Archive for August, 2011

Why did Layton’s final act rivet us so?

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By Michael Posner (from Today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) The word catastrophe, derived from Greek, translates roughly as “an overturning.” Classical drama often ends with it, typically with the death of the hero. The path of Jack Layton’s recent life perfectly traces that Aristotelian arc, climbing to the hubristic heights of his party’s performance in [...]

August 27, 2011 Politics, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Jack Layton’s last letter

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The funeral for NDP Leader Jack Layton will be Saturday in Toronto, days after the well-liked politician died at his Toronto home at age 61 after a battle with cancer August 20, 2011. Below is his last letter he wrote only hours before his passing. Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have [...]

August 22, 2011 Bloggers, Politics, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Burlington drummer sets new world record

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By John Bkila Queen’s We Are The Champions will now have new meaning to Burlington drummer Steve Gaul who has set a new Guinness World Record for marathon drumming. The rock anthem was the last song a very-tired Gaul drummed in his 121-hour feat (over six days) to beat the daunting record and help the [...]

August 10, 2011 Uncategorized 0 Comments

A trip to buy milk turns frightening

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Familiar London streets morph into scene of shuttered shops, menacing kids By Jeffrey Simpson ONE GLANCE at the area gave me second thoughts about going to buy milk for my breakfast cereal. I had just surfaced from a Tube station Monday afternoon and was heading up the street to a supermarket about 500 metres away. [...]

August 10, 2011 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Man implicated in ‘D.B. Cooper’ skyjacking had worked at Boeing

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By Douglas Stanglin One of two brothers implicated by a niece in the 40-year-old “D.B. Cooper” (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/D NULL._B NULL._Cooper) skyjacking case worked at Boeing around the time of the fabled incident, according to the woman’s mother, The Seattle Times reports. In the elaborate scheme, “D.B.Cooper” hijacked a Boeing plane on a Northwest Orient [...]

August 5, 2011 Bloggers, Crime 0 Comments

Tymoot – Back to school and rules for you!

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Believe it or not, it’s only a matter of weeks until kids of all ages will be heading back to classes for the new school year. Labour Day Weekend marks the official end of summer, and yet already savvy parents are tracking back to school specials and other timely offers from big chain stores – [...]

August 3, 2011 Uncategorized 0 Comments