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City will not ask Belle Park camp occupants to move on Friday

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Artillery Park, Belle Park, Belle Park homeless encampment, bylaw enforcement, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City Council, City of Kingston, homeless camp being relocated, homelessness, homelessness in Kingston, housing and homelessness, housing crisis, Integrated Care Hub, Mayor Bryan Paterson

City of Kingston CAO Lanie Hurdle has decided to cancel further bylaw enforcement at Belle Park on Friday Jul. 31,

City and Public Health offer mobile testing clinic at Belle Park

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Belle Park, City of Kingston, COVID-19 testing, eviction, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homeless camp being relocated, infectious disease, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), testing

Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health and the City of Kingston facilitated a mobile health and services clinic

Finding a home a struggle for those with support animals

May 25, 2020May 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Belle Park, Chrystal Wilson, City of Kingston, dog, emotional support animals, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homeless camp being relocated, homelessness, Kingston, pot belly pig, support animals, Tom Greening

A woman, her daughter and their two emotional support animals say they are struggling to find housing that can accommodate