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Three individuals wanted following a shooting on Pine Street in Belleville on Thursday were arrested in Kingston later that day. “On the 29th of September, 2022, at 1:43 pm, Belleville Police were called to Pine Street Belleville, Ontario, for reports of a shooting,” Belleville Police confirmed in a statement. “Initial
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The pilot of an ultralight airplane is dead after the aircraft crashed in the area near Hickey Lane and Buck Bay Road, in South Frontenac, north of Verona, on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. “At approximately 3:18 p.m. officers from the Frontenac Detachment of the OPP received multiple
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A memorial service celebrating the life of former Kingston mayor Isabel Turner will be held this weekend. The memorial service is to take place from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at Memorial Hall, in City Hall. “Due to COVID restrictions, it has taken us a while to organize
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Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee, and Consecon. The national weather service expects severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h, large hail 2 to 3 cm in diameter and locally heavy rainfall. “These thunderstorms can be expected
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Kingston Police confirm that a 21-year-old Kingston individual is facing multiple impaired driving charges after driving a truck into a house in Kingston’s east end. According to police, several occupants in the grey Ford-150 pickup truck were injured after the driver collided with the home on Rose Abbey Drive. “At
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There were no injuries and damage was limited to a small shed due to a fire at Extendicare Kingston, at the corner of Bath Road and Queen Mary Road, on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. “Fire crews responded to a structure fire earlier this afternoon at Extendicare on
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UPDATE (Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, 7:10 p.m.): Shortly after the assault, Kingston Police located the suspect. According to eye witness accounts to the Kingstonist newsroom, the suspect was tracked to an apartment building located on Princess St, situated to the west of the crime scene. At this time, it is
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Update (Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022): Kingston Police reported that Robert Stanley Kane “has been located and is no longer missing” on the morning of Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Original article: Kingston Police have issued a public appeal for assistance in locating a missing person, 62-year-old Robert Stanley Kane. “Kane suffers
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Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are investigating a serious early morning collision involving a passenger vehicle on Highway 401 in the City of Kingston. OPP said in a press release that on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 3rd, 2022 at approximately 7:10 a.m., officers from the Frontenac Detachment of the
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Highway 401 was briefly closed in both directions through the Kingston area at around 11:50 p.m. on the night of Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 after a tractor trailer went off the roadway, down a bridge embankment and burst into flames on the train tracks below. Ontario Provincial Police closed the
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A driver is now facing several criminal charges after attempting to evade Ontario Provincial Police officers on the 401 on the morning of Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. About 10 OPP cruisers responded from the Napanee and Odessa detachments, converging on the 401 near Odessa at around 8:00 a.m. and attempting
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Multiple people were injured after a motorist drove through a tent area behind the Integrated Care Hub on Montreal Street on the night of Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Frontenac Paramedics, Kingston Police and Kingston Fire & Rescue all responded to the 600 block of Montreal Street at around 9:00 p.m.
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