🗝️ FEATURED EVENT: Daring to Share Elder Care Forum: Staffing | Keller Williams Inspire Realty | November 17
🌍 FEATURED EVENT: Market for Africa, Kingston Grandmother Connection | Salvation Army Citadel | November 7
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🔦 Local Spotlight
🔦 Several amazing local spotlight articles are coming up soon !
📰 Kingston & Area Local News
❄️ Snow Angels: Sign Up to Shovel for a Neighbour, or Ask for a Hand This Winter
Snow Angels Canada’s call for shovellers and helpers. Graphic from Snow Angels Canada’s Facebook page.
The first flakes are on their way, and so is the shovelling. Snow Angels matches people who need a hand clearing snow with neighbours who are happy to grab a shovel. The City of Kingston points residents to Snow Angels Canada, the only place to sign up, whether you want to volunteer or register for help for yourself or someone you care about. It all started with an idea Lincoln McCardle had in 2015, and the best time to join is right now, before the first big dump of snow.
Read the full story at: City of Kingston
🌺 100,000 Poppies and Counting: Kingston Legion Branch 560 Marks the Poppy’s 100th Year
Ray Kay and Jen Henderson in Branch 560’s poppy office. Photo by Maegen Kulchar, The Kingston Whig-Standard.
Kingston has been busy pinning poppies. In the poppy’s 100th year in Canada, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560, the Limestone City Branch on Montreal Street, has sent out more than 100,000 of them, with requests still coming in and another 10,000 on order, the Whig-Standard reports. Plus, 1,600 pin-free poppy stickers went to schools and seniors’ homes like Providence Care. Almost 100 volunteers keep it all moving, including students from Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, who delivered boxes for the fifth year, organized by Kerri Tadeau. The campaign raises about $60,000 a year for veterans.
Read the full story at: The Kingston Whig-Standard
💉 Respiratory Virus Season Is Here: Free Flu and COVID Shots, and Who Can Get RSV Protection
Southeast Public Health’s respiratory season reminder. Graphic from Southeast Public Health’s Facebook page.
Sniffle season is officially here. Southeast Public Health says respiratory virus season has arrived and is asking everyone to take precautions against flu, COVID-19 and RSV. Flu and COVID-19 shots are free for anyone six months and older who lives, works or goes to school in Ontario, and you can get both at the same visit. RSV protection is available for babies born on or after April 1, 2026 and under eight months, vulnerable kids under two (after talking with a pediatrician), adults 75 and older, and high-risk adults 60 to 74. Most people get their shots at a pharmacy or from their health-care provider, and Southeast Public Health runs clinics for people who don’t have one.
Read the full story at: Southeast Public Health
🏥 Kingston Health Sciences Centre Wants to Hear From You as It Plans the Future of Hospital Care
Kingston General Hospital and the KHSC campus from above. Photo courtesy of KHSC.
Got thoughts about local hospital care? Now’s your chance to share them. Kingston Health Sciences Centre is building its next strategic plan and wants input from patients, families, staff, physicians, partners and anyone else in the region. The survey is in English and French, and it’s open until Friday, December 11 at 4:30 p.m. CEO Dr. David Pichora made the pitch in a letter published by Kingstonist on October 29, asking the region to help decide how hospital care should respond as health care changes.
Read the full story at: Kingston Health Sciences Centre
🏆 Community Champions
🍲 Rapid Relief Team Volunteers Brought 100 Meals to Firefighters at the John Counter Boulevard Scrap Yard Fire
A Kingston firefighter at Rapid Relief Team’s table during the October 22 scrap yard fire. Photo from Rapid Relief Team.
When about 75 firefighters spent October 22 battling a big fire at a scrap and steel yard on John Counter Boulevard, some local volunteers made sure nobody went hungry. Rapid Relief Team, the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, called Kingston Fire & Rescue’s Deputy Chief to offer help, then lined up 100 meals from Firehouse Subs for the crews. Four Kingston-based volunteers handled it all. “When we heard about the fire, we wanted to find a way to help the firefighters on the ground,” Travis McCamley, the team’s leader in Kingston, said in a media release. The City reported no injuries.
From a Rapid Relief Team media release.
🎖️ Collins Bay Man Restores the Memorial Bench for Capt. Matthew Dawe Ahead of Remembrance Day
The Capt. Matthew J. Dawe Memorial Branch cenotaph on Hillview Road, home of the bench Grant Barber restored. Photo from Veterans Affairs Canada.
A tired old bench just got a second life, and so did a tribute. Volunteer Grant Barber noticed the memorial bench honouring Capt. Matthew Dawe at the Collins Bay cenotaph, at Hillview Road and Mona Drive, was looking worn, so he rebuilt it himself in cedar with the blessing of the Capt. Matthew Dawe Memorial Branch 631 of the Royal Canadian Legion, the Whig-Standard reports. Rona+ on Princess Street chipped in $150 toward the wood. Capt. Dawe, a Kingston soldier, was killed in Afghanistan in 2007, and the fresh bench is ready in time for Remembrance Day.
Read the full story at: The Kingston Whig-Standard
📖 Sixty-Five Signallers Added to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Book of Remembrance
The rededicated Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Book of Remembrance in its case at the Military Communications and Electronics Museum. Photo by Emily Wright, Kingstonist.
Sixty-five names that were missing are finally where they belong. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Book of Remembrance, kept at the Military Communications and Electronics Museum, now honours 65 more signallers who died in service, Kingstonist reports. New research, mostly by retired Brigadier-General Kevin O’Keefe, turned up the missing names, and calligrapher and retired Chief Warrant Officer Richard Draffin added them by hand. The book was rededicated at a ceremony on Friday, October 23, and it is now considered complete.
Read the full story at: Kingstonist
🏠 A Donor Offers Feed the People a Heated, Lockable Building for Belle Park
Volunteers and City staff set Feed the People’s tent back up at Belle Park after strong winds knocked it over on October 6. Photo by Peter Hendra, The Kingston Whig-Standard.
Feed the People never takes a day off from serving free lunch at Belle Park, and now a generous donor wants to give them a proper roof. After strong winds knocked over the group’s tent in the park’s parking lot on October 6, right in the middle of a hot chocolate service (no one was hurt), the donor offered Feed the People a heated, lockable “relocatable building” at no cost to the City, the Whig-Standard reports. It would work much like the tent, but with heat and power, and food and supplies could be stored on site instead of at volunteers’ homes. Councillors Jeff McLaren and Lisa Osanic brought a motion to council on November 3 asking the City to work with the group on the permits and site approval it needs, with a staff person to help speed things along. Update: At its November 3 meeting, council voted 12-1 to have staff work with Feed the People on the donated building and report back on approvals and costs by the end of 2026, Kingstonist reports, though staff say a larger building is very unlikely to be in place by year’s end.
Read the full story at: The Kingston Whig-Standard
📚 Free Books by Mail: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Comes to Napanee
Easton Lock and Iris Toth dig into new books with Lynn Simpson and Sandra Toth at the Napanee launch. Photo by Adam Prudhomme, Napanee Beaver.
Napanee kids are about to get the best mail in the house. The Rotary Club of Napanee launched Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library on Monday, November 2 at the Napanee branch of the Lennox and Addington County Public Library, led by Rotary president Anne Marie Maloney and past president and project co-chair Cynthia Surette. Now any child under five with a K7R postal code can get a free book in the mail every month until their fifth birthday, starting with The Little Engine That Could. Sign up online with your postal code, or in person at the library. Rotary is also selling $10 50/50 tickets until December 7 to help fund it, with the draw on December 8.
Read the full story at: Napanee Beaver
🆕 New Events In and Around Kingston
🗝️ FEATURED EVENT: Daring to Share Elder Care Forum: Staffing | Keller Williams Inspire Realty | November 17
The Daring to Share Elder Care forum’s new home. Graphic from Daring to Share on Instagram.
Caring for an aging parent is a lot easier when you understand the system before a crisis hits. That’s the idea behind Daring to Share’s monthly Elder Care forums, and the third one, on Tuesday, November 17, takes on staffing: “Strengthening the Workforce. Improving Care.” Founder Diana Reyers opens the evening at the series’ new home, Keller Williams Inspire Realty, 650 Cataraqui Woods Dr., with Bill Welychka hosting. You’ll hear from two retirement home leaders, a nurse storyteller and a panel of care partners. Tickets are $50, or $40 for seniors, and Diana says net proceeds go to Parkinson Canada research through the Hank Reyers Parkinson’s Fund. Details and tickets on the Daring to Share event page.
🎼 FEATURED EVENT: Cantabile Choirs: Cantos y Ritmos | The Spire | November 7
OKAN, two-time Juno winners, join Cantabile at The Spire. Image from Cantabile Choirs.
The Cantos y Ritmos title art. Image from Cantabile Choirs.
Get ready to move in your seat. Cantabile Choirs of Kingston present Cantos y Ritmos on Saturday, November 7 at The Spire, a Caribbean program that draws on African, European and Indigenous influences. Four Cantabile choirs (Grande, Youth Singers, Coro Profondo and Coro Spirito) share the stage with guest ensemble OKAN, two-time Juno winners who blend Afro-Cuban traditions with jazz and folk. Seating is reserved, so pick your spot early on the Cantabile ticket page.
🌍 FEATURED EVENT: Market for Africa, Kingston Grandmother Connection | Salvation Army Citadel | November 7
The Kingston Grandmother Connection’s 2026 Market for Africa poster.
Twenty years in, the Market for Africa is still the shopping trip where every purchase does double duty. The Kingston Grandmother Connection hosts it on Saturday, November 7 at the Salvation Army Citadel, 816 Centennial Dr., and admission is free. Browse African baskets and crafts, art and nature photo cards, pre-loved fashion and jewellery, baking, handmade sandglass pieces, Christmas crafts and African angels, plus face painting by donation. New this year: vouchers for shoes and rubber boots for kids in Lesotho. Proceeds go to Help Lesotho and the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Details on the Grandmothers Campaign event page.
🧵 Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners Annual Sale | Tett Centre | November 5 to 8
The Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners sale graphic. Graphic from the Tett Centre.
It starts today! The Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners, a local guild going strong since 1948, hold their annual sale from Thursday, November 5 to Sunday, November 8 in the Rehearsal Hall (Room 203) at the Tett Centre, 370 King St. W. Expect handwoven and handspun pieces made by local hands, which makes for a very cozy head start on your gift list. It’s free and open to all ages. Details on the Tett Centre’s event page.
🏒 Frontenacs Salute to Service | Slush Puppie Place | November 6
The Frontenacs in CADPAT for Salute to Service. Graphic from the Kingston Frontenacs.
A Frontenacs goalie in the CADPAT jersey during a Salute to Service pre-game ceremony. Photo from the Kingston Frontenacs.
The Fronts are suiting up in camo. On Friday, November 6, the Kingston Frontenacs host the Oshawa Generals at Slush Puppie Place for Salute to Service, wearing CADPAT-themed jerseys (that’s the Canadian military’s camouflage pattern) with a pre-game tribute to the military community. Presenting sponsor LiUNA Local 183 is giving hundreds of free tickets to the Kingston Military Family Resource Centre and will present a donation during the game. Prices go up on game day, so grab yours early on Ticketmaster.
💜 Fall Girls Night Out Fundraiser for Kingston Interval House | DoubleTree by Hilton Kingston | November 6
The fall Girls Night Out for Kingston Interval House. Graphic from the event’s Facebook page.
Girls Night Out is back for its 11th fall edition, and every dollar goes somewhere good. On Friday, November 6, more than 50 local makers, food vendors and services fill the DoubleTree by Hilton Kingston, 1550 Princess St., so you can sample, shop and network. Admission is $10 at the door and comes with five ballots for the door-prize baskets, and you can earn extra ballots with non-perishable food or hygiene items. The first 200 through the door get swag bags. All proceeds go to Kingston Interval House, and the event has raised more than $105,000 since 2015. Hosted by Wooden it be Charming and Karen Crichton-Cadeau. Details on the event’s Facebook page.
🦆 Birding at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons With the Kingston Field Naturalists | Amherstview | November 6
A green-winged teal. Photo by Sam Cheng, from the Kingston Field Naturalists’ Facebook page.
Here’s a birding trip with a twist: some of the best ducks around hang out at a sewage lagoon. On Friday, November 6, the Kingston Field Naturalists meet at the Parrott’s Bay Conservation Area parking lot, 4977 Bath Rd., for a short hike, then make a few stops along Highway 33 heading west toward Sandhurst before checking out the Amherstview sewage lagoons, a top spot for ducks and shorebirds. Bring a scope if you have one, and sturdy footwear. If the lagoons are still closed for Loyalist Township maintenance, KFN will pick another spot. It’s part of the club’s Fall Roundup, a weekend snapshot of local birds that also has trips to Wolfe Island and Lemoine Point. Details on the KFN events calendar.
🍷 Judgement of Kingston: Blind Tasting of Six County Pinot Gris for BGC South East | Residence Inn by Marriott | November 7
Six County Pinot Gris, tasted blind, for BGC South East. Poster from the Judgement of Kingston.
Think you can pick a favourite without peeking at the label? The 11th Judgement of Kingston is Saturday, November 7 at the Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston Water’s Edge, 7 Earl St. Guests taste six Prince Edward County Pinot Gris blind, alongside guest judges Leah Spooner, Debbie Templeton and Rod Phillips and guest speaker David Lawrason, then help pick the People’s Choice and the Judges’ Choice. Tickets are $95, and tables of eight are available too. It supports BGC South East, and the event has raised $64,000 for local charities over 10 years. Get yours on the Judgement of Kingston ticket page.
🪶 Honouring Indigenous Veterans Day With a Traditional Meal | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560 | November 8
The Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest’s poster for its Indigenous Veterans Day meal. Poster shared by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
Indigenous Veterans Day is Sunday, November 8, and the Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest is marking it with a traditional meal at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560, 734 Montreal St. It’s a chance to gather, share a meal and honour Indigenous veterans for their service. Registration is required, so email [email protected] to save your seat. The flags at Confederation Park will also fly at half-mast that day. Details from the City of Kingston.
🛍️ Outdoor Merry Makers Market | Odessa | November 8
Santa is on the guest list at the Merry Makers Market. Photo from Jennifer Collins on Facebook.
Holiday shopping in the fresh air, with Santa on the guest list. The Outdoor Merry Makers Market sets up in the outdoor rink at the Odessa Fairgrounds, 231 Main St., on Sunday, November 8, with dozens of vendors, the Odessa Children’s Choir, a wood-fired pizza truck, Fry Way, authentic Chinese food and a visit from the big guy himself. Heads up: the Festival of Trees is at the fairgrounds the same day, but this market is a separate event. Bundle up, bring your list, and save a little room for pizza. Hosted by Jennifer Collins. Details on the event’s Facebook page.
📅 Events Calendar
🗓️ The following is just for the next few days. The full Kingston events calendar lives here.
What’s Happening the Next Few Days
🎼 FEATURED: Cantabile Choirs: Cantos y Ritmos | The Spire | November 7
🌍 FEATURED: Market for Africa, Kingston Grandmother Connection | Salvation Army Citadel | November 7
🗝️ FEATURED: Daring to Share Elder Care Forum: Staffing | Keller Williams Inspire Realty | November 17
🖋️ Make It Happen: Islamic Calligraphy Workshop With Jamal Saeed | KFPL Central Branch | November 5
🎤 Jessica Wolowich: Learning How to Drive Album Release | The Broom Factory | November 5
🔋 Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off | KFR Training Centre, 3 Terry Fox Dr. | November 5 | 🔦 Read our story
📝 Seniors Association Session 2 Registration | The Seniors Centre | November 2 to 6 | 🔦 Read our story
💜 Fall GNO Fundraiser for Kingston Interval House | DoubleTree by Hilton Kingston | November 6
🏒 Frontenacs Salute to Service | Slush Puppie Place | November 6
🦆 Birding at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons With the Kingston Field Naturalists | Parrott’s Bay Conservation Area to Amherstview | November 6
🎭 Come From Away | Springer Theatre, Gananoque | to November 7
📿 Sandy Pines Christmas Jewellery Sale | Crossroads United Church | November 6 and 7 | 🔦 Read our story
🎶 An Afternoon of Entertainment With Ian Roy | Newburgh United Church | November 7
📚 Book Signing: Rodney Anderson, Shadows in the Burmese Jungle | Novel Idea | November 7
🎁 Christ Church Cataraqui Holiday Vendor Market | Christ Church Cataraqui | November 7
🏆 Judgement of Kingston | Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston | November 7
💃 Museum Kids: Peyton’s Dance Workshop | Museum of Lennox & Addington, Napanee | November 7
🥾 Operation Warm Feet Winter Boot Sale | KCHC Weller Site | November 7
🖍️ Kids Creativity Club: Poppy Crafts | Tett Centre | November 7
🦢 KFN Wolfe Island Birding Trip | Wolfe Island | November 7
📖 It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken | Kingston Grand Theatre | October 22 to November 8
🧵 Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners Annual Sale | Tett Centre | November 5 to 8
🪔 Mint Leaf Diwali Mela | Mint Leaf Indian Restaurant and Sweets | November 4 to 8 | 🔦 Read our story
🐦 KFN Fall Roundup | Kingston area | November 6 to 8
🎨 Artisans’ Christmas Tour in the Country | Stone Mills | November 7 and 8
🏓 5th Annual Rotary Pickleball Tournament | Kingston Pickleball Club | November 8 | 🔦 Read our story
🎅 Amherstview Lions Club Santa Claus Parade | Amherstview | November 8
🎂 Frontenacs: Barrack’s Birthday Party | Slush Puppie Place | November 8
🪶 Honouring Indigenous Veterans Day With a Traditional Meal | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560 | November 8
🎻 Kingston Symphony: The Hockey Sweater | The Isabel | November 8
🛍️ Outdoor Merry Makers Market | Odessa | November 8
🥩 Veterans Roast Beef Dinner | Napanee Legion | November 8
🌀 Hyprov With Colin Mochrie and Asad Mecci | Kingston Grand Theatre | November 10
🍂 Change Is in the Air: Guided Walk | Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area | November 10
🤖 Let’s Talk AI: Teen Advisory Group | KFPL Isabel Turner Branch | November 10
📻 Remembrance: Stories and Songs With Steve G | Museum of Lennox & Addington, Napanee | November 10
📕 Short Story Club: Cathedral by Raymond Carver | KFPL Central Branch | November 10
💻 Digital Marketing Essentials for Small Business | KFPL Calvin Park Branch | November 10
🌺 Remembrance Day Ceremony | Macdonald Park | November 11
🕊️ Remembrance Day Ceremonies in Loyalist Township | Wilton, Bath and Stella (Amherst Island) | November 11
🎖️ RCHA Remembrance Day Ceremony | City Park | November 11
🎧 Matthew Good and His Band With Kevin Fox | Kingston Grand Theatre | November 12
🐴 Merry Little Main Street | Bath | November 12
🌿 26th Indigenous Knowledge Symposium | Tett Centre | November 12
☕ Chamber Business Before 9 | Costco Wholesale | November 12
✒️ Design Your Own Temporary Tattoos With Ro Grant | Tett Centre | November 12
🍽️ Countylicious | Prince Edward County restaurants | October 22 to November 15
🚶 Theatre Kingston: Strolling Player | Homestead Baby Grand | October 29 to November 15
🛒 The Farbers Holiday Sale | Moscow | November 7 to 15
🧥 Coats for Community Drive | Drop-off bins across Kingston and L&A | October 17 to November 16 | 🔦 Read our story
📱 November Health and Tech Talks | The Seniors Centre | November 5 to 19
📚 Later Life Learning Series B: Great Kingston Stories | The Seniors Centre | series starts October 23 | 🔦 Read our story
🧶 Escape to the Safe Zone by Leisa Rich | Tett Gallery | October 30 to November 22
🎙️ Sunday Open Mic Nights at Time Out | Time Out Bar & Bistro | Sundays, November 8 to 29
☎️ Phone From Home: Free Seniors Centre Talks by Phone | By phone | select days in November
🎵 K-Pop Club for Teens | KFPL Isabel Turner Branch | November 9 to December 14
☕ Aging Well and Talking Café Fall Talks | KFPL branches and Kingston East Community Centre | November 4 to December 16
🪕 Uke Can Do It: Beginner Ukulele | KFPL Isabel Turner Branch | Thursdays, November 12 to December 17
🧓 Older Adults Day With KFPL and KCHC | Rideau Heights Community Centre | November 9 to December 21
📸 Rideau Heights Neighbourhood Photo Contest | Across KFL&A | October 1 to January 1 | 🔦 Read our story
🫁 COPD Exercise Group | Napanee | Tuesdays from November 3
🎸 Blues at the Cove Turns 20 | The Cove Inn, Westport | from October 16
🥕 Lionhearts Fresh Food Market | The Seniors Centre and Seniors Centre East | Tuesdays and Wednesdays | 🔦 Read our story
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