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For the second year in a row, the Nighttime Santa Claus Parade is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Kingston, Downtown Kingston! and KFL&A Public Health said that they are concerned that this successful event will attract too large a crowd to safely allow individuals to physically distance
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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Summer 2014 is a tough act to follow in terms of its seemingly never ending schedule of amazing events. From Movies in the Square to the Skelton Park Arts Festival, last weekend’s Rib and Craft Beer Festival to raucous Derby Girl bouts, we’ve had a pretty good go over the
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A sure sign that Christmas is not far away, besides the annual Santa Claus Parade, are the hundreds and hundreds of Christmas trees, of all shapes, sizes and varieties that suddenly appear around the city to adorn parking lots, storefronts, and other empty spaces. Often cut well in advance of
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In Ontario, the tradition of a Santa Claus Parade started in Toronto in 1905 when Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Eaton met Santa at the train station and escorted him through the streets to the Eaton’s Store, watched only by a few passers-by. Since that time, the event has grown, being
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Today we’re celebrating Labour Day, which coincides with the return of post-secondary students, last minute preparations for the first day of school, and a great opportunity to tend to last minute, summery pursuits. While we’re looking ahead to the best fall events Kingston has to offer, keep in mind we’ve
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