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Childcare announcement spurs quick response from providers

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments childcare, childcare centres, COVID-19, Ford Government, Government of Ontario, Kingston, Limestone District School Board, Ontario, pandemic, Phase 2, physical distancing, provincial framework for reopening, YMCA of Eastern Ontario

Childcare centres in Kingston are working to make fast finalizations to their reopening plans after yesterday’s announcement from the province

Education News Politics

ETFO announces further strike action impacting LDSB schools

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments elementary school strikes, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), escalated rotating strikes, Ford Government, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, one-day province-wide strike, provincial government, rotating strikes, Same Hammond, teachers strike

As parents and students in the local public school board prepare for two days without school this week, the Elementary

Education News Politics

ETFO Limestone educators plan united front for one-day strike

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments class sizes, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ford Government, Jane Roberts, Kindergarten, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Limestone local, Ministry Lecce, one day strike, picketing, rotating strikes

As the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) continue rotating one-day strikes, those with the ETFO Limestone local are planning

Education News Politics

ETFO to ‘escalate’ rotating strikes if central agreements not reached

January 27, 2020February 3, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), escalated rotating strikes, Ford Government, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, one-day province-wide strike, Ontario, provincial government, rotating strikes, Sam Hammond

Update (Monday, Feb. 3, 2019): According to the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the union is escalating its provincial

Campus Community News

CFRC responds to quashed ‘Student Choice Initiative’

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments $50000 loss, ancillory fees, campus clubs, campus radio, CFRC 101.9fm, CFRC Radio, Dinah Jansen, Ford Government, fundraising campaign, Kingston, mandatory fees, music, Ontario, provincial government, Queen's University, student associations, Student Choice Initiative, student fees

While the Ontario Divisional Court overturned the ‘Student Choice Initiative’ that allowed students to opt out of some student fees

Campus Education News

Local program donates tuition cuts to those affected by OSAP reductions

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments Associate University Registrar, bursary, charity, Ford Government, Ontario government, OSAP, Queen's General Bursary, Queen's University, Students for Students, Teresa Alm, tuition fees

When the Ontario government offered a 10 per cent tuition cut to postsecondary students, Queen’s Student Aimee McCurdy said

Health News Politics

Board of Health issues statement on Ontario government’s plans to restructure public health

April 26, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Board of Health, Denis Doyle, Ford Government, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health, Medical Officer of Health, Ontario government, Public Health, restructuring of public health

The Kington, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington (KFL&A) Board of Health has issued the following statement outlining its concerns about

Community News Politics

Kingston legal clinic warns that cuts to Legal Aid funding could impact local community services

April 17, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments $133 million, 29 per cent recution in funding, budget cuts, Ford Government, funding cuts, Kingston, Kingston Community Legal Clinic, legal advice, Legal Aid Ontario, local services, low-income residents, non-profit, Ontario government, provincial budget

A Kingston legal clinic is voicing concern in response to the provincial budget released on Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019.

Community Education News Politics

Students walk out in protest of cuts and changes to education

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Autism programming, cuts to arts programming, cuts to education, cuts to funding, demonstration, elementary school, Ford Government, Frontenac Secondary School, high school, Holy Cross, Ian Arthur, increased class sizes, Jimmy Hassan, Kingston, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), mandatory online classes, Mark Gerretsen, protest, Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School, secondary school, student walkout, students, Sydenham High School, Welborne

Hundreds of students could be seen throughout the city and county today as they walked out of school and voiced

Campus Education News Politics

Students protest Ford government changes to student loans, fee payments and tuition

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Craig Berggold, Ford Government, Kingston, local 901 of Public Service Alliance of Canada, Ontario, OSAP, protest, provincial government, Queen's University, student fees, student unions, students, tuition fees

Despite the cold temperatures that kept school buses off the roads on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, approximately 200 Queen’s University

What is the Nothwithstanding Clause?

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Brandon Tozzo 0 Comments Andrea Horwath, Brandon Tozzo, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Doug Ford, Ford Government, Government of Ontario, Kingston, Notwithstanding clause, Ontario, Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park, Section 33, Toronto City Council

Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1982 (or the Notwithstanding Clause) gives parliament, at either the

Environment News Politics

MPP Ian Arthur eager to take on new role as environment and sustainability critic

August 27, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments agriculture, Andrea Horwath, Chez Piggy, climate change, Doug Ford, emails, Environment and Sustainability Critic, farming, Ford Government, green economy, Ian Arthur, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, mandate letters, MPP Ian Arthur, NDP, official opposition, Official Statement, Ontario Conservatives, Ontario NDP

Kingston and the Islands’ MPP Ian Arthur will certainly be busy in Queen’s Park having recently been appointed the environment

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