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Curating Cataraqui. Quotidian Connoisseur. Where Ostentatious Grand Gestures Thrive™ Kataroh:kwi

Kingston Climate Emergency Day 2,778 "The City of Kingston is reminding residents that reducing unnecessary idling is a simple way to support cleaner air, reduce fuel use and keep our community comfortable for everyone." Where Relentlessly Pursuing Net-Zero By 2040 Thrives #ygk

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Return To Normal Hank places a bag of flour, some salt and 1½ cups of water on the kitchen table and declares Downtown is ripe for conspicuous consumption. Already is, says Beulah. Audrey fills the freezer with discounted out-of-date Wonder Bread. #ygk www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...

This loaf of rye bread is selling for $60 in New York. Is it worth it? | CBC Radio

Rye opened in Manhattan last month, offering a titular loaf made from water, imported rye flour and salt. The fourth ingredient, according to the bakery, is time. But while some people have said the p...

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Welcome To The Machine We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. Please note that as a human, you are an important cog in the economic growth wheel, performing consumption and creation duties that are vital to the well-being of others in the loop. We hope you enjoy your stay. #ygk

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Return To Normal Hank is tired of being asked to donate money to local healthcare even after paying Federal and Provincial taxes that fund healthcare AND paying a Municipal hospital tax levy. Beulah believes there might be a spending problem rather than a funding problem... #ygk

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Return To Normal Hank has a kitchen table discussion with Audrey and Boyd's offspring about the value of a costly yet necessary education weighed against a future financial plan funded by municipal tax dollars. Beulah also suggests a Bureaucracy 101 course to learn the game. #ygk

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Tariff Karma: A Pain In The Ass Analysis out of North Carolina found that toilet paper in the U.S. could become "more expensive, less soft" because of President Donald Trump's 50 per cent levy on northern bleached softwood kraft imported from Canada #ygk www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

How the Canada-U.S. trade war might change your shopping habits | CBC News

Experts say last month's trade war escalation between Canada and the U.S. may be felt less in empty store shelves than in higher prices, fewer choices and longer waits for some products.

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ITS COMING TO TOWN FOLKS A 12-Car Streamlined Convention Train "Just Imagine a train on Ontario St. stretching from Earl to West St." -Whig Standard July 26, 1936 ❤️Kingston. Where 90 Years Later We Demand A High Speed Train AND A Convention Centre #ygk #ygkHistory 🧵

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Return To Normal Hank figures Banned Books Week and the Freedom To Read will be lost on those that don't... Beulah heads to the library and borrows books on the banned list to read the forbidden words and ideas before they're burned.

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Return To Normal The Diner's owners discuss an innovative option to solve their 'financial pressures' by offering to sell the Diner to the City and then leasing it back from the City. Hank suggests the Diner be converted to a mixed use unaffordable housing complex eligible for vacancy rebates #ygk

The Kingstonist@kingstonist.bsky.social · last wk.

#ICYMI Next week, #Kingston City Council will be asked to consider a municipal ownership model for the Kingston Racquet Centre, along with other options to support the facility, which appears to be struggling financially. #YGK #KFLA Full story: www.kingstonist.com/news/financi...

Our choice for Livable City Design Award Although just another square building, what makes it part of a livable city is what happens inside the building. A dignified space for clients to access a meal program, donation warehouse and other social support services is more important than design #ygk

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The Kingstonist@kingstonist.bsky.social · last wk.

“This year we have 23 nominees for the People’s Choice Award, and we encourage everyone to review the nominees and let us know which project is their favourite,” said Sukriti Agarwal, Manager of Policy Planning, City of Kingston. Details & how to vote here: www.kingstonist.com/news/kingsto...

Return To Normal ⚠️2027 Municipal Tax Increase Alert "KPSB plans to invest $3.9 million over the next three years into cybersecurity and improvements to IT infrastructure. Further, there will be a 50% increase of full-time IT staff..." ❤️Kingston. If You Can Afford To... #ygk #ygkTaxes

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Rezoning and other planning logistics in this City? The Official Plan won't provide much resistance... #ygk #ygkHistory

The Kingstonist@kingstonist.bsky.social · 2w ago

A new idea for a historic property in #Kingston would see a year-round, indoor market with a variety of vendors and shops at the former Prison for Women (P4W). But the concept would require rezoning, among other planning logistics. #YGK #KFLA Full story: www.kingstonist.com/news/owners-...

Kingston Climate Emergency Day 2,762 The concrete industry is the 3rd top producer of global CO2 next to transport and energy generation but when used to increase Downtown economic vibrancy, emissions are magically non-existent... ❤️Kingston. Where Pouring Concrete Thrives #ygk

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Kingston Climate Emergency Day 2,759 Three young people and two environmental groups launched a lawsuit asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to amend its climate plan, known as the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act. Looking at you, Kingston #ygk www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News

A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.

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