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As the calendar turned over from one year to the next, it’s safe to say that we all were ready for a fresh new start. However, little Francis Clyde James “CJ” Laws can lay claim to the freshest start of all for 2021, as the first baby of the new
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A community-support initiative for the holidays led by Greater Napanee Emergency Services (GNES) inspired many in the area to pay it forward this December. The firefighters organize a holiday toy drive annually, but this year in particular stood out as a community success. “We provided almost 70 children with toys
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KFL&A Public Health has notified the Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (ALCDSB) that one individual at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School has tested positive for COVID-19. Families with students at the school received an email message confirming the positive case on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. “We recognize that
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Confederation Park was the gathering place for hundreds of Kingstonians on the afternoon of Saturday, Jun. 6 2020 for the second large-scale rally this week in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and to denounce racism. At noon, the rally opened with statements from the organizers, speaking to an
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This week, April 19-25, is celebrated across Canada and around the world as National Volunteer Week. It’s estimated that across Canada, around 12.7 million people are active volunteers. Karla Weber, current President of the Kingston & Area Association of Administrators of Volunteers (KAAAV), notes that volunteerism is a key underpinning
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Over the course of the first four weeks of social distancing protocols, Kingston has experienced significant strains on services and resources that provide support to marginalized families and individuals. The need for food banks as a main source of sustenance has skyrocketed, while donations have dropped. However, Kingstonians are rising
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By the calendar, Ramadan is set to begin this year on Thursday, Apr. 23. On a typical year, the beginning of Ramadan would also mark the kick off an international campaign of locally-based charitable giving by an organization called Give 30. The Muslim community in Kingston is an active part
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He’s not a front-line health care worker, but Jack Moussaoui, owner of Town and Country Painting and Construction, has found a way to support the function of Kingston hospitals in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Moussaoui is donating approximately 1,000 N95 face masks to the Kingston Health Sciences Centre,
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A determined group of sewing friends has a plan to keep Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s supply of face masks plentiful, and they’re inviting the community to help. Romney Pierog is a front-line nurse in KGH’s cardiac sciences unit, and in her spare time, she sews, but not for herself. “It
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Every year in March, as the angle of the sun starts to show a hint of warmth, the songbirds start to show up on our lawns, and the last reluctant piles of “snirt” finally melt and disappear, many of us feel a strong yearning to dust off our gloves and
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Sunday, February 9th marked the fourth day of protests and rallies in the Kingston area, with local Indigenous and non-Indigenous people publicly demonstrating solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people in British Columbia. Despite a court-ordered injunction, train delays and cancellations continued along the Toronto-Ottawa routes, with protests near Belleville preventing trains
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This afternoon, led by the Islamic Society of Kingston and organized by the Kingston Interfaith Community, hundreds of Kingstonians gathered at Confederation Park to hold a solemn vigil. Representatives from 10 different religious traditions joined elected officials, sharing the common ground of their beliefs and mourning the deadly attack on
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