School Buses

Snow greeted people this morning as students prepared to return to school from their Christmas break.

TriBoard Student Transportation reported early in the morning that school buses would be running for the Limestone District School Board, Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board and the Hastings Prince Edward School Board.

There were some delays and several cancellations this morning.

East of Kingston…Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario declared it was a snow day with no school transportation for the Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic Board of Eastern Ontario.

Big Dig

The Big Dig is scheduled to start this week in Kingston and the city says Princess Street will be closed between Clergy and Barrie streets starting tomorrow.

Construction will move up Princess Street from Clergy to Division and the work is scheduled to be finished on July 1st.  The 13 million dollar project will see the street reconstructed from building-front-to-building-front.  Businesses will remain open and Intersections will also remain open.

Sandy Pines

The Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre is thanking people for the outpouring of support after fire destroyed a barn on its property in Napanee.  A pot-bellied pig and a rabbit died in the fire and the barn was destroyed.

People have donated hay and straw and the animal rescue centre has found places for the animals to stay.

It says it is still in need of hay and straw.

The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined but it is not considered to be suspicious.

ABcann Global – License to Produce Cannabis Oils

The medical marijuana producer in Napanee says it has reached another major milestone.

ABcann has been licensed by Health Canada to produce medical cannabis oils.

ABcann says one it has produced finished products for sale, Health Canada will conduct a final inspection to approve the sale of its cannabis oils.

ABcann says it expects a strong demand for cannabis oil products.

New Doors – Invista Centre

The front doors to the Invista Centre are being replaced starting today.

The city says the sliding doors are being replaced with hinged doors to reduce the amount of cold air getting into the building.

Tourism Survey

Survey says…record high water levels and rain had a major impact on tourism operations in the Thousand Islands region last summer.  The Thousand Islands International Tourism Council has released results of an annual survey that shows a third of business reported a disappointing summer tourism season.

Businesses directly affected by the high water like marinas and campgrounds were severely impacted. New York State has committed almost $137,000 to promote the Thousand Islands region for this summer.

Today in History

From Tony’s Today in History File…

On this day…January 8, 1998…Kingston woke up to the ice storm of the century.

A state of emergency was declared on the afternoon of January 8th and wasn’t lifted until January 17th.

Last week – someone jumped the gun and declared the Ice Storm in Kingston started January 4th – but that’s not correct.  It started the night of January 7th and power went off to 70% of the city by early in the morning of January 8th, 1998.

 

 

 

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