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Confirmed COVID-19 Outbreak on Davies 5 Unit at Kingston General Hospital Site

For Immediate Release 

Kingston - On Monday, July 5, 2021, KFL&A Public Health officially declared a COVID-19 outbreak on Davies 5 unit at the Kingston General Hospital site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre.  

KFL&A Public Health indicates that individuals who attended (visited) Davies 5 unit at the Kingston General Hospital between June 22 to July 5, 2021, may have been exposed to COVID-19. KFL&A Public Health recommends that individuals who have not been contacted by KFL&A Public Health related to...

Level One Fire Ban Lifted in South Frontenac

For Immediate Release                                                                                     

Please be advised that effective today, July 9, 2021 at 8:00 am, the level one fire ban has been lifted for the Township of South Frontenac. 

This means that residents can return to having approved incinerator or brush pile fires that are in compliance with the regulations set in the Township’s burning By-law 2012-68, in addition to the previously permitted open air cooking and camping fires.

Following the frequent rainfall experienced over the past week in South Frontenac,...

South Frontenac Announces New Lake Ecosystem Grant Program

For Immediate Release                                                                          

Council also approves second intake for Community & COVID-19 Relief Grants

Effective June 30, 2021, the Township is introducing a new Lake Ecosystem Grant Program that is designed to support projects focused on encouraging the preservation, restoration, monitoring and analysis of lake ecosystems within South Frontenac.

Open to not for profit community groups such as Lake or Lane Associations, the Lake Ecosystem Grant program looks for projects that will reduce or limit...

KFL&A Public Health Urges Vaccination with First Available mRNA Vaccine

For immediate release

Napanee –Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) supports and confirms ‘mixing mRNA vaccines’ or vaccine interchangeability is safe and effective. Moderna and Pfizer are both mRNA vaccines that work in the same way and are considered interchangeable.

“I feel hopeful in being part of the solution to put an end to this pandemic,” said Dr. Hugh Guan, Associate Medical Officer of Health at KFL&A Public Health. “Being fully vaccinated is the greatest protection...

Ontario Supporting the Identification and Commemoration of Indian Residential School Burial Sites

Province partnering with Indian Residential School survivors, families and Indigenous leaders on a community-led approach

June 15, 2021
Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

KENORA —The Ontario government is providing $10 million to help support the identification, investigation, protection and commemoration of Indian Residential School burial sites across the province. The funding will also ensure that culturally appropriate, trauma-informed mental health supports are available for Indian Residential...