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Belle Park homeless camp ‘very temporary’ City says

May 22, 2020May 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Belle Park, City of Kingston, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homelessness in Kingston, Kingston, Robert Hosier, temporary location, Tom Greening, vulnerable persons

The City of Kingston is working to find alternative solutions for the homeless camp at Belle Park soon, according to

Community gardens readying to reopen

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments City Council, City of Kingston, community gardens, coronavirus, COVID-19, food security, Good Food Stands, Kingston, Kingston Community Gardens Network, Loving Spoonful Kingston, pandemic, Province of Ontario, reopening, vulnerable persons

After much discussion about the reopening of community gardens during the current pandemic, those who oversee such gardens here in

Community Foundation alters spring grants help local COVID-19 response

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Bereaved Families of Ontario - Kingston Region, bereavement, Community Foundation of Kingston and Area, coronavirus, COVID-19, food programs, Frontenac County, Frontenac Kingston Council on Aging, isolation, Kingston, Lunch by George, meal programs, seniors, social networks, spring grants, The Sunshine Call Pilot, vulnerable persons

It seems most everything is at least slightly different in the world since the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, and

OPP partners with MedicAlert to support vulnerable persons

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Lucas Mulder 0 Comments Alzheimer's, autism, brain injuries, dementia, emergency response, health records, Kingston, MedicAlert, MedicAlert Connect Protect, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), partnership, vulnerable persons

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will now be able to identify vulnerable persons when responding to calls across the province,