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Tomorrow, skaters in Gananoque will have a new place to lace up their skates. The Gord Brown Memorial Canada 150 Outdoor Rink will open on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, beside the Lou Jeffries, Gananoque & T.L.T.I Recreation Centre at 600 King Street E. in Gananoque. According to a release from
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*Paid Business Feature* Is home ownership in your future? If so, Kingston Mortgage Solutions has some things you’ll want to know to make your home buying experience seamless and successful. Where to start? It’s always a good idea to get pre-approved for financing first, and given the highly competitive housing market we
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Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical instrument, or how to sing, teachers rely on learners’ physical cues to help them progress — cues that are often obscured either by watching someone on a screen or listening through a microphone. As
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Next week, theatre enthusiasts have the opportunity to enjoy all the 2021 productions from the Thousand Islands Playhouse in the comfort of their homes. 2021 Replay is a week-long program that will run from Tuesday, Jan. 25 to Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Viewers “Pay What You Can” to stream the
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Calling all young Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) composers in Canada! Cantabile Choirs of Kingston is launching its first ever nationwide BIPOC Song Competition and is accepting submissions until Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Cantabile Choirs has created this competition with the goal of providing opportunities for young BIPOC
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Editorial note: The following is a submitted Letter to the Editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. For the past two years, we have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. There is another epidemic occurring, however. Workplace overwork and burnout is now a major
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Despite being launched into a fourth iteration of ‘lockdown’ until Jan. 27, local restaurants remain resilient and adaptable in the face of COVID adversity. As the city with the most restaurants per capita in the country, Kingston’s restaurant scene isn’t one without competition or creativity! Over the past two years,
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This article is written by Badriyya Yusuf, a PhD Candidate/Researcher in International Relations at Queen’s University, Ontario, and originally published by The Conversation. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. Few people would consider airports to be arenas of power plays among nations. But the
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February is Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the legacy of Black Canadians. Together with the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is honouring the past, present, and futures of Kingston’s Black communities with poetry and prose. “We really want to provide a
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Last month marked the passing of accomplished graphic designer, typographer, publisher, and enthusiastic conversationalist, Peter Klaus Dorn. Born in Germany in 1932, Dorn came of age surrounded by “many atrocities,” his obituary succinctly notes. He served an apprenticeship as a compositor and studied graphic design in night classes, and in
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Literary buffs may already be familiar with Kingston’s writing powerhouse Steven Heighton. He’s written world-renowned works, such as Afterlands, The Shadow Boxer, and scores of others, garnering him a seat in the upper echelon of Canadian literary heroes, among the likes of Margaret Atwood and Leonard Cohen. He won the
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Members of the Frontenac County Economic Development Team invite all members of the public to support and participate in the next phase of their tourism sector development initiative by attending one of two virtual town hall meetings later this month. “We need your help to build the Frontenac Destination Development
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