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Clutter is my nemesis. Having kids and a small home (but not a tiny home) means too much stuff — all the time. How do I deal with the clutter? I don’t. Sure, sometimes I’ll sort the pile of mail on my dining room table, or make the kids reorganize
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As Canada settles into the second day of marijuana being legal in the country, Kingstonians are currently receiving their first deliveries from the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS). The first OCS delivery by Canada Post in Kingston was made today, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at around 9:30 a.m. Packages arrived in
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With the possibility of Canada Post workers striking as early as Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, both the City of Kingston and Utilities Kingston have issued notices to residents. To avoid potential postal disruption, the City of Kingston will be mailing out Voter Information Notices (VINs) for the upcoming October 22
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Just before breaking for the holidays last December, the grand vision for transforming Canada Post was announced, while changes included massive workforce reduction, costly technological upgrades, increased postage fees and the controversial cancellation of home mail delivery services. While these measures are reportedly being implemented to heal and improve the
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After 12 days of rotating strikes that disrupted postal services in Toronto and Montreal, Canada Post workers were locked out by management, effectively crippling mail delivery across the country. The screeching halt of mail trucks was heard on Parliament Hill, where the Conservative majority decided that it was in Canada’s
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Yesterday morning I returned home after a night away to find a large newspaper protruding from my mailbox. As long as I’ve lived in my house (coming on three years now), I’ve had a little sign politely asking that there be no unaddressed mail, specifically newspapers and flyers, delivered to
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