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• Nominations close for Kingston city council election

  21-08-2026 20:18 via thewhig.com
  
  KINGSTON — A lower-than-normal number of candidates have filed to run for city council in the coming municipal election.Thirty-seven candidates stepped forward to contest the seats around the city council table.Nominations for the Oct. 26 municipal election closed at 2 p.m. Friday.In the last election, in 2022, 44 candidates were on the ballot.In the 2018 election, there were 43 candidates.This year’s election is to include two districts where incumbent candidates are unopposed.Incu
  
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• CSC takes action to 'stamp out harassment and bullying'

  21-08-2026 20:02 via thewhig.com
  
  Changes are taking place behind the walls of Joyceville Institution, including other prisons across the province. That’s according to the Correctional Service of Canada , following a third-party review of harassment, bullying, and overall workplace culture.The changes come following the investigation into the death of one of its correctional officers, Bradley Gleeson, who took his own life in 2025 due to workplace harassment and bullying. The tragedy came as a shock to his family and the
  
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• Kingston police seize crystal meth, fentanyl following investigation

  21-08-2026 19:57 via thewhig.com
  
  The Kingston Police Street Crime Unit, with help from the Emergency Response Unit, has seized crystal methamphetamine and fentanyl in coordination with a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) investigation.According to police, the seizure was the result of a search warrant at a residence in the area of Montreal Street in Kingston on July 30.As a result of the search warrant, officers seized 15.7 grams of fentanyl, 155 grams of crystal methamphetamine, along with Canadian currency.Police ar
  
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• City's art fund announces recipients of festival, operating grants

  21-08-2026 19:12 via thewhig.com
  
  The City of Kingston Arts Fund, which was restructured in November, has announced the recipients of this year’s operating grants and festival grants, and put out a call for applications for two others.Between operating and festival grants, $567,170 was awarded. Project grants and the new “creation & development” grant stream will hand out $171,201 once the successful applicants are chosen.Festival grants have two categories: “established” ones are eligible for
  
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• Forever Hip opens with thousands singing, savouring Kingston band

  21-08-2026 19:03 via thewhig.com
  
  Ten years after The Tragically Hip took the stage for their final concert, thousands returned to downtown Kingston Thursday night to celebrate a band whose music remains woven into the city’s identity.Springer Market Square filled with fans, local musicians and visitors from across North America for Rockin’ the Square, the opening event of the city’s Forever Hip commemoration.The three-day celebration was organized by the City of Kingston, Tourism Kingston and community partne
  
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• KHSC cardiology team's expanded space expected to shorten wait times, improve outcomes

  21-08-2026 18:32 via thewhig.com
  
  For the personnel in the cardiology department at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre, their ability to keep up with demand for major surgical procedures wasn’t a matter of expertise nor technology.Quite simply, it was a matter of real estate.Wait times for cardiac surgeries — stents, implanting pacemakers or maintaining devices, and, especially, ablations for arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation, murmurs and associated conditions — came down to the availability of operating r
  
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• No dress rehearsal: Kingstonians reflect on the Hip's final bow

  21-08-2026 16:55 via thewhig.com
  
  A decade after The Tragically Hip’s final concert became a shared national moment, Kingston will relive the night that stopped much of Canada in its tracks.The City of Kingston, Tourism Kingston and community partners are marking the 10th anniversary of the band’s Aug. 20, 2016 farewell performance with a three-day “Forever Hip” celebration from Aug. 20 to 22, featuring concerts, film screenings, walking tours and a public rebroadcast of the historic show.The final Kings
  
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• ‘A million ears on a million different kinds of sounds’ — How The Hip’s music became part of Canada’s social fabric

  21-08-2026 16:55 via thewhig.com
  
  When the young members of what would become The Tragically Hip began playing music together, they were among the last generation for whom music was experienced fundamentally.“How did they get to be what they were?” Robb MacKay pondered in a recent conversation with the Whig-Standard.MacKay is an adjunct lecturer in musicology at Queen’s University’s School of Music and an elementary teacher in the Limestone District School Board whose research examines the history of pop
  
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• Annual car show raises funds in fight against melanoma

  21-08-2026 13:33 via thewhig.com
  
  Car enthusiasts are once again coming together for an annual car show that will help drive the fight against melanoma , with proceeds going toward research to find a cure for the deadly disease.The 12th annual Limestone City Car Classic will take place on Sept. 5 at the Kingston Memorial Centre Fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is an event that holds special meaning to its organizers Brian Beatty, Mark Hitchcock, and Gary Barker.“I lost my daughter to melanoma,” said Beatty. Mel
  
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• Inmates dies while serving time at Joyceville Institution

  21-08-2026 13:07 via thewhig.com
  
  A 78-year-old inmate from Joyceville Institution’s Assessment Unit has died, according to Correctional Service Canada .According to CSC, the inmate passed away on Aug. 19 while in custody of apparent natural causes.The individual’s name has not been released due to a court-ordered publication ban in order to protect the identity of the victim(s).At the time of death, the inmate was serving a six-year sentence that began on Aug. 1, 2024.The inmate’s next of kin and the coroner
  
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• Hey man, thanks: Hip legacy lives on in its hometown of Kingston

  21-08-2026 13:05 via thewhig.com
  
  The definition of a memorial is “something designed to keep the memory of a person or an important event alive,” and in this case of The Tragically Hip and its hometown of Kingston, there are many examples of both.The physical memorials for the band throughout Kingston include multiple murals, two different types of street signs, a whole section in the From Miles Around museum exhibit at City Hall, a pier named after the band’s frontman, special self-guided and guided walking
  
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• BY THE NUMBERS: Hip-story in the making: the nuts and bolts behind The Tragically Hip’s final show

  21-08-2026 13:04 via thewhig.com
  On Aug. 20, 2016, Kingston became the focal point of a nation as The Tragically Hip took the stage for a hometown concert that would be watched by millions across Canada.While fans remember the emotion of Gord Downie’s performance and the significance of the night, the show itself was also a massive production involving dozens of technicians, truckloads of equipment and a small army of workers behind the scenes.From the stage construction to the catering operations, every detail was caref
  
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• Music journalist recalls The Hip's early days making splash in Toronto

  21-08-2026 13:03 via thewhig.com
  
  It’s only to be expected that Michael Hollett would become emotional when discussing The Tragically Hip’s final concert back in 2016 and the subsequent death of frontman Gord Downie.“Even all these years after, it’s so hard losing a friend, but Gord was able to do it on his own terms and left it all on the stage in Kingston,” said Hollett, founder of North by Northeast music festival and the arts magazine NEXT. “Gord was exhausted (after the final concert). I
  
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• Long Time Running: A Tragically Hip timeline

  21-08-2026 13:03 via thewhig.com
  
  Here’s a timeline of The Tragically Hip’s 42-year trip, from high school friends to the pinnacle of Canadian music.1984: Guitarist Rob Baker and bassist Gord Sinclair – who first played together in the band Rick and Rodents while attending Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute – join up with high school friends Gord Downie (vocals) and Johnny Fay (drums) , along with saxophonist Davis Manning, to form the first lineup of The Tragically Hip. The band took its name
  
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• Downie's wardrobe was all by design

  21-08-2026 13:02 via thewhig.com
  
  While The Tragically Hip’s emotional 2016 Man Machine Poem tour cemented Gord Downie’s place in Canadian history, it also left an enduring visual legacy through the unforgettable wardrobes he wore on stage. From his distinctive hats, sharply tailored suits and well-worn boots, every piece contributed to an iconic look that became one of the defining visual symbols of the band’s final chapter and was a striking departure from his typical jeans and t-shirt look he had been known
  
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