinated on the floor of a store in the 100 block of Princess Street early Monday afternoon.  She was arrested outside the store and charged with causing a disturbance by being intoxicated, mischief and possession of a small quantity of marijuana.