Overview
- Kingston officials outlined property sales, wider parking enforcement and a new finance committee after a small 2025 surplus left key reserves below target and exposed cash‑flow gaps.
- City staff traced the squeeze to Ontario’s rule that delays development charge payments until occupancy, which shifts upfront infrastructure costs to municipalities and could force project delays or new debt.
- A dozen rural Eastern Ontario mayors asked federal leaders to suspend and re‑evaluate the ALTO high‑speed rail proposal, citing no transparent ridership or budget case and warning of expropriation risks and local disruption.
- Public feedback on ALTO has drawn complaints about the online map tool dropping pins and a third‑party moderator removing benign comments, and recent municipal maps now show broad opposition across Eastern Ontario.
- Bell Aliant reported a widespread Fredericton‑area outage caused by vandalism to its network, and the RCMP said it had not yet received a related report, leaving potential 911 impacts unclear.