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As with many large construction projects, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Extendicare long-term care (LTC) home in Kingston serves as a milestone, and signals the start of a $51 million project, which is scheduled for completion in February of 2023. Tucked away behind the RioCan centre on Gardiners Road
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The Tim Hortons location at 450 Gardiners Road has been temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The location closed on Monday, Apr. 12, 2021, and placed a sign on their window indicating the closure is “due to the evolving health situation.” “The team member and those
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Kingston Police have made an arrest and laid charges against one man over a year after his alleged involvement in a bank robbery in the city’s west end. The robbery occurred at approximately 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 at the CIBC branch located at 785 Gardiners Road. The
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The Lowe’s location in Kingston’s west end is urging recent customers to monitor their symptoms after confirming that a staff member there tested positive for COVID-19. According to Lowe’s Canada, the company was informed of the positive case among its staff at the 1035 Gardiners Road location on Wednesday, Dec.
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A local woman is facing multiple charges after she became combative with Kingston Police officers who pulled her over for erratic driving. At approximately 12:08 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, the female driver was pulled over on Highway 401 at the Gardiners Road (Highway 38) off ramp. The driver
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Update (Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, 4:25 p.m.): According to Kingston Police, Michael Jukes Hughes was located safely today. Original article: Kingston Police have released the above photo and are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing man. Michael Jukes-Hughes, 62, was last seen on the morning of Friday,
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Charges are pending in the on-going investigation of a single-vehicle collision early this morning, on Highway 15 near Woodburn Road. Frontenac OPP, Kingston Fire and Rescue, and Frontenac Paramedics responded to the rollover shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Friday, Jul. 10, 2020. Kingston Fire extricated the only occupant of the vehicle,
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Kingston City Council sat for meeting 18-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, sitting in its virtual format. Though council had a variety of topics on the agenda, the focus of the meeting clearly circled around the ongoing homeless camp at Belle Park. The meeting opened with a delegation, who
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To pay tribute to fallen Nova Scotia RCMP Constable Heidi Stevenson and all those lost in the mass shooting on April 18 and 19, 2020, local first responders held a moment of silence outside the Kingston RCMP detachment. “Our thoughts are with Nova Scotians as they mourn the devastating tragedy
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Officers with the Frontenac County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two separate incidents involving impaired drivers over the Easter holiday weekend. The first incident occurred on Saturday, Apr. 11, 2020 when, just before 2:30 a.m., the Frontenac OPP received a traffic complaint from a concerned motorist
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Kingston Police have released the above photos and are asking for public assistance in identifying a male suspect who threated a Home Depot employee when confronted about stealing merchandise. The incident occurred at approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 30, 2020 when the male suspect entered the Home Depot location
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Demonstrators set up a blockade at the CN overpass at Gardiners Road on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. The blockade was one of several demonstrations organized to take place throughout Kingston in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en and the Tyendinaga Mohawks, however, all other activities were cancelled later in the
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