Request for ‘visible and accessible placement’ for Napanee Pride flag not supported for 2021

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Ashley Espinoza 0 Comments CAO Ray Callery, Chris Beauchesne, Council meeting, Deputy Mayor Max Kaiser, Greater Napanee, Greater Napanee Gender and Sexuality Alliance, Greater Napanee Town Council, Kingston, LGBTQ2S+, Mayor Marg Isbester, Napanee, North Fred Hall, North Fredericksburgh Lifestyle Centre, Pride Flag, Pride flag placement, pride month, Springside Park, Strathcona Paper Centre, support for LGBTQ+ community, town hall

A deputation to Greater Napanee council was made opposing the ‘inaccessible’ and non-inclusive location of the Pride flag flown ten minutes from Town Hall. For three years now, Chris Beauchesne has requested council fly the Pride flag in a prominent, well-travelled part of town – and for three years the

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Taxpayer’s compensation request for reduced services considered ‘an unfortunate perspective’

April 30, 2021May 1, 2021 Ashley Espinoza 0 Comments CAO Ray Callery, COVID-19, Deputy Mayor Max Kaiser, email from resident, Greater Napanee, Greater Napanee Town Council, hall rentals, Mayor Marg Isbester, municipal services, municipal taxes, Napanee, pandemic, parks, playgrounds, reduction in services, sports fields, Strathcona Paper Centre, tax compensation, taxpayers, utility bills

After little to no discussion, Greater Napanee council moved not to compensate a taxpayer seeking rebates for lessened services over the past year. An email from a Greater Napanee resident appeared in section 7.2 of the regular council meeting agenda on Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021. It was also brought up

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Dr. Moore provides COVID-19 update, vaccination forecast for KFL&A

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Tori Stafford 2 Comments Breakwater Park, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 vaccinations, Dr. Kieran Moore, elderly population, ICU capacity, Invista Centre, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), mass vaccination clinic, Napanee, outbreak, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Providence Care Hospital, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 631, Strathcona Paper Centre, vaccination forecast, vaccination rollout, vaccine supply, vaccine supply reduction, vaccines

After reaching an all-time high count of active COVID-19 cases earlier this week, Dr. Kieran Moore said those numbers are dropping, but we’ve still got a long way to go – which might include the month of May looking a lot like April has thus far. The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox

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COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens in Napanee

March 15, 2021April 3, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccination clinic, Dr. Kieran Moore, Dr. Kimberly Morrison, Greater Napanee, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Lennox and Addington County, Mark Schjerning, Mayor Marg Isbester, Strathcona Paper Centre

It was an exciting day at the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee as local officials and members of the media gathered for a tour of the new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the facility. Within a ballroom at the location, Greater Napanee Mayor Marg Isbester, Dr. Kim Morrison, Chief of Staff

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First COVID-19 mass immunization clinic opens in Kingston

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Amherstview, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccination clinic, COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Kieran Moore, healthcare workers, Invista Centre, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), long term care, mass immunization clinics, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Moderna Vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, retirement homes, seniors, South Frontenac, Strathcona Paper Centre, vaccine rollout, WJ Henderson Centre

On Monday, Mar. 1, 2021, members of the media toured the recently set up COVID-19 mass immunization clinic at the INVISTA Centre just hours before the clinic opened to the public for the first time. Mayor Bryan Paterson and Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox

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Public Health: downtown, rural and mobile vaccination clinics in the works

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Astra Zeneca, City of Kingston, Cloyne, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Kieran Moore, Equity, Invista Centre, Johnson & Johnson, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Moderna Vaccine, Ontario Health, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Sharbot Lake, Strathcona Paper Centre, Sydenham, Verona

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said he wants to be able to administer 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines per day in the Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region. “I think we could achieve that,” Dr. Moore said on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. “I’m trying to get to

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Pileup on westbound Highway 401 causes closure in Napanee

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Tori Stafford 4 Comments Beechwood Road, bus, closure of westbound 401, Collision, Highway 401, Highway 41, Lennox and Addington County Paramedics, Napanee, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), over a dozen vehicles involved, pileup, shelter, Strathcona Paper Centre, triage, warming centre

A large collision involving over a dozen vehicles has caused a closure of Highway 401 westbound in Napanee. The collision occurred at approximately 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 near Beechwood Road, just west of Highway 41. According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), “officers reported that there were