Heritage advocates are sounding the alarm after Canada Post’s monumental modernist building in downtown Vancouver was sold to a B.C. pension-fund manager with plans for a “mixed-use” redevelopment. The Heritage Vancouver Society says the 1958 building that takes up a city block at Georgia and Hamilton streets — with “impressive exterior columns of polished grey…
USPS cuts hours at Kansas post officeKSNTWith the USPS threatening to close about 150 post offices across the state, Lecompton residents fear trimming hours is the first step to closing their post office altogether. When someone stole Denise Collette's mail from her mailbox several times, she … More: continued here
Price of stamps going up this weekendWXIXA three-story apartment building caught fire on Saturday in Mt. Auburn. The fire broke out just before 4 p.m. on Seitz Road. A family living on the third floor of the building escaped safely. A grandmother,Full Story >. A two-story apartment building …and more » More: continued here
After stints as a laundromat and warehouse, a North Topeka post office is getting yet another identity – as an arts center. More: continued here
Whitstable protest over delivery office closureBBC NewsRoyal Mail wants to shut the Whitstable office, where about 50 workers are based, and move the work to Canterbury. The Communication Workers Union said it would lead to more traffic on the roads and delays in deliveries reaching Whitstable. Local … More: continued here
Kenilworth Weekly News Old Royal Mail site set for first class revampKenilworth Weekly NewsOld Royal Mail site set for first class revamp. Hightown Praetorian & Churches housing association has been granted planning permission to build 86 affordable homes and a self-storage facility on the former Royal Mail site on Park Lane in Hemel Hempstead.and more »…
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Paste Magazine Dolls Based on Django Unchained Banned from eBayPaste MagazineAn eBay representative told Deadline their reasoning for ceasing sales, stating the doll listings “were removed as they were in violation of our Offensive Materials policy.” They said eBay doesn't allow offensive products “that graphically portray …eBay bans Django Unchained dollsRadio 1Django Unchained Dolls Banned…
Social Zoo: Social Updates Last Day to Purchase Stamps Before Rate Goes UpPatch.comThe announcement states letters under one ounce mailed anywhere internationally will cost $1.10 and postcard stamps will also see a one-cent increase, from 32 cents to 33 cents. Highlights of the new single-piece First-Class Mail pricing, effective Jan.Price of stamps going up this…
Telegraph.co.uk Namco Bandai denies collusion with eBay reseller amid Ni no Kuni Wizard's …JoystiqAfter some orders for the Wizard's Edition of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch started being mysteriously cancelled, Namco Bandai stepped forward to clarify that the special edition had been oversold, that the issue was caused by an error in…