New Frills Downtown Renewal Project Meeting Jan 10th 2009

New Frills Downtown Renewal Project

Now that the Loblaws corporation has decided to close the No Frills Grocery store on Bagot St. A band of community residents have come together to make the space a vibrant community driven place.

A Town Hall style meeting is scheduled for January 10th will be taking place at Artillery Park in the larger conference room C at 11:00am.

More info to come…

Rolling Back a Coup D’Etat on Algonquin Territory

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 5:30PM
WATSON ROOM 217 ON QUEEN’S CAMPUS

Marylynn Poucachiche, Barriere Lake community spokesperson, and Suzanne Decoursay, a volunteer teacher from Barriere Lake, will be screening: Blockade on the 117 (12 mins, 2008) [http://blip.tv/file/1391794] and speaking in Kingston in both Algonquin and English.
* Donations encouraged. Food and drinks available
After exhausting all political avenues, on October 6th and recently on November 19th the Algonquians of Barriere Lake blockaded …

Media Democracy Day in Kingston!

October 18, 2008
10:00 amto6:00 pm

OPIRG Kingston, CFRC 101.9 FM and Kingston FreeSchool present Media Democracy Day events in Kingston! All activities are free!

10am-10:30am - coffee and light breakfast at Grey House

10:30am-12:30pm
Audio editing workshop - learn to produce your own news! Location TBA (space limited)
Media and Representation: Who’s voices are missing? Location: Watson Hall Room 217
Facilitated by members of the QCRED radio program, The Massive

12:30-1pm - Snacks at Grey House

1pm-3pm
Build your own FM

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Loving Spoonful Launches Blog!

Loving Spoonful, the new food reclamation project in Kingston, just
launched a blog to keep vendors and volunteers updated. Check it out:
http://lovingspoonfulkingston.wordpress.com/”

Howard Zinn’s “Marx in Soho”: July 26th

July 26, 2008
1:00 am

Imagine all Karl Marx would have to say after one hundred years of just being able to watch…

Saturday July 26th, 6:30 PM at the Queen Street United Church (north-east corner of Queen and Clergy)

Proceeds from the performances will be benefiting land reclamation and political prisoners at Tyendinaga.

Tickets are sliding scale: $5-$20 and will be available from OPIRG Kingston, CFRC and the SGPS.

For more information about the production please …

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Posted on Jul 6

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The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) Kingston is dedicated to research, education, and action in the public interest. We are predominantly student-funded and student-run, but strive to maintain a balance of support and direction from the wider Kingston community. OPIRG Kingston exists to serve as a training ground for concerned citizens to recognize and engage the problems of society. Read more about us.


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