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Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest
My grandmother always says “you’re only as old as you feel”. With that in mind, it’s hard to believe that two weeks from today we will be celebrating Kingstonist’s second birthday. Has it really been that long since we started the site? Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteer contributors, we’ve been [...]
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Tax Free Zone Downtown!
From December 3-5 some of your favourite downtown stores and restaurants will be offering up tax-free savings to holiday shoppers. “Passports” will be available at participating merchants downtown. Once a passport has 3 or more stamps, it can be entered into a ballot box at the Grand Theatre to win great prizes including gift certificates [...]
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Holiday Gift-a-Way Winner!
Last week, we commenced our journey into the silly season with our 2nd annual Holiday Gift-a-Way contest. We asked our readers to share their thoughts on the holiday season, which in turn, entered them in a draw for a pair of free tickets to attend the Kingston Symphony’s upcoming performance of The Nutcracker. I am [...]
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Friday Foto
I want to start today’s post by promising that Kingstonist is not going to start endlessly broadcasting cheesy Christmas carols, or pump cinnamon scents into your home to simulate the festive spirit. That said, if I possessed the technological ability to affect such things, I would opt for Bing Crosby’s famous holiday anthem, Mele Kalikimaka, [...]
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Holiday Gift-a-Way
Our neighbours to the south will soon be enjoying Thanksgiving, and then taking part in the busiest shopping day of the year, which is ominously referred to as Black Friday. While Canadian cross-border shoppers will likely fill the ranks, I am thankful that Black Friday hasn’t really caught on in Canada, yet. That said, with [...]
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Friday Foto
Hey there, and happy Friday. This week we welcomed Kingston’s hippest Librarian to the City, and are optimistic that once she’s nonnomadic, she might be willing to share some of her experiences as a newcomer to our burgeoning metropolis. Notice how craftily I incorporated big, fancy words in that sentence? Perhaps diction will improve overall [...]
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Contest: Help Make Kingstonist Better
It’s been a slow news day, and that has allowed me to catch my breath and briefly mull over some of the recent changes to the site, as well as the way ahead for Kingstonist. From day one, we wanted Kingstonist to be community-driven, including but not limited to content and the resulting conversation. Thus [...]
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Holiday Caption Contest Winner
Due to the ongoing pounding of Snowmaggedon, and the general ridiculousness of the silly season, we are a bit late in announcing the winner of our Holiday Caption Contest. It gives me great pleasure to announce that barbj8′s comment: “the children grew despondent, realizing that the stranger they had sent for cappucinno was never coming [...]
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Snowmageddon
Yesterday, Kingstonians woke up to nearly 10 centimeters of fresh snow. For me, it took about 45 minutes to clear the sidewalks and parking spaces around the homestead. This, combined with uncleared sidewalks made me late for work. Thankfully this was the general trend around the office, so I didn’t feel too bad. Today, weather [...]
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Windy Weekly Photo
In case you’ve missed the changing skyline along the northern shore of Wolfe Island, over half a dozen wind turbines have sprung over the last few months. This amazing image is used with the permission of Paul Wash. I should also add that he’s documented a lot of the action on Wolfe Island on his [...]
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