Marauding bear meets its match in woman, 87 Concerned about the safety of herself and her property, she set a bear snare. When she returned last week she found a 200-kilogram black bear waiting for her in the trap. Smith, a longtime hunter of everything from beaver and coyote to moose and caribou, immediately shotcontinue reading
June 2007 Archives
Well, this is neat –
My Maps app for Google Maps. Lines, map points, embedded images, shapes – it’s all there, and couldn’t be easier. Back in the day, a year and a half ago or so, you actually had to know a certain amount about Java to do this sort of thing, or at least be willing to gocontinue reading
Anglican fudge, so filling and nutritious
Absolutely nobody seems to know what this will mean in practice: Same-sex blessings not in conflict with core doctrine Winnipeg, June 24, 2007 — Members of the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod in Winnipeg agreed Sunday that the blessing of same-sex unions is not in conflict with the church’s core doctrine, in the sensecontinue reading
Safety madness, chapter 501
The Toronto Transit Commission has not only removed the “walk left, stand right” signs from its escalators, it’s also suggesting that no one should walk on the escalators at all: “The intent is for the escalator to carry people up the escalator. If they are capable of walking, they should be utilizing the stairs. Now,continue reading
Followup
… on the Georgia statutory rape case I blogged about a while ago.
Better ways?
So apparently every bright idea about transit anybody has had in Central Ontario for the last 50 years is now public policy, from running GO trains on the midtown CPR tracks to an LRT down Pape (or is it Greenwood?) to reviving the Radial Line in Hamilton, for a total of 52 proposals. Contingent oncontinue reading
Holy Martha!
Only just caught up with this one. On the down side, it would suck. On the up side, the out-of-court settlement would send you to Martinique for quite a while. (Garçon!)
ROM Crystal opening
Fireworks! Foomp!
Canada’s never-to-be-majority government
This may end up being premature, but I’ll call it anyway: Harper will never lead a majority Conservative government in Canada. He’s lost all the seats in the Atlantic provinces, most if not all of the 12 Saskatchewan seats, isn’t gaining ground in Ontario, and $700 million can’t buy Quebec, according to today’s Decima poll:continue reading
Leadership matters. Coherence, not so much.
From a Ontario PC Youth Association giveaway at this weekend’s Ontario PC convention: This year provides us with an excellent opportunity, a chance to get rid of a Premier who has become disconnected with the people of Ontario and that with a man of great vision and integrity because we want a better Ontario, andcontinue reading