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Update (Tuesday, May 10, 2022; 9:06a.m.): Montreal Street has reopened to traffic at the Charles Street intersection. Kingston Police and Kingston Fire & Rescue have advised that motorist and pedestrians should continue to avoid Charles Street as it remains closed between Montreal Street and Patrick Street while crews continue to
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Update (Friday, May 6, 2022; 4:55a.m.) On the early morning hours of Friday. May 6, 2022, Kingston Police and the family have confirmed through social media posts that Jadyn Barry (or Eckford), 14, of Kingston has been located safely. All previous posts have been deleted to prevent confusion. ORIGINAL: Kingston
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At approximately 6:20p.m. on Sunday May 1, 2022, multiple emergency services including the OPP, Kingston Police, Kingston Fire and Rescue, and paramedics responded to the scene of two incidents on both sides of Highway 401 between Sydenham Road and Sir John A. MacDonald Boulevard. Emergency services responded to the eastbound
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On Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at approximately 2:06 a.m., Kingston Police, along with the Kingston Police Traffic Safety Unit, Kingston Police Forensics Identification Unit, Frontenac Paramedics and Kingston Fire & Rescue responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Brock Street and MacDonnell Street. Upon arrival of emergency
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Kingston Police are currently investigating a serious motor vehicle accident that occurred late Friday night in the central part of Kingston. At around 11:52 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, Kingston Police, Frontenac Paramedics, Lennox & Addington Paramedics and Kingston Fire & Rescue were all dispatched to a vehicle accident
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Update (Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 at 3 p.m.) According to Kingston Fire and Rescue, no injuries were sustained as a result of the structure fire on John Street just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. The fire broke out in the basement of the residence and was quickly
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Update (Monday, Nov. 29, 2021): At approximately 5:25 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, Kingston Fire & Rescue (KFR) responded to the 300 block of York Street for a reported burn complaint at the Memorial Centre Barns. According to the KFR, upon arrival, fire crews observed heavy smoke and flames
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Kingston Fire & Rescue crews and Kingston Police were on scene at approximately 12:42 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 for a high angle rescue where two intoxicated individuals climbed to the top of the crane at a construction site in the 600 block of Princess Street, between Albert Street
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UPDATE (Friday, Jan. 8, 2021): A number of South Frontenac Fire and Rescue trucks and vehicles from the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall remained on scene on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 after fire ravaged the McMullen Manor in Verona the night before. The fire broke out in the Carleton
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Mark Fardella, owner of SBT Comics and Games in the Bayridge Centre Plaza, arrived at his store on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, to discover that he had been the victim of a break-in. “Today, I arrived to work to a smashed in door and empty display case,”
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The Tim Hortons at 1396 Bath Road, located in the Pioneer Gas Station near Centennial Drive, is closed following an employee report that they had tested positive for COVID-19. As of 5:00p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, the Pioneer at Bath Road near Centennial Drive was closed while crews were
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A Kingston man has been arrested and charged after police found him to be in possession of a loaded handgun in a downtown restaurant. On Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 at approximately 10:25 p.m., Kingston Police responded to a downtown restaurant for reports of a male being in possession of a
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