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What's open and closed in Kingston for the Civic Holiday

31-07-2026 20:15 via thewhig.com

The Civic Holiday long weekend has arrived, bringing an extra day off for many Canadians. While the first Monday in August is widely observed across the country, it is not a federally mandated statutory holiday. This year, the holiday falls on Aug. 3.Many Ontario communities give the holiday a local twist. Toronto celebrates Simcoe Day, Guelph observes John Galt Day and Ottawa marks Colonel By Day. In Kingston, however, it remains simply the Civic Holiday.As residents make plans for the long we

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Kingston native brings personal experience with vitiligo into medical training

31-07-2026 19:09 via thewhig.com

Shahnawaz Towheed, a Kingston native, has spent much of medical school working to better understand a condition he has lived with since childhood.Now a final-year medical student at McMaster University, Towheed is applying to dermatology residency programs and focusing more of his time on research that includes the perspectives of people living with vitiligo.When the Whig spoke with him in 2024, Towheed was a first-year medical student and a co-founder of Vitiligo Voices Canada, an advocacy and

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Kingston artist’s newest mural spotlights The Tragically Hip

31-07-2026 18:44 via thewhig.com

On a childhood trip to Toronto, Kingston-born artist Aaron Forsyth was introduced to street art. Now, he is known to the city as EronOne — a self-taught public artist who uses spray paint as his medium. His art is recognized all across Kingston, including works like Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s “Transformation” graffiti wall, now removed due to current renovations.However, perhaps his most popular famous mural is yet to come, a mural of Gord Downie on Wellington Street

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Napanee woman shares breast cancer journey to encourage women to get screened

31-07-2026 18:26 via thewhig.com

A Napanee-area farmer is hoping that her personal experience with cancer will prompt women to pursue routine mammograms on their own health journeys.Sarah Wynn was diagnosed with breast cancer on May 27. The 43-year-old co-owns Wynn Farms with her husband, Jim, and their three children. It’s a popular pick-your-own strawberry field and apple orchard on the southern end of Greater Napanee, that also grows flowers, an annual corn maze and hosts family events.Wynn got the call after a routin

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Organizers hope to make classical music festival a summer staple in Kingston

31-07-2026 14:09 via thewhig.com

While Kingston is often a stop for touring classical musicians during the cooler months, it’s a different story in the warmest ones.That was something that the founder and executive director of Harmonaire Musique, Clara Cao, noticed, too. So Cao and artistic director Ying Zhang created the Cataraqui Chamber Music Festival, which features six concerts and a workshop between Aug. 5 and 18.They first considered starting another festival in Montreal, the city in which Harmonaire is headquarte

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