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Kingston Pen ‘perfect location’ for Star Trek: Discovery scenes

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Jessica Foley 1 Comment Alex Jansen, CBS, filming in Kingston Pen, Kingston, Kingston Film Office, Kingston Pen, Kingston Penitentiary, location filming, Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery fans will see the familiar stone architecture of Kingston Penitentiary in this week’s episode of the sci-fi

Opinion Soapbox

Opinion: As the 2020 KP Tour season closes, change is needed

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Carceral Cultures Research Initiative, colonialism, COVID-19, criminal justice, former prison guards, former prisoners, Justin Piche, Kevin Walby, Kingston, Kingston Pen Tours, Kingston Penitentiary, KP tours, Linda Mussell, policing, prison tourism, racial profiling, racism, St. Lawrence Parks Commission, The Untold Stories on Kingston Penitentiary Tours, tourism

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed piece. The views and opinons expressed do not necessarily reflect those of

Community Culture History News

Kingston Pen Tours opens for fifth season

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Correctional Service Canada (CSC), guided tours, Kingston Pen Tours, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston Penitentiary tours, penitentiary tours, St. Lawrence Parks Commission

Kingston Pen Tours will be officially reopening for its fifth season of guided tours on Thursday, Jul. 23, 2020, St.

Opinion Soapbox

Letter: Public consultation needed on multi-year use of KP

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Bhavana Varma, charitable fundraising, City of Kingston, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), federal government, filming in Kingston Pen, former prisoners, Kingston, Kingston Pen, Kingston Pen Tours, Kingston Penitentiary, Lanie Hurdle, letter, multi-year lease, prisoners, public consultation, Scott Harris, United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFLA)

The following is a letter to the editor regarding the new multi-year lease of Kingston Penitentiary. The views and opinions

Hall Monitor: Cells, Sites and Shelter

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments camping, hall monitor, housing, housing and homelessness, housing crisis, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston Penitentiary tours, Lake Ontario Park, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, Tourism Kingston

Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 10-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020. During the meeting, council discussed Lake

City City Hall News

Hall Monitor: Reconsideration resolve

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City Council, city councillors, Councillor Peter Stroud, hall monitor, Integrity Commissioner, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), recycling, Sustainable Kingston, Tourism Kingston, Utilities Kingston, ygkc

Editorial note: An earlier version of this article mistakenly stated that Council had voted to change recycling collection to allow

Culture Entertainment News Theatre & Film

Murdoch Mysteries episode shot in Kingston premieres tonight

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 Tori Stafford 11 Comments Cataraqui Conservation Area, CBC, City Hall, drama, episode, filming in Kingston, filming in market square, Helene Joy, Jessica Foley, Kingston, Kingston Film Office, Kingston Penitentiary, Murdoch Mysteries, premiere, Springer Market Square, Yannick Bisson

Whether you’re a fan of the CBC hit drama Murdoch Mysteries or just a fan of all things Kingston, you’ll

Culture Music News

Kingston Music Scene Year in Review 2019

December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 Chris Morris 11 Comments 98.9 Pure Country, 98.9 The Drive, Alexa Goldie, Brian's Record Option, City of Kingston, Dan Taylor Band, Deux Trois, Emily Steele, Goldwing, Homegrown Live Music Festival, infotourist, Jay Emmons, Jay Smith, Joe Chithalen, Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library, Joe Chithalen Musical Lending Library (MILL), Joe's MILL, Jonas Lewis-Anthony, Kasador, Kingston, Kingston Live podcast, Kingston Penitentiary, Kiss The Fish, Kris and Dee, Limestone City Blues Festival, Limestone music, Long and McQuade, Maple Blues Awards, miss emily, Nick Babcock, No Guff, Oakridge Ave, Renaissance Music, Richardson Stadium, Rockin' the Big House, SanTur Brewing, Sarah Harmer, Skeleton Park Arts Festival (SPAF), Smitty Kingston, Spencer Evans, The Brooklyn, The Enrights, The Glorious Sons, The Headstones, The Isabel, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Rolling Stones, The Social YGK, The Tragically Hip, The Trews, The Wilderness, Tom Cochrane, Tom Savage, Tourism Kingston, Union Kitchen and Cocktails, United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFLA), YGK Craft Beer Festival, YGK Emerging Musician Competition, YGK Music, YGK Music playlist

The Kingston music scene got a nice kickstart to 2019, as the Kingston Live podcast launched its first episode on

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Star Trek: Discovery season three filming wraps up at Kingston Pen

December 19, 2019December 20, 2019 Tori Stafford 12 Comments Alex Jansen, CBS, filming in Kingston Pen, Kingston, Kingston Film Office, Kingston Pen, Kingston Penitentiary, location filming, Murdoch Mysteries, Roddenberry Entertainment, Secret Hideout, Star Trek: Discovery, Titans

For the past two weeks, behind the walls of Kingston Penitentiary, something special has been happening. There, the cast and

Community Culture History News

Project to bring together religious archives at the Church of the Good Thief

October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments archives, Church of the Good Thief, Heathfield, Hotel Dieu, Kingston, Kingston Penitentiary, Motherhouse, Portsmouth Village, Providence Village, Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, Roman Catholic Archidocese of Kingston, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Veronica Stienburg

The beautiful limestone church on King Street West has stood empty for quite some time, but a joint effort from

Water tower, Queen's West Campus

A brief guide to the urban legends of Kingston

July 2, 2019July 9, 2019 Chris Morris 7 Comments Bill Stevenson, Breakwater Park, City Hall, Discovery Channel, Ikea, Kingston Penitentiary, Kosso Eloul, Lino's, Martello Towers, Prince George Hotel, Prison for women, Queen's University, Shark Week, sharks, St. George's Cathedral, St. Lawrence College, Strathcona Park, Time sculpture, Urban legends, Wolfe Island, Wolfe Island tunnel

It took many years for someone to convince me that the limestone tower on Queen’s west campus was never, in

Crime Culture History

Here in Kingston at 5 Court Street

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 Bill Gowsell 0 Comments Austin Craft, Bill Gowsell, capital punishment, Cricket Field, execution, Frontenac County Courthouse, gallows, Haunted Walk of Kingston, history, Howard Urquhart, jail yard, jailer's house, John Kennedy, Kingston, Kingston Pen, Kingston Penitentiary, Kristy Douthwaite, parking lot, prisoners, public hangings

My father has been the source of much of my curiosity about local history. He is often the one who

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