The Making of a Medley
Newsstand: November 23, 2009
Transit City and Transit Cities
The Daily Photoist: November 23, 2009
Televisualist: A Kinder, Gentler Televisualist
Gas prices in Ontario at a nine-month high. Given the immediately following news item, Torontoist can only say "well, shucks" and pull out its collective bike with thirty-plus seats.
Arctic icecap melting even faster than expected. At its current rate of melting, the Arctic ocean will lack summer ice by 2020 rather than the previous prediction of 2050. In response to this latest news, John Baird said Al Gore was a big dumb fatty fat fat.
Canada's Anglican bishops: not cool with gay marriage.
More than half of Ontario schools who need an ESL teacher don't have one. This is of course particularly pressing here in Toronto, since we have the greatest need for ESL teachers, what with being the most multicultural city in the world and all.
Ontario's former chief coroner may have protected Dr. Charles "Whoopsie" Smith by blocking investigations of him. Public inquiry is underway, and will no doubt be very interesting.
And the Raptors are still in the playoff hunt after avoiding elimination last night by beating the Nets.
Image by TorontoGal from the Torontoist Flickr group.
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The Raptors may be a player or two shy (at least healthy ones, unlike poor old Garbajosa) of being contenders for later rounds but I like the way they didn't lay down last night. Friday night in the swamp will be the end but the home games seemed like fun when watching on TV - and unlike Jersey there will be NBA in Toronto next year so I don't blame Kidd for wanting to give the fans a run while running off to Brooklyn.
Maybe the Leafs will look at their fellow MLSE spawn TFC and Raptors and wonder what would happen if their crowds made some noise rather than relying on thumping music from the PA system while the crowds sit quietly (especially the ones who might crease their suits).