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...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 27, 2008 | GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
Ontario’s legislature has ordered Toronto’s 9,000 transit workers to end their suprise strike that idled the country’s largest fleet of subways, streetcars and buses. All parties supported the bill, introduced personally by Premier Dalton McGuinty,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 26, 2008 | GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
A midnight strike by the TTC caught many people off guard, some showing up early this morning expecting a train, bus or streetcar only to find the lines abandoned. Last night, clubgoers poured out of bars when news of the strike spread. “No way, no way,”...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jan 28, 2008 | Canada, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA History, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto, World
National Geographic includes the TTC’s Queen streetcar, the 501, one of the top 10 trolley routes in the world. It’s a crowded ride, but oh, what a view. The 501 has become emblematic of the stretched service on the TTC. But finally there’s a glint...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Dec 11, 2007 | GTA Culture, GTA Issues, GTA Religion
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – A 57-year-old man from Mississauga, Ont., has been charged with murder after his 16-year-old daughter died overnight. Aqsa Parvez was rushed to hospital Monday morning in critical condition after a man made a 911 call in which he allegedly...