Overview

• Police were called around 10:05 p.m. Saturday to the Memorial Centre fairgrounds after bear spray was released into a crowd.
• Frontenac paramedics treated two people for minor exposure, and no further medical attention was required.
• With little surveillance footage or witness cooperation, investigators have not identified a suspect and consider the spray incident isolated.
• Organizers closed the fair at about 10:30 p.m., roughly 30 minutes early, then reopened the event on Sunday, following a similar spray episode in 2022.
• In unrelated cases the same night, officers arrested a 15-year-old for weapons offences and breach and a 17-year-old for breach; both were held for bail hearings.