The Star reports that TTC operators have a rate of post-traumatic stress disorder four times higher than Toronto police officers. The syndrome is often a result of witnessing, or becoming the victim of, physical violence, and is now the second leading cause of missed work days at the TTC. Arming operators a la Mad Max [...]

It was only a few days ago that (now former) Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was given the support of the President. But now, the day after the Republicans were sent packing in the House of Representatives and (it looks like) the Senate, Rummy is packing his bags as well. While the Americans are in a [...]

Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend is really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it. Austinist knows that few things in life are scarier than zombies, people with way [...]

It’s like Republicans supporting Ralph Nader during the last two presidential elections in the United States: Keep a party out by supporting an un-electable candidate. There’s a huge difference though. In the States, Nader is said to have hurt his own cause after nabbing a slim percentage of Democrat voters, thus giving Republicans a bigger [...]