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TENANTS, LANDLORDS:
HEATING STANDARDS

The City's Property Standards By-law 2005-100 states that landlords who are responsible for heating any living accommodation are required to supply adequate heat from Sept. 15 to June 1. The minimum air temperature in the dwelling must be 21.1°C (70°F). For more information or to report a complaint, please contact the City's Property Standards Office at 546-4291, ext. 3246.

NOTES AVAILABLE
FROM FOCUS GROUP

A public consultation session on "Access to Public Transportation" resulted in many comments on wheelchair use on Kingston Transit buses, accessible bus routes and shelters. You can download notes from the session via this Web site.  MORE ...

SMOKING CURBED
AT RIDEAUCREST

Regulations of the Smoke Free Ontario Act that took effect May 31, 2006, changed smoking rules at Rideaucrest Home. In addition to banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces, the Act prohibits smoking within a nine-metre radius of the entrance to a health-care facility. At Rideaucrest, visitors are prohibited from smoking anywhere on the grounds.

FLU PRECAUTIONS AND YOUR APPOINTMENT

If you have flu symptoms please call the Community and Family Services office at 613-546-2695 to reschedule your appointment or for alternate service options. Flu symptoms include:

• Fever (though not everyone with flu will have a fever)
• Cough
• Core throat
• Runny or stuffy nose
• Body aches
• Headache
• Chills
• Extreme tiredness
• Sometimes nausea, diarrhea and vomiting

You can get more information on the H1N1 Flu virus on this website.

You can get an inside look at Kingston's municipally owned-and-operated long-term-care facility on the Rideaucrest Home Photo Tour.

Help With Transit, Recreation Costs
Offered By Fee Assistance Program

Nov 17/09 > The new Municipal Fee Assistance program offers Kingstonians with lower incomes a discount on a Kingston Transit Monthly My Card and reduced-cost access to recreation and leisure opportunities - through one application.  MORE ...

Healthy Community Fund Applications Due

Aug. 14/09 > This year, the United Way serving Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington will again administer the City's $212,195 Healthy Community Fund designed to foster projects that support the health of the community in the areas of community development, sports and recreation and heritage.  MORE ...

Best Start Initiative Creates Childcare Spaces

Jun. 02/09 > Current and prospective childcare providers in Kingston and the County of Frontenac are being encouraged to create or expand childcare operations by applying for a Best Start Initiative grant. The Best Start Grant is intended solely for the creation or expansion of childcare spaces  MORE ...

Ontario Child Benefit Changes

Social Assistance recipients will notice a number of changes to the structure of their payments following the province's introduction of the Ontario Child Benefit. For more detail on these changes, visit the Ministry of Social Services or the Ontario Child Benefit site.

Rideaucrest Residents Write Poetry Book

The poems in recently released book "signs of spring: haiku poems by persons with dementia", by Rideaucrest Home residents, show the sense of humour, deep wisdom, and capabilities of persons with dementia. Copies of the book are available at Rideaucrest Home or from the Alzheimer Society of Kingston.  MORE ...