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• OPP investigation uncovers scheme involving commercial drivers exams in Kingston, GTA - Napanee Today

  29-01-2026 23:01 via news.google.com
  OPP investigation uncovers scheme involving commercial drivers exams in Kingston, GTA  Napanee Today
  
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• Winter taking its toll on Kingston, but it's not over yet, expert says - The Kingston Whig Standard

  29-01-2026 22:15 via news.google.com
  Winter taking its toll on Kingston, but it's not over yet, expert says  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Woman, 61, Dead Following Pickup Truck Collision Northwest of Kingston - Samfiru Tumarkin LLP

  29-01-2026 21:15 via news.google.com
  Woman, 61, Dead Following Pickup Truck Collision Northwest of Kingston  Samfiru Tumarkin LLP
  
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• Winter taking its toll on Kingston, but it's not over yet, expert says

  29-01-2026 21:15 via thewhig.com
  Our winter woes aren’t over yet, according to meteorologist Doug Gillham from The Weather Network. A considerable amount of snow accumulation and continued extreme cold temperatures have dominated the forecast this winter, and it doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon, according to Gillham. “Some would argue that we’ve had a classic winter like we used to see,” he said. “But you don’t have to go back very far to find a similar winter.” Gillham po
  
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• Tensions build between board, staff over public health offices

  29-01-2026 20:52 via thewhig.com
  At its first meeting of 2026, and just one year since officially amalgamating three regional health units into one, Southeast Public Health’s board of health and health unit staff continue to clash over the communication of merger plans. Health unit staff announced in November 2025 that eight public health satellite offices in rural communities would close to help address the organization’s funding deficit, but wouldn’t change staffing levels or the delivery of services. That a
  
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• Haaima trial: Woman describes how 'first relationship' led to assault, child pornography

  29-01-2026 20:48 via thewhig.com
  The sex-crimes trial of Michael Haaima resumed in Superior Court in Kingston on Wednesday with a woman in her 20s who gave an account of alleged sexual assault and the accused’s predilection for child pornography. The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, told the court that she had met Haaima on seekingarrangements.com, a sex-for-cash “sugar daddy” website seven years ago. Other complainants who have been called by the Crown had testified that they had met h
  
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• Kingston Police Services Board opens 2026 by revisiting last year

  29-01-2026 20:11 via thewhig.com
  The Kingston Police Services Board held its monthly meeting Wednesday and among those in attendance was the force’s new Chief of Police, Adam MacIntosh. He was appointed as a police officer, with duties limited to administrative leadership pending successful completion of use of force practical component requirement on Feb. 2/3. MacIntosh officially took over as chief on Jan. 20. The meeting also looked at the 2025 year-end statistical report. While the report represented a snapshot in tim
  
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• CUPE warns of longer wait times, declining quality of care in Ontario hospitals

  29-01-2026 20:00 via thewhig.com
  The union for Canada’s public employees is sounding the alarm on what it says is a health-care crisis in Ontario. At a news conference at City Hall in Kingston on Thursday, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions — a division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) — revealed a report citing shortfalls in staffing and capacity at provincial hospitals over the next three years. Kingston hospitals, they say, are being told by the province to plan for two per cent annual f
  
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• Kingston council to consider spending $350,000 for The Hip concert anniversary - The Kingston Whig Standard

  29-01-2026 18:44 via news.google.com
  Kingston council to consider spending $350,000 for The Hip concert anniversary  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Kingston council to consider spending $350,000 for The Hip concert anniversary

  29-01-2026 18:41 via thewhig.com
  KINGSTON — The city is planning to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Tragically Hip’s final concert. City staff are to seek council approval to spend up to $350,000 from the working reserve fund to mark the anniversary. In 2016, the band played the concert at the K-Rock Centre as part of its Man Machine Poem Tour. In addition to those who attended the show, the concert was watched by 25,000 people on a big screen in Springer Market Square. At the time, the city spent $150,000 to
  
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• Cold warning extended into weekend for Kingston, Belleville - CBC

  29-01-2026 17:41 via news.google.com
  Cold warning extended into weekend for Kingston, Belleville  CBC
  
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• Shift of Pobezal to middle, roster stability and practice time benefit Kingston Frontenacs in stretch run - The Kingston Whig Standard

  29-01-2026 16:26 via news.google.com
  Shift of Pobezal to middle, roster stability and practice time benefit Kingston Frontenacs in stretch run  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• What's Good with Kingston Frontenacs: The chase is on - Kingston Daily

  29-01-2026 15:23 via news.google.com
  What's Good with Kingston Frontenacs: The chase is on  Kingston Daily
  
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• Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes Ontario, felt in Kingston - The Kingston Whig Standard

  29-01-2026 14:22 via news.google.com
  Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes Ontario, felt in Kingston  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes Ontario, felt in Kingston

  29-01-2026 14:17 via thewhig.com
  A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 was felt in parts of Ontario earlier this week. Earthquakes Canada confirmed the seismic activity took place before 11 p.m. on Tuesday. The earthquake is set to have hit Ramara, located east of Orillia. Although varying in intensity, the tremors were reportedly felt in Toronto, Hamilton, Belleville, Kingston and Ottawa and are said to have impacted 2,300 residents, The Weather Network reports. The earthquake was “lightly felt” and as result
  
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• Missing man known to frequent Kingston, last seen in Gananoque - The Kingston Whig Standard

  29-01-2026 13:56 via news.google.com
  Missing man known to frequent Kingston, last seen in Gananoque  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Minneapolis protesters resist fascist takeover - The Kingston Whig Standard

  29-01-2026 13:56 via news.google.com
  Minneapolis protesters resist fascist takeover  The Kingston Whig Standard
  
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• Missing man known to frequent Kingston, last seen in Gananoque

  29-01-2026 13:55 via thewhig.com
  A 44-year-old man from Gananoque named Jason has been reported missing. According to the Gananoque Police Service, he was last seen in Gananoque on Dec. 17, 2025, but is know to frequent the Kingston area. He is described as five-foot-five, 115 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Police said he has no known access to vehicles. Anyone with information on Jason’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Gananoque Police Service at (613) 382-4422.RelatedKingston Police hoping to locate missing
  
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