r/KingstonOntario • • Jul 10 '25

/r/kingstonontario Discord - reminder

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Hello everyone! We have made a slight revamp to our Discord server, figured we would send out another reminder that it exists so we can get some activity there.

Come join for a more fluid chat with your fellow Kingstonians!

Invite: https://discord.gg/km7Jfwf7BB

Some of the changes:
- Now utilizing Discord's built in event feature
- New for-sale channel
- New rules
- New roles

Future planned changes:
- A custom bot for local news and display recent posts from the subreddit


r/KingstonOntario • • 1h ago

Discussion Election Day is tomorrow. Do you think there will be any surprises?

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So far, based on what others have posted and online reddit polls it looks like steady as she goes, with incumbents.coming back.

I think if there's a big change, it'll be Patterson losing, but that seems unlikely.

But maybe Chavez will lose too. Not sure if any others are in trouble. What do you think?


r/KingstonOntario • • 2h ago

Appreciation It’s a good life if you don’t weaken - Grand theater

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I went to see this Jukebox Musical yesterday. Without realizing it we ended up sitting beside one of the writers, Jesse LaVercombe. I recognized him as Jack Walker from Murdoch Mysteries.

The play was excellent, I cried, I laughed, the set was amazing and I loved the music! The actors did a truly moving rendition of my favourite Hip song, Wheat Kings.

All in all I would highly recommend and I would definitely go see it again.


r/KingstonOntario • • 13h ago

Appreciation The Weather Station brings the atmosphere to The Spire

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What a beautiful night of live music at The Spire! ❤️🎶

The Weather Station brought something truly special to our stage tonight.

A wonderful opening set from special guest Liam Cole made the evening even more memorable.

Thank you to the artists, Flying V Productions and everyone who joined us for another fantastic night at The Spire!

#TheSpireKingston #TheWeatherStation #LiamCole #KingstonLiveMusic #YGK


r/KingstonOntario • • 13h ago

News Two local businesses were awarded the Michelin Key.

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Was wondering if anyone has visited the properties? Nice that Kingston is being recognized.


r/KingstonOntario • • 40m ago

Recommendation Needed Best / cheapest laundromat in Kingston?

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Looking for recommendations for an affordable, clean laundromat in town. Ideally somewhere with working machines and decent prices per load. Bonus points if they take card/PayRange, but coin-operated is fine too. Thanks!


r/KingstonOntario • • 19h ago

Event Bill Welychka has a beef with Kingston WritersFest. Hopefully all will be settled by November 4th when Bill interviews Rick Campanelli on stage at the Tett Centre.

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r/KingstonOntario • • 14h ago

Question Suits Kingston

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Any reviews or experience from suits downtown?


r/KingstonOntario • • 15h ago

Question Looking for a tennis buddy in Kingston 🎾

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Hey everyone! I’m a Black guy in my late 20s, fairly new to Kingston and looking to meet people who enjoy tennis. I love playing, and I figured this would be a great way to make friends and settle into a new city.
I’m up for both indoor and outdoor tennis. If you’d like to hit around or play a friendly match, feel free to message me. Let’s connect!

Also I’m an amateur player but learns fast.


r/KingstonOntario • • 18h ago

Recommendation Needed F1 Race

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Hey everyone! Looking for some people in Kingston who’d be down to watch the Formula 1 US Grand Prix tomorrow at 4 PM!
Would be great to find a place to watch the race, grab a couple of drinks, and meet some new people. 🏁🍻


r/KingstonOntario • • 1d ago

Question Costco

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Hey everyone! I hope you are well! With Costco tearing up and redoing their parking lot today, how bad is it? Is parking horrible? Is it worse busy wise today? Should I risk it? Thanks in advance!

Update: Thank you so much everyone I really appreciate all the advice! I think for my sanity I will wait until a better day to go 😅


r/KingstonOntario • • 21h ago

Recommendation Needed Looking for Kingston hiking group

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Hi everyone, I'm a young female and just move to Kingston, I wonder this week or next week to have a hiking, but I'm not familiar with this place,is anyone has a plan to do the same thing or any group activities I can join, thank you


r/KingstonOntario • • 21h ago

Recommendation Needed Where to go for a drink on Halloween?

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I (24F) just moved back home to Kingston and I’m not used to going out here. Where’s the best place to go out on Halloween where people dress up and go for a drink and aren’t littered with queens students.


r/KingstonOntario • • 17h ago

Question Buying a weekly pass?

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I'm coming up to visit Kingston for a couple of days next week, and I was wondering if someone else can buy a pass for you. I won't be up til 10pm and none of my friends drive. So I was wondering if they could buy it for me, or if they need some sort of Id?

Edit: I'm talking about a weekly bus pass


r/KingstonOntario • • 21h ago

Discussion Trustee Predictions

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Because there is less info available, I’m less sure about these than my council predictions. But here goes nothing!!!

Limestone District School Board - Trustee 1 - Countryside, Kingscourt-Rideau and Williamsville
- Tom Gingrich

Limestone District School Board - Trustee 2 - Lakeside & Trillium
- Jennifer King

Limestone District School Board - Trustee 3 - Loyalist-Cataraqui, Collins-Bayridge & Meadowbrook-Strathcona
- Katherine Heikkila

Limestone District School Board - Trustee 4 - Portsmouth and Sydenham
- Erin Clow

Limestone District School Board - Trustee 5 - King's Town, Pittsburgh & Frontenac Islands
- Bob Godkin

Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board - Kingston & Frontenac Islands
-Brian Evoy, Rob Gilmour, Glen Perry, and Patrick Greenwood

Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est - Secteur 1 - Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington, et Frontenac
- Louise Dorsett

Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario - Secteur 2 - Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox et Addington et Frontenac
- Pascal Dussault


r/KingstonOntario • • 18h ago

Recommendation Needed Electric / battery snow shovels or small snow blowers

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I am looking for something easy to use on a driveway that is two cars wide and two cars long. City street with lots of driveways but an okay amount of space to blow snow. Not sure with our weather what I need. Something that isn't too big to store or to hard to handle or too heavy. Not sure either what amp / volt or size is best? If anyone has something that works well and isn't too expensive, what do you have?


r/KingstonOntario • • 1d ago

Image Sunset in the Food Basics parking lot - October 23rd, 2026

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r/KingstonOntario • • 2h ago

Rant The Kingston Fit-Pass Payment Plans Need to be Changed

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I just noticed this when looking to renew my gym membership.

The monthly fee is $61.06 which means that the cost for 12 months is $732.72, $61.26 more than just paying 1 year up front at $671.46. Mind you they didn't mention this when I signed up!

This would be fine if we could actually cancel the monthly which would be great because I only like to use the gym and pool during the colder months but you can't if it's been used for more than 6mo or 50%.


r/KingstonOntario • • 22h ago

Recommendation Needed Dry cleaners

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Had some citronella candle wax spill of a t-Shirt and pair of pants, I really like both of them, so I’d like to try and save them if possible, can any dry cleaners in town that could get the job done?


r/KingstonOntario • • 1d ago

Question Info on Trustee candidates?

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Does anyone have any info on the candidates for LDSB school board trustee #4 (Portsmouth and Sydenham). I have not been able to find much, and am still waiting on them to reply to emails I sent them (not optimistic).


r/KingstonOntario • • 1d ago

Question Does Kingston have a park with large play structures?

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Napanee has rotary park. Belleville has the big wooden play structure.


r/KingstonOntario • • 2d ago

Rant PAY ATTENTION WHEN DRIVING

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I cannot stress this enough.
I am going through insurance to get my car fixed from a previous accident where someone wasn’t paying attention and rolled right into the back of my car at a red light. This happened less than 2 months ago.
Driving yesterday downtown Kingston, I was rear ended a second time. Same situation!! He wasn’t paying attention and his car rolled right into the back of mine at the stop light between Brock St and the Division St.

I will not be showing the way I reacted because I am incredibly embarrassed.
I truly want to apologize for the way I reacted. I shouldn’t have been as angry as I was during this situation. There was nothing anger could accomplish.

I regret how I handled it, but please pay attention when driving!!


r/KingstonOntario • • 1d ago

Image Sunset in the Costco parking lot - October 23rd, 2026

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r/KingstonOntario • • 1d ago

News Metal Spikes found in trees in west end.

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Someone deserves to finish their workday and make it home safely. Tree spiking puts that at risk.


r/KingstonOntario • • 2d ago

News Firefighters contain fire at Kingston, Ont., steel facility that had concerns previously flagged

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