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EVENTS CALENDAR
City Hall and Springer Market Square will be lit up in red for Sickle Cell Awareness Day.
Find out more about lighting up City Hall.
Skeleton Park Arts Festival’s Live Music Aqua Fitness! with Spencer Evans’ Goat Steppers. Exercise and have fun in the water while enjoying live music. No experience necessary and it is free to participate.
Register in person at the Artillery Park Aquatic Centre or online (search "Skeleton Park Arts Festival’s Live Music Aqua Fitness")
Skeleton Park Arts Festival’s Live Music Aqua Fitness! with Spencer Evans’ Goat Steppers. Exercise and have fun in the water while enjoying live music. No experience necessary and it is free to participate.
Register in person at the Artillery Park Aquatic Centre or online (search "Skeleton Park Arts Festival’s Live Music Aqua Fitness")
City Hall and Springer Market Square will be lit up for National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Find out more about lighting up City Hall.
OSKAR (Off Site Kingston Area Recycler), the City's mobile diversion trailer, helps keep recyclables and compostables out of the landfill. Book OSKAR to come to your community events to recycle items like, plastic, metal and glass food and beverage containers, paper products, cardboard and compost organic materials like food waste, napkins and paper plates.
Giveaway Days in 2019 are:
- Saturday, April 6
- Saturday, June 22
- Saturday, Aug. 17
- Saturday, Oct. 26
Giveaway Days are when you put items you no longer want out at the curb for someone who might like them. The City declares Giveaway Days a few times a year - sign-up for collection reminders to be reminded when one is coming up.
What to put out:
Only set out appropriate items that you know someone else might want.
- Appropriate items: books, CDs, DVDs, Furniture and small appliances, Electronics, construction materials (including drywall, lumber, hardware), kitchen gadgets, dishes, cutlery, pots and pans.
- Inappropriate items: the Consumer Product Safety Bureau of Health Canada advises that these items should NOT be given away (or picked-up): baby walkers, cribs, car seats, strollers, playpens, bath seats, mattresses, blinds and toys.
Bring any uncollected items back inside at 6 p.m. on Giveaway Day. The City will NOT collect unwanted Giveaway Day items left at the curb and these may be subject to fines from Bylaw Enforcement. Consider donating unwanted items to a local charity.
See other diversion & disposal opportunities
Come to your public library to hear author Maryam Rafiee discuss her attempts to communicate with her father during his imprisonment in Iran.
In her book, Dear Baba, Maryam shows, through letters and recordings, what she wished she could tell her father when she could have no communication with him. Along with the news she wanted to share with him, Maryam offers her thoughts on how to maintain hope and bonds in the face of uncertainty.
Join us for this personal and heartfelt session as the world acknowledges the International Day of the Refugee.
This event takes place on Saturday, June 22, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at our Central Branch (130 Johnson Street). Open to adults and teens on a drop-in basis. Takes place on the second floor in Meeting Room 1.
For more information, visit www.kfpl.ca .
Come visit City solid waste department staff at the Skeleton Parks Arts Festival at McBurney Park. They are collecting input on strategies to divert 65 per cent of Kingston's household waste from landfill.
How would you encourage residents to get recyclables and organic waste out of garbage bags and into blue/grey boxes and green bins? Come review some proposed options and offer your feedback.
Find out more about this project at www.CityofKingston.ca/WasteStrategies.
City Hall and Springer Market Square will be lit up for Saint-Jean Baptiste Day.
Find out more about lighting up City Hall.
Learn about construction activity. Presentation at 6 p.m. followed by informal Q&A. Info at thirdcrossing.cityofkingston.ca
Every week we hear about a new form of fraud, usually spread by phone or email: ransomware, extortion, phony Canada Revenue Agency or bank calls, and more. Nearly 80 percent of mass marketing fraud is conducted by organized crime groups, and it's currently the second most common criminal activity funding terrorist activities. However, most mass marketing fraud is never reported. Often the victims are too embarrassed to admit their losses. But silence can allow the fraud to continue.
For the second June installment of the KFPL Live monthly speakers’ series we are delighted to offer a presentation on Fraud Awareness by Tom Cheel from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC). Jointly managed by the RCMP, the Competition Bureau, and the OPP, the CAFC is the central agency in Canada which collects information and criminal intelligence on such matters as mass marketing fraud (e.g., telemarketing), advance fee fraud (e.g., West African letters), Internet fraud and identification theft complaints. In his presentation Tom will outline the most common types of fraud and how you can protect yourself. This information will be of particular use to seniors.
The presentation will take place twice: first at Isabel Turner branch on Wednesday, June 26, at 2 p.m. and then at Sydenham branch on Thursday, June 27, at 2 p.m. Both sessions will be the same, and both are open to adults and teens. There is no admission charge, but seating is limited. To avoid disappointment, please register in advance at calendar.kfpl.ca/events or by phone at (613) 549-8888 as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 15.
For more information, visit www.kfpl.ca .
Learn about construction activity. Presentation at 6 p.m. followed by informal Q&A. Info at thirdcrossing.cityofkingston.ca
OSKAR (Off Site Kingston Area Recycler), the City's mobile diversion trailer, helps keep recyclables and compostables out of the landfill. Book OSKAR to come to your community events to recycle items like, plastic, metal and glass food and beverage containers, paper products, cardboard and compost organic materials like food waste, napkins and paper plates.
Every week we hear about a new form of fraud, usually spread by phone or email: ransomware, extortion, phony Canada Revenue Agency or bank calls, and more. Nearly 80 percent of mass marketing fraud is conducted by organized crime groups, and it's currently the second most common criminal activity funding terrorist activities. However, most mass marketing fraud is never reported. Often the victims are too embarrassed to admit their losses. But silence can allow the fraud to continue.
For the second June installment of the KFPL Live monthly speakers’ series we are delighted to offer a presentation on Fraud Awareness by Tom Cheel from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC). Jointly managed by the RCMP, the Competition Bureau, and the OPP, the CAFC is the central agency in Canada which collects information and criminal intelligence on such matters as mass marketing fraud (e.g., telemarketing), advance fee fraud (e.g., West African letters), Internet fraud and identification theft complaints. In his presentation Tom will outline the most common types of fraud and how you can protect yourself. This information will be of particular use to seniors.
The presentation will take place twice: first at Isabel Turner branch on Wednesday, June 26, at 2 p.m. and then at Sydenham branch on Thursday, June 27, at 2 p.m. Both sessions will be the same, and both are open to adults and teens. There is no admission charge, but seating is limited. To avoid disappointment, please register in advance at calendar.kfpl.ca/events or by phone at (613) 549-8888 as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 15.
For more information, visit www.kfpl.ca .
City Hall and Springer Market Square will be lit up for Canadian Multiculturalism Day.
Find out more about lighting up City Hall.
City Hall and Springer Market Square will be lit up for Canada Day.
Find out more about lighting up City Hall.
OSKAR (Off Site Kingston Area Recycler), the City's mobile diversion trailer, helps keep recyclables and compostables out of the landfill. Book OSKAR to come to your community events to recycle items like, plastic, metal and glass food and beverage containers, paper products, cardboard and compost organic materials like food waste, napkins and paper plates.
City Hall and Springer Market Square will be lit up green for National Injury Prevention Day.
Find out more about lighting up City Hall.