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Jun 22, 2026

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6 min read

🔦 Kingston's Music Story Gets Its Own Home at City Hall, Plus Youth Innovators, a Speed Record, and More | June 22, 2026

Kingston boating season is in full swing | Local News: A free year-long music exhibit opens at City Hall • NEO Clinic expands to a bigger home on Innovation Drive | Community Champions: Kingston youth pitch big at the Jr. Mayor's Innovation Challenge • Chantelle Lasher ships out with the Coast Guard • Wyatt Lee breaks a 31-year sprint record at the 42nd Amateur Sports Awards | Events: Neurodivergent Adults Group (today!) • Teen Art Night • Remembering by the River • Exploring Entrepreneurship • Puppies & Jazz

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 18, 2026

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7 min read

🔦 Happy Father's Day, Kingston. Plus: KHSC Makes History + Events Supporting Families Fighting Brain Tumours | June 18, 2026

Happy Father's Day to Kingston's dads | Local News: KHSC sees tumour cells in real time, a Canadian first • Astronomer Attilla Danko's telescope finds a home at L&A Dark Sky | Community Champions: Two Kingston athletes sweep gold in Spain • BGC launches TruePhonics | Events: Dadapalooza • Giveaway Day • Daddy & Me Golf Tourney • Come Play by the Lake • Brain Tumour Walk • Dale Sands Memorial Game

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

🔦 This week, Kingston rallies around one kid and one cause | June 17, 2026

A 12-year-old brain tumour survivor, the football club that made him captain, and three ways for Kingston to show up this week, June 18 to 21.

Les C. Cseh

Spotlight Feature

Way More Than a Sports Team: Inside the Kingston Grenadiers

Jun 16, 2026

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8 min read

Way More Than a Sports Team: Inside the Kingston Grenadiers

A Kingston youth football club that counts success in scholarships, second families, volunteer hours, and a stand against brain tumours.

Les C. Cseh

Spotlight Feature

Jackson Did the Hard Part. Now Kingston Gets to Show Up.

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

Jackson Did the Hard Part. Now Kingston Gets to Show Up.

A 12-year-old survivor, a SuperKid touchdown, and a city invited, June 21.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 15, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 Pride, Pints, and a Picture-Perfect Day From Fort Henry. Plus a 15-Year-Old Sailing Champion and a Mayor for a Day | June 15, 2026

A perfect summer day from Fort Henry at the YGK Craft Beerfest on Pride day | Local News: Free sport gear in 30 Kingston parks • One Grade 5 student can be Mayor for a Day | Community Champions: Will Keilty, 15, first Canadian to win an Optimist sailing title • Great Lakes Museum named Ontario's top small museum • Police Community Volunteers mark 30 years | Events: Walter Fenlon's celebration of life • National Indigenous Peoples Day • Movies in the Square • Artfest • Epilepsy fire-truck pull

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 11, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 LCBO's Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story. Also: $1.25M for Kingston's ER and Soccer Gold | June 11, 2026

LCBO's Ben Walmsley turns every tasting into a story, and he sat down with us | Stephen Sorensen donates $1.25M to Kingston's ER, plus a Climate Summit tour through two remarkable gardens | Liam Desre wins Canada's top science prize for his dark energy theory, 120 nurses mark 130 years of KGH Nurses' Alumnae, and Holy Cross takes KASSAA gold | YGK Craft Beer Fest at Fort Henry June 13, Brain Tumour Walk with SuperKid Jackson Giddy June 21, plus Ironwood Fantasy Fair at The Spire in August

Les C. Cseh

Local Business

🍸 History in a Glass: Kingston LCBO’s Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story You Won't Forget

Jun 10, 2026

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9 min read

🍸 History in a Glass: Kingston LCBO’s Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story You Won't Forget

Every Friday and Saturday, the Midland Avenue LCBO pours free premium wine and spirits tastings. Ben Walmsley is a Kingston-born history nerd who can turn every sip into a story worth hearing.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 8, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 Free AC for Kingston Seniors. Plus the Sisters of Providence Give Away History, Exercise Beats Cancer + Events | June 8, 2026

Free A/C units for low-income Kingston seniors, apply by June 10, and we just took Canada's #1 small-city startup crown for the 7th year straight | The Sisters of Providence gift historic Providence Manor for housing, a Queen's and KHSC study shows exercise fights colon cancer and cuts costs, and Lunch by George moves to St. Lawrence College | Market season is here, plus the Diversity Dinner, the first Mabuhay Festival, the Sandra Davison golf classic, free Rideau lockage, and Makers at the Mill

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

🔦 The Blackout Was Worth It for the Stars. Plus Smile Cookies, School Food Heroes, and 19 Years of Play It Again Sports | June 4, 2026

Kingston went dark on May 16 and the stars came out — here's the photo to prove it | Linda and Warren Cavalier are retiring after 19 years at Play It Again Sports, and Kingston wants your vote on the city's best new spaces | A documentary about school food got a standing ovation, KHSC named its Exceptional Healers, and Smile Cookies raised a Kingston-record $232,286 for an inclusive playground | Day of Caring Friday, Red Canoefest and Italia Day Saturday and Sunday, Kingston Pride June 13, Skeleton Park June 19–21, and Princess Street Promenade June 20

Les C. Cseh

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

🔦 Kingston's Music Story Gets Its Own Home at City Hall, Plus Youth Innovators, a Speed Record, and More | June 22, 2026

🔦 Happy Father's Day, Kingston. Plus: KHSC Makes History + Events Supporting Families Fighting Brain Tumours | June 18, 2026

🔦 This week, Kingston rallies around one kid and one cause | June 17, 2026

Way More Than a Sports Team: Inside the Kingston Grenadiers

Jackson Did the Hard Part. Now Kingston Gets to Show Up.

🔦 Pride, Pints, and a Picture-Perfect Day From Fort Henry. Plus a 15-Year-Old Sailing Champion and a Mayor for a Day | June 15, 2026

🔦 LCBO's Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story. Also: $1.25M for Kingston's ER and Soccer Gold | June 11, 2026

🍸 History in a Glass: Kingston LCBO’s Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story You Won't Forget

🔦 Free AC for Kingston Seniors. Plus the Sisters of Providence Give Away History, Exercise Beats Cancer + Events | June 8, 2026

🔦 The Blackout Was Worth It for the Stars. Plus Smile Cookies, School Food Heroes, and 19 Years of Play It Again Sports | June 4, 2026

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