Yesterday some guy had dinner in the Swiss Chalet just up the road from here on Queensway. After dinner, he apparently showed the waitress a gun and a note requesting that the restaurant be evacuated. He allegedly held the manager there for a few hours… Read More
I understand the airline industry is after some compensation because they couldn’t fly with all the volcanic ash in the air. That tells me that if the regulatory people didn’t stop them, they would happily have sent plane-loads of people up in that crap. Now… Read More
For the Toronto Transit Commission, it seems when it rains it freezes. After the transit union took a very positive step, organizing a series of town-halls, and apologizing profusely for poor customer service, another serious incident has taken place. All the news outlets have reported… Read More
I heard a lawyer on the radio the other day talking about trying to get a class action lawsuit certified, seeking $100 Million in damages from the City of Toronto as compensation for losses suffered by St. Clair Ave. businesses as a result of the… Read More
Check out this post over at Garden Rant about the successful campaign to have TruGreen (formerly Chemlawn) dropped as a sponsor of Earth Day. I guess today even chemical companies want to be branded green, even if they aren’t. Green marketing is blossoming. It isn’t… Read More
Outrageous. A Montreal dad was fined after a neighbour complained about a street hockey game. In the municipality of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, it is illegal to play street hockey. A neighbour called the city to complain about the noise, and a city worker came out and asked… Read More
I don’t want to hear any more about that golfer and his mistresses and their text messages. Enough already. I don’t even like golf.
Ontario no longer needs a bunch of tax collectors because they are moving to a harmonized sales tax system. The federal government on the other hand, needs new tax collectors for the same reason. The result is that the Ontario employees are becoming federal employees,… Read More
Lots of people in Toronto would like the City to “do something” about the marked increase in coyote sightings and contact in the Toronto area. Noise about this got louder recently after a coyote snatched one of a Pickering resident’s Pomeranians. Residents can’t have it… Read More
The Tim Horton’s empire is planning to add another 900 outlets. For those not living in Canada, it seems as if some cities have Tim Horton’s on just about every corner. This includes drive-through locations galore. I wonder if they will reach a saturation point.… Read More
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