CFRC Daily News Briefs

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the afternoon of Thursday, February 4 2021!

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the afternoon of Wednesday, February 3 2021! We’ve gone down to 12 COVID 19 cases in Kingston, with 1 hospitalized and 1 in the intensive care unit. Stay safe, and do your part for the community. On February 1, the delivery of the first 150-foot long concrete girders marked a milestone for Kingston’s historic Third Crossing project — a project that aims...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the afternoon of Tuesday, February 2nd 2021! Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. There was one positive case reported on Sunday and no new cases on Saturday. The Kingston region has nine total active cases. One of those individuals is in hospital in the intensive care unit and on a v...

Good morning folks, you’re listening to the daily news brief on CFRC 101.9FM. It is Tuesday, February 2th, 2021, it is 8 am. Happy Black History. Today we have a high of negative 1 and a low of negative 7 with snow showers, so make sure your bundle up. KFL A is reporting 0  new covid-19 cases today, our resolved number of cases is 2, leaving our told number of active cases to be 9 Queen’s Universi...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the afternoon of Monday, February 1 2021! This past weekend we had one new case of COVID-19 and we have a total of 11 active cases in the region.  After three nights last week City council has approved the 2021 budget  for Kingston which includes an extra 1 million dollars added to the budget for local businesses, recreation and social service not-for-pr...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the morning of Monday, February 1 2021!

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the afternoon of Thurs. January 28 2021! Tonight, the AMS of Queen’s University is holding assembly at 6pm over Zoom for members to attend. Decisions will be made regarding those who applied for AMS executive, undergraduate trustee, and clubs who were being nominated for referenda. We will keep folks updated as news is released but if you are an AM...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for the morning of Thurs. January 28 2021! Starting September 2021, tuition fees for international PhD students at Queen’s University will be assessed at the same rate as those paid by domestic students. “With this new tuition policy, we are setting up international PhD students for success and making Queen’s a more attractive choice for graduate educa...

Good morning folks, you’re listening to the daily news brief on CFRC 101.9FM. It is Tuesday, January 19th, 2021, it is 8 am. Hope you have your morning coffee on hand because I know I do. Today we have a high of negative 1 and a low of negative 8, with snow showers. KFL A is reporting 0  new covid-19 cases today, our resolved number of cases is 2, leaving our told number of active cases to be 19....

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Wednesday, January 13 2021! A COVID-19 update; yesterday in the KFLA public health region we had 3 new cases bringing our active case count to 47 cases. Yesterday in Kingston, long-term care workers received their first dose of the vaccine at KGH. This is exciting news in the face of new provincial measures coming our way on Thursday.  The announcement c...

Good morning folks, you’re listening to the daily news brief on CFRC 101.9FM. It is Tuesday, January 12th, 2021, it is 8 am. Hope you have your morning coffee on hand because I know I do. Today we have a high of  and a low of negative 5.   KFL A is reporting 4  new covid-19 cases today, our resolved number of cases is 5 , leaving our told number of active cases to be 51. Currently we have 1 p...

There are currently 56 active cases of COVID-19, with two in the intensive care unit, in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region. COVID cases have been rising with over ten new cases reported yesterday. Please continue to observe the provincial lockdown and follow health and safety measures. The City of Kingston created the hub project, self described as a public engagement initiative...

Here’s your CFRC daily news brief for Wednesday, January 6 2021! COVID-19 update; yesterday in the KFLA public health region we had 12 new cases and 53 active cases. Dr. Moore advises anyone who has traveled over the winter break or is arriving in the Kingston area to please monitor very closely and get tested if you have any symptoms.  Starting this evening, Jan 6th, Stages Night Club will...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Tuesday, January 5th 2021! We have 45 active cases of COVID-19 in the KFLA region. We are still in lockdown until January 23rd so don’t forget to do your part by keeping our community as well as yourselves safe. Wear your masks, wash and sanitize your hands, stay 6 feet apart, and limit your interactions to only those in your household as much as possibl...

Public health reported sixteen new COVID cases since New Year’s Day in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region. Students across the province are moving to remote learning after the holidays to reduce the spread of COVID. From January 4th-8th, elementary students from kindergarten to Grade 8 in both the Limestone District School Board and the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District S...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Tuesday, December 29 2020! As you may have heard, a historic building on Princess Street collapsed last week on Christmas Day, that was in fact The Carnovsky Bakery building. The developers have however vowed to rebuild the building as reported in an article in the Kingston Whig. The building collapsed due to a weakened foundation at about 4:30am on Chri...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Monday, December 28 2020! Queen’s University students are asked not to return to Kingston until after the lockdown is over on January 23rd unless absolutely necessary. International students and those set to move into on-campus housing are “strongly encouraged” to postpone travel if they can. A historic limestone building at the corner of Princess and Vi...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News brief for Friday, December 25 2020! We have a total number of 72 active cases of COVID-19 in the KFLA region as of this morning. Let’s continue to do our part and keep our community safe. Don’t forget that starting at 12:01am tomorrow, the entire province of Ontario is going into a lockdown. This means everything will be closed except for grocery stores, pharmacie...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Thursday, December 24 2020! Modern Fuel Exhibition from 12-5 today. In the Main Gallery: “A Vast Metabolism” by Noah Scheinman. In the State of Flux Gallery: “100WOMEN100YEARS ACHIVE” by Liz Rae Dalton and Kathy Piercy. In the Window Space: “Reflections”, Modern Fuel’s annual juried exhibition featuring Natasha J...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Wednesday, December 23 2020! COVID-19 update; yesterday in the KFLA public health region we had 6 new cases and 12 recoveries. That leaves us at 80 active cases. Of course we are heading into a lockdown starting on boxing day and lasting until Jan 23rd. Yesterday, the City of Kingston released an update on services that will remain open during the lockdo...

Good morning folks, you’re listening to the daily news brief on CFRC 101.9FM. It is Tuesday, December 22th, 2020, it is 8 am.  3 more days till Christmas, Hope you on Santa’s nice list because I know I’m not. Today we have a high of  2 and a low of negative 7. KFL A is reporting 6 new covid-19 cases today, our resolved number is 21, leaving our told number of active cases to be 86. Kingston is in...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Monday, December 21st 2020! The sharp rise in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks has brought the active coronavirus case count to 101 individuals that have tested positive. As a result, The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region has officially moved into the orange zone under Ontario’s COVID-19 framework as of today. This means that last ca...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Friday, December 18 2020! There are currently 104 active cases of COVID-19 in the KFL and A region. A large increase from last week. As the cases continue to rise, please keep up with the health and safety measures put forth by the government. If you have symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive, get tested at locations throu...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Thursday, December 17 2020! The monthly Elm Coffeehouse is on tonight from 7-9. With a feature performance by The Ropes! If you’d like to check out this virtual event go signup on their website at skeletonparkarts.ca In the KFLA area, there are 115 active COVID cases, 323 cases resolved and a total of 438 cases. Wait times are over an hour and the centre...