In this segment of The Rundown, Alex sits down with Dylyn Reid-Davies, local project coordinator of the Social Planning Council of Kingston. They discuss an upcoming event, a tenant community meeting that is open for Kingston residents to attend to prevent evictions in the community.

Science Rendezvous Kingston is coming up on May 13, 2023 at the Leon’s Centre! Alex sits down with Lynda Colgan of SRK to discuss the event and what people can expect. We also chat with Elijah, a superstar in the online community of BeatSaber and VR.

In this episode of The Rundown, Alex sits down with Brenda Moore, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Food Sharing Project. They discuss the program itself, what FSP does, the lack of support and funding for school programs seen in the 2023 federal budget release, and more.

This week, Alexandra sits down with Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson, to discuss the recent announcement from the province regarding an additional $202 million budget increase to address homelessness and affordable housing in Ontario. They also talk about the current evictions taking place at the Belle Park/ICH homeless encampment and what the city has done, is doing, and will continue to do moving forward to ensure everyone is safe and secure.

In this segment of The Rundown, Alex sits down with Kingston city councillor Jeff McLaren to discuss his proposal to build more housing co-ops in the city, what it means, what it would entail, and what the process looks like.

In this episode of The Rundown, we sit down with Kerry Hill, Director of No Clearcuts Kingston to discuss the Tannery Development and NCK now having legal representation from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) to grant NCK party status at an upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing.

Members of the public who wish to have their views about the development proposal considered by the Tribunal must complete a Participant Status Request Form outlining their concerns (citing Case No. OLT-22-004597) and email it to the Tribunal by February 10, 2023.

In this segment of The Rundown, we debrief the KFPL events happening over the next month as Black History Month approaches. We also discuss new programs being implemented at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) as well as KHSC being ranked amongst the top 40 research hospitals in Canada.

KFL&A news coverage for January 17th 2023 presented by Alexandra Fernandes.