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Editorial note: The following is a submitted Letter to the Editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. For the past two years, we have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. There is another epidemic occurring, however. Workplace overwork and burnout is now a major
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Just in time for the predicted heaviest snowfall of the season, a selected few are moving into newly-constructed cabins on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. With the help of volunteers and sponsors, the team at Our Livable Solutions has worked to create functional and comfortable living spaces. Ten individuals will soon
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After a terrifying incident on January 6, 2022, which prompted Kingston Police to seek public assistance to identify a vehicle and driver accused of dangerous driving, two victims of an alleged racially-motivated attack are sharing their story. Due to the sensitive nature of the subject, the two Queen’s University Ph.D.
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The Limestone District School Board is currently putting together a letter outlining added Public Health measures that will provide necessary extra layers of support to ensure safe school communities. At the regular Limestone District School Board (LDSB) meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, a motion was passed directing Board Chair
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This article is written by Badriyya Yusuf, a PhD Candidate/Researcher in International Relations at Queen’s University, Ontario, and originally published by The Conversation. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. Few people would consider airports to be arenas of power plays among nations. But the
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Director of Education Krishna Burra of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) held a brief press conference online Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, to discuss the return to in-person learning on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. “We are certainly looking forward to welcoming students back to schools early next week,” said Burra,
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The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region has recorded two further deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of local deaths from the virus to 25 as of Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. According to provincial data, the newly deceased are a male in his 80s, diagnosed late last
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Following the winter break and as part of school board responses to the pandemic, schools have returned to online learning since Wednesday, Jan. 5 and will continue to do so until Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. This time around, the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) decided to move away from Google
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The following is a submitted Op/Ed, with an explanatory foreword by the author, followed by excerpts from an interview between the author, a Queen’s University Professor, and some of her students. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. While it may be willful thinking that
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Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 3 unit of the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site after two patients and two staff members tested positive for the virus. The Kidd 6 and Davies 5 units remain in outbreak status with no admissions or visitors
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Additional services for those with worsening COVID-19 symptoms will now be available through the Beechgrove Assessment Centre in Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced today. A result of the high levels of COVID-19 cases “continuing to be observed in the community as a result of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant,”
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The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region has recorded another death due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of local deaths from the virus to 23. According to provincial data, the deceased was a male in his 60s. Contact tracing has not been able to determine the method of transmission
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