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Opening of LaSalle Causeway to marine traffic delayed

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments COVID-19, Kingston, LaSalle Causeway, marine traffic, opening delayed, opening of LaSalle Causeway, Parks Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Rideau Canal, St. Lawrence River, travel restrictions, waterways

This year, the LaSalle Causeway will not be opening for marine traffic as it would normally, according to Public Services

Environment News Weather

CRCA downgrades flood warning to flood watch

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, flood warning, flood watch, International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board, Kingston, Lake Ontario, record high water levels, St. Lawrence River, water levels, water levels decreasing

Today, the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) downgraded its flood warning statement for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River

Environment News Weather

CRCA Flood Warning update: ‘water levels still very high’

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA), flooding, International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board, Kingston, Lake Ontario, low-lying areas, outflows, St. Lawrence River, water levels

The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) has updated its Flood Warning for Lake Ontario and The St. Lawrence River as

Record high outflows on the St. Lawrence River to provide flood relief

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments ake Erie, Cataraqui River, flooding, Gananoque, Great Lakes, high water, International Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Regulation Office, Kingston, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, record high water levels, Rideau Canal, Rob Caldwell, St. Lawrence River, water levels

Although St. Lawrence River water levels have peaked and are no longer rising, flooding will continue to affect Kingston

City Environment News

Water levels predicted to peak in early June

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA), City of Kingston, flooding, International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board, Kingston, Lake Ontario, peak water levels, St. Lawrence River, water levels

The water levels along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River are expected to peak in early June. The

City News Weather

City, Utilities Kingston reminding public of services during heavy rainfall

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments Abbey Dawn Road, bacteria levels, City of Kingston, Colonel By Lake, flood warning, flooding, Gananoque, heavy rainfall, Highway 2, inland lakes, Kingston, Lake Ontario, overflow, sandbags, sanitary sewer, South Frontenac, St. Lawrence River, Utilities Kingston

The public is advised to be aware of potential flood dangers and sewer overflows as Kingston continues to experience

Culture Here in Kingston History News

Here in Kingston at 1401 Highway 2

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 Bill Gowsell 0 Comments abandoned cemetery, amalgomation, Bill Gowsell, grave robbers, gravediggers, gravestones, Heritage Kingston, heritage site, Highway 2, history, John MacKenie, Kingston, limestone vault, Milton, Milton Cemetery, Milton Cemetery Board, Ontario Heritage Act, Pittsburg Township, settlement of Kingston, St. Lawrence River, Thomas Milton, vault

There are artifacts of our history around every corner of Kingston, and as you walk down Penny Lane to

Man rescued from icy Kingston waters after breaking through ice

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Tori Stafford 2 Comments extraction, fell through ice, Frontenac Paramedics, ice, ice rescue, ice safety, Kingston, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), LaSalle Causeway, Lucas Mulder, rescue, safe, skating, St. Lawrence River, water rescue

A man who fell through the ice in downtown Kingston on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 is lucky to have escaped

News Police Briefs

Local man keeps police busy on Labour Day evening

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Cataraqui Street, Frontenac Paramedics, Kingston, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Kingston Police, public concern, St. Lawrence River, University Avenue

A Kingston man was the subject of two different police calls over the span of four hours on Monday, Sept.