Kingston's go-to source for news, events, arts & culture, restaurants, sports and recreation.
It was a tense situation for the kids, organizers, coaches, and parents as all of those at Centre 70 were evacuated due to a refrigerant gas leak alarm – an alarm that turned out to be false. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, Kingston Fire & Rescue
Read more
The Frontenac County Department of Economic Development would like business owners in Frontenac to complete their annual business survey, which will be open until Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Business operators are asked to provide information related to overall operations in 2022, according to a release from the County. “The annual
Read more
An investigation into the cause of yesterday’s fire on the third floor of Rideaucrest Towers on Rideau Street that has displaced one tenant is now complete. Kingston Fire & Rescue (KFR) crews were called to the apartment complex at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, after multiple 911
Read more
Over the course of six days, staff members at Collins Bay Institution have seized several packages containing contraband and unauthorized items, according to the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). From Tuesday, Jan. 24 to Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, multiple packages were seized “as a result of the vigilance of staff
Read more
The next instalment of the Growing Up Human series, hosted by Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) will explore nonverbal communication and how children use it to both communicate and understand the world around them. “Communication goes beyond what is spoken — from a shrug to a smile, nonverbal cues say
Read more
The Canadian astronomy community is mourning the loss of Terence Dickinson from Yarker, who passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, 2023, at the age of 79, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Dickinson was a renowned amateur astronomer, writer, and editor. Born in Toronto in 1943, Dickinson would go
Read more
Kingston Police are expressing gratitude to their fellow first responders and those frontline health-care workers who assisted in ensuring that a local infant lived to see another day after a dangerous incident. According to police, at approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, the parents of a one-year-old infant
Read more
A local man has been arrested and is facing charges, both for the multiple sexual assaults he carried out on Queen’s University campus, and for being in possession of drugs. According to police, at approximately 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, police received a complaint from Campus Security and
Read more
The Kingston Police Services Board has passed its operating budget for 2023, which includes a net spending increase of $1.7 million for the force, up 4 per cent over the 2022 budget. At a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, Kingston Police Acting Chief Scott Fraser presented the budget to
Read more
Smoke hung in the air briefly over the waters of the Great Cataraqui River late this morning after a fire broke out in an apartment within Rideaucrest Towers. The smoke billowed from a window of the apartment building, which shares property with Rideaucrest Home on Rideau Street along the inner
Read more
Those in the Kingston area – and throughout a large swath of eastern Ontario – are likely to see military vehicles on the roads over the coming days as Canadian Army Reserve personnel carry out training. According to a public service announcement (PSA) from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Canadian
Read more
Shortly after Environment Canada (EC) issued an extreme cold warning for the area on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health issued a Cold Weather Health Warning for the same time frame. Echoing the EC warning, Public Health said that due to wind chill temperatures
Read more
