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Curating Cataraqui. Quotidian Connoisseur.
Where Ostentatious Grand Gestures Thrive™

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A city that has a Weather Severity Index for roads but not for humans living in tents tells you everything you need to know...

❤️Kingston. Where Pothole Key Performance Indicators Thrive
#ygk
And it came to pass, colour-blind humans could only shrug their shoulders...
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We're old enough to remember when this building used to host KEDCO meetings...

❤️Kingston. You'll Be Amazed At What You See
#ygkHistory #ygk
www.thewhig.com/news/local-n...
Dozens of people displaced following apartment fire above Suits Nightclub
A fire broke out inside an apartment above Suits Nightclub in downtown Kingston Wednesday afternoon.
www.thewhig.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Local Police seek 5.97% budget increase in 2026 resulting in a protection fee of $57,250,135

❤️Kingston. Your Community. Your Taxes.
#ygk
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"If you see it, report it."
-Mayor96

Paterson said the Police Board had previously spoken about encouraging citizens to report more crimes, and that he got the idea of running a city-wide ‘if you see it, report it’ campaign.

Where Ostentatious Grand Gestures Thrive™
#ygk
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Kingston’s deputy police chief was suspended nearly a year ago. No one will say why | CBC News
An advocate for Ontario police officers and a professor who studies law enforcement accountability say the Kingston Police Service Board owes it to the public and members of the force to provide an up...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Kingston Climate Emergency Day 2,456

Easy Local Climate Action Tip No One Talks About:

Reduce energy consumption.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause...
#ygk #ClimateAction
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Dear Santa,

Hope you are doing well. We don't want or need anything on Jesus' birthday.

Please concentrate your efforts on those people that are struggling to put food on the table & keep a roof over their family's head.

It's all that really matters.

Your pal,
Hank
#ygk
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Anyone else getting excited for tonight's Princess Street procession of festively adorned trucks hauling rolling brand advertisements celebrating the Dark Season Of Mass Consumption In The Name of Jesus?

❤️Kingston. Where We Jingle All The Way
#ygk
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not only is Kingston the sixth most expensive city for rental rates in Canada, it's the 3rd ranked "Certified Intelligent" city.

Tell that to the people living in tents in the "ecosystem."

❤️Kingston. Where Our Trophy Case Thrives
#ygk www.thewhig.com/news/kingsto...
Kingston earns distinguished 'Intelligent Community' recognition
On Tuesday, Kingston received a prestigious award as an intelligent community from the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).
www.thewhig.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
❤️Kingston: Where A Long Held Belief That More People Living Downtown Will Help The Economy But Due To Unprecedented Times A Convention Centre Is Imperative Because Really, How Much Money Is Enough?
#ygk #ygkBringMoney #LocalLoveIsMeasuredInDollars
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Remember when the LVEC/KRock Centre was built to save #ygk Downtown bars, restaurants, shops, hotels?

Apparently it didn't work because now the City's going to save Downtown with a Conference Centre that has a restaurant, condos, apartments and a hotel.

❤️Kingston. Our Downtown Is A Money Pit
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ICYMI

❤️Kingston. Where Business As Unusual Is How We Do Business 🧵
#ygk #ConferenceCentre
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
During this Dark Season Of Mass Consumption In The Name Of Jesus, the Rogue City will consider replacing Santa Claus with Robin Hood due to the Status Quo...

In other news:
"If you see it, report it."
-Mayor96
#ygk #HoHoHo #TisTheSeason
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
City of Kingston Housing and Homelessness Committee Technical Representative representing local unaffordable housing...

❤️Kingston. You'll Be Amazed At What You See
#ygk
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We're #6!

Congratulations to the City of Kingston on climbing from seventh to sixth place on the list of most expensive cities in Canada.

❤️Kingston. Honestly, It's Not For Everyone
#ygk
www.thewhig.com/news/kingsto...
Kingston rental rates show double-digit increase amidst national decline
Kingston is the sixth most expensive city to rent an apartment in, according to a North America-wide online rental marketplace website.
www.thewhig.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Well at least the proposed Patry Conference Centre development won't have to clearcut any trees...
#ygk
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What time will the Clown Party of Canada's House Leader and Caucus Chair make a dramatic entrance from behind the curtain and fabricate an untruth?
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Welcome To Patryville!

Will there be a convenient Downtown transfer point for the Air Canada buses?

1,000 conference delegates
340 condo and rental units
247 hotel rooms

❤️Kingston. Where The Shit Flowing Down The River Thrives
#ygk
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“I am committed to bringing you the highest standard of service and representation possible. I take representation seriously.”
-Scott Reid, Conservative Member of Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston(North of 401)

❤️Kingston. Where Reminders To Never Vote Conservative Thrive
#ygk
“Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer and the party's caucus chair, Scott Reid, flew in at the last minute, saying they couldn't vote on the app and wanted to record their “nay” votes in person.

That's a bit unusual.”
😂😂😂

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney government wins crucial confidence vote on budget | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
❤️Kingston: Where Urban Ecological Illiteracy Thrives
#ygk
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Kingston Climate Emergency Day 2,450

Local human drives to store, purchases paper bags processed from trees to fill with leaves, places the bagged "waste" curbside, diesel fueled trucks remove waste to processing facility, process waste into compost to sell to local humans.
#ygk
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

It's not Monk's Cafe but Morrison's is a pretty good stand-in for Seinfeld...

❤️Kingston. You'll Be Amazed At What You See
#ygk
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Kingston Climate Emergency Day 2,448

ICYMI - A new four-lane "sustainable" highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest was built for the COP30 Climate Summit currently taking place in the Brazilian city of Belém.🤦
#ygk #ClimateAction
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Madeleine de Roybon D’Allonne arrived at Fort Frontenac with explorer René-Robert Cavalier de La Salle in the mid-1600s and was the first European woman to own property in Ontario.

❤️Kingston. You'll Be Amazed At What You See
#ygk #ygkHistory
www.thewhig.com/opinion/good...
Good thing that La Salle gave her an I.O.U.
Fearless, courageous, determined. The words barely touch on the qualities of Madeleine de Roybon D’Allonne.
www.thewhig.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We apologize for any inconvenience the many daily train whistles may cause, especially the freight trains running between 2:30am-4:00am...
#ygk
www.kingstonist.com/news/feds-mu...
Feds, municipality announce funding injection for Bath Road housing development in Kingston – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) A new housing development under construction at 1752 Bath Road now has financial support from both the City of Kingston and the federal government.
www.kingstonist.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM