Winter Blah Remedy

Now that the holiday season is over and the snow and cold is no longer festive it can sometimes be a struggle to enjoy the remains of the winter. Luckily for those in Kingston FebFest is a welcome opportunity to embrace winter again. .

FebFest has been growing steadily in Kingston for the last few years drawing larger and larger crowds. For FebFest 2010 events will run for a week, starting Monday Feb. 1st with this finishing up on Sunday Feb 7th.

Hockey and skating are the main highlights of the Festival with the OHL all-star classic, Stanley Cup display, free skates and the ice show Imagination on Ice with Elvis Stojko.
However there are many other activities such as a snow sculpture competition and the Flying Canucks that make it a great time for even the non-hockey crowd.

More information can be found here

For out-of-towners I found a getaway package just for Febfest - check it out >>

Grand Prize Winners

As I mentioned earlier the Kingston Photo Contest has been wrapped up and the grand prize winners have been decided. Deliberation was tricky because so many entries were amazing. The winners had dynamic shots of the city from perspectives not normally seen.

Congratulations to:

Jim Vance – “Summerhill” winner of the Best Western grand prize which includes:

One night’s accommodation in a Fantasy Suite at the Best Western Fireside Inn
Includes Champagne, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and Welcome Basket
Kingston toque
Coffee Mug
Lip Balm
Kingston Photo Book


Shawn Gillis – “Confederation Basin from a Cesna” winner of the Hochelaga Inn grand prize which includes:

One night’s accommodation at the Hochelaga Inn
2 X $50.00 Gift Certificates to Atomica Gourmet Pizza & Wine Bar
Kingston toque
Coffee Mug
Lip Balm
Kingston Photo Book


Paul Wash – “Kingston City Hall and Visitor Information Centre” winner of the Four Points by Sheraton grand prize which includes:

One night’s accommodation at the Four Points by Sheraton Kingston
1 $25.00 Gift Certificate to the King Street Sizzle
Kingston toque
Coffee Mug
Lip Balm
Kingston Photo Book

Weekly Winners

The Kingston Photo Contest came to a close a few weeks ago and all the entries have been processed and reviewed. There were a lot of great entries with beautiful pictures of Kingston through all seasons, fun group shots and lots of fantastic scenery imagery as well.

For each week of the contest weekly winners were decided and the following were our winners:

Week one winner: Cyndy Gibson – “Little Girl with Santa”
Week two winner: Alicia Spenser – “Friends in Front of City Hall”
Week three winner: Jerome Simon – “Harbour View”

Each winner received a great prize pack which included:
Prize Packs include
Kingston toque
Coffee Mug
Lip Balm
Kingston Photo Book
$20 Gift Certificate to King Street Sizzle or 2 One-Day Kayak Rentals from Ahoy Rentals (Valid through September 2010)

Courtesy of the Kingston Accommodation Partners and the prize sponsors.