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A striking worker was struck by a truck and injured while on the picket line at a Barr Homes construction site in Amherstview, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Terry Moore, 42, had just begun his first picket, at the corner of County Road 23 and County Road 6, when he was
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Kingston Police have released additional photos and information concerning a break and enter and theft from a commercial property in Kingston’s north end. According to Kingston Police, officers were dispatched to a construction site in the area of Division Street and Dalton Avenue on Sunday, Mar. 27, 2022, after receiving
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Kingston Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects involved in the theft of a truck and pieces of heavy equipment from a construction site in the city’s north end. According to Kingston Police, officers were dispatched to a construction site in the area of Division Street and
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The regular activity that has occurred consistently at 495 Princess Street since well before September of 2020 has come to a halt. The construction site – the future site of Unity Place, a 10-storey plus penthouse building with 195 suites overlooking one of the busiest intersections in downtown Kingston at
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An investigation stretching as long as 2021 thus far has concluded with a Kingston man being arrested and charged in connection with the theft of heavy construction equipment. According to Kingston Police, their investigation into the theft of the equipment from a housing developments in the Kingston area began in
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It’s not a new sentiment – Stay home, wash your hands, physically distance, wear a mask. But it’s one that bears repeating, as the downfall of voiding just one of those directives has been seen time and again, Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and
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Approximately two-thirds of recent COVID-19 cases reported in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region are connected to the recent outbreak at the Cataraqui Heights construction site, according to the local Public Health Unit. Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health explained the impact of
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A neighbour says he has witnessed construction workers onsite of the new Queen’s University residence on Albert Street not complying with COVID-19 safety protocol. A community member and nearby neighbour to the construction site says he has witnessed workers not wearing masks while performing tasks that require them to be
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Update (Monday, May 10, 2021) According to KFL&A Public Health, a total of 76 cases have now been linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at Kingston’s Cataraqui Heights construction site. Of those, 45are primary cases — cases amongst those who worked on the site — and 31 are secondary cases, or
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Kingston Police have confirmed that the body of a deceased male was located at a construction site on Conacher Drive in the city’s north end. According to police, the body was located at the construction site near the intersection of Conacher Drive and Aquino Way. Workers arriving to the site
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