The City has been building a fence at our local leash-free park at the R.L.Clark Filtration Plant. Some readers may recall the post I made on this subject some time ago on this blog. My position has been that the dog park is poorly located… Read More
As anyone who has followed the news over the past couple days knows, it has been a violent weekend in Toronto. Although I’m sad that this happened here, I can’t say I’m surprised. The “G” meetings are magnets not just for protesters, but for people… Read More
The campaign leading up to the municipal elections in Toronto in the fall is focusing more and more around how we get around in the city. By that I mean primarily public transit, roads and bikes. I think this has been driven out of a… Read More
I just read about this over at Friends of Sam Smith Park. I have to say that I’m not a fan of this. To quote from the Friends of Sam Smith Park blog, “Anything that draws visitors’ attention to wildlife and habitat in the park… Read More
A gate has appeared at the off leash area at the R.L. Clark filtration plant. This is at one of the holes in the fence that runs along the east side of the area. A number of dog owners have wanted to see gates put… 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
From the Toronto Sun: Dog owners in the Bathurst St.-Eglinton Ave. W. area are shocked following the discovery of beef tongue pierced with long spikes in a ravine used frequently by people who walk their canines. Dorothy McKeown and a friend were walking their dogs… Read More
I posted recently about continued problems with stray voltage on Toronto streets. I see this is in the news again. From the National Post: Toronto Hydro is admitting it can do little to prevent stray voltage, asking residents in a new ad campaign to tread… Read More
So that baseball star, Mark McGwire has admitted what apparently most people suspected for years, that he cheated by taking steroids and steadfastly lied about it over and over again. I just wish the sports people would make up their minds. I think there is… Read More
Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have been all over the news lately because – well, because their popularity seems to be tanking. NBC tried Leno earlier and that didn’t work, and Conan in Leno’s spot apparently didn’t work either. I say apparently because I gave … Read More
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