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  KINGSTON, ONT. -- Kingston City Council has voted unanimously to condemn a local member of provincial parliament over actions and messaging during the pandemic. Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier has been outspoken on the COVID-19 crisis and the measures taken to fight the virus. Hillier has been fined twice under the Reopening of Ontario Act for attending, and speaking, at anti-lockdown demonstrations, including late last month at a church in Aylmer, Ont. He was also one of four people charged under the Reopening Ontario Act for attending the illegal gathering outside Kemptv...

Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021  •  2 days ago  •  2 minute read Independent MPP Randy Hillier speaks at an anti-lockdown protest at Tecumseh Park in Chatham, Ont., on Monday, one day after a similar event at a church in Aylmer, Ont., led to charges against six people, including Hillier. Photo by Mark Malone /Postmedia Network Article content KINGSTON — City council is to consider joining a pair of neighbouring municipalities in calling for the premier to censure independent MPP Randy Hillier. Hillier has been outspoken in his opposition to ...

After working a year during a pandemic, Hamilton County's social workers want hazard pay.  More than 50 social workers and their supporters marched a block from the Hamilton County Job and Family Services to the Todd B. Portune Center for County Government Monday evening. They demanded the county use some of its $158 million federal COVID-19 relief money to provide hazard pay for social workers who have been on the front lines during the pandemic. The county will get $158 million in federal COVID-19 relief from the American Rescue Plan. "Without you, this community would have fallen apart ...

Strict visitation rules in hospitals such as Sligo University Hospital means that patients are unable to see loved ones for the duration of their stay.

KINGSTON — A local MP said he was surprised and disappointed at not being allowed to address city council ahead of a debate about conversion therapy.