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Anne Shields
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Family & friends, Christ follower means loving ALL my neighbours 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, travel 🇨🇦🗺️, live music 🎶, tea snob, pipe bands 🥁 supporter
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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"When development is pushed into floodplains, wetlands & other sensitive areas, the risks aren’t theoretical... We’ve seen this before & the consequences aren’t just environmental - they’re economic," one Kingstonian writes of #Bill5.
Full #opinion piece: www.kingstonist.com/culture/opin...
Opinion: Bill 5 will raise costs, undermine local planning, and put our communities at risk – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) Bill 5, Protecting Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, is being promoted as a solution to housing and economic challenges.
www.kingstonist.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Kids in the Rideau Heights area of Kingston will have access to free soccer programming this summer, thanks to an Awesome Kingston microgrant. #YGK #YouthSoccer #AwesomeKingston

Learn how the $1,000 will be spent here: www.kingstonist.com/news/summer-...
Summer soccer in Rideau Heights to benefit from Awesome Kingston's May 2025 microgrant
(Kingston, Ontario) Kids in the Rideau Heights area of Kingston will have access to free soccer programming this summer, thanks to an Awesome Kingston microgrant.
www.kingstonist.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Doug Ford’s government at it again. Fellow Ontarians - be aware!!! flip.it/sDjtfC
Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government’s Bill 5 could affect redside dace and other endangered species on the path of Highway 413
flip.it
April 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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One of the most advanced treatments for liver cancer in Canada is now available at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). Known as Y-90 therapy, the minimally invasive procedure precisely delivers a knockout blow to tumours from within.

More: www.kingstonist.com/news/khsc-no...
KHSC now offering advanced treatment for liver cancer – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) One of the most advanced treatments for liver cancer in Canada is now available at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC).
www.kingstonist.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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A #crab in a fish tank discovered the air pump… and turned it into a personal jacuzzi. Crabs are curious creatures and often interact with their environment in surprisingly playful ways.
April 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.
March 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So Ontario - approximately 43% of registered voters got out and did their civic duty. We have failed today as a province. For those who voted, regardless of your choice, thank you. Why do so many think this isn’t important?
February 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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#ICYMI
Kingston area residents who need hospice care will soon be welcomed at the newly named AB Smith Homestead House, on the grounds of Providence Village. Today, a ribbon cutting was held at the site. #YGK #Hospice

Read more here: www.kingstonist.com/news/provide...
Providence Care, UHKF announce completion of Kingston's first hospice house – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) Kingston area residents who need hospice care will soon be welcomed at the newly named AB Smith Homestead House, on the grounds of Providence Village.
www.kingstonist.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Colby Cosh: Trump’s aluminum tariffs are already a failure
February 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Potential followers: if I do not know you, do not have some kind of mutual connections, you will be blocked. Keeping BlueSky as clean as I can, free from bots and trolls.
February 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Because nature is beautiful
February 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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⚠️ City sidewalk plow lost a track in road, Gardiners rd northbound just past Development, one lane blocked.
February 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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⚠️ Advisory:
Area OPP has suspended all but emergent towing for safety, due to poor weather and road conditions. Towing will be permitted once the weather has cleared and it is safe.
February 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Please: Anyone but Doug Ford.

Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes. #Opinion
Justin Ling: Please: Anyone but Doug Ford
His stunning failure to address the crises in housing, health care, education and more mean he is unfit to lead, writes Justin Ling.
www.thestar.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Having to fight Elon Musk at DOGE before we’ve even battled Trump feels like having to defeat the forces of Saruman first at Helm’s Deep.
February 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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You want to show your Canadian patriotism? Remember to vote.
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Beauty surrounds us if we’re willing to stop and take it in.
Staying up late was worth it to capture the Milky Way's beauty.

#Astrophotography
February 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#ICYMI
While adding properties to the Canada Public Land Bank is meant to entice the development of #housing, that doesn't mean Kingston Penitentiary will be turned into apartment or condo units any time soon. #YGK #KingstonPen

Details: www.kingstonist.com/news/canadas...
Canada's most notorious prison now for sale – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) One of the landmarks most instantly recognizable to Kingston has been added to the Canada Public Lands Bank.
www.kingstonist.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM