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At a special meeting on Thursday, Jun. 29, 2022, members of Kingston City Council will debate options related to a proposed Encampment Response Pilot Project, after Council directed staff to pause the City’s eviction protocol and evaluate options for a six-month encampment pilot project. The call for exploration of options
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A Toronto man with ties to the Kingston area has been charged with eight criminal offences after police located him in a hotel with two females, one of whom was under age. Deshawn McKenzie, 26, was charged as part of an ongoing Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS)
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A local man has been arrested and charged following an early morning altercation in Kingston’s north end, where he caused a disturbance and threatened to punch a store clerk. The incident occurred at a gas station in the area of Division Street and Benson Avenue at approximately 12:40 a.m. on
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A violent incident that allegedly involved the use of weapons resulted in the closure of Stephen Street Friday night as police secured the scene to investigate. Update (Monday, Jun. 6, 2022, at 5:10 p.m.) The violent altercation that occurred on Friday night involved one of the victims being shot in
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Content warning: This article has content regarding hate crimes and transphobia. The 2021 census in Canada was the first to include a question on gender and to add the precision of “at birth” to the question on sex, allowing all cisgender, transgender, and non-binary individuals to report their gender. This allowed
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Kingston Police have charged a youth after they assaulted an individual at a residence on Montreal Street. On Saturday, May 7, 2022, the accused, along with two other individuals, attended the residence of the victim on Montreal Street in downtown Kingston. According to a release from Kingston Police, one of
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Students from high schools across Kingston gathered at one of the city’s busiest intersections to show their opposition to a recent Supreme Court ruling that ‘voluntary extreme intoxication’ may be used as a defence in cases involving violent crimes. The ruling, which was made on Friday, May 13, 2022, declared
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Kingston Police continue to seek public assistance to identify the male suspect involved in a home invasion and assault that occurred in late April 2022. The break and enter occurred at a residence on Joseph Street at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2022. During the home invasion, a
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A night out turned into a nightmare for a concert-goer and his girlfriend when he was violently attacked by strangers, leading to numerous injuries. The victim and his family are asking any potential eyewitnesses to come forward with information that might assist a Kingston Police investigation into the incident. According
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An argument between a 27-year-old local man and his father at their family home turned violent in the early hours of Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2022. At approximately 1 a.m. on that same date, the accused male returned home to the residence that he lived at with his father, the victim,
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A 43-year-old Kingston man has been charged following an altercation at an under 16 hockey game in Whitby earlier this week, according to Durham Regional Police Services (DRPS). “On Monday, March 28, 2022, at approximately 10:30 p.m., members from Central West Division received a call for a disturbance at the
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Update (Friday, Apr. 1, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.)The male suspect involved in the early morning stabbing in the parking lot of the Integrated Care Hub (ICH) remains at large, Kingston Police said this afternoon. The stabbing, which occurred just after 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022, occurred after the
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