Kingston News, January 18, 2018

Robbery – Warrants

Kingston Police are looking for five men after a man was held against his will, beaten and robbed on January 9th.

Police say the victim was had a large amount of cash stolen and believe he was forced to empty his bank account.

A 29 year old Kingston man was arrested last Tuesday.

Police have issued warrants for the arrest of five other Kingston men ranging in age from 27 to 35.  All are wanted on charges of Forcible Confinement, Robbery, Assault, Kidnapping, and Breach of Probation.

Consultant – Intensification

A consultant hired by the city to discuss urban intensification says Kingston has some of the worst architecture on a waterfront he has ever seen.  Vancouver urban planner Brent Toderian calls them slab towers and says Kingston has a big challenge with future development. He says developers need to be open-minded to new approaches to building…and the community needs to think about more than the height of a building.

Toderian says the issue of bringing more people to live in the downtown area is too important to get lost in fighting over how high a building is going to be.  He spoke at a public meeting last night and has been meeting with the city’s planning staff.

Kingston – Millennial City Ranking

Kingston has been ranked as the eighth best city in Canada for millennials to live by an online real estate website.  Point2Homes ranked 85 cities in Canada on a variety of things including the affordability of homes, income, health care, crime rate and climate.

While Kingston was ranked eighth on the list…Quebec City was ranked first…Victoria, B.C. second, Guelph third, followed by Halifax and Ottawa.

Vancouver placed 10th, Toronto 24th and Montreal 38th.

https://www.point2homes.com/news/canada-real-estate/millennial-cities-ranked.html

Dowdeswell – Kingston Visit

Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor is visiting Kingston today to speak at Queen’s University and attend a meeting to discuss Kingston’s strategy to eliminate youth homelessness.

Elizabeth Dowdeswell will deliver the 2017 Donald Gow Memorial Lecture at Robert Sutherland Hall this afternoon.

Dowdeswell will then attend a roundtable discussion in Memorial Hall at Kingston City Hall.

Members of the United Way and youth will be involved in the discussion on eliminating youth homelessness in Kingston and Area.

South Frontenac – Fire Chief Retiring

The Chief of South Frontenac Fire and Rescue has announced he is going to retire.

Rick Chesebrough is leaving the position next week after serving as the fire chief for the past 14 years.  Chesebrough started his career as a firefighter 31 years ago in Pittsburgh Township.

Former Napanee Fire Chief Terry Gervais has been appointed to serve as chief on an interim basis.