The Supreme Court of Canada is unanimous that federal terrorism law requiring lawyers to report suspicious money transactions is unconstitutional. Reuters
Sportswriting pioneer Alison Gordon dead at 72
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PC Brenda works with homeless man in 53 Div.
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PC Brenda Dolenc of 53 Division Community Response Unit is seen delivering some much needed warm clothing in recent hours from the TPS Coat Drive to local homeless. Hard to imagine this man could survive a night on this sidewalk. In a different time, before human rights police had authority to take such persons into custody as “vagrants”. It was demeaning perhaps, but not as inconvenient as dying.
Like deep space in Davisville, Leaside at minus 20
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There’s a term for it. “Chill on the house” was no doubt a common expression as we reluctantly threw back the blankets across South Bayview on this coldest morning of the year so far. As reported by the Weather Channel it was a deep space-like -22.1 C at Pearson International Airport, with wind chill values near -33 C. The coldest morning prior to this one was on Jan. 13 when the temperature hit -21.2 C and a wind chill of -32.
How are you? Online dating as an economic study
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Sun News Network to sign off for good this Friday
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GM will build new generation Chevy at Ingersoll
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Automaker will invest $560 million in Ingersoll plant which currently makes the best selling Chevrolet Equinox SUV. This will tool up the plant for the re-modeled version of the same popular vehicle. It is a case where the low price of oil means jobs in Ontario. Cars made in Ingersoll with the 80-cent Canadian dollar only need to be shipped 150 miles to make GM a nice bonus. And the local pay cheques represent money that will find its way to Toronto. Globe and Mail
Toronto to lend itself cash to balance the budget
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Is it the most prudent way to deal with a shortfall of $86 million needed to balance the budget? Or a short-sighted way for the Mayor to avoid raising taxes when he said that he wouldn’t? Critics predict a crushing tax increase in a few years if we don’t face the music now. The shortfall created by the Ontario government seems destined to appear every year. New forms of revenue, i.e. taxes seem necessary. And then there is the question of what it costs to run the City. The commitments are so extensive a layperson can hardly grasp them, much less judge them. Ann Hui, Globe and Mail Jennifer Pagliaro, Toronto Star
Johnny’s love note to June is the all-time greatest
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A Valentine’s Day feature sponsored by the Daily Mail newspaper has found that a love letter written by Johnny Cash to his wife June in 1994 is judged by readers the greatest such missive of all time. Writers today are recalling Cash’s rather stoic image in the context of this letter revealing a deeply romantic soul. His relationship with wife June Carter Cash was chronicled in the movie ‘Walk the Line,’ as well as ‘Anchored in Love,’ a book written by their son, John Carter Cash. The letter was written to mark June’s birthday and reads in part: “Once in awhile, like today, I meditate on it and realize how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met.” Cash wrote while he was in Odense, Denmark. “You’re the object of my desire, the #1 Earthly reason for my existence.” The sweet letter has been voted the greatest love letter of all time by the readers of the Daily Mail in the U.K., topping romantic missives from Napolean, Richard Burton, Beethoven, King Henry VIII and John Keats. See the note and read it here.
Still space at bamboobay for PA Day Art Camp
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Parents looking for nice way to keep the kids busy on tomorrow’s PA day should give Bamboo Bay a call (416) 901 1255. Bamboo Bay (bamboobay) is a fun environment and conveniently located at the corner of Millwood Rd. and Bayview Ave. Carrie Tse’s school of creative expression has bright offices above the shops on the northeast corner. Look for Write Impressions. Carrie is a dedicated teacher of art and a mom herself. She has stocked her classroom with quality paint, paper and crafts Bamboo Bay
Donor-husband is “My hero, best man I know”
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A news conference at the Hospital for Sick Children has been told that doctors have identified as many 7 possible liver donors for the second Wagner twin, Binh. They are working on refining the medical match and say they hope to do the transplant that will save the child’s life within about a month. At the news conference Joanne Wagner (inset) adoptive mother of the two Vietnamese children, offered a moving thank you to her husband for giving up part of his liver for the other twin, Phuoc. That operation occurred earlier this week and was pronounced successful for both parties by doctors this morning. Ms. Wagner said her husband is “my hero, the best man I know” for his act. The girls have a genetic disorder called Alagille syndrome. It affects their vital organs and is fatal without a transplant. The surgeries on Tuesday lasted 13 hours at the Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children.
Cruel and unusual cold could burst more pipes
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It’s the cold but it’s also that uncertain catastrophe known as a broken water main. Weather experts and engineers have to admit that these are the conditions for such things. Weather Channel