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Education Interviews

How Bayridge Secondary School made a socially distanced graduation more personal

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Bayridge Secondary School, COVID-19, education, graduates, graduation

Every Bayridge Secondary student to enter the doors of the school since 2012 has participated in the ceremony of touching

Art Community Culture News

Celebrating graduates in support of Dress for Success

June 26, 2020June 27, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dress for Success Kingston, Dust and Breath, fundraiser, grad photos, grade 8 graduation, graduate photos, graduate portrait sessions, graduation photos, high school graduation, Kingston, Melissa Howlett, pandemic, profession photo shoot, prom

For many young Kingstonians, the school year is coming to an end without much ado, but for those that are

Fort Henry, Upper Canada Village, set to reopen

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, Fort Henry, historic site, history, Kingston, Morrisburg, opening, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), St. Lawrence Parks Commission, tourism, tourists, Upper Canada Village

The St. Lawrence Parks Commission (SLPC) has announced its historic sites, Fort Henry and Upper Canada Village will reopen Wednesday,

A front view of the Lakeshore Swimming Pool Association

Community News Sports & Recreation

Lakeshore Swimming Pool Association remains closed this summer

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments 50th anniversary, closures, COVID-19, Lakeshore Pool, LSPA, outdoor pool, pools, swimming

For the first time in 49 years, The Lakeshore Swimming Pool Association (LSPA) will not be opening for the 2020

Culture News Theatre & Film

Thousand Islands Playhouse launches fundraiser amid cancelled season

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Brett Christopher, cancelled season, COVID-19, fundraiser, Gananoque, Kingston, musicals, plays, Ring the Bell, theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse

For the first time in 38 years, the Thousand Islands Playhouse is cancelling their season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

Art Campus Culture News

Bader family donates $54 million to Agnes Etherington Art Centre

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Agnes Etherington Art Centre, art, art museum, Bader Philanthropies Inc., Daniel Bader, Dr Alfred Bader, Indigenous art, Isabel Bader, Kingston, paintings, Principal Patrick Deane, Queen's University, revitalization and expansion project

Bader Philanthropies Inc. is donating $40 million USD or $54 million CAD to Queen’s University for the revitalization and expansion

Events News Sports & Recreation

Sailing indoors? How Kingston Yacht Club is continuing their camp during COVID-19

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments children and youth, free, fresh water sailing capital of the world, Jake Adair, Kingston, Kingston Yacht Club, online, online summer camp, Sailing Academy, sailing and boating seminars, seminars, summer camp, video lessons, virtual regattas

Due to the cancellations of summer camps and the inability for large groups of people to gather and be close

Community Events News Sports & Recreation

YMCA of Eastern Ontario launches 100 km fundraiser

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments access to health and recreation programming, charity, childcare, COVID-19, fundraiser, Kingston, pools, rectreation, Rob Adams, Walk Run and Roll Challenge, YMCA of Eastern Ontario

The YMCA of Eastern Ontario plans to launch a 100 km Walk, Run & Roll Challenge fundraiser running Saturday, Jul.

Art Culture Entertainment Events Family Lifestyle Music News

Take in Skeleton Park Arts Fest at home

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Greg Tilson, Kingston, live music, Next Door Art Show, online, physical distancing, Skeleton Park Arts Festival (SPAF), social distancing, SPAF-O-GRAM, virtual performance, virtually

The 15th annual Skeleton Park Arts Fest (SPAF) will be moving mostly online this year in light of COVID-19. Although

Opinion Politics Soapbox

Soapbox: Loyalist Councillor speaks out about MP Sloan

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Community Soapbox 0 Comments Bill C-8, Conservative Party of Canada, conversion therapy, Councillor Nathan Townend, federal government, gender diversity, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, Kingston, Loyalist Township Council, MP Derek Sloan, opinion, sexuality

Editorial note: The following is a submitted op/ed piece by Councillor Nathan Townend and does not necessarily reflect the views

Art Culture Dance Entertainment Events Music News Theatre & Film

FOLDA brings online live performances to forefront during pandemic

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Adrienne Wong, Festival of Live Digital Art, foldA, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston, livestream, Los Angeles, Michael Wheeler, Montreal, multimedia art, New York City, online, Queen's University, Sarah Garton Stanley, theatre, Toronto

For the third-year in a row, the Festival of Live Digital Art (FOLDA), one of North America’s largest online live

Opinion Soapbox

Community Soapbox: Racism and policing in Kingston’s recent past

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Community Soapbox 0 Comments Black Lives Matter, Black youth, Chief Antje McNeely, Desmond Cole, George Floyd, Indigenous people, Kingston, Kingston Police, Kingston Police data collection project, McBurney Park, people of colour, Queen's University, racial profiling, racism, Stephanie Simpson, Steven Maynard, systemic racism, vigil, William Closs

Editorial note: The following is a submitted op/ed piece by Steven Maynard and does not necessarily reflect the views and

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