Ontario debt stands at $295.7 billion for 2014
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How Qatar is financing Islamist extremists
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It’s nice to know who your friends are. See what you think after you read this article in the Telegraph newspaper. That nice Qatar place with its lovely Qatar Airways Five Star Service. So nice to know that you won’t be blown out of the sky on one of theirs. Things are all taken care of. Telegraph
Tory at 40% in 2,469-person robo-call poll
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John Tory is shown to be the leader in the contest for mayor with 40 percent of public support in a poll released Monday (September 22, 2014). Olivia Chow sits at 25 percent, with Doug Ford at 23 percent. Eleven 11 percent of respondents were undecided. This was a robo-call survey of 2,469 people done by Mainstreet Technologies. The election is Monday, October 27, 2014.
Body-cam pilot program for Toronto Police
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Cheeky look at Oktoberfest party in Munich
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Must rethink time and space says Liberal leader
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This is what Mr. Trudeau said to students at the University of Western Ontario. “We have to realize that the way of thinking that got us to this place no longer holds. We have to rethink elements as basic as space and time, to go all science fictiony on you in this sense.” We understand that he doesn’t like the present government but what on earth do these vague words mean? If anything.
Chow in shift to the left or just a bob and weave?
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The Globe and Mail is calling it a shift to the left but it may be more like a bob-and-weave. Ms Chow has unearthed remarks made by John Tory when he was the leader of the PC Party of Ontario ten years ago. He was talking then about Toronto the way rural Ontarians like to do — as the place to hate. But Chow has largely missed the boat on a lot of progressive issues. She has ignored the Toronto Island airport expansion, a cause that cuts across left and right. Neither has she talked much about public housing. That one is not so universal as the airport and she has a bit of a problem with it because she used to live there. Globe and Mail
6 tips to keep your kids safer on social media
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They may seem like ho hum ideas for a lot of younger parents but some of these simple suggestions are of interest. If you start early enough, you can actually get away with keeping the computer in a common room. That’s one we liked. Mashable
Rotary’s “rubber boot” corn roast a huge success
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With the Leaside Rotary Club Corn Roast more than half over as this was posted organizers will consider the 2014 edition of their annual event to have been a whole-hearted success. This morning left Trace Manes Park well-drenched and the forcecast suggests we may yet see another downpour by evening. But in between it has been lovely. Some were calling it the Rubber Boot Corn Roast as a few parents dressed their kids in wellies. Adults in regular shoes seemed to prefer to hop around the swampy spots with a style that can only be called Leasidian. The things that make kids happy, happy, happy were all there in abundance. Face paintng and highly responsive bouncy surfaces drew mobs of children and parents. Sarah Jordan along with sister Claire and their mom and day were present to do the good work of the food drive. A four-piece band with an infectious sound reminiscent of Don Messer and the Islanders entertained the older attendees. The Bulldog spotted political faces: John Burnside and his friend Charlene Kew were there. Mr. Burnside was dishing out the popular staple cotton candy. John Carmichael was present as were David Sparrow and his wife Lise, both of whom were enjoying the down east sounds. Later in the afternoon, Premier Wynne was able to visit this event in her own riding and John Parker (Ward 26) visited accompanied by David Soknacki. (Sunday, September 21, 2014). Pictures on Twitter
Rotary corn roast may catch a break with weather
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The popular Leaside Rotary Club Corn Roast scheduled for today at Trace Manes Park may catch a small break with the rain. The Weather Channel shows a three or four hour break in which sunshine could favour us from about noon to 4 p.m. Bring an umbrella and enjoy.
Man drops new iPhone seconds after buying it
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Jack Cooksey of Perth Australia was one of those all-night guys in order to buy an iPhone 6. Poor Jack. What with the fuss of showing it to the happy television lady, Jack dropped his new phone all on live and as it happened. Check the footage — now posted on YouTube with more than four million views — and have a look at what happened, At first, the newscaster is trying to rip open Mr. Cooksey’s iPhone 6 for him. How come? As SKY News asks: Did she sleep on a sidewalk all night? No. She says: “It’s your phone, you open it” Then, with a final tug from Mr. Cooksey on the little box top down goes the phone onto the concrete. The TV lady look embarrassed and says: “I don’t quite know what to say right now.”