Intimate ceremony marks 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Battle of Britain, Canadian history, intimate ceremony, Kingston City Park, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Second World War, World War II, wreath laying ceremony

Members and veterans of the Royal Canadian Air Force marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain on Sunday,

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Hotel Dieu Hospital marks 175 years with ‘visible and virtual’ events

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments 175 anniversary, catholic hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), online memory book, outpatient care, Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, virtual event

The Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is marking 175 years serving the Kingston community.

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Kingston Pen Tours opens for fifth season

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Correctional Service Canada (CSC), guided tours, Kingston Pen Tours, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston Penitentiary tours, penitentiary tours, St. Lawrence Parks Commission

Kingston Pen Tours will be officially reopening for its fifth season of guided tours on Thursday, Jul. 23, 2020, St.

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Weekend activities to make YGK smile

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments caring, check in on neighbours, community, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dentistry at Kingston, family activities, front-line healthcare workers, historic walking tours, Kids Art Contest, kindness, Kingston, Kingston Rocks, local business, local delivery, neighbourhood clean-up, painting rocks, pandemic, physical distancing, sharing, sidewalk chalk, social distancing, stay at home, weekend activities, YGK

It’s been over a month since the City of Kingston declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

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Loyalist Township acquires three historic properties in Bath

December 27, 2019December 30, 2019 Tori Stafford 5 Comments Amherstivew, Bath, Bath Town Hall, Bath Town Museum, Fairfield House, Fairfield-Gutzeit Society, historic property, Kingston, Layer Cake Hall, Loyalist Township, Ontario Heritage Act, United Empire Loyalists, Village of Bath

Loyalist Township will now take the charge of preserving three historic properties in Bath, Ontario, as well as the historic

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Veterans’ stories: The sailor who couldn’t swim

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments air force veterans, Bernie Heasler, Canadian Armed Forces, Cold War, Kingston, Korean War, marine veterans, military veterans, Navy, Remembrance Day, Royale Place Retirement Residence, Veterans Stories, Veterans Week

There is no better way to mark Veterans’ Week than to share the stories of the men and women who

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Kingston Frameworks presents ‘We Remember: 100 Years of Kingston’

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 100 Years of Kingston, 1919, 2019, aerial photography, Billy Bishop, BMO, Colin Morris, historic photographs, history, Kingston, Kingston Frameworks, Kingston Military Family Resource Centre (KMFRC), Lesley Lehman, local history, military history, Military Veterans Program (MVP+), Queen's Archives, unveiling, We Remember: 100 Years of Kingston, William Barker, WWI

There are many ways to define Kingston – A university town, a tourism hub in eastern Ontario, a city rich

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Project to bring together religious archives at the Church of the Good Thief

October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments archives, Church of the Good Thief, Heathfield, Hotel Dieu, Kingston, Kingston Penitentiary, Motherhouse, Portsmouth Village, Providence Village, Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, Roman Catholic Archidocese of Kingston, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Veronica Stienburg

The beautiful limestone church on King Street West has stood empty for quite some time, but a joint effort from

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Quirky Kingston

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Chris Morris 3 Comments Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston, Cricket Field, Fort Frontenac, Fort Henry, forts, Kingston, Kingston Mills Road, Martello Towers, military buildings, oddities, quirky Kingston, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), street names, The Hub, The Hub Group, third crossing, traffic circle

With the exception of a couple of years in college (and not even that far away — I was in

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A ‘walk towards reconciliation’ at the Little Cataraqui Conservation Area

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments A Walk Towards Reconciliation, Canadian history, educational nature walk, Good Ally Project, Indigenous history, Katie Koopman, Kingston, Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, residential school system, True North Aid, Truth and Reconciliation Commission

“The reality is that, if you are in your 20s today, you could have been a residential school survivor.” They

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Legendary Canadian racing yacht coming to the Marine Museum

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment C&C Yachts, Chris West, Cuthbertson and Cassian, fibreglass sailboats, historic sailboat, Kingston, Lake Ontario, Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Peter Milligan, racing yacht, Red Jacket, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, sailing, Southern Ocean Racing Circuit (SORC)

Sometimes, things seem to fall into place in a way that can only be described as kismet. Such is the

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City to lead further conversation on Sir John A. Macdonald’s impact

August 27, 2019September 11, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City of Kingston, cultural heritage, First Peoples Group, Guy Freedman, history, Jennifer Campbell, Kingston, legacy and impact, public input, reconciliation, Sir John A. MacDonald, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, workshops

On Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, Jennifer Campbell, manager of cultural heritage, for the City of Kingston, and Guy Freedman, president

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