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KFL&A Board of Health hears about mobile dental clinic, Napanee infant feeding clinic
October 25, 2024
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kingstonist aimed at providing KFL&A residents with better access to the services they need to keep families strong and healthy are being…
City to promote more plant-based food options
October 25, 2024
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist & Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. After declaring ‘ October is Plantiful ’ in 2023, Kingston’s City Council has now approved a motion led by…
New Safety Measures and Community Engagement Required for Integrated Care Hub Funding
October 25, 2024
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist & Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. At their last meeting, Kingston City Council passed a motion applying new conditions for funding of the Integrated Care…
Queen’s ‘Foco’ Celebrations to Take Place This Weekend
October 25, 2024
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist & Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Queen’s University held its official homecoming festivities last weekend, welcoming alumni back to campus and celebrating the Gaels’ triumph…
Tourism Kingston honoured with three Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence
October 24, 2024
Kingston, Ontario – Last night, Tourism Kingston received three awards at the prestigious Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence, hosted by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO). Kingston’s destination management…
Queen's alumni recognized among next generation of "scientific superstars"
October 23, 2024
By Owen Fullerton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, YGK News A Queen's University Alumni and current medical resident at Kingston General Hospital was recognized last week as part of the 2024…
Before/after school care in crisis, school boards have duty to provide it
October 21, 2024
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Kingstonist As the old adage “It takes a village to raise a child" suggests, it requires a community to provide a…
Non profit organization Loving Spoonful to cease operations due to funding challenges
October 21, 2024
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Loving Spoonful , a long-standing non-profit organization in Kingston, has announced it will be ceasing operations due to funding…
Performance art series ‘Talkin’ Back to Johnny Mac’ returns to City Park after nearly a decade
October 21, 2024
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Artists and curators are returning to the former site of the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in City Park…
How to access care in Frontenac, Lennox and Addington without a primary care provider
October 21, 2024
By Sarah Williams, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Napanee Beaver Over 2.5 million Ontarians lack access to a primary care physician. Luckily, in Frontenac, Lennox, and Addinton there are still…