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The Tragically Hip Way in front of the Leon’s Centre in downtown Kingston will be closed for hour-long blocks in the evenings most days this week. Beginning today, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2020, the street – which runs from Ontario Street to King Street East – will be closed from 4:30
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A local woman has been arrested and charged after she caused multiple collisions and drove across the city while impaired. The first incident occurred at approximately 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. The accused woman was driving in downtown Kingston in the area of Bagot and Barrack Streets when
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Kingston Police arrested and charged a local woman after she struck two vehicles in less than 10 minutes in the downtown core. At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, the accused woman rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped for a red light at the intersection of King Street
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In most places, city dwellers who want to enjoy a little time in the country are faced with the unappetizing prospect of climbing into a car and driving through a congested belt of suburbs to get there, intensifying the stress they had probably hoped to diffuse by leaving the city.
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Phase Two of King’s Crossing began to take shape in December 2011 when it was announced that Walmart, LCBO, St. Hubert and Empire Theatre would soon emerge from this sprawling consumer complex located at Division and the 401. Both Walmart and the LCBO were suggested as new locations that would
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Welcome back to Hall Monitor. I’ve had the column on a bit of a break for a while, and was live-tweeting the meetings instead. But I’m back – and I’ve brought the live tweeting fun with me! Meeting 07-2012 of Kingston City Council took place last night – and what
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About a year ago the Kingston City Police moved into their new fortress on Division Street. Since then, I’ve often wondered what might become of their former home on the corner of Queen and Ontario. How long will it sit in moth balls? With such a prime downtown location, the
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When we launched Kingstonist late last February, it coincided with the grand opening of the controversial K-Rock Centre. At the time, the Krock was all the rage amongst Kingstonians, but I didn’t want Kingstonist to turn into an LVEC-centric blog, reporting about each and every little thing that went right/wrong
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I’m back with the third installment of my mini history lesson, helping you to better understand the city we live in. Steps away from the controversial LVEC site, is a small, zigzagging strip of crumbling limestone, which looks like the remains of an ancient civilization. This structure “may” be part
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If you ask someone where the old brewery’s are in Kingston, chances are they’d point you towards the Kingston Brewing Company. Touché, but did you know that well over a century ago, Kingston was home to many well renowned brew masters. The Bajus Brewery was established in the 1820’s by
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