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Summer is in full swing, with another long weekend nearly upon us. The ‘Civic Holiday’ is a funny one — it doesn’t really mean anything, but who doesn’t love a summer long weekend? The Princess Street Promenade is taking place on Saturday, Jul. 30, and splash parks and the Culligan
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On Saturday, Jul. 30, 2022, Princess Street will be closed to traffic from Division to Ontario Streets for the Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA)’s Promenade. “Promenade is a one-day festival designed to promote active living and community involvement in the downtown,” the BIA said in a media release. “From
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The August long weekend is upon us, and there’s lots to see and do this holiday weekend. Below is our list of what’s happening, and what will be open and closed for the Civic Holiday weekend. Get out and enjoy it, Kingston! Rockin’ the Square with Moist Canadian alt-rock platinum
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It’s the beginning of a month again, and that means it’s time for us to give you our top five picks of events happening in the Limestone City! School might be back in session, but there’s still plenty of warm weather to enjoy your fair share of outdoor activities, so
Read moreWith the forecast looking to bring the quintessential Kingston summer weather – hot and humid – the forecast for events this weekend is also fairly typical of Kingston in the summer: no shortage of things to see and do! We’ve put together a list of the top five Kingston happenings
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With the arrival of fall comes cooler weather, a deluge of pumpkin spiced things and a tendency to hide under flannel and binge watch Netflix. Although those glorious dog days of summer are now behind us, let’s not lose sight of the fact that there are plenty of reasons to
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Happy Canada Day, ygk! We hope you’re out enjoying the fun things Kingston has to offer on this first official holiday of the summer. Princess Street is open for business after Phase 3 of The Big Dig and the Red and White People Parade takes place at 11:30. It will
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There’s so much going on in Kingston during the Summer, that it’s practically impossible to make it out and enjoy it all. We could easily suggest 50 or 100 things to see and do around the city in August, but we continuously strive to develop a short list of absolute
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Come one, come all to Princess Street on Saturday August 1st for the Princess Street Promenade. This photo taken by Kurt Munn for the City of Kingston Planning department in the late 1950’s shows a very different street than we know today. With two way traffic and a visual clutter
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I’m not gonna lie: I’m not overly thrilled to be writing today’s post. While I’m excited to look at the fun things ahead, I’m just starting to get into this whole July groove and don’t really want to think too much about the last month of summer vacation just yet.
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Today we kick off our mayoral interview series with Michael J.M. Owen. Owen is a lifelong Kingstonian and local business owner who has cultivated an impressive resume volunteering for a host of non-profit organizations. He is self-described as “not a politician”, while he entered the 2014 municipal election with the hope of
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This past weekend, I finally made it to my hometown of Hamilton to check out their annual music and arts festival, Supercrawl. Named after the many weekly art crawls that take place in Hamilton, the free event, now in its fifth year, is a celebration of the arts and features
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