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🌠 Perseids Over South Frontenac 🚗 Kingston Out-Polites Toronto ❤️ A Heart Room Like No Other 🍋 Declyn's Lemonade Stand 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 24, 2026

Aug 24, 2026

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🌠 Perseids Over South Frontenac 🚗 Kingston Out-Polites Toronto ❤️ A Heart Room Like No Other 🍋 Declyn's Lemonade Stand 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 24, 2026

Linda Nuttall's Perseids over South Frontenac | Local News: Kingston out-polites Toronto on Uber's own numbers • A KHSC heart room that may be North America's first • The City wants special events volunteers | Community Champions: More than 1,000 backpacks for local students • Two Queen's professors start a free speaker series • Remembering C. John Bermingham | Events: Seniors Expo • Curious Minds • To Labour, with Love • Canal Pursuit • Declyn's lemonade stand • a Ford e-bike for SFCSC

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Les C. Cseh

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🎸 Hip Celebrations Take Over Kingston ✈️ Airport Tower With No Windows 🏅 Seven Volunteers Honoured 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 20, 2026

Aug 20, 2026

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🎸 Hip Celebrations Take Over Kingston ✈️ Airport Tower With No Windows 🏅 Seven Volunteers Honoured 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 August 20, 2026

Ten years on, the city gives the Hip one more weekend | Local News: What to pack and where to park for Forever Hip • Canada's first digital control tower is built at YGK • Hazardous waste drop-off Aug 29 | Community Champions: Seven volunteers take the Mayor's Civic Awards • Eleven artist-made guitars land downtown • Marc Varin on seven years at Providence Care | Events: Choir! Choir! Choir! leads the singalong • Long Time Running on the big screen • the CBC final-concert rebroadcast

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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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

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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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.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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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

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

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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

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

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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

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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Les C. Cseh

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📵 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.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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

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

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Les C. Cseh

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🎻 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.

Les C. Cseh
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