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Read more Warren ‘Smokey’ Goving was the kind of kid who was always coming home with wild creatures. “I’ve always loved animals,” he says. “I’d come home [and] go, ‘Mom, I found something,’ and she’d say, ‘What is it this time?’ I’ve always done it.” One wonders what Mom would have said
Read more On Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023, Kingston hosted its first professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fight, as BTC Fight Promotions brought BTC Fight Night 19 to the Limestone City. With a fight card that featured nine bouts, the event, hosted at the Leon’s Centre, showcased some of the region’s best up-and-coming
Read more It was “an intense moment” for Kingston resident George Shorey, and the evidence and eyewitness account he provided may be essential in the investigation into a shooting that occurred earlier today. At approximately 11:58 a.m. on Friday, Mar. 24, 2023, Shorey was driving with his daughter and grandchildren. Approaching the
Read more Kingston Police are investigating a report of a shooting near Collins Bay Penitentiary on Bath Road shortly before noon on Friday, Mar. 24, 2023. According to eyewitnesses, a gray vehicle pulled into the Collins Bay Penitentiary property near Henry Traill Correctional Centre, where two suspects jumped out of the vehicle,
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The local sky was tinged with green and iridescence last night, as the Aurora Borealis was visible across most of eastern Ontario due to a geomagnetic storm which is predicted to continue through Saturday, Mar. 25, 2023. According to the Space Weather Prediction Centre, the geomagnetic storm watch began yesterday,
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With three meetings scheduled across as many nights next week, Kingston City Council will begin strategic planning sessions on Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2023. The meetings, to occur in the Committee of the Whole format, will take place at the Innovation Hub on St. Lawrence College campus from 5 to 10
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At a meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023, Kingston City Council approved a plan which will see the city’s sleeping cabins relocated from Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (POH) to Centre 70 for the second consecutive spring/summer. As was the case in 2022, the 10 sleeping cabins at POH will be relocated
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In the pandemic era, many of us have had to get used to working alone. But working in isolation is often unhelpful when we face daunting challenges. It is in that spirit that on Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023, the mayors of Kingston, Napanee, Loyalist Township, South Frontenac, Gananoque, and the
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Update (Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023, at 4:50 p.m.):The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has confirmed that Shaimar Stanberry, the Toronto man who was the target of a recent seven-month-long drug trafficking investigation, is currently in federal custody, however, CSC would not disclose at which institution he is located. Kingston Police
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A Napanee resident is facing impaired driving charges after a traffic stop in Prince Edward County. According to a release from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023, officers conducted a traffic stop on County Road 5 in Prince Edward County. As a result
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A longtime medical clinic in Kingston will be shutting its doors in May, leaving approximately 8,000 patients without a family doctor at a time when the city is already experiencing a shortage of physicians. A notice posted last week by Frontenac Medical Associates (791 Princess Street) stated that six of
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As has been the case for a number of years now, Kingston Police and City of Kingston Bylaw Enforcement worked alongside community partners to address large gatherings in the University District. According to a release from Kingston Police, most individuals took part in respectful and lawful celebrations, however, a large
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