Dr. Moore to employers: Confirm COVID-19 cases with Public Health

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City addresses speculation about short-term rental data

City of Kingston pulls plug on PulsePoint app

Local startup connects research studies with participants

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Kieran Moore, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Medical Officer of Health, no risk to public safety, personal health information, privacy, public safety, risk assessment, risk to public safety, Tim Hortons

Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health has a message for employers in the region after Tim Hortons issued a confirmation in error that one of their employees had COVID-19. “If an employer ever has an employee inform them of a positive test, please confirm it with us before any communication goes

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February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Tommy Vallier 8 Comments Administrative Policy Committee, AirBnB, apartment rentals, bylaw, City Council, City of Kingston, data, doxing, Host Compliance, housing crisis, housing shortage, Kingston, Kingston Accommodation Partners, licensing, online data, privacy, short-term rental licensing, short-term rentals, tourism, Tourism Kingston

With the upcoming by-law to license short-term stays, there’s been a lot of chatter about the topic online. Recently, the city even released a statement addressing some of the speculation about address-finding and explaining some of the rational behind the choice of a contract with a data-finding company. With both

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February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Tommy Vallier 8 Comments Administrative Policy Committee, AirBnB, apartment rentals, City of Kingston, data, Host Compliance, housing crisis, housing shortage, Kingston, Kingston Accommodation Partners, licensing, paige agnew, privacy, short-term rental licensing, short-term rentals, tourism, Tourism Kingston

The City of Kingston, which is currently in the process of creating a by-law to license and regulate short-term rentals, is responding to speculation and questions circulating about some of the data collection being proposed. The potential by-law is being addressed on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at the Administrative Policies

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September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Cris Vilela 4 Comments AED, cardiac arrest, chemical spills, City of Kingston, CPR, defibrilators, downed power lines, emergency response, hazardous conditions, Kingston, Kingston Fire and Rescue, privacy, public safety, PulsePoint, structure fires, transparency, vehicle accidents

The City Of Kingston has pulled the proverbial plug on its use of the popular PulsePoint app, disabling nearly all of the types of incidents the app reports to citizens. The PulsePoint app’s launch in Kingston was highly touted and widely publicized in 2015, with organizations such as Kingston Fire

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June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Michelle Allan 1 Comment accessibility, Brooke Resendes, Kingston, Luc Pelletier, medical research, privacy, Queen's University, Queen’s Innovation Centre, Research Stream, research studies, trials, volunteers

Meet two Queen’s grads on a mission to shake up the medical industry and grow Kingston’s reputation as a medical research powerhouse: Brooke Resendes and Luc Pelletier’s startup Research Stream helps hospitals and research institutions find people for research studies. Research Stream is a web platform that makes signing up