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Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Kidd 7 unit of the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site. A total of three COVID-19 positive patients are on the unit at this time, KHSC reported. As a result, Kidd 7 is closed to visitors and admissions until
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Update (Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.):Kingston Police are expressing their gratitude to the public after Larissa Chartrand, previously reported missing, was located safely in Kingston. Chartrand was located the same day Kingston Police issued a press release regarding the 27-year-old’s disappearance. Original article: Kingston Police have released the
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Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is requesting community support and action as the hospitals it oversees here in Kingston weather a storm brought about by multiple factors. KHSC, the health care organization that oversees the operations of Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), and the Cancer Centre of
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A local man has been arrested following a scuffle and an argument that led to a serious assault in a busy outdoor area of downtown Kingston. The incident occurred on Sunday, Apr. 3, 2022, when the now-charged suspect and the victim, “engaged in an altercation,” in the area of Division
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With St. Patrick’s Day historically bringing multiple days of large parties and revelry to Kingston — particularly in the University District and downtown core — the organization overseeing the city’s hospitals is requesting party-goers exercise caution as March 17 approaches. Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), the region’s largest acute care
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With Christmas drawing nearer and the weather getting colder, one Kingston business owner is embracing the spirit of giving, while also helping to address the needs of the community. On Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, Jimmy Hassan, owner of the Pizza Pizza location at 277 Bath Road, was joined by Ted
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A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-146 Griffon helicopter landed at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC)’s Kingston General Hospital (KGH) helipad today, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, as part of Operation HOHOHO, an annual event that brings holiday cheer to the hospital’s young patients and their families. With the help of
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Over six weeks after 136 Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) employees were placed on unpaid leave after refusing to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, just under 30 per cent of those employees remain on unpaid leave. Over 50 of the employees initially placed on leave on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021
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Former Kingston Mayor, Isabel Turner, has died at the of 85, lovingly surrounded by her family at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. The spirited and witty former mayor hadn’t been feeling well last month and was taken to hospital by ambulance two weeks
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Over the weekend, Kingstonians continued to grapple with the consequences of surprise flooding in several areas of the city on Saturday morning. Environment Canada had issued a Special Weather Statement, advising of a possibility of heavy, but not unheard of, rainfall in the region. A combination of this heavy rain
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Update (Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 at 3:22 p.m.): The Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed that the spraying arm of a tractor pierced through the Wolfe Island shuttle bus in an accident that is currently under investigation. The arm of the tractor went through the front windshield of the bus on
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A pervasive sense of gratitude for the work of Kingston health services employees prompted a group of local artists to give back in the best way they know how; through their art. As ICUs in the GTA buckled under the third wave of the COVID-19Pandemic, the nine resident artists in
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