Kingston waterfront news: June 2010
THE OPTIMIST NORTH AMERICANS get underway today. Very impressive list of 195 competitors from all over the world.
They will be racing on Course Alpha in Kingston Harbour. Here's a link to the sailing instructions.
STALE SEWAGE BYPASS LOG, three months out of date, on the Utilities Kingston website.
See also our archive of sewer bypass news items. Utilities Kingston is a disgrace when it comes to reporting and disclosure.
HIGH MUCKY-MUCKS set to unveil Token Park on Monday.
Presumably there will be much collegial back-slapping amongst those who've done a great job recently ruining Kingston's waterfront.
More details on the whole Token Park waterfront accessibility and functionality downgrade.
A FIFTH of all Lake Ontario Beaches are currently posted unsafe according to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper.
Meanwhile, here in Kingston, there is still no beach report avaiable from our lard-ass Health Unit.
RECENTLY IN THE WHIG: Plans at CORK, Laser sailor Robert Davis, and a letter calling for more public waterfront access.
SEVERAL SPOTS still available at the Kingston Yacht Club Sailing School, even the July sessions, for both kid's and adult programs. This includes some openings on their well-known racing team.
WINDFARM TURBINES on Wolfe Island are "shockingly" deadly for birds, bats from Wednesday's Globe and Mail.
SCOOP: The Brown's Bay Inn was recently sold and apparently it's going to become a yoga resort.
NEARLY A THOUSAND LIGHTHOUSES declared surplus by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Kingston-area lights at Nine-mile Point on Simcoe Island, Quebec Head on Wolfe Island, False Duck Island, Main Duck Island, Nicholson's Point, and Pigeon Island are all on the list..
The surplus lighthouses are those that Canadian Coast Guard officials determined "could be replaced with simpler structures whose operation and maintenance would be more cost-effective..."
Shorts:
TWO ENGINEERING JOBS at MetalCraft Marine
STILL no beach report from our lard-ass Health Unit.
NAVAL RE-ENACTMENT this weekend.
KINGSTON'S FIREBOAT is named the Thomas H. Patterson.
RON BROWN on Kingston: catastrophe on the Cataraqui.
In his view, Kingston is a prime example of how not to treat a shoreline.
PHOTOGRAPHER IAN CORISTINE, who has made a career photographing the Thousand Islands region from the air, was featured in the Brockville Times Recorder last week.
KINGSTON ROWERS perform well at last weekend's World Cup event in Bled, Slovenia.
Bled, Slovenia, is the site of next year's World Rowing Championships.