by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 5, 2007 | GTA Development
The building a $60-mill. South Asian-themed mall, in what will be the largest development of its kind in North America, will start soon. I remember the complaints / issues old Markham residents brought to the table in the past, when the Pacific Mall was built. Toronto...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 5, 2007 | GTA Education
The Toronto District School Board will add a specialized middle school for the arts to its list of public institutions. The announcement comes at a time when the board is trying to sell or rent 100 surplus properties. The board voted last week to open the new school...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 5, 2007 | Canada
Preston Manning launched a broadside yesterday against Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, attacking the Progressive Conservative leader’s competence and predicting his electoral demise. The former Reform Party leader – whose father Ernest was Alberta’s...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 1, 2007 | Google
For all you conspiracy buffs out there, you can now add a new chapter to your massive clip-book of JFK magic-bullet theories, alien abduction reports, and shape-shifting reptilian overlord photos. According to Trademork, a gentleman named David Liu — who is...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 31, 2007 | Ubuntu
I have to say, as a semi-Ubuntu user this is a great site if you are looking for information on Ubuntu! http://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 31, 2007 | Google, Linux, Ubuntu
Everex has teamed up with open source players to create a $198 PC (sans display). The Everex Green gPC TC2502 runs a Linux OS and is loaded with (or has links to) free applications, including Gmail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Google Product...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 31, 2007 | Open Source, Technology
Opponents of making the Microsoft Word format an ISO document standard, like OpenDocument Fellowship member Russell Ossendryver, compare GNOME’s actions to Democrats offering counters to President Bush’s 2005 plan on privatizing Social Security — any...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 31, 2007 | Google, Open Source, Technology
Google’s open social networking platform play is the buzz of the blogosphere tonight. Indeed, it is called OpenSocial in that the set of APIs allows developers to create applications that work on any social network that joins Google’s open party. So far, besides...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 30, 2007 | Canada
The Harper government is expected to announce plans to cut the GST to 5 per cent when it updates Canadians this afternoon on Ottawa’s swelling budget surplus. The timing of the fall economic statement has been moved up, sources say, to give the Conservatives one...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 30, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Toronto
“The TTC takes up 46 per cent of the 2008 capital budget. It has to replace aging streetcars, buses and subway cars. Some $79.4 million will be spent on 234 subway cars to replace aging ones and boost capacity. A further $175.5 million will pay for 193...
