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🎸 Line Spike Frontenac 2026: The Kingston-Area Music Festival That Refuses to Be Stopped

18 Canadian acts, a hay field turned concert grounds in Harrowsmith, and a promoter who bet everything on the power of positivity. June 27-28 2026: the early chapters of what just might become Canada's most beloved music festival.

🎾 Pickleball Fever: How Kingston Pickleball Club Built a Community from Scratch

From taped lines and living room meetings to a Best of 2026 winner. Discover the scrappy, DIY journey of how local players built the Kingston Pickleball Club from the ground up.

🔦 Why So Many Lilacs in Kingston? Plus Canada's First Robot-Built Neighbourhood and More | June 1, 2026

Why Kingston has so many lilacs, and they inspired Lucy DeSousa to paint them | Canada built its first robotic neighbourhood in Gananoque, and Kingston moves to protect a historic Pen-era house | Threads of Hope has quietly served 1,000 Kingstonians for five years, City Hall got hearing loops, and Ryandale wins the Awesome Kingston microgrant | Library reopening, butterfly release, Cantabile at the Isabel, Very Heaven, carwash for Martha's Table, waterfront giveaway closing June 3

🌸💜 Why So Many Lilacs in the Kingston Area? (And the Best Spots)

Those massive lilac groves you see (and smell) all over the Kingston area didn't grow wild. Here's the surprisingly good story behind them, what early settlers used them for, and the best spots to find them.

🔦 He Pulled Off a Miracle in Year One. Line Spike Year Two Is Here | Plus 2 News, 3 Community Wins, 5 Events | May 28, 2026

Line Spike Frontenac is back for Year Two: 18 all-Canadian acts, a natural amphitheatre in Harrowsmith, and a story worth reading | Kingston's $9M automotive tech hub just launched, and council backs an indoor sports dome | Limestone students swept Skills Ontario medals, a Kingston musician opened a pay-less grocery store, and OLS built an off-grid radio network for unhoused residents | Keewatin, Napanee Pride, Ten Thousand Villages, Sydenham Street Commons, and Katarokwi all open this weekend

🎸 Line Spike Frontenac 2026: The Kingston-Area Music Festival That Refuses to Be Stopped

18 Canadian acts, a hay field turned concert grounds in Harrowsmith, and a promoter who bet everything on the power of positivity. June 27-28 2026: the early chapters of what just might become Canada's most beloved music festival.

🔦 Turtles Are Nesting. 8,500 Kingstonians Could Be Getting a Family Doctor + More | May 25, 2026

A wild turkey showed up with full plumage and zero chill | 8,500 Kingstonians could soon have a family doctor, and Kingston's 911 just went fully digital | Keith and Dev are road-tripping Canada for Home Hardware, and Kingston's new Business Person of the Year works in AI | Every dollar from the Lviv Ukraine Folklore Festival goes directly to Ukraine. Kingston showing up matters more than you think. Plus Turtle Awareness Day, Kilometres for Kids, and a teachers' charity golf tournament

🔦 The Frogs Are Back. So Is More Worth Knowing About Kingston. | May 21, 2026

Spring peepers are singing across the Kingston area | Ontario's biggest battery just went live in Napanee, accountability questions and all, and asparagus season is officially on | Walter Fenlon remembered at 93, and CFKA's spring grants put $438K into 31 local organizations | Spring Reverb opens this week with Bedouin Soundclash, The Dirty Nil, and Thanya Iyer, plus a shipping container full of art in Rideau Heights.