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📚 WritersFest Is Back 🐉 Kingston's Flag to France 🛶 A $1 Million Paddle 🔭 Astronomy Day 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 17, 2026

Aug 17, 2026

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📚 WritersFest Is Back 🐉 Kingston's Flag to France 🛶 A $1 Million Paddle 🔭 Astronomy Day 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 17, 2026

Local Spotlight: Kingston WritersFest is back, starting with Yann Martel and Iain Reid | Local News: Fall bus schedules begin Sept. 7 • City clears a path for Feed the People • Communauto now at 12 Kingston spots | Community Champions: Chestmates carry Kingston's flag to France • Kayaking for Cancer passes $1 million • 1st Bayridge Scouts need leaders | Events: Martel and Reid at The Spire • Chamberfest closing night • Compton Park Music Festival • Astronomy Day in Napanee

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📚 Kingston WritersFest is back, and it's starting with Yann Martel and Iain Reid on one stage.

Aug 13, 2026

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📚 Kingston WritersFest is back, and it's starting with Yann Martel and Iain Reid on one stage.

A festival that announced it was closing in January 2025 is now booking Booker Prize winners, thanks to the Kingston community that showed up to save it.

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Aug 13, 2026

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💮 Water Lilies on Perth Road ⚽ Hat Trick, Then Promotion 🃏 A Nobel Winner's Card 🍔 Rotary Free BBQ 🗓️ Events 🔦 August 13, 2026

White water lilies on Perth Road, north of Kingston | Local News: Giveaway Day returns Saturday • A Lemoine Point grassland rebuilt for the bobolink • Queen's makes Canadian science a card game | Community Champions: UHKF knocks on doors • Vote on the election stickers by Monday • Sentinels promoted in extra time | Events: Ironwood last call • Martel and Reid at The Spire • Chamber Music, two concerts left • Back to the Farm sells out • Four Rotary clubs open up • Trail photo contest

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Aug 10, 2026

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🏖️ Beach Weather 🗺️ A Beloved Mural Saved 🏅 Kingston's Olympic Week 🐢 160 Kilometres and Turtles 🗓️ Events & More | 🔦 August 10, 2026

Peak summer at Gord Downie Pier | Local News: Nominations close Aug 21 • Martello Alley tests augmented reality • Wolfe Island's ferry mural saved | Community Champions: 1,800 backpacks for local kids • Domino's partners with BGC South East • Free exhibit space at City Hall | Events: Yann Martel and Iain Reid at The Spire • Ironwood Fantasy Fair • Free Indigenous workshop with Robert Spade • Kingston's 1976 Olympic week • Frontenac Challenge turtles • Teddy Bear Party

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Aug 6, 2026

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📵 Not the Only Parent Saying No to Phones 📚 Yann Martel at The Spire 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 6, 2026

Local Spotlight: Unplugged Kingston and the parents saying no to smartphones | Local News: New meters for every Kingston home • $320,245 in heritage grants • 92 homes coming to Verona | Community Champions: Rose of Hope raises $390,000 • Sentinels get one last shot at promotion, at home Aug 9 | Events: Yann Martel and Iain Reid at The Spire • TK Fringe opens with 17 shows • 1,500 geocaches hidden across L&A • Waterside's final concert on Amherst Island • TIWLT's Celebrate 4ever dinner

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Community Champions

📵 Delaying Smartphones Together: Becca Hurley and Unplugged Canada in Kingston

Aug 5, 2026

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📵 Delaying Smartphones Together: Becca Hurley and Unplugged Canada in Kingston

One Kingston teacher, a pledge signed by more than 11,000 families, and a treasure hunt for the parents who have been quietly saying no.

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Aug 3, 2026

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🎻 Chamberfest at The Spire 💗 50 Mammogram Referrals a Day to 300 ⛴️ First All-Female Crew 🗓️ Events | 🔦 August 3, 2026

Local Spotlight: Chamber music meets Indigenous culture at the Cataraqui Festival | Local News: Blood donations down 20% since June • Six Farm to Flavours guides • Kingston pre-checks building permits with AI | Community Champions: A Napanee farmer's post took mammogram referrals from 50 a day to 300 • Island Queen's first all-female crew in 50 years • Shahnawaz Towheed on vitiligo and dermatology | Events: Floral Hug • Juvenis Festival • Sheep Dog Trials • LIVESTOCK • Women's Art Festival

Les C. Cseh

Community Champions

🎻 Chamber Music Meets Indigenous Culture: The Cataraqui Festival Has Deeper Roots Than You'd Guess

Jul 30, 2026

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🎻 Chamber Music Meets Indigenous Culture: The Cataraqui Festival Has Deeper Roots Than You'd Guess

Presented by Harmonaire Musique, six nights of chamber music at The Spire paired with a free Indigenous Cultural Corridor led by Robert Spade.

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Jul 30, 2026

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🌟 Everyone Belongs at Community Living 🏠 $15,000 for Repairs 🚤 Sea-Doo Rescue 🍺 Beer Ships East 🗓️ Events 🔦 July 30, 2026

Community Living Kingston and District, and the 600 who belong there since 1953 | Local News: Up to $15,000 for urgent home repairs • $302,000 to help businesses beat tariffs • MacKinnon Brothers can ship beer across Canada | Community Champions: Wolfe Island finishes a memorial promised in 1946 • a Sea-Doo rescue near Gananoque • $15,000 for the Great Lakes Museum | Events: the Cataraqui Chamber Music Festival • Emancipation Day • a rooftop startup social • the Monarch Blitz • free Molière

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Community Champions

🌟 A Kingston Where Everyone Belongs: Community Living Kingston and District

Jul 28, 2026

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5 min read

🌟 A Kingston Where Everyone Belongs: Community Living Kingston and District

It started in 1953 with parents and a single classroom. Today it supports about 600 people with intellectual disabilities and their families across the Kingston area.

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Archive

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

📚 WritersFest Is Back 🐉 Kingston's Flag to France 🛶 A $1 Million Paddle 🔭 Astronomy Day 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 17, 2026

📚 Kingston WritersFest is back, and it's starting with Yann Martel and Iain Reid on one stage.

💮 Water Lilies on Perth Road ⚽ Hat Trick, Then Promotion 🃏 A Nobel Winner's Card 🍔 Rotary Free BBQ 🗓️ Events 🔦 August 13, 2026

🏖️ Beach Weather 🗺️ A Beloved Mural Saved 🏅 Kingston's Olympic Week 🐢 160 Kilometres and Turtles 🗓️ Events & More | 🔦 August 10, 2026

📵 Not the Only Parent Saying No to Phones 📚 Yann Martel at The Spire 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 6, 2026

📵 Delaying Smartphones Together: Becca Hurley and Unplugged Canada in Kingston

🎻 Chamberfest at The Spire 💗 50 Mammogram Referrals a Day to 300 ⛴️ First All-Female Crew 🗓️ Events | 🔦 August 3, 2026

🎻 Chamber Music Meets Indigenous Culture: The Cataraqui Festival Has Deeper Roots Than You'd Guess

🌟 Everyone Belongs at Community Living 🏠 $15,000 for Repairs 🚤 Sea-Doo Rescue 🍺 Beer Ships East 🗓️ Events 🔦 July 30, 2026

🌟 A Kingston Where Everyone Belongs: Community Living Kingston and District

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