KINGSTON — While the worst of the summer heat may have passed, city council wants to look to the next time the mercury rises to dangerous levels. Article content

Council passed a motion to have staff develop a strategy to ensure residents have access to ways to keep cool during extreme heat, including heat-mitigating infrastructure, access to sufficient cooling spaces, encouraging landlords to develop hot weather plans and door-to-door monitoring of vulnerable residents. Article content

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“We’re seeing the impact on the community. This is a hot, extraordinarily dry summer. We’re in the midst of a drought. Everybody I am talking to is feeling it one way or another,” said Sydenham Dist Coun. Conny Glenn.

“Extreme weather is coming our way. We swing fro

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