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UPDATE (Monday, Jan. 17, 2022): Due to the inclement weather today, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, the Downtown Kingston! BIA has moved the opening of the Impact installation to 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. The resulting closure of King Street will take place from January 20 to February 22,
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Kingston Police have laid charges after a Napanee man collided with a guardrail on Highway 38, sending the truck he was driving “careening down a steep embankment,” police said on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. The collision occurred just after 10:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, when the accused man
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Update (11:35 a.m.) Kingston Police reported that barricades have been removed and the road is back open to regular traffic. Original article: Battersea Road is closed between Kingston Mills Road and River Ridge Road after a serious motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian occurred in the morning of Thursday, Sept.
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In the early hours of Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, a collision between a vehicle and a transport truck near Highway 15 on Highway 401 caused a fire and subsequent road closure. At 12:30 a.m. on the above date, Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fully engulfed transport truck
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While it isn’t the official Princess Street Promenade experience, it’s certainly the closest event to it Kingston has seen since the start of the pandemic. Tomorrow, Saturday, Jul. 10, 2021, Princess Street will be closed to vehicles while downtown Kingston merchants participate in a day-long on-street shopping experience. From 10
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A collision involving a single vehicle and a cyclist, which resulted in the closure of John Counter Boulevard for over seven hours and the cyclist being taken to hospital, remains an open and active investigation, according to Kingston Police. The incident occurred at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jun. 19,
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The following is a selection of the most significant road closures and expected traffic delays in and around the city of Kingston for the week ending May 7, 2021. Full lists of closures and delays provided by the City of Kingston and the MTO can be viewed here and here. Garrett Street near
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The following is a selection of the most significant road closures and expected traffic delays in and around the city of Kingston for the week ending March 19, 2021. Full lists of closures and delays provided by the City of Kingston and the MTO can be viewed here and here. Garrett Street near
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Update (Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.): On the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, the Limestone District School Board (LDSB), with permission of the family, released the identity of the youth who died in this collision. Scott Legg, 16, a student at Frontenac Secondary School, succumbed to the
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An early morning accident on Joyceville Road on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 has resulted in the death of a local 27-year-old, Kingston Police have confirmed. According to Sgt. Nadine Legare of Kingston Police confirmed that only one vehicle was involved in the collision, which took place between Middle Road and
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Update (Friday, Mar. 27, 2020): According to CN, the latest derailment involved seven train cars. While the roadway was reopened at approximately 5 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 26, 2020, CN expects to continue working on the railway into the weekend. The cause of the derailment is currently under investigation. “We
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Sunday, February 9th marked the fourth day of protests and rallies in the Kingston area, with local Indigenous and non-Indigenous people publicly demonstrating solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people in British Columbia. Despite a court-ordered injunction, train delays and cancellations continued along the Toronto-Ottawa routes, with protests near Belleville preventing trains
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