Hall Monitor: A Discounted Option

Portsmouth Brewery, 1909

Best of 2013: Local Restaurants Face New Kind of Competition

Local Restaurants Face New Kind of Competition

Hall Monitor: Time Sensitive

City To Purchase Historic British Whig Building

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments 1316-1318 Princess Street, affordable housing, age-based discounts, British Whig building, budget, Fairmount Home, Frontenac County, Frontenac Paramedics, increased funding, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Penitentiary tours, low income discounts, municipal fees, radon levels, Road Safety Plan, roof replacement, Vision Zero

Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 22-2019 (agenda) on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, where, after a delayed start from a closed session regarding staffing and corporate structure, they focused on an affordable housing project, a budget request from the County of Frontenac, and potential changes to the municipal fee

Culture Food & Drink History

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 Queen's Archives 2 Comments British Whig building, Portsmouth Olympic Harbour

With the growing number of craft breweries now taking residence in Kingston and area, and in anticipation of the upcoming craft beer show, we thought we’d look back at one of the early breweries in Kingston – the Portsmouth Brewery. From the Illustrated Souvenir Industrial Guide to Kingston produced by

Food & Drink

December 27, 2013June 1, 2015 Julia Segal 0 Comments Atomica, best of 2013, Brew Pub, British Whig building, Chez Piggy, downtown Kingston, Geneva Crêpe Café, Harper's, Jack Astor's, le Chien Noir, local business, local food, Lone Star, Milestones, Pasta Shelf, Red House, Smith and Robinson Building, Tango, The Keg, Windmills Cafe, Zappas

For a small city in between major centers, we sure are lucky to have such a wide variety of fresh, locally sourced restaurants. The food scene in Kingston has thrived and this includes everything from smaller, ethnically diverse cuisine to gourmet restaurants, burgers and breakfast. Most recently, we’ve seen an

Food & Drink

February 13, 2013June 1, 2015 Julia Segal 18 Comments Atomica, Brew Pub, British Whig building, Chez Piggy, downtown Kingston, Geneva Crêpe Café, Harper's, Jack Astor's, le Chien Noir, local business, local food, Lone Star, Milestones, Pasta Shelf, Red House, Smith and Robinson Building, Tango, The Keg, Windmills Cafe, Zappas

Restaurant business is a tough business. Profit margins are low – often 10-15%, and costs are always increasing. They say that 1 in 4 restaurants that open will close within a year. In Kingston, the density of restaurants downtown is very high, and although the natural lifecycle of openings and

News Politics

December 5, 2012July 26, 2017 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments affordable housing, Belle Park, Belle Park Fairways, Bill Glover, Brian Reitzel, British Whig building, Bryan Paterson, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston, City Council, construction, discontinued, Dorothy Hector, drinking water, food bank, hospital, Hotel Dieu, Jeff Garrah, Jim Neill, John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), K-Rock Centre (KRC), Kevin George, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) Central Branch, Lisa Osanic, Mark Gerretsen, Partners in Mission Food Bank, politics, poverty, Providence Care, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI), Queen's University, Rick Downes, Rob Hutchison, Sandy Berg, solar energy, strategic plan, sustainability

Last night, our city council met off-site again, for the second meeting of the two… uh, make that five… of our meetings on the road and met in the Kingston Room at the Vimy Officer’s Mess at CFB Kingston. We had no Councillor George for this meeting due to a

News Releases

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March 2, 2011June 14, 2017 The City of Kingston 1 Comment British Whig building, Kincore, King Street, Kingston City Hall, Mark Gerretsen

The City of Kingston announced today that it is purchasing the historic downtown landmark known as the British Whig Building as its permanent municipal administration centre in the City’s downtown core. The purchase was approved by Kingston City Council at its meeting of Feb. 15, 2011. “The City is pleased