United Way – Campaign Total

The United Way of KFL&A has gone over the top in its annual fund raising campaign.

The total amount raised in the campaign is $3,504,001…three thousand more than the goal.

The total was announced this morning during the annual touchdown breakfast at the Ambassador Hotel and Conference Resort Centre.

RKY Camp – Fundraising

The RKY Camp has launched a campaign to raise a million dollars and its already almost half way there.  The camp on Eagle Lake in Parham is planning to build a new 5,000-square-foot welcome centre that will house the dining hall, kitchen and administration areas.  Homestead Landholdings Founder Brit Smith helped kick off the campaign with a donation of $485,000.  The campaign also received over $3,000 during giving Tuesday.

Details about the RKY Camp Revitalization Project are available on its website.

www.rkycamp.org

Electric Vehicles

The city of Kingston now has two fully electric vehicles.

The city has bought two electric Kia Souls.

One of the new vehicles will be used to deliver inter-office mail in the city and the other will be used by the environmental department.

It is part of the Kingston’s climate action plan the city says it will purchase three new fully electric vehicles next year.

Stunt Driving – Complaint

The OPP says two men from Quebec who were stopped on the 401 near Gananoque for stunt driving called 911 in front of the officers that stopped them…arguing they didn’t have the authority to tow their vehicles.

The two vehicles were driving side by side on the eastbound 401 on Sunday and were clocked at 154 km/h.

The vehicles were towed and impounded for seven days – the drivers found out it’s the law in Ontario for anyone charged with stunt driving.

Toys for the North

CFB Trenton and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are joining forces to help make Christmas a little brighter for children in some remote communities.

Five-thousand toys have been handed over by officials at the base for the Mounties “Toys for the North” program.

The RCMP collects toys each year for children in isolated northern villages across Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The toys will be delivered on two C-130 Hercules aircraft from CFB Trenton over the next few weeks.

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