What’s open and closed for Civic Holiday 2021

Kingston entrepreneur promotes inclusion through sign language training

Love Kingston Marketplace: do Kingston businesses love or hate it?

COVID-19: Are outdoor patios safer than indoor dining?

Food Truck Travels: Otter Creek Farms and Three Dog Wines at Spearhead Brewery

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments August 2 2021, August long weekend, banks, City of Kingston, City of Kingston offices, Civic Holiday, Costco, dining, Farm Boy, food basics, FreshCo, garbage, garbage day, green bin, grocery stores, Kingston, Kingston Hydro, Kingston Transit, libraries, Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), Loblaws, long weekend, malls, museums, No Frills, Outdoor Aqua Park, post offices, recycling, retail stores, Shoppers Drug Mart, shopping, shopping malls, splash pads, Storefront Fringe, The Beer Store, The Cataraqui Centre, The Grand Theatre, Utilities Kingston, Walmart, what's closed, what's open

Ah, the Civic Holiday long weekend It doesn’t really mean anything except an extra day off, and who doesn’t enjoy a three-day weekend in the depths of summer in the Limestone City? With the KFL&A region faring exceptionally well on the COVID-19 front, and things opening back up, there’s no

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July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Zoha Khalid 1 Comment American Sign Language (ASL), ASL modules, corporate ASL training, deaf, DeafBlind, dining, English as a second language, hard of hearing, inclusive communication, inclusivity, Kingston, Leah Riddell, new Canadians, shopping, sign language classes, SignAble Vi5ion, travellers

Leah Riddell, the owner of Signable Vi5ion, is a certified sign language instructor who promotes inclusion, communication, and sign language training in the workplace. Unlike other ASL training services, SignAble Vi5ion is less a learning platform and more a community built on inclusivity. SignAble Vi5ion seeks to teach everyone ways

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June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Yona Harvey 0 Comments Birds and Paws, Black Dog Catering, City of Kingston, Classic Video, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Dave McNamara, dining, downtown, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), downtown patios, economic impact of COVID-19, economic recovery, expanded patios, Jan MacDonald, Kingston, Lana LeBlanc, local restaurants, local stores, lockdown, Love Kingston, Love Kingston Marketplace, Northside Espresso, pandemic, parking, parking lay-bys, patios, retail, shopping, shopping restrictions, The Merchant, Tim Pater, Tom Ivison, Tourism Kingston, Union Kitchen and Cocktails

After months of being cooped up during lockdown, Friday, June 11, 2021 couldn’t come any sooner for most Ontarians. It is the day we are able to have a small semblance of ‘normal life’—dining outdoors under patio umbrellas as well as doing some non-essential shopping. Last year, the City of

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November 25, 2020November 26, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments air flow, COVID-19, COVID-19 transmission, dining, dining out, downtown, fire risks, fuel-burning heaters, heated patios, indoor vs outdoor, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, patio enclosures, patio heaters, Public Health, safety, SARS-CoV-2, space heaters, Winter, winterized patios

As the colder weather sets in, the patios of Kingston normally start to disappear, but, like most things this year, the 2020 patio season will be a little different. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, Kingston City Council voted in favour of extending the allowance of sidewalk patios through the winter.

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August 8, 2018August 31, 2018 Tori Stafford Bill Gowsell, dining, Eric Brennan, food, food truck, Kingston, Market Square, Otter Creek Farms, Otter Creek Farms food truck, Sean Fraser, Spearhead Brewing, Three Dog Winery, west end, wine pairing, wine tasting

By Bill Gowsell Traditionally, food trucks are well known for burgers, hot dogs, and greasy French fries. Today, food trucks range from your standard easy to carry meals like burgers and fries, to upscale cuisine. Recently Spearhead Brewery was offering a wine and food pairing night with Three Dog Winery