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A local woman is facing charges after a confrontation between her and a teen male escalated into violence, resulting in both parties being taken to hospital. The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021 when, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Kingston Police and Frontenac Paramedics were dispatched to
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A Windsor man was arrested after stabbing a male victim and his girlfriend after a transaction in a north end parking lot. At approximately 6:50 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, the male victim and his girlfriend attended the rear parking lot of an apartment building located in Kingston’s north
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Kingston Police are currently investigating after a person was stabbed on a Kingston Transit bus on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Kingston Police were dispatched to the area of Brock Street and Bagot Street at approximately 10:07 a.m. after one passenger on a bus was stabbed by another. Policed cordoned off
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Update (Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020): According to Kingston Police, no suspect has been formally identified in the case of the stabbing at the corner of Division and Pine Streets in downtown Kingston. “No arrests have been made,” said Const. Ash Gutheinz, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police. Police did say
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Update (Friday, Sept. 25, 2020) Kingstonist has learned the identity of the suspect involved in the serious assault and subsequent standoff on Ford Street, which took place on Wednesday, Sept 23, 2020. According to witnesses on the scene and subsequent follow up investigation, the suspect behind the incident is Mitchell
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For an update on the charges laid against the suspect in this case, click here. Ford Street, in Kingston’s north end, remains closed for much of Wednesday afternoon as Kingston Police respond to an early morning violent incident. “Kingston Police Emergency Response Unit is on scene at Ford Street as
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A crowd gathered Monday afternoon at the outdoor ampitheatre behind City Hall to celebrate the bravery of Kingston Police Constable Fil Wisniak. Const. Wisniak received a Police Association Of Ontario’s (PAO) 2020 Police Services Hero of the Year Award for his life-saving actions during a fatal stabbing incident in Kingston
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As we’ve reported in the past, the Kingston and Frontenac Housing Corporation (KFHC) building at 381 Bagot Street has been a hotbed for police activity and other emergency response actions over the past few years. In recent months, that activity seems to have ramped up, with Kingston Police responding to
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WARNING: This article contains images that readers may find shocking or disturbing. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), a civilian law enforcement agency that investigates incidents involving police where there has been a death or serious injury, has concluded that a Kingston Police officer operated within his jurisdiction during the downtown
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A local male youth is facing charges after an alteration in Kingston’s north end ended with a stabbing and a victim being transported to hospital. The incident began on the evening of Tuesday, May 26, 2020 when the accused male youth attended a convenience store in the north end and
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The apartment building located at 381 Bagot Street has once again drawn the attention of local first responders after a chemical irritant was possibly released inside the building. Kingston Fire and Rescue responded to the address on Friday, May 22, 2020 at approximately 10:50 a.m. after residents in the building
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Two Kingston men are facing a series of charges after they confronted a male victim who was entering his home, threatened him, and then stabbed him when a struggle ensued. According to Kingston Police, the incident occurred at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020. At that time, both
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