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Those at the Cataraqui Centre, the Isabel Turner Branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, or coming and going on city buses yesterday afternoon were met with a somewhat alarming sight, as a heavy police presence descended on the area after a witness reported seeing someone with a firearm. Kingston
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Today, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, is Safer Internet Day and Cybertip.ca and police agencies across Canada are seeing an escalation in tactics being used by offenders to sextort teens, according to Kingston Police. In recent reports to Cybertip.ca over previous months, males ages 15 to 17, have been a particular
Read moreA South Frontenac family is safe and relieved that they only lost their kitchen this week in a fire that could have been much worse. Their message to the community: a fire extinguisher in your kitchen could save your home and family, and parents should remind their kids that not
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Kingston Police has become aware of a new and concerning sextortion tactic. Offenders are superimposing a youth’s face in a video or photo to make it look like they are nude or engaging in a sex act. Then they demand the youth send them money or gift cards, or they
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Parenting has often been compared to walking through a minefield. Each step filled with stress and gratitude, where roadblocks and unexpected detours are common, and missteps are feared. Parenting a child who is experiencing difficulties with their mental health? Well, you might as well add a blindfold to that minefield
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Kingston Police have released a startling account of a meetup-gone-wrong between two teenagers, who initially met online. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 police say a 16 year-old male, the suspect, met with a female youth in downtown Kingston. The two had been speaking to each other via social media. According
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The Kingston Youth Pride Council and Queen’s Faculty of Education Genders & Sexualities Alliance (GSA) are presenting Queer Prom on Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 7 to 10 p.m. Queer Prom will be taking place at the Queen’s University Faculty of Education at 511 Union Street West, a fully
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Dangerous driving in Kingston’s north end led to a police pursuit and the subsequent arrest of two youths on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. At approximately 8 p.m. that night, Kingston Police began getting reports of a vehicle driving erratically in the area of Weller Avenue and Sutherland Drive. Police determined
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