CFRC Daily News Briefs

It’s Tuesday August 23nd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Police in partnership with London Police, and with the assistance of the OPP, Toronto and Durham Police have made an arrest in connection with the October 2021 murders of Nico Soubliere and Carl Anne Delphin. From video footage during the investigation, Kingston police identified the suspect as...

It’s Monday August 22nd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief…In the news…   The Canada Foundation For Innovation has awarded two Queens University affiliated research facilities over $120 million. SNOLAB based near Sudbury, an Internationally renowned research facility studying dark matter and the neutrino particle will receive 100 million to continue supporting astro part...

It’s Friday August 19th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news..   Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s Volunteer Services have donated over 70 thousand dollars to the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation. The funding will go towards purchasing patient care equipment for Hotel Dieu to benefit pediatric, ear, nose, throat and gastroenterology patient...

Good Morning it’s Thursday August 18th. I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Culligan Water Park is temporarily closed after a glass bottle was shattered on the deck and into the pool over the weekend. According to a release from the city, pool draining began on Monday, and will still take several days to finalize, a water company will then be hired to complete the...

It’s Wednesday August 17th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Kingston Police have released video footage as they continue investigating the suspect in the arson case from Thursday August 4th at Modern Primitive on Princess Street. In a press release Kingston Police say, “The suspect can be seen exiting Rochleau Court… The suspect then crosses to th...

In this episode we run through the community events calendar for August 15th-21st, keeping you up to date on performances, live music, art exhibitions, and more happening this week in Kingston.

It’s Tuesday August 16th, Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… All students entering Grade 9 can sign up for their free Kingston Transit bus pass for the upcoming school year. Grade 10 through 12 students with a valid pass will have their passes automatically renewed. This comes after council voted to make the Kingston Transit pass program for high school students...

Good Morning, I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. If you’re just heading out, you might want to grab a sweater or a light jacket, it’s only 13 degrees now, heading for a high of 24 under sunny skies. Much the same in store for the weekend. In the news…   Kingston Police have confirmed that arson is the suspected cause of last week’s major fire which set the whole back of the 100 block...

It’s Wednesday August 10th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Premier Doug Ford’s throne speech as well as the budget proposed a 5% increase for the Ontario Disability Support Program payments. Kingston and The Islands MPP Ted Hsu says “The small size of the increase when compared to cumulative inflation is wholly inadequate and unconscionable. Ford...

In this episode we run through the community events calendar for August 8th-14th, keeping you up to date on performances, live music, art exhibitions, and more happening this week in Kingston.

It’s Monday August 8th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. We are still under a heat warning, Showers and thunderstorms and humid today high 29, feeling closer to 39 with the humidex. Cooling off for tomorrow. In the news…   The Wolfe Island Ferry service ran off schedule yesterday, after avoiding a service shut down. The Ministry of Transportation originally reported th...

It’s Thursday August 4th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   A resounding 96% vote from Hospitality and Food Services staff at Queen’s University’s Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre was recently triggered by pay gaps between Donald Gordon employees and those doing the same jobs on main campus. According to CUPE 229, there is close to a $6 an hour p...

It’s Wednesday August 3rd, Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news..   Kingston Police have released new video footage of a suspect as they continue their investigation into the murders of Nico Soubliere and Carl Anne Delphin from October of last year. According to police with the assistance from the public, they have received footage of the previously identified...

In this episode we run through the community events calendar for the very first week of August, keeping you up to date on performances, live music, art exhibitions, and more happening this week in Kingston.

It’s Tuesday August 2nd, I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Health Sciences’ Urgent Care Centre closed 3 hours early yesterday. Just after 5pm the hospital announced they had reached capacity for the number of patients they could safely care for given the staffing situation. The UCC’s regular hours are 8am to 8pm. KHSC recommends visiting the website rightplacerightc...

It’s Friday July 29th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news..   With the encampment protocol reinstated and over 100 unhoused people currently camping, Home Base Housing Executive Director Tom Greening tells CFRC news, if everybody camping wants to use an emergency shelter there are certainly not enough spaces available. <AUDIO CLIP> Greening says “There’...

It’s Thursday July 28th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Queen’s University Chancellor and the former chair of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Honourable Murray Sinclair issued a statement in response to the historic apology from Pope Francis, saying the Holy Father’s statement leaves a deep hole in the acknowledgement of the ful...

It’s Wednesday July 27th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington have formed a partnership with Addiction and Mental Health Services of KFL&A. This comes after receiving an Ontario Trillium Foundation Resilient Communities grant of over 86 thousand dollars. Through the partnership, a dedicat...

Good Morning, it’s Tuesday July 26th. I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. More sun today, the high 25. In the news…   This Thursday the City of Kingston will release a comprehensive report on the Davis Tannery Development. Patry Inc’s proposal is to build 1700 condo units in the Rideau and River street area. The Planning Committee will meet to vote on the proposal next Thursday August...

It’s Monday July 25th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. A gorgeous cooler day today, Sunny with a high of 24. Right now it’s 21. In the news…   Over 30 thousand Hydro One Customers in the area lost power on Saturday morning after a fire broke out at the Lennox power plant. Customers in Napanee, Amherst Island, Marysville, Odessa, and much of Prince Edward County were a...

It’s Friday July 22nd, I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. Sunny and hot today, the high 30, Right now it’s 21.  In the news…   MP Mark Gerretsen was at Innovation Park yesterday to announce a 2.5 million dollar investment from the Government of Canada to support GreenCentre Canada The funding for Green Centre will go toward a program supporting clean-tech entrepreneurs in areas inclu...

It’s Thursday July 21st, I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Queen’s University has launched Canada’s first Advanced Leadership for Social Impact Fellowship program. According to a release from Queen’s, the one year course will provide tools, knowledge and networks to take on the world’s greatest challenges including housing affordability and climate change.  Co-d...

It’s Wednesday July 20th, Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Kingston Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health are warning that heat and high humidity can be hazardous to your health with the potential to cause dehydration, heat exhaustion, stroke and even death. With the humidex reaching the upper 30’s, it’s harder for sweat to evaporate whic...

It’s Tuesday July 19th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   Effective Thursday July 21st, Kingston Transit will be temporarily reducing service on select routes. Routes 4, 11, 12 and 15 will go from half hour service to hourly. Sunday service will be unchanged. City of Kingston Communications said in an email, Routes 11, 12 and 15 historically, have lower r...

It’s Monday July 18th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. Showers with the risk of a thunderstorm today, we could see between 15 and 25 millimeters of rain with a high of 23, right now it’s 21. In the news…   With inflation at a record high since the 80s, Assistant Professor, Continuing Adjunct Policy Studies at Queen’s University, Eugene Lang says we can expect to...