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A video taken Friday, Apr. 30, 2021: The screen shows my friend, a slightly older girl I looked up to in my preteens — sweet, vivacious and oh so cool. But here she is pale, her skin somehow stretched thin, an oxygen tube in her nose, as she lay in
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On Monday, May 3, 2021, both Pan Chancho Bakery & Cafe and their sister restaurant Chez Piggy closed voluntarily after a staff member at the bakery tested positive for COVID-19. “Last evening we received word that one of our overnight staff received a positive COVID-19 test,” read a post on
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Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health, confirmed on Monday, Apr. 26, 2021 that a COVID-19 positive case travelled on multiple Kingston Transit bus routes. According to Public Health, the case travelled on the following routes, dates and times: Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021: Route 7 –
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Unable to contact all customers who may have been exposed, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has publicly confirmed a COVID-19 positive case at the Walmart Supercentre. Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health, confirmed the case on Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021 in a
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A positive case of COVID-19 has been identified by KFL&A Public Health in a patron who visited Coco Frutti on Gardiners Road in Kingston’s west end. KFL&A Public Health recommends that individuals who attended Coco Frutti at 768 Gardiners Road, on Friday, Mar. 19, 2021, between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. self-monitor
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A positive case of COVID-19 has been identified by KFL&A Public Health in a patron at the Lone Star Texas Grill in downtown Kingston, according to a release from Public Health, dated Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021. KFL&A Public Health recommends that individuals who attended Lone Star Texas Grill Restaurant on Saturday, March
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A positive case of COVID-19 has been identified by KFL&A Public Health at the Miss Bao Restaurant in downtown Kingston. KFL&A Public Health recommends that individuals who attended Miss Bao Restaurant on Saturday, Mar. 13, 2021, between 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. Anyone who develops symptoms should isolate
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In its latest update on COVID-19 cases within its institutions, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced a case amongst inmates at Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ont. Updated on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, CSC’s online COVID-19 inmate and case summary overview lists one inmate case of COVID-19 at the maximum
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Limestone District School Board (LSDB) has reported one case of COVID-19 at École Sir John A. Macdonald Public School. According to the school board, KFL&A Public Health has been notified that one student at the school tested positive for COVID-19 today, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. “It has been determined that this
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The owners of Omega Fit Club at 767 Bayridge Drive said they have been notified of a COVID-19 case among their patrons. “We have been informed by Public Health that one of our members has tested positive for COVID-19,” said a statement on the gym’s Facebook page. “This member attended
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The Lowe’s location in Kingston’s west end is urging recent customers to monitor their symptoms after confirming that a staff member there tested positive for COVID-19. According to Lowe’s Canada, the company was informed of the positive case among its staff at the 1035 Gardiners Road location on Wednesday, Dec.
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Limestone District School Board (LDSB) has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 at local schools over the past week, but says there is no risk to the public. LDSB reported a student had tested positive at Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI) on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. They reported a student
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