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Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH), appeared in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Media Studio today, Monday, Apr. 11, 2022, to announce new measures and reiterate the importance of immunization, masking, and social distancing. He also faced some tough questioning and criticism from the members of the
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Napanee Town Council has voted unanimously to deny Tomlinson Group’s request for a rezoning of their property to allow for a permanent asphalt plant to be installed. The vote took place at their regular Council meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2022 (full video of the meeting can be viewed here).
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Kingstonians, like those in the rest of the province, go to the polls on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, to elect a new municipal council to lead them for the next four years. Here in Kingston, citizens can put themselves forward as candidates for one of 12 council seats or even
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Dr. Piotr Oglaza began today’s biweekly COVID-19 media conference by reminding the community that the virus is still present in our region, and that rising numbers show that the next wave of COVID may have already begun. He remained optimistic, however, that if the public continues to take precautions, like
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In the fall of 1989, the body of a South Asian man was found in the ditch alongside County Road 14, just outside Enterprise, Ontario. He was bound and gagged, and police determined that his body had been abandoned at the roadside some two weeks before he was discovered. But
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Putting a new face to an old case may help Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigators finally discover the identity of a murder victim discovered in Stone Mills Township in 1989. At a virtual media conference today, the OPP, in partnership with the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and the Office of
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Striking shelter workers at the Lennox and Addington Interval House (LAIH) have accepted and unanimously ratified the employer’s most recent offer, ending a five-month-long strike that saw them picketing through the winter’s most brutal weather. Brooke McIlvaney, one of the striking workers who has been a vocal advocate on their behalf
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Friendly Manor Nursing Home in Greater Napanee, near Deseronto, will be among three newly announced long-term care homes to be redeveloped beginning this fall. Provincial Minister of Long-Term Care Paul Calandra and Hastings-Lennox & Addington MPP Daryl Kramp visited Napanee’s Lennox and Addington County General Hospital (L&ACGH) to announce the
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As the long dreary months stretched into years of COVID-19 lockdowns and advice against gathering, many people found themselves without much connection to their fellow humans and without many of the joys of life. Enter Wendy Luella Perkins and her inclusive, uplifting meditative practice, ‘Soulful Singing,’ which promotes mindfulness, creativity,
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After having their home vandalized this past weekend, a Kingston couple said that sadly, the experience may be the breaking-point that makes them leave their beloved downtown house. Chris Walmsley and Linda Schmalz had a rude awakening at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 22, 2022, when their black lab woke
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Kingston’s Third Crossing will be newly dubbed the “Waaban Crossing” when the bridge officially opens in a public ceremony in the autumn of 2022. The new official name honours the rich Indigenous history and continued vibrancy of the Indigenous community in Kingston. In a unanimous vote Tuesday evening, Mar. 22,
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The site of the former Davis Tannery along the Great Cataraqui River is a fenced-off urban forest home to flora, fauna, and foulness. And therein lies a controversy. No Clear Cuts Kingston! (NCCK) is a concerned group of citizens who see the site as an urban forest in need of
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