CFRC Daily News Briefs

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Tuesday, November 3 2020! KFLA Public Health is reporting 1 new COVID-19 case in Kingston today, with 4 recovered cases, which brings our total number of active cases to remain at 6. On November 7th, Rebecca MacDonald from the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning is hosting a Custom Embroidery Ornament Workshop. In this workshop you get to choose betw...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Friday, October 30 2020! As of today in the KFL&A region there are 8 reported cases of COVID-19. There is one new case in the Queen’s community. The student who tested positive resides off campus and is following strict quarantine measures. Remember to continue with preventative measures and get tested if you display any symptoms. If you are a Queen’...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Thursday, October 29 2020! A Kingston transit rider has tested positive for COVID-19. KFLA Public health reported that the person travelled on Kingston Transit Bus Route 1 from Tuesday, Oct. 20: northbound trip from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., and southbound trip from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21: northbound trip from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., and southbound trip...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Wednesday, October 28 2020! There is one new case of COVID-19 in the region, bringing our active case count to 7. It was confirmed that a man in his 20s has tested positive for the virus, and it is travel related. Remember to stay safe folks, limit non-essential travel, and wear your masks! There is a planned power outage for tomorrow morning in the Will...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News brief for Tuesday, October 27 2020! KFLA Public Health is reporting 3 new COVID-19 cases in Kingston today. We have 3 resolved cases from the weekend, which brings our total number of active cases to remain at 6. There is a new event coming up on Queen’s campus hosted by The Union Gallery called Beyond words: BIPOC Art Series.  Beyond Words was created by BIPOC fo...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Friday, October 23, 2020! As of today in the KFL&A region there are 6 active cases of COVID-19, with 2 young men having tested positive over the past 24 hours. Please remember to continue with preventative measures and get tested if you display any symptoms. On Wednesday evening, a two vehicle collision in Kingston’s West End left eight injured and t...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Thursday, October 22 2020! In the KFLA region, there are now 7 active COVID cases, 167 cases resolved and a total of 174 cases. Two males in their 20’s have tested positive for the virus. The assessment centre at the Beechgrove Complex is open from 9 am to 4 pm for anyone who needs testing. From 10am-12pm today, the Canadian Institute for Military...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Wednesday, October 21 2020! In good news, there are no new cases of COVID-19 in the KFLA region, and there are 4 resolved cases bringing our number of active cases down to 5! Keep up the great work to all those in the region; keep wearing your masks, washing your hands, and staying 2m apart.  Queen’s students – the AMS Fall referendum is currently...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Friday, October 16 2020. As of today, in the KFL&A region, there is only one new case of COVID-19. A man in his 20s tested positive in Napanee, and it is travel related. 4 cases of COVID-19 have been resolved, bringing the number of active cases to only 9. Remember to continue to stay safe, wear your mask, and socially distance. This weekend will be...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News brief for Wednesday, October 14 2020. There are currently only 12 active cases of COVID-19 in the KFLA region. Two women in their 60s were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 6 cases have been resolved since. One of the women is from the South Frontenac region and the other is from the Kingston region. One caught it from a close contact and it is unknown how the other wo...

Good morning folks, you’re listening to the daily news brief on CFRC 101.9FM. It is Tuesday, October 13, 2020, it is 8 am, so I hope you all have your morning coffee on hand, because I know I do.  Today we have a high of 15 and a low of 14, a little bit cloudy this morning with a chance of light rain, so I’d carry an umbrella today. KFLA Public Health is reporting 2 new COVID-19 cases in Kingston...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Thursday, October 8 2020. The majority of Queen’s students know about Common Ground Coffee shop, a place to grab a coffee, snack, study or relieve the stress from midterms. This week CoGro has released its fall menu, and with this release, it is promoting a special offer. Every day this week a different item on their menu is 10% off, today its seasonal b...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Tuesday, October 5 2020! KFLA Public Health is reporting 4 new COVID-19 cases in Kingston today, but the good news there is also 4 recovered cases. Which brings our total active cases to remain at 27. This week is mental Illness Awareness Week which runs Oct. 4-10 on Queen’s campus, Queen’s University with partner Bell Let’s Talk, is hosting a free onlin...

Here’s your CFRC daily news brief for Friday, October 2 2020! As of today in the KFL&A region, there are 19 reported cases of COVID-19 with a majority being people under 25. There have been 5 cases of COVID-19 connected to a house party on Johnson street September 18th, 2020. The party was indoors and reportedly attended by upward of 30 people. Health officials are currently tracking the...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News brief for Thursday, October 1 2020! The majority of Queen’s students know or have heard of the very popular Instagram account “@stolenbysmith’. Created back in July of this year, this account has been a web-based platform for anonymous submissions to inform the public of allegations of malfeasance throughout the school.  Yesterday, The Queen’s Journal releas...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Wednesday, September 30, 2020! There is a new active case of COVID-19 in the region, bringing the total number of active cases to 17. Another female under the age of 20 tested positive yesterday, and it was confirmed that one of the cases that was confirmed positive over the weekend was an employee of the Tim Hortons located at 24335 Princess Street. The...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Tuesday, September 29, 2020! There are 3 new COVID-19 cases as of this morning, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 15. These 3 new cases are all within Queen’s University residence, as reported by The Kingstonist. All students are isolating and have taken the precautions as instructed to do so. The Provost of Queen’s University, Mark Gre...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Friday, September 25 2020! A Queen’s University student in residence has tested positive for COVID-19. This student lives in Brant Residence, and this was announced by KFL&A Public Health yesterday, Thursday, September 24 2020. The University is working with the Public Health department to investigate and contact anyone that the student has com...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Thursday, September 24, 2020! Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) wrote that the COVID-19 assessment centre will be moving from it’s current location fo the Leon’s Centre to the Beechgrove complex in Kingston. This centre is located south of the King St. W/Portsmouth Ave. intersection. The centre will also be conducting drive-through swabb...

Here’s your daily news brief for Wednesday, September 23, 2020! Yesterday, Queen’s University announced that most courses will be delivered remotely for the 2021 winter term. Only a small amount of on-campus activities will be held for those who are in specialized classes such as labs or clinical settings to ensure that students can meet the requirements for their program, even amidst this p...

Here’s your CFRC daily news brief for Tuesday, September 22, 2020. With the weather changing and the leaves falling, the city announced that starting next week, September 28, brush collection rolls out. Have your brush piled loosely at the curb by 8am on Monday of your collection week. You can check your collection week by clicking here . A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the Q...

Here’s your CFRC daily news brief for Friday, September 18 2020. A Tim Horton’s employee at the 2821 Princess Street has tested positive for COVID-19, and was among one of the five positive cases in the Kingston area. It is unknown whether or not the employee had caught the virus from somewhere else in the community or on the job. The store owner said the he and all his staff were immediatel...

Here’s your CFRC Daily News brief for Thursday, September 17 2020. A Queen’s University student has tested positive for the virus, being one of the 5 active cases in the Kingston area. Mark Erdman, who is the Manager of Community Relations at Queen’s University said that contract tracing is being done by the KFLA Public Health and that any close contacts will be contacted directly by Public...

Here’s your CFRC Daily news brief for Wednesday, September 16 2020. There are 2 new active cases of COVID-19 in the Kingston region. 2 females in the 20’s tested positive for the virus and it is unknown whether it is travel related, or through close contact. This brings Kingston active cases numbers to 5. Don’t forget to stay safe folks, wash and sanitize your hands, keep 2m apart, wear a ma...

Queen’s University-KINGSTON, ON – A satellite COVID-19 Assessment Centre was opened at Queen’s University this week as part of ongoing efforts to keep the Kingston community safe from potential spread of the virus. Operated by Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), the facility will support Queen’s students offering testing to those who exhibit COVID-19 symptoms, have travelled outside of C...