Nominations Being Accepted – International Day of Persons with Disabilities Access Award

The city of Kingston, Ontario is now accepting nominations for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Access Award. This award recognizes contributions that improve access (beyond legislated requirements) for persons with disabilities.

Any individual, team, company or organization living or working in Kingston or involved in a project which directly benefits the citizens of Kingston can be eligible. The projects must have been developed within the past three years, and both new or renovated buildings are eligible. In addition to building projects, contributions could include employment programs, transportation systems or recreational programs.

Nomination forms (which can be downloaded here) must be submitted to the Accessibility Office, Attention: International Day of Persons with Disabilities Access Award, City Hall, 216 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2Z3 no later than 4:00 p.m. on October 31.

In partnership with the Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee (MAAC), the city of Kingston will present the awards in a ceremony on November 3, which also happens to be the officially recognised International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Tim Hortons Testing Up-sized Cups In Kingston

For the next month, residents of Kingston, Ontario, will be one of a two-part Canadian test market for up-sized brews from the popular donut and coffee chain, Tim Hortons. Sudbury is the other test location.

Persons who order a ‘medium’, will find that they’re given this in a large-size cup, and persons who order a large, will be given what is normally an extra large. For persons who would normally order the extra large ( 20-oz. (591 mL)), they will now be presented with a giant-sized 24 oz. (710 mL) cup. The former small cuppa – 8 oz. (210 mL) – is no more. The cheapest hot Tim’s coffee in the two test towns is now a 10 oz. (296 mL) cup, for $1.33 (i.e. the price of what was ‘medium’ last week).

According to reports, the up-sized servings are meant “to test consumer preferences and that the trend we have seen has been to larger sizes.” There have been denials that the move is an attempt to match Canadian offerings with those at Tim Horton’s outlets in the United States (which sell coffee only in the larger sizes).

Kingston To Host Under-13 Basketball Championship In 2012/2013

Ontario Basketball and Tourism Kingston announced yesterday, that Kingston will host the Ontario Cup under-13 provincial boys basketball championship in 2012 and 2013. The event will be held April 20 to 22 in 2012 and April 19 to 21 in 2013, and will feature 84 teams and more than 1,200 players each year. It will be hosted at several gyms, including at the Queen’s Centre, the Kingston Military Community Sports Centre and St. Lawrence College.