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Gushue wins 2020 Brier

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Dylan Chenier 0 Comments 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Brad Gushue, Brad Jacobs, Brendan Bottcher, Brier, Brier Tankard trophy, Canadian National Curling Competition, curling, Darren Moulding, Dylan Chenier, Kingston, Leon's Centre, Matt Dunstone, Team Alberta, Team Canada, Team Newfoundland, World Championships

It was a dominant victory for Brad Gushue Sunday night at the Leon’s Centre, as his Newfoundland rink beat Alberta’s

Canadian curling sets example for acceptance of LGBTQ athletes

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Dylan Chenier 0 Comments 2020 Brier, 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Brier, coming out, competitive curling, competitive sports, curling, Dustin Kidby, Dylan Chenier, gay athletes, gay curlers, gender, homosexuality in sports, John Epping, Kingston, LGBTQ, sexuality, sports

The world of competitive sports has often been associated with rather toxic views of gender and sexuality. For years, gay

Curling up north: Northern territories represented at the 2020 Brier

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Dylan Chenier 0 Comments 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Brier, Canadian National Curling Competition, curling, Curling Canada, Dylan Chenier, Edmund MacDonald, Jake Higgs, Jamie Koe, Kingston, North West Territories, northern Canada, Nunavut, Thomas Scoffin, Yukon

In 2018, Curling Canada, the sport’s national governing body, made some key changes to the men’s and women’s national championships.

Dunstone rink looks to secure playoff spot

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Dylan Chenier 0 Comments 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Adam Kingsbury, Canadian National Curling Competition, curling, Dylan Chenier, John Epping, Kingston, Leon's Centre, Matt Dunstone, Saskatchewan, Team British Columbia, Team Northwest Territories, Team Ontario, Team Saskatchewan

For Team Saskatchewan’s Matt Dunstone, the 2020 Tim Horton’s Brier has gotten off to a fairly strong start. After dropping

Wild Card preview for the 2020 Brier

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Dylan Chenier 1 Comment 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, curling, Curling Canada, Dylan Chenier, free event, free transit, Glenn Howard, Kingston, Leon's Centre, Mike McEwan, National Championships, preview, Wild Card

The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier officially gets underway tonight at the Leon’s Centre, with Ontario’s Glenn Howard battling Manitoba’s Mike

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Kingston kicks off the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, autographs, Canadian National Curling Competition, curling, Curling Canada, Curling Cash, Curling Chews, downtown, Dylan Chenier, events, food and drink, free transit, horse drawn carriage rides, Kingston, Leon's Centre, Springer Market Square, Team Canada, Team Ontario, The Brier Patch, Tim Cunningham, Wildcard game

Kingston has been talking about it and preparing for it for well over a year, and today, Friday, Feb. 28,

Municipal Election 2018 News Politics

Who’s who around the horseshoe

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2018 Municipal Election, Adam Candon, Bittu George, Bridget Doherty, Bryan Paterson, Byron Emmons, Cheryl-Anne Dorey Bennett, Chris Ball, Chris Morris, Don Amos, Dylan Chenier, Gary Oosterhof, Jeff McLaren, Jim Neill, Jimmy Hassan, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingstonist, Laura Turner, Lisa Osanic, Liz Schell, Louis Cyr, Mary Rita Holland, Peter Stroud, Rob Hutchison, Robert Kiley, Ryan Boehme, Simon Chapelle, Taylor Pearce, Vicki Schmolka, Vincent Cinanni, Wayne Hill

Kingstonians have spoken, and our new city council has been formed – despite some technical issues and an overall low

Campus Municipal Election 2018 News

Candidate proposes ‘University District Safety Council’

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2018 Municipal Election, Alma Mater Society, City Council, City of Kingston, Dylan Chenier, Frosh Week, Homecoming, King's Town, Kingston, Kingstonist, Nuisance Party By-law, Queen's AMS, Queen's University, St. Patrick's Day, Sydenham, University District, University District Safety Initiative, Williamsville

Homecoming weekend for Queen’s University starts today, bringing up the annually-present issues of student partying that often pours out onto

Current councillor left district debate ‘in a huff’

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2018 Municipal Election, aggressive, all candidates, Coalition of Kingston Communities, debate, Dylan Chenier, huff, in her face, Justin Connidis, Kington, Lindsey Foster, Matt Gaiser, personal attack, Peter Stroud, pub gate, Steve France, Sydenham District

A Sydenham District resident took to social media after the district’s current councillor, Peter Stroud, got up and left a