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Kingston Circus Arts, a circus arts performance and teaching organization, is struggling greatly due to the pandemic and the second lockdown imposed by the Ontario government. Erin Ball, who founded of Kingston Circus Arts (KCA) in 2015, strives to welcome and teach as many people as possible in KCA’s access-centered
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While wearing masks may be an uncomfortable annoyance for the majority of the population, there are those who experience much more significant problems due to this particular pandemic protocol. Chelsea Prust, a 25-year-old woman raising a two and a half year old, finds it very difficult to function in public
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The global fundraising platform GoFundMe released its annual Year in Giving Report on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Kingston has ranked third ‘most generous city’ in Canada for the year, based on donations per capita. “Kingston continues to prove its generosity, from helping a local music scene legend fight terminal bone
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Two Kingston residents have raised $1,500 for lumber and building supplies for the campers at Belle Park, despite the looming deadline for their occupancy of Friday, Jul. 31. Tabassum Pasha and Christina Zheng, both fourth-year commerce students at Queen’s University, met their fundraising goal on GoFundMe.com in just under three
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A 20 year-old Kingston man who was reported missing on June 27, 2020, has been found sadly deceased. Police located the body of Jaykumar Shaileshbhai Bhikhabhai Patel in Lake Ontario on Wednesday, July 1, at Battery Park in Kingston. Jaykumar came to Kingston in September 2018 as an International student,
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When Maleeha Ghani, a bartender and server at Le Chien Noir, was laid off due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, some conversations she had with her colleagues hit her hard. “I had a few conversations with coworkers from the kitchen and front of house that were heartbreaking. In this industry,
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As the situation concerning the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 continues to affect the day-to-day lives of Kingstonians, many are looking for ways to help out their fellow residents in the community. With the government and health care authorities urging social distancing, it can be difficult to find ways for the
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Sports therapists are the backbone of every team and Ryan Bennett has been in that role for a number of local teams, helping many athletes over the years. Now, he needs the help of the community. Bennett was the last therapist for the Belleville Bulls, who moved to Hamilton following
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A family with three young children and another child on the way has been left homeless following a house fire on the afternoon of Sunday, December 1, 2019. Kingston Fire & Rescue responded to the 3000 block of Highway 2, near Grass Creek Park, after receiving reports of a fully
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After losing all of their physical possessions in a devastating house fire, a local family’s GoFundMe exceeded the $5,000 fundraising goal in under two days. While the McGillivray family was insured and stated that “the insurers have been great thus far,” parents Damie and Ben said “the costs of replacing
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