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💜 Would You Know What To Do? Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario and Vivienne Le

Jul 14, 2026

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6 min read

💜 Would You Know What To Do? Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario and Vivienne Le

About 1 in 100 of us lives with epilepsy, and the training that would make you helpful when someone is having a seizure is free. Meet Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario, and the fire truck they want you to pull.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jul 13, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 🏠 Second Chances 🎵 Kingston Plays for Venezuela 🦅 Bald Eagles Are Back 🎸 Guitars Hit Downtown 🏃 100km for the NICU 📅 Events | July 13, 2026

Ryandale opens first home for women, Patti Ridlon's 8-year promise kept • Featured: Venezuela benefit concert | Local News: Take-what-you-need food pantries at 3 sites • Steve Manders tracks Kingston's bald eagle comeback • 10 guitar sculptures downtown | Community Champions: Willem Sagriff runs 100km for KGH NICU • Cruise for a Cause raises $8,000 for survivors | Events: Beats & Bites • Skylla Festival, Wolfe Island • KFPL Summer Reading Party • Kids Take Over Murney Tower • Neighbourhood Parks

Les C. Cseh

Spotlight Feature

🌱 New Beginnings Start Here: Patti Ridlon's Promise and Ryandale Transitional Housing

Jul 10, 2026

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8 min read

🌱 New Beginnings Start Here: Patti Ridlon's Promise and Ryandale Transitional Housing

Forty years of second chances in Kingston for men, and now a brand-new home for women. Meet Ryandale Transitional Housing and the woman behind its next chapter.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jul 9, 2026

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8 min read

🌞 Kingston's Quietest Patios 🩺 18-Minute Stroke Care 🎩 Gord Downie's Hat 🛶 Women Join Yakathon 📅 Events 🔦 July 9, 2026

Patio season is here, with our guide to the area’s quietest ones | Local News: Kingston’s 18-minute stroke care leads Ontario • Performance Plants’ climate-proof canola • $350K city fund for community safety | Community Champions: Awesome Kingston backs the Compton Park music fest • First women paddle the 200km Yakathon • Gord Downie’s hat up for auction | Events: Nicci Rea at Confederation Park • S’more Stories in Sydenham • Loyalist’s new aquatic centre opens • Delta Fair turns 196

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jul 6, 2026

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9 min read

💜 Purple Clematis in Bloom 🩺 Doctor Waitlist Cleared 🏥 $392,776 Gift 🍺 $7,100 Beer Tent | 🔦 July 6, 2026

Cover: purple Jackmanii clematis, in bloom across Kingston | Local News: primary-care waitlist cleared, thousands get a doctor • NeeDoh squishy craze at The Rocking Horse • a Cape Vincent marina rebuild | Champions: Rotary beer tent raised $7,100 at the FIFA party • KGH Auxiliary gives KHSC $392,776 for NICU ventilators • Micaela Schmidt wins the Kevin Dunbar scholarship | Events: Injury Prevention Day • Napanee Block Party • Rock for Ryandale • a U16 schnitzel dinner • Mending Ways at the Tett

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jul 2, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 How Leah Riddell's SignAble Vi5ion Is Making Kingston More Inclusive, Plus a Tragically Hip Ice Cream & Three New Order of Canada Members | July 2, 2026

Leah Riddell builds a more inclusive Kingston through sign language | Local News: Coun. McLaren builds the city its own app • Tsi Thonwatihsnye's Elder Care Home opens in Tyendinaga • the Tragically Chip, a Hip ice cream | Community Champions: Three Kingstonians join the Order of Canada • nine Limestone grads land scholarships • a town saves a Selby student's grad | Events: Wilburys at The Spire • Teddy Bear Hospital at KFPL • Miss Emily's In the Key of Blue • Aquaculture at Great Lakes Museum

Les C. Cseh

Local Business

🤟 Inclusion That Actually Works: How Leah Riddell Built SignAble Vi5ion from the Inside Out

Jul 1, 2026

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13 min read

🤟 Inclusion That Actually Works: How Leah Riddell Built SignAble Vi5ion from the Inside Out

A Kingston business that's moving organizations from checkbox inclusion to communication that actually holds up when it counts, built and run by someone who has lived every barrier she teaches others to remove.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 29, 2026

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9 min read

🔦 Maple Leaf On: Canada Day Takes Over Kingston, Plus 35,000 Pounds of Pasta and a Heart-Surgery First | June 29, 2026

Maple leaf on, Kingston, Canada Day is this week | Local News: a heart-surgery first at KHSC • Highway 401 speeds up to 110 | Community Champions: 35,000 lbs of Barilla pasta for the food bank • Lionhearts named Non-Profit of the Year • 7 Civic Award volunteers • Seniors Association turns 50 | Events: Canada Day across the region • Exploration Days • Macpherson House turns 200 • Eh! Game Expo • Buskers Rendezvous

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 25, 2026

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6 min read

🔦 Local Strawberries! Kingston Eyes Two NHL-Sized Rinks, Alto's High-Speed Rail Hub, and Parking Fines Feed 110 Families | June 25, 2026

Kingston's 2026 strawberry season has finally arrived 🍓 Local News: Memorial Centre could get two NHL-sized rinks • Alto eyes Kingston as a high-speed rail hub | Community Champions: KSS grad earns a full Alabama scholarship • parking fines fund 110 families with fresh lettuce | Events: Startup Open Mic • Zoo Crew at KFPL • Lavender Crown Workshop • Summerfest Regatta • Summer Evening in the Islands

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

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

Archive

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

💜 Would You Know What To Do? Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario and Vivienne Le

🔦 🏠 Second Chances 🎵 Kingston Plays for Venezuela 🦅 Bald Eagles Are Back 🎸 Guitars Hit Downtown 🏃 100km for the NICU 📅 Events | July 13, 2026

🌱 New Beginnings Start Here: Patti Ridlon's Promise and Ryandale Transitional Housing

🌞 Kingston's Quietest Patios 🩺 18-Minute Stroke Care 🎩 Gord Downie's Hat 🛶 Women Join Yakathon 📅 Events 🔦 July 9, 2026

💜 Purple Clematis in Bloom 🩺 Doctor Waitlist Cleared 🏥 $392,776 Gift 🍺 $7,100 Beer Tent | 🔦 July 6, 2026

🔦 How Leah Riddell's SignAble Vi5ion Is Making Kingston More Inclusive, Plus a Tragically Hip Ice Cream & Three New Order of Canada Members | July 2, 2026

🤟 Inclusion That Actually Works: How Leah Riddell Built SignAble Vi5ion from the Inside Out

🔦 Maple Leaf On: Canada Day Takes Over Kingston, Plus 35,000 Pounds of Pasta and a Heart-Surgery First | June 29, 2026

🔦 Local Strawberries! Kingston Eyes Two NHL-Sized Rinks, Alto's High-Speed Rail Hub, and Parking Fines Feed 110 Families | June 25, 2026

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

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