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Street parties in the University District in September and October ran up a soberingly large bill for policing, bylaw and cleanup costs. Kingston Police Chief Antje McNeely noted that the Kingston Police Force costs, which included policing on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for those two months, totalled $437,537.09. “Additionally,” Chief
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Update (Oct. 26, 2021): Yesterday, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, Kingston Police had requested public assistance in identifying the male above, who they believed provided a false name when officers issued him an Administrative Monetary Penalty for Fail to Comply with an Order issued by the Head of Council during a
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Kingston Police had a busy evening, laying more than 10 Part 1 Summons’ and arresting four individuals during a street party on University Avenue in the early morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Approximately 2,000 individuals were gathered at the street party. At 12:10 a.m. Kingston Police announced to
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Charges may be pending as Kingston Police continue to investigate a large party that became unruly in the University District of downtown Kingston. Police said they received numerous complaints from residents in the very early morning of Sunday, Jul. 4, 2021 regarding the gathering of over 300 people on Aberdeen
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Today, Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health at KFL&A Public Health confirmed that at least five recent COVID-19 positive cases have been linked to a recent large party in the University District. The party, which took place at a residence in the 500 block of Johnson Street, took place on
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This week, collective bargaining talks between Queen’s University and its faculty will head to conciliation, after the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) voted in favour of a strike mandate. Back in December, QUFA members voted 82 per cent in favour of a strike following several failed rounds of negotiations between
Read more As Queen’s University’s Homecoming weekend approaches, City of Kingston Bylaw Enforcement and Kingston Police have issued a joint press release reminding post-secondary school community members living in or visiting Kingston to stay safe, respect their neighbours, and avoid large gatherings. The high-risk behaviours often associated with large gatherings and nuisance activities
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Over the Labour Day long weekend, many post-secondary students returned to their school-year residences here in Kingston. As has been the case over the past several years, the City of Kingston Bylaw enforcement and Kingston Police were kept busy during the move-in weekend. In a media release, Kingston Police, along
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On Tuesday night, Jun. 21, 2022, members of Kingston City Council voted to approve amendments to the City’s Nuisance Party By-Law, one of which would seek to hold landlords accountable for illegal gatherings on their premises. According to a report presented to Council in February, last fall Kingston Police spent
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Dr. Shalea Beckwith is the Ontario Party candidate for Kingston and the Islands. She is a wife, mother, and general pediatrician and has lived in the Kingston area for over 15 years. She is also a Queen’s University alumna. According to the party, Beckwith has experience in leadership roles with
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Ted Darby is the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Hastings—Lennox and Addington (H—L&A). The son and grandson of physicians, Darby jokes that he couldn’t bear to dissect a frog, let alone a human, so he took his enthusiasm for public health into environmental science and health care administration. He has
Read more The City of Kingston is inviting landlords to attend an information session to learn about proposed changes to the Nuisance Party Bylaw intended to further deter high-risk nuisance parties. According to a release from the City, while landlords can be fined under the proposed bylaw if they permit or allow
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