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Poll: Will your family trick or treat this year?

City to offer physically-distanced swimming lessons at Outdoor Aqua Park

ALCDSB school calendar released for 2020-2021

Local Family and Children’s Services helping kids access summer camps

BGCK EarlyON offers online, take-home options for parents

Eco-Adventure Camp offering virtual summer camp experience

Boys and Girls Club of Kingston and Area set to deliver summer camps

Take in Skeleton Park Arts Fest at home

Father’s Day gifts to support the local economy

Childcare announcement spurs quick response from providers

Doula Support Foundation launching Birth Story Contest 2020

Weekend activities to make YGK smile

Poll: Will your family trick or treat this year?

City to offer physically-distanced swimming lessons at Outdoor Aqua Park

ALCDSB school calendar released for 2020-2021

Local Family and Children’s Services helping kids access summer camps

Eco-Adventure Camp offering virtual summer camp experience

Boys and Girls Club of Kingston and Area set to deliver summer camps

Father’s Day gifts to support the local economy

Childcare announcement spurs quick response from providers

Doula Support Foundation launching Birth Story Contest 2020

Fall Art Courses

Fall Art Courses

Community Family News Opinion Opinion Poll

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments candy, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, family, go ahead, green light, Halloween, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), physical distancing, poll, risk of transmission, trick or treating

Now that Kingston, Frontenac , Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has given the green light for kids to trick

Community Family News

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments City of Kingston, COVID-19, Memorial Centre, Outdoor Aqua Park, outdoor swimming lessons, physical distancing, swimming lessons

The City of Kingston will offer physically-distanced swimming lessons at the Outdoor Aqua Park, 303 York Street, beginning Tuesday, Aug.

Education Family News

July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, calendar, March Break, PA Days, school, school calendar, school year, Winter Break

The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board has released its calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. On June 30,

Community Family News

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Children's Aid Society, community support, donations needed, Family and Children's Services Frontenac Lennox and Addington, fundraising campaign, summer camp, Tree of Hope campaign

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, many of the children served by the Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and

Community Family News

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments activities for children, advice for new parents, Boys and Girls Club of Kingston and Area, early childhood development, EarlyOn, infants, Kindergarten, Kingston, Krista Pretty, online programming, physical distancing, pre-school, social distancing, take-home activity kits, YouTube videos, Zoom meetings

Like so many local agencies, businesses and services, The Boys and Girls Club of Kingston’s (BGCK) EarlyON program has performed

Family News

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments biology, camp-in-a-box, COVID-19, Eco-Adventure Camp, ecology, Elbow Lake, environmental sciences, kids summer camps, Kingston, lakes, online summer camp, parents, planting, pollenation, Queen's University, Ruth Bryce, teaching, trails, undergraduate students, virtual summer camp, Zoom

Eco- Adventure Camp, a camp run by the Queen’s University Biology Station, normally to sets off for Elbow Lake each

Community Family News

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Boys and Girls Club of Kingston and Area, Central Hub, City of Kingston, COVID-19, Invista Centre, kids summer camps, Kingston, provincial regulations, Rideau Heights Community Centre, Robert Meek Community Centre, Sara Gervais, summer camps, Tony Gargaro, West End Hub

The Boys and Girls Club of Kingston and Area (BGCK), in partnership with the City of Kingston, will be operating

Art Culture Entertainment Events Family Lifestyle Music News

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

Events Family Local Businesses

June 12, 2020June 25, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments buy local, dads, fathers day, Fusix Corp, gift guide, Homecraft Brew & Wine, Improbable Escapes, Kingston, Kingston OneWheel, Kingston Wheeling, local economy, pandemic, support local businesses, Wonderland Escapes

Local businesses are still scrambling, months into the emergency measures put in place by the government. Times are tough, and

Business Family News

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments childcare, childcare centres, COVID-19, Ford Government, Government of Ontario, Kingston, Limestone District School Board, Ontario, pandemic, Phase 2, physical distancing, provincial framework for reopening, YMCA of Eastern Ontario

Childcare centres in Kingston are working to make fast finalizations to their reopening plans after yesterday’s announcement from the province

Community Family News

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Birth Stories, Birth Story Contest, birthing, childbirth education classes, COVID-19, Doula Support Foundation, doulas, Kingston, pandemic, postpartum services

In the midst of this pandemic uncertainty, the Doula Support Foundation (DSF), a local non-profit, is launching the second edition of their Birth

Art Community Family History News

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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