Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'gasoline'
August 15, 2008
Four children aged approximately 8 to 9 years old were taken to hospital yesterday after ingesting or coming into contact with a pool cleaning agent—believed to be muriatic acid—at a Royal Canadian Yacht Club swimming pool yesterday. For those of you unfamiliar with the name "muriatic acid," you will be relieved to find out that it's just another name for plain old hydrochloric acid. Aren't you relieved? The area surrounding the Rogers Centre was......
Continue Reading "Small Swimmers Sick, Stadium Surroundings Swarmed, Stephen Surpasses Stéphane"July 22, 2008
The wireless spectrum auction being held by Industry Canada to sell off 300 spectrum licenses has closed, with 40% of the spectrum licenses being set aside for new competitors in the wireless industry and $4.25 billion in revenue going to the Feds. The Financial Post speculates that competition will increase and prices will decrease, and also notes that: "It is widely assumed that all new entrants will lease bandwidth space on Rogers' networks." Ever......
Continue Reading "Spectrum Space Sold, Tenants Temporarily Turfed, Doughnuts Deliciously Dangerous"