by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 21, 2008 | Barrie, GTA News, Ontario
Firefighters continue to battle a blaze this morning that razed a section of the city’s downtown, the second major fire in less than six months. Dozens of residents in apartments over stores along Dunlop Street scrambled to safety after an apparent explosion...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 20, 2008 | Airlines, Airports, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has taken a big bite out of Porter Airlines’ Big Apple ambitions. The regulator ruled the Toronto-based upstart airline must trim its daily schedule of 14 flights between Hogtown and Newark, N.J. by four in order to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 20, 2008 | Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Education, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario
I still think that this is a bad idea? There are other ways to solve social issues and problems. Excuses are unacceptable and only help to further alienate various groups in our city. However, if someone can provide me with a reason this a good idea, I am all ears....
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 18, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
“TTC chairman Adam Giambrone says a new subway line cutting through the bottom of the city is a “good idea,” one the TTC will start looking at seriously by 2018. The Downtown Rapid Transit project, or Downtown Relief Line (DRL), would relieve congestion at the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 15, 2008 | Canada, Ontario, Technology, Toronto
And you didn’t like Comcast’s TCP resets. Something far more egregious is going on in Canada, where Bell Canada has been engaged in deep-packet inspection of traffic. Bell is using DPI to find and limit the use of peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent, which it...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 8, 2008 | Canada, GTA Issues, Ontario
In basic terms, Jessica Devnani is a brunette, yet, her dreadlocks hairstyle is a grey area in terms of employment at Canada’s Wonderland. “unnatural colour and beads” ? So, maybe it’s no surprise the initial park employment staffer who interviewed Ms...