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Four major Ontario teachers’ unions taking legal action against provincial government

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Association des enseignantes et des enseignants frano-ontariens, coronavirus, COVID-19, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), formal appeals, health and safety, Kingston, Minister Stephen Lecce, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Ontario, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), physical distancing, Premier Doug Ford, Return to School Plan, safety measures

The four largest teacher and education worker unions in the province is filing formal appeals with the Ontario Labour Relations

Campus Education News

Queen’s addresses tuition costs during remote course delivery

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments cleaning, coronavirus, COVID-19, emergency bursaries, information technology costs, online classes, online learning, personal protective equipment (PPE), physical distancing, post-secondary students, Provost Mark Green, Public Health, Queen's University, remote classes, remote course delivery, remote learning, sanitization, teaching related expenses, tuition, tuition costs

For the past few months, thousands of students across Ontario have taken to social media, expressing confusion over why tuition

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

City of Kingston addresses cleaning costs for former Fairfield Manor sites

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments City of Kingston, cleaning costs, cleaning guidelines, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fairfield Manor East, Fairfield Manor West, In From the Cold, Infection prevention, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Physical Distancing Shelter, Kingston Self-Isolation Centre, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), shelter spaces

At their meeting held Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2020, Kingston City Council received a report for information that outlined the cleaning

Health News Opinion

Arthur: Nothing less than transparency and accountability in long-term care

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments Canadian Armed Forces, changes to long-term care, Chartwell Retirement Residences, COVID-19, funding for long-term care, independent commission, judicial inquiry, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, long-term care, Merrilee Fullerton, Mike Harris, Ministry of Long-Term Care, MPP Ian Arthur, neglect, Ontario Legislature, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), Premier Doug Ford, private long-term care, public inquiry, transparency

The following is a submitted Op/Ed piece. The views and opinions expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect those

Masks now mandatory in indoor public settings in KFL&A

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Bryan Paterson, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, face masks, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), masks, outbreak, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), Public Health

Kingston’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore has issued a public health order making masks mandatory inside any indoor public

Fort Henry, Upper Canada Village, set to reopen

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, Fort Henry, historic site, history, Kingston, Morrisburg, opening, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), St. Lawrence Parks Commission, tourism, tourists, Upper Canada Village

The St. Lawrence Parks Commission (SLPC) has announced its historic sites, Fort Henry and Upper Canada Village will reopen Wednesday,

Campus Health News

Queen’s med student group 3D print 15,000 pieces of PPE

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments 3D PPE Kingston, 3D printed PPE, 3D printers, Catherine Spagnuolo, Clinical Simulation Centre, isolation tents, Jeremy Babcock, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), medical students, not-for-profit, personal protective equipment (PPE), Queen's University, volunteers

A group of Queen’s University medical students who started making personal protective equipment (PPE) on a 3D printer in April,

Layers of PPE now ‘second nature’ to Frontenac Paramedics

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments ATV accidents, car accidents, Christopher Thind, coronavirus, County of Frontenac, COVID-19, emergency calls during the pandemic, face masks, face shields, Frontenac Paramedic Services, Frontenac Paramedic teddy bears, full-body Tyvek hazmat suits, Jeff Burgess, Kingston, pandemic, Paramedic Services Week, personal protective equipment (PPE), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, surgical gowns, Tania Mcdermott

Gloves, gown, goggles, mask. Possibly a hair net and a face shield, or even a full, impermeable body suit. During

Health News Politics

CUPE calls on government to extend benefits to front-line workers

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Barb DeRoche, Canadian Union of Public Employees, COVID-19, CUPE, equal pay, hospital staff, hospital workers, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Ontario government, pandemic, pay equity, personal protective equipment (PPE), protest, Strike

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 protested outside of Kingston General Hospital (KGH) at various points of

Surveillance testing taking place at long-term care homes in KFL&A

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments asymptomatic, COVID-19, COVID-19 test supply, COVID-19 testing, Kelly Monaghan, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), long-term care home, Ontario Ministry of Health, personal protective equipment (PPE), PPE supply, surveillance testing

Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health is working with the long-term care homes in the region to assist