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City looking to open Artillery Park as a drop-in day-service centre

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, Artillery Park, Belle Park, Belle Park homeless encampment, camping, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City Council, City of Kingston, drop-in centre, Home Base Housing, homelessness, Kingston, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), shelters, Street Health

In sharing some information on the Belle Park encampment updates in advance of the special City Council meeting scheduled for

KFHC addresses concerns over Bagot Street social housing building

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 381 Bagot Street, Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, bear spray, City of Kingston, COVID-19, deceased fetus, Home Base Housing, Kingston, Kingston and Frontenac Housing Corporation, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Kingston Police, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, pandemic, people living in stairwells, police issues, robbery, secure building, security, seniors building, social housing, Social Housing Registry, squatters, stabbing, Street Health, Town Homes Kingston

As we’ve reported in the past, the Kingston and Frontenac Housing Corporation (KFHC) building at 381 Bagot Street has been

Hall Monitor: Carrying camp

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, Belle Park, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City Council, City of Kingston, Douglas Fluhrer Park, eviction, eviction date, Extension of eviction date, Gardiners Road, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homelessness in Kingston, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Loyalist Township, mural wall, paving, public art, public art wall, recycling

Kingston City Council sat for meeting 18-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, sitting in its virtual format. Though council

Community Opinion

Eviction, empathy, and engagement: The complex case of Belle Park

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Robert Kiley 0 Comments access to health care, access to water, Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, addictions, Belle Park, City of Kingston, Department of Housing and Social Services, Eight principles for homeless encampments, eviction, harm reduction, homeless camp, homeless encampment, homlessness, human rights, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada, Robert Kiley, United Nations (UN)

A new encampment with many needs I received my first tip about the Belle Park encampment approximately three weeks ago

AMHS-KFLA and CMHA Kingston discussing formal integration

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, addictions, AMHS-KFLA, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), formal partnership, integration, Karen Berti, Kingston, mental health, Sherry Lachine

The Kingston Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA Kingston) and Addictions and Mental Health Services – Kingston, Frontenac,

Addiction and Mental Health Services offering support to the community

September 13, 2019 Tori Stafford 2 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, crisis line, depression, downtown Kingston, fatal stabbing, Kingston, Kingston Police, PTSD, stabbing, trauma, witness support

Everyone reacts and deals with tragic events in their own way, and Addiction and Mental Health Services (AMHS) of Kingston,

Oakridge Ave. to play Holiday Rock Show tomorrow at Stages

December 19, 2018 Chris Morris 0 Comments Addiction and Mental Heath Services KFLA, Alex Amey, charity, Dawn House, Harrision Stewart-Juby, holiday rock show, Ian Blurton, Kingston, live music, Martha's Table, Oakridge Ave, Sean Patterson, Stages

The annual Kingston Holiday Rock Show, this Thursday at Stages, is a benefit show that has been running for