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Newsstand: November 23, 2009
The Daily Photoist: November 23, 2009
The Making of a Medley
Water rates are due to rise nine percent in the New Year. City officials also say that similar rate increases will probably happen every year until at least 2012 - the city's water pipe infrastructure simply needs the money. For those wondering how this affects your "real" costs - a typical four-person household spent $429 on water in 2006. Assuming a nine percent increase every year, that means the same household will spend $720 in 2012. And that's before the United States invades us for our freshwater supplies!
However, in related paying-your-bills news, Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator says that electricity costs will be slightly lower next year. So that'll help a bit, won't it? I mean, large operators will save almost a million bucks each - so you're sure to see at least a ten dollar reduction over the year!
Jean-Pierre Kingsley, the head of Elections Canada, resigns. Everybody says that it has absolutely nothing to do with Elections Canada's recent investigation into whether or not the Conservative Party broke electoral law as regards party donations in 2005. I mean, when I think of Stephen Harper - well, "petty" is not the word I'd choose to describe a guy who conducts public feuds with the Ottawa press corps. Right? Right?
In Those Wacky Americans news: the FDA rules that some cloned meat is safe to eat, tentatively making it the first country to allow cloned food in stores. Mmmmmmmmmm. That's some clone-o-riffic meat!
And there won't be any free TTC service on New Year's Eve. (Has there ever been free TTC service on New Year's Eve? Seriously: I have no idea. New Year's is about the only day of the year I always take a cab.)
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Soup Nazi reference...sweet : - )
"I didn't get my free Subway ride"
"Nevermind, let it go, you'll ruin it for the rest of us"
"You're through, Soup Nazi...no more free TTC Service....NEXT!!!!"
I thought TTC was running a surplus this year.
Can vegetarians eat cloned meat?
And in the style of that prominent Torontonian k-os, I'd like invite the TTC to eat a dick, nay to step up to the buffet and have a whole plate full of dick, for this stupid, stupid, small picture, no vision decision. Maybe if drivers had a nice time on the TTC after taking it for free on NYE, they might think about paying to take it again. At minimum, they won't crash their fucking cars while driving down residential streets, trying to avoid RIDE checks. It's almost irresponsible of them NOT to have free service on the drunkest night of the year.
If Vancouver and Edmonton can make it happen, so can we. Seriously.
"f Vancouver and Edmonton can make it happen, so can we. Seriously."
let's not forget Halifax offers free NYE rides too!