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Chief Medical Officer encourages community kindness and shares COVID-19 data

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments chief medical officer, community kindness, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 update, data analysis, healthcare workers, ICU, KFL&A Public Health

In a press conference, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore encouraged community kindness, and provided information about the patient in

Frontline workers petitioning to keep free parking at hospitals during pandemic

June 17, 2020June 18, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments CAO Lanie Hurdle, City of Kingston, Commissioner Sheila Kidd, COVID-19, doctors, frontline healthcare workers, healthcare workers, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), nurses, on-street parking, pandemic, parking, parking fees, parking garage, parking lot, parking rates, petition, Sascha Davis, unit clerk, use of parking spaces

Sascha Davis had never had to pay for parking at her job in her life… That is, until she started

KHSC doctor clarifies hospital masking policy

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Gerald Evans, face masks, healthcare workers, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), pandemic, patients, universal masking policy, virus, visitors

A doctor from Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has stepped forward to explain the hospital’s universal masking policy for patients,

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Street Ballerina Performance Art Project says thank you to frontline workers

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Jessica Foley 2 Comments Annette Willis, art project, ballerinas, Ballet, Chasing Lightning Bugs Studio, COVID-19, dance, dancers, essential workers, frontline healthcare workers, healthcare workers, Kingston, Mark Aiden Bergin, pandemic, photography, posters, St. Lawrence College, Street Ballerina Performance Art Project, thank you

Mark Aiden Bergin is the creative force behind the Street Ballerina Performance Art Project. He is a local dance, theatre

Long-term care home testing finds no new cases of COVID-19 in KFL&A

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, emergency childcare centres, essential workers, healthcare workers, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), long-term care home, no cases detected, pandemic, surveillance testing

The long-term care home COVID-19 surveillance testing in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region is now complete, according

The clarity and hope of COVID-19

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Robert Kiley 1 Comment 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, clarity, connecting, coronavirus, corporations, COVID-19, governments, greed, healthcare, healthcare workers, hoarding, hope, humanity, inspiration, isolation, Kingston, life planning, living wage, municipal government, pandemic, Robert Kiley, self-isolation, the envrionment, unions, vaccines

It has been almost three months since I wrote a column for the local press. Between balancing my day job