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Swim Drink Fish Blog
Read the latest updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, Artists for Water, and more.
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As the Culture Fest comes to a close we begin something new in Kingston
Today marks the closing of the first ever Kingston and Wolfe Island Culture Festival. Over the past 7 weeks we have explored what the Great Lakes mean to Kingston and Wolfe Island, how they’ve shaped our geography, our history, our identity. And, how they will shape our future.
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Swim Drink Fish Canada Celebrates the Groundbreaking of the Breakwater Park redevelopment
KINGSTON — Today the City of Kingston along with their project partners officially broke ground on the redevelopment of Breakwater Park, a part of the Kingston Waterfront Master Plan.
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation generously provided a $500,000 donation to Swim Drink Fish Canada to support renovations, that will include: a new park promenade, a pedestrian bridge, pier upgrades, steps and seating, shoreline works – including water access – landscaping and tree planting.
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Gord Edgar Downie Pier: Just Perfect
Last night the City of Kingston unanimously approved a resolution to honour Gord Downie by naming the deep water swimming pier in the new Breakwater Park redevelopment The Gord Edgar Downie Pier.
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Kingston launches really cool sewage overflow alerts website
Kingston becomes the first municipality in Ontario to provide real-time alerts for sewage overflows.
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Authors, sewage gather on Wolfe Island for litfest
Mark Mattson describes the 2014 Joe Burke Wolfe Island Literary Festival - and the City of Kingston's recent sewage spills that provided a thought-provoking setting for the event.