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Newsstand: November 9, 2009
Zack Taylor in Disney Mama Drama
The Daily Photoist: November 9, 2009
Santa's Weston Workshop
Civil engineers say that Ontario bridges are at risk. Short, short version: we're not in as bad shape as the Americans on this front, but we need more strenuous testing of existing bridges since most of ours were built in the 1960s and have expected design lives of about fifty years, so we're entering the beginnings of a replacement cycle.
Ontario to distribute HPV vaccines to girls in grade 8 beginning this fall. Small-c conservative "family" political groups faint with a case of the vapours.
The Nashville Predators are probably staying in Nashville. This despite the fact that Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie offered over US$25 million more than the Nashville group trying to keep the team in Nashville. Apparently it is really, really important to make sure that Tennessee has access to professional hockey. The ancient ties between country music and professional hockey must be preserved!
Will Stephen Harper shuffle up his cabinet? More importantly, will he get a better haircut? Because that man needs a proper haircut rather than the thing he has now.
Loblaws reduces power use in its stores. Measures such as this, whereby the province pays companies to consume less energy during crisis moments, mean that Ontario is actually using much less energy than last year around this time. In unrelated news, Loblaws is recalling green beans that give you botulism. (Or is it unrelated? This could validate many theories.)
And finally, David Beckham is coming to Toronto after all! Sure, he's probably not playing, but the excitement of having him sit on the bench is unparalleled!
Photo by Simon Chambers from the Torontoist Flickr pool.
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What about stopping the use of open freezer cases? Those things make stores WAY too cold, especially for summer shoppers dressed for the weather, and they can't be very efficient, either energy-wise or at keeping foods at safe temperatures. They use closed cases for many other products that need freezing ... why not all of them?
I just want to point out that, as a former corporate employee of one of the major grocery chains, that grocery stores have PITTIFUL environmental records.
for example, you have Loblaws pushing their Green line of household products. yet Loblaws, just like Sobeys and the other major chains, does not have a store recycling program. all cardboard boxes (and all grocery items come in large cardboard boxes- so we are talking about hundreds of cardboard boxes daily) are placed into a trash compactor and tossed into the garbage.
and i'm not even talking about the waste that occurs due to open-concept freezers (they just blow air into the store), rotton produce tossed into the garbage and the use of styrofoam and plastic bags for lots of grocery items.
so let's give Loblaws a half-hearted cheer for attempting to save electricity, but do not forget to tell the store managers that you are upset at their lack of recycling programs. if enough people get on their backs, they will hopefully wisen up.
I'm actually glad that the Predators are staying in Nashville. My husband went to Nashville on business and went to a hockey game and couldn't believe how into the game the fans were. They had all kinds of weird cheers and were just really excited about the whole thing. It would be a shame for them to lose that.
Sure, he's probably not playing, but the excitement of having him sit on the bench is unparalleled!
LOL-ed.