Media Releases

The Medical Officers of Health from Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) and Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington Public Health (KFL&APH) have released a joint statement regarding the return to school for students and educators.
As local students prepare to return to the classrooms in September, we anticipate that the 2022/2023 school year will proceed with minimal disruptions. Classroom learning continues to offer the best educational, social, and...
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Kingston — Due to high heat and humidex levels, Environment Canada has extended the current heat warning for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, and Napanee to include today, Monday, August 8.
A combination of heat and high humidity can be hazardous to your health. Conditions during high heat and humidity have the potential to cause dehydration, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and in some cases death. Maximum temperatures are expected to be near 30 with minimum temperatures...
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Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Tamworth, Sydenham, South Frontenac, and Napanee due to high heat and humidex levels.  A two-day heat event is expected Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7, 2022. Maximum temperatures are expected to be in the high twenties or low thirties, with minimum temperatures in the low twenties, bringing little relief from the heat. Humidex values are expected to reach the high thirties to low...
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Starting today, and continuing through to Wednesday, July 20, Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for South Frontenac, Plevna, Sharbot Lake, Sydenham, Tamworth, Bon Echo Park, and Denbigh due to high heat and humidex levels. Daytime high temperatures are expected to reach 31 degrees Celsius with humidex values in the upper thirties. Tonight's overnight low near 20 degrees Celsius will provide little relief from the heat.
A combination of heat and high humidity can...
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KINGSTON – Yesterday, KFL&A Public Health received the first lab confirm ed case of monkeypox in our region. Contact tracing efforts are complete and case management continues for this individual. The risk to the general public at this time is low. “Monkeypox virus has been circulating in the province for a few months now and we did expect it would arrive in the KFL&A region. There is no increased risk of monkeypox to KFL&A residents deriving from this...
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