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City Council sits for first night of municipal budget deliberations

January 27, 2021January 30, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 1 Comment 2021 budget, CAO Lanie Hurdle, Cataraqui Conservation Area, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, City Council, City Hall, City of Kingston, contact tracing, Donwtown Kingston! BIA, economic development, Kingston, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), municipal budget, Toronto, Toronto Public Health, tourism, Tourism Kingston, Utilities Kingston, York Region

Kingston City Council held their first of three nights of budget deliberations on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The evening began

‘Freedom March’ draws crowd to Kingston City Hall

November 30, 2020December 1, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 1 Comment Adam Skelly, Adamson BBQ, anti-mask, demonstration, Health Protection and Promotion Act, Jane Scharf, Kingston City Hall, Medical Officer of Health, Paula Tochier, peaceful demonstration, Reopening Ontario Act, Stand Up Canada, Toronto Public Health

Approximately 40 people gathered outside Kingston City Hall on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, for a demonstration against COVID-19 lockdown measures.

KFL&A Public Health Board hears COVID-19 update

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Anti-racism, Canada Health Act, COVID-19, COVID-19 projections, food literacy, influenza, influenza vaccines, KFL&A Public Health, KFL&A Public Health Board, Kingston, Ontario, Peel Public Health, Quebec, Toronto Public Health, tour boat operator, York Public Health

Members of the Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health Board received a COVID-19 community update from Queen’s University

Questions remain as schools prepare for fall reopening

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments class sizes, cohorting, COVID-19, elementary school, Jane Douglas-Charanduk, Kingston, Krishna Burra, LDSB, Ministry of Education, remote classes, remote learning, school, school reopening, secondary school, Steven del Duca, Toronto Public Health

Limestone District School Board, the largest of four Kingston-area boards, is finalizing its reopening plans as September draws near. “We