All right, this may not be *that* significant, and yet, is just interesting enough to advance a major story. What better reason to issue the release at 5:09 pm the day before a statutory holiday? OLG TORONTO, April 5 /CNW/ – The Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), Michael Gough, today announcedcontinue reading
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But what colour were the neckties?
Diplomacy prevails, Ahmadinejad shares his famous sense of humour once again, etc. But the BBC doesn’t waste much time getting to the most important aspect of the release: The Britons were wearing suits, rather than the military uniform and tracksuits they wore in previous pictures. The one female crew member, Faye Turney, wore a bluecontinue reading
It’s the 7th Annual Brocklebank Paperweight Lecture!
…and I’m going to drop $16 and go, because really, a whole lecture on paperweights? For the 7th year running? I’m deeply curious about this. It’s only an hour, so if it’s boring at least it won’t go on forever, and however it goes I’m sure it’ll make for at least one decent blog post.continue reading
No better time to fly
Air Canada had good news to share and couldn’t think of a better time to share it than 1:40 pm on a Sunday afternoon: Air Canada launches non-stop seasonal service between St. John’s, NL and London, U. K., with daily flights during summer peak travel MONTREAL, April 1 /CNW Telbec/ – The departure today ofcontinue reading
Not any better for cats than for counters, apparently
Hills MD Prescription diet dry food is contaminated with melamine. This is starting to get a bit close to home.
England expects… you to do what your captors tell you to
Sir Alan West, First Sea Lord (these titles — truly mirth-making) in 2004 when Iran detained eight servicemen, comments on the current situation: What training would the personnel have been given to help them in the event of capture? These particular people would not be trained in counter-interrogation techniques because they are not expected tocontinue reading
England expects; or, I cannot answer that question, sir.
I’m trying to get inside Leading Seaman Turney’s head. (Sordid details here.) “Obviously we trespassed into their waters,” British sailor Faye Turney said on the video broadcast by Al-Alam, an Arabic-language, Iranian state-run television station that is carried across the Middle East. “They were very friendly and very hospitable, very thoughtful, nice people. They explainedcontinue reading
King streetcar plan
So what do we think of this? Diagram is here (.pdf). I’ve found myself using the King car quite a lot, and it really needs some help getting through downtown. You’d think that 45,000 bums on seats every day buys a certain amount of moral leverage. When it moves well, it’s an excellent system, butcontinue reading
Charming
Hydro seeks rate hike citing lost revenue as consumers cut usage The popularity of energy conservation programs is hurting Toronto Hydro’s bottom line and the utility is now seeking to raise electricity rates as a result. Update: AND Advisory aims to allay fluorescent bulb fears Ontario’s Electrical Safety Authority will issue a warning later thiscontinue reading
Finch, Eglinton LRTs in the works
The TTC is apparently about to announce a light rail plan for Finch and Eglinton Avenues. It will be interesting to see how all this plays out. I am still not really convinced, based on the Spadina LRT experience, that LRTs as currently conceived are going to be a major improvement on ordinary bus andcontinue reading