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Weekend Spotlight: Five things to do in Kingston area this weekend

βœ‡The Kingston Whig-Standard
The Whig-Standard
Saturday, 1-9 p.m., at Lake Ontario Park, 920 King St. W.: Fireworks, stage shows, community corridor, food trucks, bouncy castles and so much more. Daytime activities run from 1-6 p.m. Evening activities from 6-9:30 p.m., followed by a fireworks finale. ATM on site. Utilities Kingston Water Buggy on site, so don’t forget refillable water bottles. Only accessible parking on-site β€” park across the street in the St. Lawrence College parking lot and conveniently pay with the Honk app. For more details, check out cityofkingston.ca/residents/city-calendar-events/feature-events/victoria-day. Read More

Canadian Ingenuity: Artist captured β€˜beauty and hardness’ of Arctic life

βœ‡The Kingston Whig-Standard
Susanna McLeod
The artist won the hearts and confidence of the Indigenous people living at Eskimo Point in the Northwest Territories (now Arviat, Nunavut). In the mid-1900s, Winifred Petchey Marsh recorded the activities, the landscapes and daily lives in watercolours. Living in the North with her pastor husband for over 40 years, the family home transformed into a community hub. Petchey Marsh paintings depicted Indigenous culture before their northern ways were lost to modern society. Read More
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