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Boot camps to help businesses launch, pivot, be resilient

KINGSTON — Now’s the time for those in the food business to grow, the Kingston Economic Development Corporation said as it announced three boot camps to help entrepreneurs do just that.

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Kingston city council says no to conversion therapy delegation

KINGSTON — A local MP said he was surprised and disappointed at not being allowed to address city council ahead of a debate about conversion therapy.

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2020 'hottest year' in Kingston real estate

While many considered moving into a larger space in 2020, homeowners were not willing to let them in to look around and kept their homes off the market, leading to a banner year in local real estate, experts explained.

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Questions remain as first shipment of vaccine arrives

It wasn’t until Tuesday morning that Kingston Health Sciences Centre knew for certain that the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would be arriving, and, a few hours later, the first group of long-term care workers had been inoculated.

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CCHL can still offer 'meaningful' hockey: Commish

The Jr. A hockey league in Eastern Ontario still has options when it comes to playing this winter and spring.

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Nominations open for Kraft Hockeyville

Communities from across the country are being given a chance to cover the cost of local arena upgrades and host a National Hockey League exhibition game if they can win the 15th annual Kraft Hockeyville contest.

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A confident step into winter's evening glow for Alexandria songwriter

ALEXANDRIA — A contemporary jazz-pop artist in Alexandria is shooting for the moon with the release of her moody and ethereal new single.

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Another New Year's Eve concert

Local musicians are putting together a second multi-act concert on New Year’s Eve, giving area residents two shows to choose from.

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New Year's Eve concerts move online

It’s no ordinary year, but 2020 must be seen off nonetheless, while 2021 is welcomed in.

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Fundraiser aims to help station raise tower of (more) power

After the pandemic took hold nine months ago, residents in the Kingston area were urged to support local, and now an independent radio station is hoping listeners old and new will do the same Sunday evening.

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There’s an oxymoron in the world of craft brewing, and fans can experience in two different ways with fresh releases from a pair of breweries in London.

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Fare With A Flair: Brighten winter table with tangy citrus salad

I invariably start my weeknight dinners with a salad. Usually, it’s the leafy green variety with a simple vinaigrette.

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'Connecting the dots': Nik Sharma's The Flavor Equation delves into the science of cooking

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Cook this: Dal makhani from The Flavor Equation

'One of the things I love about dal is that regardless of the lentil or bean you cook it with, it's a blank slate for flavour,' says Nik Sharma

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Daily horoscope for Thursday, January 14, 2021

Caution! After 4 AM EST today, 1 AM PST - avoid shopping or important decisions for the rest of the day. The Moon is in Aquarius

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'It's a critical situation:' Dragon's Den star Arlene Dickinson on struggle of small business to survive the second lockdown

A 'mind-blowing' third of Ontario businesses are not expected to survive

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TikTok and TFSAs: How Gen Z and millennials are finding personal finance salvation in an unexpected place

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Weak loonie vital for Canadian trade rebound

CIBC Capital Markets' Avery Shenfeld says if Canadian dollar keeps appreciating, we'll price ourselves out of export markets needed for growth

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Finance minister warned about indebted Canadians' increasing vulnerability to higher rates before the pandemic

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Putting pressure on the opponents

Sweden’s Peter Fredin is one of the most charismatic and feared players in the bridge world. He was the subject of an autobiography written by his good friend Jeppe Juhl – “Master of Bridge Psychology: Inside the Remarkable Mind of Peter Fredin.” I reviewed this book in September of 2018 and in September of 2019 the book was awarded the International Bridge Press Association’s book-of-the-year award. Recently, Fredin displayed his skill in the semi-finals of an online competition. Take your time and look at all four hands and see if you can envision an end position where you might have a chance of success in your four-heart contract. ♠ 6 2 ♥ K Q 6 3 2 ♦ 7 5 ♣ K 10 8 7 ♠ K 10 7 5 4 ♠ J 8 3 ♥ —- ♥ A 9 7 ♦ A 10 4 3 ♦ K 9 8 2 ♣ Q J 5 3 ♣ 9 4 2 ♠ A Q 9 ♥ J 10 8 5 4 ♦ Q J 6 ♣ A 6 Fredin opened the South hand one heart and West overcalled one spade. North-South soon arrived in four hearts. West opted for as much safety as his hand allowed by leading the queen of clubs. It appeared that Fredin’s contract depended on the spade finesse, destined for failure because of the spade overcall. But as Yogi Berra famously said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” Fredin won the opening lead with the ace and advanced the ten of hearts. This elicited a low diamond from West (presumably encouraging in their methods). East won the ace of hearts and shifted to the jack of spades. Recognizing that the finesse would probably fail, Fredin still had no choice but to try the queen. West did indeed win the king. He could have scuttled the contract immediately with ace and another diamond. But that could be definitely the wrong play if Fredin held the king. Notice that if he had led a spade at this stage, Fredin would be offered a free finesse and one of his diamond losers would disappear. Again West opted for safety and exited with a club. Eschewing the finesse (which would do him no good), Fredin rose with the king, trumped a club in hand, crossed back to dummy with a trump, and ruffed the last club in hand. His plan now was to run all his hearts and hope that the opponents had difficulty with their discards in the end position. With one heart left to be played, this was the position: ♠ 6 ♥ 2 ♦ 7 5 ♣ —- ♠ 10 7 ♠ 8 ♥ —- ♥ —- ♦ A 10 ♦ K 9 8 ♣ —- ♣ —- ♠ A 9 ♥ —- ♦ Q J ♣ —- When the two of hearts was led, East had no problem, discarding the eight of diamonds. Fredin ditched the jack of diamonds. The spotlight was on West. He had only one safe discard – the ace of diamonds. If he discarded a spade, Fredin would score two spade tricks. When he discarded the ten of diamonds, Fredin read the end position perfectly, leading a diamond from dummy, end playing West with the ace to lead away from the ten of spades into Fredin’s tenace position. Once again, Fredin’s application of pressure on the opponents and his instinct for the game led to a successful conclusion.

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Profoundly life-affirming pets

Reaching out to arrange a gift for someone who serves, I asked if they were okay and like many Canadians, they’d endured horrid hits last year, having suffered losses of several loved ones. Bearing witness to their troubles certainly surmounted mine; a series of hits that concluded with their old dog’s death. At which point I exclaimed, “You don’t have pets now either?”

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Funny Side Up: What can the Swedes teach us about liking winter?

Winter – which starts with the same letter as white-out – is coming. I thought I would write an uplifting article on how we should, rather than head for the proverbial hills, embrace the Big W. (This is where I choked. Now, to what I ended up writing…)

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The Virtual Branch is always open

While Belleville Public Library remains closed to the public due to the Provincial emergency orders, pickup and drop-off service continues. Pick-up hours remain the same at Mon-Thurs, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Fri-Sat 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Remember our Virtual Branch is always open for your reading, watching, and learning needs.

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Navigating the road out of political hell

The road to hell is paved by enablers.

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The first addition to the Corvette family is allegedly codenamed 'Project R'

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