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Both holiday and community spirit abound this year as organizers tenaciously prepare for Santa Claus’ annual trip from The North Pole to Kingston and the surrounding communities! While last year’s Holiday parades were cancelled in many communities due to COVID-19 restrictions, thanks to relatively low risks this year (and approval
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Telecommunications, Santa Claus, traffic, and transit were all topics of interest as the Town of Greater Napanee Town Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Warming centre funding secured Brandt Zatterberg, General Manager of Community and Corporate Services, presented an update on the warming center, stating that
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With the Province of Ontario lifting the crowd capacities for outdoor events this week, the previously cancelled Santa Claus will now take place next month. The Nighttime Santa Claus Parade will now proceed on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, beginning at 5 p.m. According to the City of Kingston and the Downtown
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Napanee Town Council held their regular meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 26, 2021. Updates from Town staff, and lively discussion took place on a myriad of issues. Mayor’s coaching As a follow-up to the misconduct of Mayor Marg Isbester, it was previously recommended by the integrity commissioner that Ms. Isbestor go
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Update (Friday, Oct. 29, 2021): After restrictions regarding outdoor events pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic were lifted, the Kingston Nighttime Santa Claus Parade has been rescheduled and will now take place in late November. Details here. Original article: For the second year in a row, the Nighttime Santa Claus Parade is
Read more With the snow acting as the perfect backdrop, the 16th annual Nighttime Santa Parade will take place tomorrow evening in downtown Kingston. Presented by the Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), the 2019 parade will take place on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. The parade will take its usual route, leaving
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After receiving information from the public, officers from the Frontenac detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a man who was driving a float in the Sydenham Santa Claus parade while impaired. Police arrested the suspect at the intersection of George Street and Wheatly Street in Sydenham at 10:32
Read more Care got a little tied up today, so she wasn’t able to put together our usual Spotlight YGK listing of events in the city for this weekend. Don’t worry, Care is ok – just a minor fender bender on the heels of the first snow of the year! But she
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Time flies when you’re having fun, and how could one not be enjoying life with the fantastic weather Kingston has had lately? Although Fall has been somewhat late to arrive, seasonal staples including picturesque trips to the orchard, navigating challenging corn mazes, and trading scares for sugary treats have all
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Another Halloween has come and gone, the leaves are falling and the days are getting shorter. If you’re like me, it can be hard not feeling a little down as we see summer getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror. The good news is, there is plenty to look
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Thanks to the conclusion of daylight savings, this weekend we can either choose to gain an hour of sleep, or stay out a bit later than we should. Ah, the Halloween shenanigans that will ensue… As we look beyond ‘falling back’, there are colder temperatures, snow banks and higher heating
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School is well under way, pumpkins are being carved and the mercury was below zero this morning. Fall is upon us and November will be here before we know it. This week we’re taking a look at some of the events that will make this chilly time of year a
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