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Details from the LDSB on the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year

August 14, 2020August 18, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments busing, COVID-19, COVID-19 response funding, custodial staff, dedicated online teachers, Dr. Kieran Moore, hand hygiene, health and safety training, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Krishna Burra, Limestone District School Board, mental health funding, Minister Stephen Lecce, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, online learning, personal protective equipment (PPE), physical distancing, remote learning, return to school, School Board Meetings, social distancing, special education, staffing restrictions, supervision staff, transportation, virtual learning

Following a special meeting of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, The Kingstonist interviewed Board

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City: Residents without doctors urged to register with Health Care Connect

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments access to doctors, City of Kingston, family doctor, family healthcare teams, family physicians, Health Care Connect, health care teams, Kingston, Kingston Area Health Care Taskforce, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), Ministry of Health, more doctors, Ontario government, personal physician, physician recruitment strategy, provincial government

Right now, people are thinking about their health a lot more than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but what

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Kingston Health Coalition sounds alarm on long-term care worker crisis

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Tommy Vallier 1 Comment care for the elderly, healthcare, Kingston, kingston health coaltion, long term care, Matthew Gventer, Ministry of Health, ontario health coalition, PSW shortage, PSWs, Rideaucrest, United Food & Commercial Workers, United Steelworkers Union

The Kingston Health Coalition is raising the alarm alongside its provincial counterpart in asking the province to change funding levels,

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‘Low risk’ for novel coronavirus in community, public health officials say

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, China, coronavirus, Dr. Hugh Guan, Hubei Province, influenza, influenza vaccines, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), local health unit, Ministry of Health, Queen's ARC, Queen's University, SARS, virus, Wuhan

Although there are two cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus in Canada – one confirmed and one presumptive – Kingston,