CFRC Daily News Briefs

It’s Tuesday November 15th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Health Sciences Centre has received 10 pediatric transfer patients from Southeastern Ontario over the past month. This is due to a recent surge of young patients experiencing respiratory illnesses as a result of COVID-19. This month Ontario Health directed hospitals to prepa...

It’s Monday November 14th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news..   The Wolfe Island Ferry experiences service disruptions over the weekend. The Ferry was shut down between 9pm Friday night and 7am Saturday morning due to a crew shortage. It was also temporarily out of service Saturday morning due to wind conditions between 9:15 and shortly after 10 before resu...

Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Kingston, from the remnants of Hurricane Nicole total rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm are possible by early Saturday morning. The rain, which could be heavy at times could cause reduced visibility. Drivers are advised to turn on their lights and maintain a safe following distance. Localized flooding in poor drainage areas and water pool...

It’s Thursday November 10th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Kingston City Council will meet tonight at 7. Council will review the 2023 to 2025 Multi-Year Accessibility Plan put forth by the Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee. The plan contains strategies for the removal and prevention of barriers in the areas of customer service, employment, tr...

It’s Wednesday November 9th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 9 unit at its Kingston General Hospital site. Currently six patients are associated with the outbreak. Only designated essential care providers who have been approved by the care team and who acti...

It’s Tuesday November 8th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   The Kingston General Hospital Auxiliary has launched its 2022 Teddy Bear Campaign. The 19th annual campaign aims to raise $25,000 through the sponsorship of 250 teddy bears at $100 per bear. The money raised goes toward purchasing patient care equipment for the pediatric program at Kingston Heal...

It’s Monday November 7th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…    Kingston Health Sciences Centre has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 10 unit at its Kingston General Hospital site.  Three patients are associated with the outbreak, and the unit is closed to all but essential visitors (those with a loved one who is critically ill or nearing end of li...

It’s Friday November 4th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Kingston Police arrested and charged a 34 year old from Kingston in connection with the arson at Rochleau Court on Princess Street on August 4th. The accused is charged with arson causing property damage.    The former home of Queen’s University’’s Film and Media Department is slated to be t...

It’s Thursday November 3rd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news..,.   Kingston Health Sciences Centre has declared COVID-19 outbreaks on the Connell 3 and Davies 5 units at its Kingston General Hospital site. Four patients are associated with the outbreak on Connell 3 and five patients have now tested positive on Davies 5. Both units are currently closed to al...

It’s Wednesday November 2nd, I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Protestors outside Kingston City Hall chanted “Woman, Life, Freedom,” and “Say Her Name: Mahsa Amini,” as they formed a human chain in support of the people of Iran on Saturday afternoon. One of the protestors who asked to be identified as JF says the chain symboli...

It’s Monday October 31st. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The 2022 World Broomball Championships will be going on at The INVISTA Centre tomorrow through Saturday, bringing in close to 600 players from 36 teams from as far as France, Italy and Japan. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Kingston in 2020 but was postponed due to COVID-19. Megan Kn...

It’s Friday October 28th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   On Wednesday November 9th at 7pm, you can join Mayor Bryan Paterson for the sixth annual Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony and reception in Memorial Hall at City Hall. The ceremony will honour 5 recipients of the 2022 program celebrating their contributions to the arts in Kingston. The City, through t...

It’s Wednesday October 26th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… 30.5% of all eligible voters in the city of Kingston cast a ballot in the Municipal election. That’s down from 41.3% who voted in the 2018 election. 14,876 people voted online this election, up from 12,943 in the 2018 election. One person is seriously injured following the first of an expected two we...

It’s Tuesday October 25th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Kingston Police has obtained Transport Canada authorization to restrict the airspace around Queen’s University during the official Homecoming weekend as well as anticipated unsanctioned activities occurring on other dates. No drones are allowed within a half a mile radius of the intersection of...

It’s Monday October 24th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… It’s Voting Day! Kingston Transit and Kingston Access Bus will be offering free transit to electors today during voting place hours. You must show your Voter Information Notice when you board the bus. Free transportation on Kingston Access Bus will be for registered users of that service only and when r...

It’s Friday October 21st. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and experts at Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s new Breast Imaging Kingston facility are encouraging eligible individuals to book an appointment for a mammogram. This is part of a campaign aimed at improving breast screening rates in the region, which hav...

It’s Thursday October 20th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   The City of Kingston has once again received an AA + credit rating with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings. The S&P Global Ratings report highlights the City’s well-diversified economy, noting its large, stabilizing public sector and ongoing private investment that is helping to f...

It’s Wednesday October 19th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Half of the city’s sitting councillors have decided not to run in this month’s municipal election. Many of those choosing not to run pointed to similar difficulties leading to them stepping away from their role, namely the overall time commitment and frustration caused by other levels of...

It’s Tuesday October 18th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   The Coalition of Kingston Communities is hosting Mayor’s Meeting 2022 tonight at 7 over Zoom. It’s an opportunity for the community to hear from the candidates and ask questions. For more information and to register go to the Coalition of Kingston communities website.   The Queen’s communit...

It’s Monday October 17th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… A rally was held on Friday evening in solidarity with unhoused residents living in the encampment next to the Integrated Care Hub. The rally was organized by ICH encampment residents with the help of Mutual Aid Kingston-Katarokwi, citing fear that a large scale eviction could happen at virtually any mom...

It’s Friday October 14th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   With homecoming approaching, the university district safety initiative goes into effect today and will run until November 1st. Bylaw Enforcement and Kingston Police are reminding post-secondary school community members living in or visiting Kingston to stay safe, respect your neighbours, avoid at...

It’s Thursday October 13th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Kingston Police are looking for help in identifying a suspect who approached children and made inappropriate comments and requests in a park on Maccauley Street in Kingston’s north end. Police describe the individual as male, indigenous, between the age of 20 and 35 with short dark hair, and di...

It’s Wednesday October 12th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…  This week marks a century of Fire Prevention Week. Kingston Fire & Rescue have a series of local events. Today, firefighters and prevention staff will run fire drills at avrious schools, Tomorrow Sparky The Fire Dog will be on Transit Buses and will  be visiting Cataraqui Town Centre on Friday m...

It’s Tuesday October 11th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… CFRC 101.9 FM celebrated a century of broadcasting on Friday, as a plaque was unveiled marking 100 years to the day that CFRC took to the airwaves. Former station manager Steve Cutway presented two achievement awards to long-standing volunteers Wayne Vermette and Jim Birch who have broadcasted for over...

It’s Thursday October 6th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Queens University Principal Patrick Deane released a statement on the protests in Iran. Deane wrote in a letter to the Queen’s community, “Like so many of you, I have watched with horror the events unfolding in Iran. The latest attacks by Iranian police on students protesting at Tehran’s S...