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Environment Canada has issued a Wind Warning for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee, Consecon, Picton, and Sandbanks Park.Strong winds are expected throughout the day on Wednesday. Environment Canada is forecasting strong winds, with gusts up to 90 km/h, beginning on Wednesday afternoon and through to Wednesday night. The national weather
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In response to what Ontario Premier Doug Ford categorized as “an alarming increase” in COVID-19 hospitalizations, the Ontario government is temporarily moving the province into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen, with some modifications. “These time-limited measures will help blunt transmission and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed as the
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Amid a record number of COVID-19 cases in the region and new restrictions intended to curb transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the next three Kingston Frontenacs games have been cancelled. “Due to League Covid-19 protocols affecting the Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) has announced that their
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Kingston Police have warned that they are currently receiving multiple complaints of an active phishing scam from fraudsters pretending to be associated with the retail store Costco. “Complainants are receiving text messages that indicate an annual rebate is ready to be deposited and requests they select their bank from a
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The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region recorded six deaths due to COVID-19 over the Christmas weekend (Dec. 25 to 27), KFL&A Public Health confirmed on Monday afternoon. The record number of deaths in such a brief time period comes even as the total number of active cases decreased
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A group of about two dozen people describing themselves as being “anti-mask and anti-vaccine mandate” delivered a “cease and desist” package to Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health offices on Thursday afternoon. Three Kingston Police officers were on scene to monitor the group. The attendees, led by Daniel
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Street parties in the University District in September and October ran up a soberingly large bill for policing, bylaw and cleanup costs. Kingston Police Chief Antje McNeely noted that the Kingston Police Force costs, which included policing on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for those two months, totalled $437,537.09. “Additionally,” Chief
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The COVID-19 outbreak at Queen’s University continues to swell, with another 193 cases confirmed so far for the week of Dec. 13 to Dec. 19. Those cases comprise about 55 per cent of the 347 cases confirmed so far this week in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region. With
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The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region has recorded another death due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of local deaths from the virus to 16. According to provincial data, the deceased was a female in her 80s. Contact tracing was not able to determine the method of transmission for
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Update (Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 at 9:55 a.m.) Further to the response provided by Queen’s University regarding the assertion made by Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, that the 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship (hosted in Kingston by Queen’s University from November 24 to 28, 2021)
Read more The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region has recorded another death due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of local deaths from the virus to 15. According to provincial data, the deceased was a female in her 80s. The method of transmission in this case has been determined to be
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Queen’s University says that due to COVID-19, it is discontinuing in-person exams, effective immediately. “Due to concerns with the rising cases of COVID-19 within our student population, and in consultation with KFL&A Public Health, Queen’s University is discontinuing in-person exams in Kingston effective immediately,” the University said in a release.
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