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The St. Vincent de Paul society began fundraising efforts to build a new location on the plot of land at the corner of Charles Street and Bagot Street. The following is a message from the Skeleton Park Arts Fest (SPAF) regarding the vandalism of ‘Every slated lot has a previous story’,
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Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre (4D) on Queen’s University campus has once again been targeted, in a manner similar to a previous suspected hate crime that occurred on the premises in June. On the night of Friday, Jul. 24, 4D Director Kandice Baptiste said she received a call from Queen’s
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Those with Svendsen Bros Automotive arrived to work today to find the mural on the west side of their building had been defaced. The popular automotive shop on Front Road at Days Road in Kingston’s west end has had a mural on the side of the building depicting well-known Kingston
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Kingston Police are currently investigating a hate crime that took place in central Kingston and are asking for any witnesses to the crime to come forward in an attempt to identify the suspects involved. The “hate related mischief offence” occurred on Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2019 between 9:30 and 11 p.m.
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When business owner Amanda Stewart arrived to work on the morning of Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, what greeted her at her storefront was anything but welcoming. There, on the windows of her Princess Street business, Amanda’s House of Elegance, was graffiti, marking up the signage Stewart had put up in
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Kingston Police have released the above photos and are asking for public assistance in identifying the suspect involved in numerous acts of mischief involving racially-charged graffiti. The incidents all occurred in the early morning of Friday, Apr. 5, 2019. Kingstonist reported on the incidents that occurred on the
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Extensive vandalism and damages at a business in Kingston’s north end led to the arrest and charging of a local man and woman over the weekend. Police responded to a call at the commercial business on John Counter Boulevard at approximately 3:19 a.m. on Sunday, Apr. 7, 2019. There, police
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Police have released the above photos and are asking for public assistance in identifying a male suspect involved in causing significant damage at St. Lawrence College. According to Kingston Police, the male suspect entered St. Lawrence College at approximately 8:40 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 8, 2019. The male was observed
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They say the pen is mightier than the sword, and those in Kingston’s arts community are proving that as they push forward to “create a positive out of a negative” after a public poetry installation was destroyed by vandalism. As part of a Skeleton Park Arts Festival initiative, young poet
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It doesn’t do much for holiday spirit when the namesake of the Family and Children’s Services; holiday campaign is found vandalized in Kingston. But when a local company steps up to help, it’s a reminder of the kindness the holiday season is all about. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2018, officials
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The string of vandalism aimed at local bus terminals has continued as another of the glass enclosures was smashed on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The Kingston Transit terminal at Russell and Divisions Streets was reduced to a pile of glass shards, yet again, though the cause of this particular act of
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There have been no arrests made, nor charges laid, in connection to the breaking of a Kingston Transit bus window that was apparently shot with a pellet gun in downtown Kingston. The act of vandalism took place on Friday, Jul. 27, 2018 damaged and delayed a Kingston Transit bus on
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