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Letter: The time has come for a basic income guarantee

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments basic income, Basic Income Canada Network, Bill Cooper, Bruce Knox, Canada, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), COVID-19, Dr. Evelyn Forget, economics, Guaranteed Basic Income, Guaranteed Livable Income, income equality, International Basic Income Week, Jamie Swift, Kingston, Kingston Action Group for a Basic Income Guarantee, letter, living wage, Manitoba, pandemic, Roberta Hamilton, Senator David Croll, Tara Kainer

The following is a submitted letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed do not neccessarily reflect those of

A community tribute to Terri Fleming

September 8, 2020September 9, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments 10-year Municipal Housing and Homelessness Plan, addictions, Alice Gazeley, Barb Butler, Community Housing Action Group, homeless shelters, housing and homelessness, Housing and Homelessness Committee, Irene Watt, Kay Langmuir, Kingston, Kingston Interval House, Marijana Matovic, Marilyn Birmingham, Matthew Birmingham, obituary, Pam Harvey, Patricia Streich, poverty, Ryandale House, Ryandale Housing, Ryandale Shelter, Ryandale Transition Home, social housing, social justice, Social Planning Council of Kingston, Tara Kainer, Terri Fleming, Town Homes Kingston

On August 31, 2020, Kingston lost a long-time, tireless worker for people who struggle with homelessness and all life’s challenges.

City City Hall News

Mayor announces tenant representatives for Task Force on Housing

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments affordable housing, housing crisis, housing shortage, housing solutions, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Mark Gerretsen, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, Mike Cavanaugh, Queen's Alma Mater Society (AMS), Queen's University, Queen's University Liberal Association, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, social activism, Tara Kainer, tenant representatives

At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, Mayor Bryan Paterson made it very clear he intended his