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Publishing date: Apr 20, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read
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KINGSTON Home Base Housing is to receive city funding to expand its Street Outreach program to seven days a week.
City council is to consider the funding increase $77,500 to allow the agency to increase its outreach program from the current five days a week to seven.
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The funding increase is part of a new encampment protocol created to bring the city’s homelessness policies in line with the United Nations Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada.
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Publishing date: Apr 15, 2021 • 25 minutes ago • 3 minute read
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Utilities Kingston offers rain barrels
The use of residential rain barrels can help protect the environment by reducing the amount of treated lake water used for watering gardens and by diverting rainwater from the sanitary and storm sewer systems.
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They help conserve energy by reducing the amount of water and wastewater Utilities Kingston needs to pump and treat and residents can save money by lowering their water consumption. Rainwater also contains minerals that make it better for plants and gardens than treated tap water.