Sports & Recreation
Guide to Feb Fest
It’s that time of year again Kingston, and despite the mild weather, Feb Fest will be going strong this week. Below is an outline of the schedule as it currently exists. Sadly the lack of snow has affected some of the usual events that Kingstonians have grown to love. The 24 hour Snow Sculpture Competition [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 14: Do Something Awesome
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Weekly Poll: Tobogganing Hills
Helloooo winter! After months of wondering if we’d see the old man this year, he’s come back full force in the last few days giving us snow days, skating and other great features of a Canadian winter. I personally am not a big fan of this time of year but I’m coming around and considering [...]
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CFKA Call for Proposals for Spring 2012 Community Grants
Kingston, January 4, 2012: The Community Foundation for Kingston & Area is now accepting Letters of Intent for innovative projects that strengthen and enhance the quality of life in Kingston and the surrounding area. Community grants awarded by the Grant Selection Committee serve registered charities in all eight sectors in Kingston & Area. Arts & [...]
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Top Five Things to See and Do
Winter is here, well sort of. At a risk of jinxing us all to consecutive bouts of snowmageddon, there really is no reason for us to be curled up in front of the fire and ignoring all the great seasonal events over the coming months. Here’s our five most anticipated events this coming quarter! 13th [...]
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Six Questions for Bill Fitsell
John Walter (Bill) Fitsell is a local author who is widely considered as the dean of Canadian hockey historians. The founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research, Fitsell also serves as the historian for the International Hockey Hall of Fame. A former Whig-Standard columnist, he has also written four books including: Hockey’s Captains, [...]
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Hockey Hall of Fame Inducts Doug Gilmour
Last night, one of Kingston’s greatest names in sport took his place amongst hockey’s elite including: Bobbie Orr, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky and many others, as he was ceremoniously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. During Doug Gilmour’s 20 year career, he played for St. Louis (’83–’88), Calgary (’88–’92), Toronto (’92–’97), New Jersey (’97–’98), [...]
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Top Five Things to See and Do
It’s that magical time year where we rhyme off our top five most anticipated community, cultural social and entertainment calendar highlights over the next three months. With Thanksgiving, Halloween and the silly season all fast approaching, here’s what we plan on slowing down to check out! Wolfe Island Corn Maze, September-October: This year’s design features [...]
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Rick Hansen Relay Final Medal-Bearer Is Wess Garrod
Former principal and healthy-living activist Wess Garrod has been nominated and chosen as the Final Medal-bearer for the End of the Day Celebration on the Kingston stop of the Rick Hansen Relay promoting more accessible, active and sustainable communities. The Relay also marks the 25th anniversary of Hansen’s 40,000 km wheel-around-the-world Man in Motion tour [...]
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Don Cherry Supports IHHOF Re-Location
The story of how the International Hockey Hall of Fame (IHHOF) came to be established in Kingston, and was later cast aside by the National Hockey League (NHL) is ripe with intrigue. Over the years, the new, official Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto has allegedly attempted to procure the IHHOF’s exhibits, as well as [...]
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