When a patient arrives in an emergency department, minutes can mean the difference between uncertainty and diagnosis, between treatment and delay, and sometimes between life and death.

Thanks to a transformational $1.25 million gift from Kingston philanthropist Stephen Sorensen, patients throughout southeastern Ontario will soon benefit from some of the most advanced diagnostic imaging and emergency-care technology available at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). 

For more than two decades, the Kingston-Quinte Motorcycle Ride for Dad (Presented by Princess Auto) has brought together motorcycle riders, families, survivors and supporters with one shared mission: fight prostate cancer and save lives through awareness, education and research.

This year’s ride, taking place on Saturday May 30, is especially meaningful for organizer Marion Perry, who has dedicated years of her life to the event in honour of her father, who died from prostate cancer.

A generous $500,000 donation from RBC Foundation made through the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) is helping transform health-care training at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC).

Four outstanding individuals and groups are being recognized by University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) for their dedication and generosity.

A groundbreaking Alzheimer’s blood test that is already in clinical use across other G7 countries is coming to Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), thanks to funding from the YGK Healthcare Champions. 

At 72, Chris Forster has spent a lifetime walking alongside others in moments that matter most. Now, as a volunteer with Providence Care, he is being recognized for that quiet presence through the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF)’s Honour Your Caregiver program.

Local patients will soon benefit from earlier detection of osteoporosis and faster, more efficient treatment for a specific type of brain bleed, thanks to this year’s recipients of the Elaine and Michael Davies Award for Innovation. 

The 2025 awards, funded through an endowment created by longtime Kingston community champions Elaine and the late Michael L. Davies, will provide a combined $83,000 to support two transformative hospital-based innovations at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC).

The University Hospitals Kingston Foundation’s (UHKF) 2025 Holiday Campaign was a resounding success, as just over $775,000 was raised by nearly 3,300 donors.

When the YGK Healthcare Champions announced that buying a new automated cuff-pressure monitoring system for ventilated patients, called CuffGuard, would be one of the projects they support in 2026, the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) team behind the proposal could hardly believe it.