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The Class Order pursuant to Section 22 of the Ontario Health Protection and Promotion Act, 1990 originally issued on March 13, 2021 to curb celebrations for St. Patrick’s Day has been extended until April 30, 2021 Earlier today, Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2021, Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health at
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Just 24 hours after announcing his new role within the Provincial NDP caucus, Kingston and the Islands MPP Ian Arthur said he’s been flooded with inquiries. Arthur was appointed the critic portfolio for Small Business Recovery & Opening Main Street on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, a position where answers are
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Kingston’s Real Estate market continued to aggressively favour sellers in the final months of 2020. According to an analysis published in December 2020 by the real estate brokerage Zoocasa, Kingston had an 87 per cent Sales-to-New-Listings ratio (SNLR) in October of last year. That’s up from 68 per cent in
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On Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a provincewide lockdown to get COVID-19 transmission under control. This article contains comprehensive sector-specific details from the province, but has been abbreviated. Full details can be found here. Lockdown length The lockdown starts on Saturday, Dec. 26 2020. In 27
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Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said local politicians could lobby the province to reduce the COVID-19 lockdown in the area to 14 days. “I would support our politicians, if they were to lobby for us to have a two-week lockdown period,” he said on Tuesday, Dec. 22,
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The Provincial government has announced that the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region will move into the Orange-Restrict level of COVID-19 safety measures on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said he was still waiting to hear more from the provincial
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A Kingston mother is sharing her concerns after learning that her daughter is sitting three students to a seat on her daily school bus ride. “She is an only child, and the other two girls weren’t related to each other. So, one bus seat was being used by three different
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has released a statement today, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, to ensure everyone is aware of how they are supporting efforts to limit transmission of COVID-19. Frontline OPP members will be enforcing provisions of the Reopening Ontario Act (A Flexible Response to COVID-19; ROA), 2020 and will
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