by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 24, 2008 | College, GTA Issues, GTA News, Markham, Newmarket, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Students, Toronto, Unions, University, Vaughan, Viva, YRT
680News staff | Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 7:42 pm Thirty-five-thousand commuters in York Region will have to find another way to work or school come Thursday morning. That’s because Viva bus drivers will go on strike starting at 4 a.m. Union members...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 22, 2008 | Entertainment, GTA Music, Music, Ontario, Toronto
I actually not a big time rock fan. However, for some odd reason I like some songs from this group. In any case, enjoy! The band’s November 9 show at Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden sold out within 15 minutes as did the November 21 Columbus, Ohio, gig at that...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 22, 2008 | Election, GTA Politics, News, Ontario, Politics, Toronto
In the latest embarrassment for the Conservative campaign, a candidate who blogged after the July beheading on a Winnipeg-bound bus that Canadians should be allowed to carry concealed handguns for protection has resigned from the Toronto Centre race. Musings on women,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
A couple of weeks ago, City State posted a comparison of the TTC’s logo with transit logos from other cities around the world. The conclusion: the TTC’s art deco identifier, while distinctive, lacks simplicity and ease of recognition. Meanwhile, in an unrelated yet...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Election, GTA Food, GTA Politics, News, Ontario, Politics
TONDA MACCHARLES OTTAWA BUREAU SAGUENAY, QUE.–Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was forced to apologize yesterday for “tasteless and completely inappropriate” jokes on an Aug. 30 government conference call during the listeriosis crisis. “This...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Canada, Emergencies, GTA Food, GTA Issues, News, Ontario, Toronto
Yogurt products from two Chinese companies suspected of distributing melamine-tainted milk powder are still being sold in Chinese supermarkets in and around Toronto. Yogurt products from Mengniu and Yili were discovered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a...