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Two local organizations are joining forces to provide new programs to both seniors and children alike. Providence Care and the YMCA of Eastern Ontario are opening a Y childcare centre in the new Providence Manor, tentatively opening in summer 2024. “If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is
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Residents at Providence Manor have been enjoying performances from Canta Arya School for Strings students for over a decade. To highlight this partnership the two organizations have produced a documentary called Resonance: Music Across the Ages. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school would host as many as 20 concerts
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A resident of Providence Manor who previously tested positive for COVID-19 has subsequently tested negative. Nevertheless, Providence Care administration says it isn’t taking any chances and that all enhanced precautionary measures are still being taken. Providence Care initially received notification that a resident on Sydenham 4 at Providence Manor tested
Read more Providence Care has confirmed that a Providence Manor resident was the most recent positive case of COVID-19 in the Kingston area. Following consultation with KFL&A Public Health, and as per a Ministry of Long-Term Care directive, the facility has declared an outbreak at its Sydenham 4 unit. In late March,
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All Providence Care COVID-19-related quarantines and outbreaks have officially come to an end with no additional spread. Providence Care announced on Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2020 that no further staff, patient, client or resident has tested positive for the virus since two Providence Care Hospital staff members tested positive at the
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A long-term care facility within the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak, KFL&A Public Health confirmed on Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2020. According to Cathy Szabo, President and CEO of Providence Care, a staff member at Providence Manor tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday,
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There was singing, giving, and a lot of smiling today at Providence Manor, as members of the Kingston Girls Ice Wolves Atom AA hockey time arrived at the long-term care home with some holiday cheer. The young female hockey players entered Providence Manor with over 100 handmade Christmas Cards that
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The University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) celebrated this morning, as the BMO Financial Group pledged $1 million over 10 years to redevelopment projects at Kingston General Hospital and Providence Care’s Providence Manor. “Having modern facilities that are state-of-the-art, with the appropriate amount of space for today’s technologies and future developments
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History takes many shapes in the city of Kingston, from historic homes and famous meetings, to the people who have walked the streets of our fair community. Here in Kingston at 115 Ordnance Street, surround by the prayers and worship of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Vincent de Paul,
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More than 100 golfers headed to Camden Braes Golf and Country Club for the seventh annual Knights of Columbus Charity Golf Tournament hosted by the St. Paul the Apostle Council 9652 on Monday, Jun. 15, 2019. The event raised $14,000 as part of the Knights of Columbus Diocesan Association’s $100,000
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When it comes to supporting local organizations, sometimes that means one organization supporting another. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, several local organizations received generous donations that will help support their connection and service to the Kingston community – and all the funds came from just one local support organization. A
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