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Update (Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.) Kingston Police have now provided more details on the seven-hour standoff that occurred on Johnson Street on the night of Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021. According to police, they received a report of a male with a firearm in the 1000 block of
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Environment Canada has issued a Special Air Quality Statement for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee, Consecon, Picton, and Sandbanks Park due to smoke being carried from large fires in Northwestern Ontario. “Smoke is causing poor air quality and reducing visibility,” said the advisory. “High levels of air pollution due to
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Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee, Consecon, Picton and Sandbanks Park. At 10:17 p.m., Environment Canada meteorologists say they are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain. This line of severe thunderstorms is located from Strathcona
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Kingston Police now say that they, along with the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office and the Regional Coroner’s Office, are investigating a death in relation to a fire call in the early morning hours of July 14, 2021. According to police, the fire started in a detached garage belonging to a
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Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kingston , Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee , Consecon, Picton, and Sandbanks Park. Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening., and persons in or near these areas should be on the lookout for adverse weather
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The COVID-19 outbreak on the Davies 5 unit of Kingston General Hospital has risen to nine positive cases, says the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). According to KHSC, the outbreak now includes six patients and three staff members. The unit is under quarantine and closed to admissions and visitors, according
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Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee, Consecon, Picton, and Sandbanks Park. As of 8:47 p.m., Environment Canada meteorologists say they were tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts and up to nickel size hail. At that
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UPDATE (Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021; 5:05 p.m.): According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 have now been reopened. UPDATE (Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021; 11 a.m.): A collision on Highway 401 eastbound shortly before 3 a.m. has closed the eastbound lanes near Joyceville for an
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UPDATE (Monday, Jun. 14, 2021): On Monday, Jun. 14, 2021, Kingston Police released a statement saying Anisa Kemp was located safely in Kingston on June 13. “Thank you to all those who assisted and shared information in regards to her whereabouts,” police said in the release Original Article: Kingston Police
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for the public’s assistance in relation to a recent homicide near Seeley’s Bay last week. Leeds County OPP say that under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, they are working to develop a timeline of events leading up to the homicide
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Update (Tuesday, June 8, 2021): A brief chase on Sunday, June 6, 2021, resulted in charges for a 24-year-old male after he stole an ambulance from outside the emergency room at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and proceeded to drive eastbound on Highway 2. At approximately 1:10 p.m. the accused male
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Environment Canada has issued a Special Air Quality Statement for Kingston, Odessa, Frontenac Islands, Napanee and Consecon. “High levels of air pollution are expected today. A Special Air Quality Statement is in effect due to the possibility of deteriorating air quality. Hot and sunny conditions are expected to cause increasing
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