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Friday Foto

Thanks to a mid-week holiday, my system is completely out of whack. We checked out Ianspotting at The Toucan on Tuesday, and judging by the crowd downtown, it was your typical Friday night. When Canada Day festivities were all said and done on Wednesday, my body expected Sunday morning to follow. Instead, [...]

Harvey Kirkpatrick | July 3rd, 2009 | Continued

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More Geotaggin’ Fun

Back in May, we announced our most recent contest where we asked our readers to help to make Kingstonist faster, stronger, and better.  About two weeks ago we sorted through all of the fantastic suggestions, and in the end we decided that geotagging was something we needed to do more of, immediately.  Although our library [...]

Harvey Kirkpatrick | July 2nd, 2009 | Continued

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Guide to Canada Day

It is not going to rain tomorrow. It is not going to rain tomorrow. It is not…come on, say it with me!
The City has lined up some fun events around Kingston to celebrate Canada’s 142nd birthday. If you’re downtown, you can start things off with the red and white parade. Anyone [...]

Danielle Lennon | June 30th, 2009 | Continued

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City Landmarks Vol VIII

Summer brings loads of activities to Kingston, while City Park, Springer Market Square and Confederation Park are not the only outdoor venues for fun and excitement.  From music festivals to buskers and their brand new basketball court, McBurney Park (aka Skeleton Park) is a secret garden that few tourists will ever discover.  This gritty greenspace [...]

Duke Smythe | June 29th, 2009 | Continued

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Friday Foto

Happy Friday!  On my way to work this morning, I noticed that a crowd of faithful fans had camped out at the K-Rock Centre to be the first in line to get Tool tickets, which went on sale at 10am.  This has got to be one of the biggest names the KRC has attracted to [...]

26Jun2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Local Hashtags for Twitter

Lately there have been a lot of interesting and noteworthy events in and around Kingston, including Doors Open, the Teddy Bear Picnic, as well as the downtown sub-station fire.   I’ve been following these events on Twitter, however keeping up with everything is next to impossible.  This is owing to the fact that larger events utilize [...]

25Jun2009 | Tommy Vallier | 2 comments | Continued
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Revitalizing Lake Ontario Park

In April of 2007, the City completed phase 1 of a study in support of the Lake Ontario Park Revitalization Plan.  The purpose of this analysis was to establish a collective vision for developing the aging, and underutilized Lake Ontario Park.  After reviewing suggestions from City Officials and interested members of the community, [...]

23Jun2009 | Danielle Lennon | 2 comments | Continued
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Return of the Speak Easy

I just got in from hoarding as much liquor and wine as possible from the LCBO.  To be quite frank, the mood was a mix of pandemonium and despair, which gave the entire store an end of the world type of vibe.  In case you haven’t heard, employees of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario [...]

22Jun2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Friday Foto

Where has the day gone?  I sat down nearly half a dozen times earlier today and tried to put keys to keyboard, but the phone kept ringing, ceiling kept painting, and PABers kept PABing.  Today’s the big day where we finally crown the winner of our latest and greatest contest.  It gives me great pleasure [...]

19Jun2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Useless Pieces of Plastic

Earlier this week I paid the second installment of our property taxes in person at Kingston City Hall.  I suppose I could have sent it in the mail, but that would have wasted a stamp, and made me worry that my sizable cheque was in the hands of Kingston’s version of either Newman, or Cliff [...]

18Jun2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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