Kathleen Wynne Warns Ford About Transit City Plans - Local News. The logic of LRT vs. Ford’s Subway « ThumbShift.com. Councillors Want Say in Transit City's Future - Local News. Tax freeze comes as surprised. TTC puts Sheppard East LRT on chopping block. When police are guilty of FIDO — forget it, drive on. A police officer was praised this week for spotting a suspicious vehicle and knocking on Jessica Lloyd’s door the night she was abducted and later murdered.
“She did more than a lot of officers would have done,” Belleville police Chief Cory McMullan said. First Openly Gay Bishop Leaves After Death Threats. November 12th, 2010 Gene Robinson, the world’s first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Communion, has announced that he will be leaving his post after seven years in service.
The Episcopal Church elected Robinson the Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, making history in the process. During his term, Robinson served the church splendidly, elevating religion to a higher standard of the love and respect it’s meant to teach. Finally, the right tips on how to cut electricity costs. The Ontario Power Authority has revamped its cold weather energy saving tips after getting caught offering ridiculous suggestions such as turning down the air conditioner to save money in winter.
As revealed by the Sunday Sun, the OPA's fall and winter online seasonal power-saving advice included cleaning and replacing the air conditioner filter, closing the curtains during the day and using a clothesline. Those are all warm weather tips that provide no help to the million and counting Ontarians on smart meters who, during the late fall and winter months, pay top price for electricity in the morning and evening. The updated web page now advises consumers to: n Install a programmable thermostat set at 20C when at home and 18C when sleeping or away. Free rides for veterans on Remembrance Day, November 11. Many transit agencies in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton will honour the sacrifice of the veterans of Canada’s wars by offering vets and their travelling companions free rides on Remembrance Day, Thursday, November 11.
Transit agencies that have specifically announced the free service include Barrie Transit, Brampton Transit, GO Transit, MiWay, the Toronto Transit Commission and York Region Transit. The agencies encourage vets to wear uniforms and medals on Remembrance Day or bring some other form of identification to let drivers and fare collectors know that they are veterans. The transit agencies also offer free rides to the families of deceased veterans. Families should bring some document to identify them as a family member of a veteran who has passed away. Transit vehicles "stop and stay" on Remembrance Day, <br/ >November 11. The drivers of Toronto Transit Commission, Durham Region Transit, MiWay, York Region Transit and other Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton transit vehicles pause their buses, streetcars and trains at 11 a.m. on Remembrance Day, next Thursday, November 11.
The drivers “stop and stay” at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month for two minutes to honour the veterans of Canada’s wars. (Ninety-two years ago, at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the Allies and Central Powers signed the Armistice — the formal document ending the First World War.) The stop and stay allows passengers and drivers two minutes to reflect on the sacrifices that members of the Canadian armed forces and other Canadians have made for peace. Miller Props Up Transit City, Stays Mum On Election - Local News. Callous letter from Metrolinx. TORONTO - Metrolinx dropped a heartless legal letter in a Toronto man's mailbox this week advising him he must leave his home - the place where he tended his dying wife - to make way for the new GO Transit/airport rail link.
Pietro Valeriani, 64, said he's not against progress but he had been told all along that his property would not be touched, and then the regional transportation body sent him a cold form letter out of the blue advising him that he has to sell. An emotional Valeriani, who has lived in the home for 20 years, came to Queen's Park Thursday to plead his case and that of eight of his neighbours who got identical letters. "I'm depressed, mad...who's going to buy back all my memories," a tearful Valeriani said. Questions Raised About Province's SIU - Local News. Province will refund part of HST charged on poppies - Local News. Police want to scrap TTC special constable program. Police recommend prepaid gas across city and province. Hamilton Spectator Hamilton police not only want to see prepayment made mandatory at gas stations in this city, but across all Ontario.
During Monday night’s meeting, the Hamilton Police Services Board approved putting forward the recommendation to the city — which will decide if and how to create the bylaw — and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police. Police decided to examine the issue back in June because of the number of pump-and-dash incidents, 57 per cent of which are never resolved, said Sergeant Treena Ley, deputy chief executive officer. But after issuing a survey to gas station operators in August she said she was alarmed to learn that many of the incidents led to some level of violence, from fights to traffic collisions.
There were 271 reported gas-and-dash incidents reported between July 2009 and July 2010. His case led to British Columbia enacting Grant’s law mandating payment first at gas pumps across that province. Update all of your social networks at once! Keepttcpublic. Court says niqabs at trial to be decided case by case. Russian Man Jailed For Destroying 50,000 Cellphones. Adult Content Notice. The idea that I can visit another city, use it's transit cheaply, without having to purchase tickets/tokens in advance, is a great one!
Not to mention that going from Hamilton to Toronto for an AN meeting me...ans I only have to carry the one pass, and swipe it on each system. This means that I not only save money, but headaches as well. Currently, in order to save money by buying tickets, I have to invest in a full strip or buy in bulk. However, since they'll deduct the cost of *one* ticket from my (bank) account at Presto, it means I have to set aside less money each month, and I never have to worry about those 'tickets' expiring when they raise the cost.
Firefighters Stood By and Watched While This House Burned to the Ground. Great city, but still with its problems. Toronto may be the most livable city in the world for some but it still has a lot of work to do, a new report shows.
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Canada, U.S. join forces for Asian Carp study. TORONTO - Federal officials Tuesday announced a $415,000 fishing expedition to keep a voracious - and people-battering - foreign species out of the Great Lakes. Since Asian Carp were imported to gobble up algae, plankton and snails in southern U.S. fish plantations in the 1970s, massive schools that developed from escapes primarily during flooding in the 1990s have driven out most native fish in the Mississippi Delta, reporters were told.
Polls and poverty. Baby of Tamil migrant born. Canadian citizenship will automatically be granted to a baby girl whose mom was among 492 Tamil migrants smuggled by ship off the coast of B.C. about six weeks ago, officials say. The girl, who was born Tuesday and named Tamil, is the first offspring of the migrants to be born in Canada, community members said. Would Rob Ford Ban Santa From Downtown Streets? - The FINAL Word.
Energy ad campaign all charged up. TORONTO - The cost of a $3 million advertising campaign to encourage Ontarians to use less electricity is going straight to their hydro bills. Another sneaky hydro hike. McMurtry reviewing controversial legislation. "Firearms Registry Saved My Life" Says Domesitc Violence Survivor. Why gun control is really a gender issue. MPP's private bill would licence landlords.