COVID-19 case detected at St. Martha Catholic School

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, positive COVID-19 case, Public Health, St. Martha Catholic School

The Algonquin Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (ALCDSB) was informed of a positive case of COVID-19 at St. Martha Catholic

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YMCA updates staff, protocols before reopening

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments COVID-19 protocols, members only, online registration, Public Health, reopening, safety first, safety measures, YMCA of Eastern Ontario, YMCA of Kingston

The YMCA of Eastern Ontario is re-opening their facilities for members on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. “Our first priority has

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Kingston Costco refuses service for mask non-compliance

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Jessica Foley 1 Comment autism spectrum, autistic son, Costco, disability, discrimination, face coverings, Kingston Costco, local man, masking policy, non-verbal child, Public Health

Local man, Michael Trautrimas, expressed his frustrations on social media Sunday morning, after being asked to leave the Kingston Costco

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Ford declares second provincial emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments bylaw enforement, child care, COVID-19, Doug Ford, enforcement measures, fines, Kingston, lockdown, new regulations, Ontario, pandemic, pandemic response, physical distancing, Province of Ontario, provincial government, Public Health, schools, state of emergency, Stay-at-home orders

Citing the doubling of COVID-19 cases in the province of the past two weeks, Premier Doug Ford declared a second

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More details on Ontario’s Provincewide Shutdown

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments childcare, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 response, COVID-19 restrictions, curbside pickup, delivery, Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), liquor sales, lockdown, Ontario, post-secondary institutions, Province of Ontario, Provincewide Shutdown, Public Health, Public health measures, restaurant, retail, retail cannabis stores, schools, social distancing

On Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a provincewide lockdown to get COVID-19 transmission under control. This

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Kingston & Napanee Metro employees test positive for COVID-19

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 pandemic, grocery store, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Metro, Public Health

Employees at two Metro grocery store locations in the Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region have tested

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Third Day Worship Centre calls ad targeting Toronto residents a ‘mistake’

December 1, 2020December 3, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments access to places of worship, Alberta, COVID-19, COVID-19 protocols, Evangelist, facebook, Facebook post, inter-provincial travel, Inviting Torontonians to Kingston, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), lockdown, Mayor Bryan Paterson, pandemic, Pastor Francis Armstrong, Provincial COVID-19 response framework, Public Health, Quebec, Saskatchewan, T.J. Malcangi, Third Day Worship Centre, Toronto, Vatican

Over the weekend ending on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, Kingston residents took their frustrations online after people discovered a local

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COVID-19: Are outdoor patios safer than indoor dining?

November 25, 2020November 26, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments air flow, COVID-19, COVID-19 transmission, dining, dining out, downtown, fire risks, fuel-burning heaters, heated patios, indoor vs outdoor, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, patio enclosures, patio heaters, Public Health, safety, SARS-CoV-2, space heaters, Winter, winterized patios

As the colder weather sets in, the patios of Kingston normally start to disappear, but, like most things this year,

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Queen’s confirms positive COVID-19 case in ‘University community’

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments contact tracing, Covid Alert, COVID-19, Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, jane philpott, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Public Health, Queen's University, Reddit, social media

Queen’s University has confirmed that one of the COVID-19 cases recently reported in Kingston is a member of the Queen’s

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Queen’s responds: School is pushing public health guidance to students

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs), COVID-19, Jeff Masuda, Kingston Police, Noise Bylaw, Nuisance Party By-law, post-secondary students, Public Health, Queen's Campus Security and Emergency Services, Queen's University, residence, students returning to Kingston

Queen’s University has released a statement saying their administration was deeply concerned by the student behaviour reported over the weekend.

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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

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City confirms playgrounds reopen Friday

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments City of Kingston, COVID-19, playground equipment, playgrounds, Public Health, reopening

The City of Kingston has confirmed that municipal playgrounds will start to reopen on Friday, Jul. 17, 2020. “Some playgrounds

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COVID-19 case detected at St. Martha Catholic School

YMCA updates staff, protocols before reopening

Kingston Costco refuses service for mask non-compliance

Ford declares second provincial emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic

Kingston & Napanee Metro employees test positive for COVID-19

Third Day Worship Centre calls ad targeting Toronto residents a ‘mistake’

COVID-19: Are outdoor patios safer than indoor dining?

Queen’s responds: School is pushing public health guidance to students

City confirms playgrounds reopen Friday

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch- March 17 2021, Hatter’s Cove 11am-1:30pm

Celtic Kitchen Party FBLive Concert Thursday March 18, 7:00 to 8:00pm