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After months of being cooped up during lockdown, Friday, June 11, 2021 couldn’t come any sooner for most Ontarians. It is the day we are able to have a small semblance of ‘normal life’—dining outdoors under patio umbrellas as well as doing some non-essential shopping. Last year, the City of
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Business owners on Princess St. and Brock St. are speaking out against the City’s pedestrianization initiative in downtown Kingston. “The lane closures on Princess and Brock created, almost instantly, more negativity regarding Downtown Kingston from customers than I have ever experienced as a Kingston resident and business owner,” said Susan
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The City of Kingston hosted a press conference to herald the opening of the Love Kingston Marketplace, a joint effort between the City of Kingston, Tourism Kingston, Kingston, Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health and the Downtown Kingston BIA. While some business owners have expressed concerns about the plan,
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The Chien Noir Bistro, a staple in Kingston’s fine dining community for the past 20 years, is getting a makeover. On Jun. 12, 2020 the Chien Noir Bistro was officially renamed and re-opened as the Black Dog Tavern. According to Tim Pater, the owner of the restaurant, he had been
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The Kingston Economic Recovery Team (KERT) held its first meeting on the morning of Wednesday, May 20, 2020, hosted on Zoom and broadcast live to YouTube. Assembled by Mayor Bryan Paterson to help navigate Kingston’s re-opening following the financial blow of Covid-19, the team includes leaders from seven sectors of
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Mayor Bryan Paterson has now shared the details of the new ‘Kingston Economic Recovery Team’ (KERT) he announced on April 28, 2020 including the participants, mandate and structure. The team, which will be chaired by Mayor Paterson and have eight additional representatives from a variety workforce sectors across the city,
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