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Stephen Harper’s Jet Hypocrisy, Docks Gets Its Game Back, Stephen Hawking Goes Weightless
Opposition parties are crying foul over Harper’s use of military jets. After accusing the Liberals of overusing the jets for personal business during their time in government, Harper used one to fly his son to Toronto for a Leafs game. Pot, meet kettle.
A lethal bacterial strain common in hospitals has hit Mississauga. According to the article, C. difficile is spread through fecal matter. We don’t even want to know what’s going on in our hospitals these days.
The Docks has been given its liquor license back. It may not be everyone’s favourite venue, but few establishments go to such great lengths to please everyone. A new $5 million sound system? Posting a sound guard on the island during concerts? People need to understand that living next door to one of Canada’s largest cities just might mean a little noise now and then.
Stephen Hawking will make a zero-gravity flight in April. How cool is that? Aside from experiencing zero-gravity, Hawking has a $200,000 space flight ticket in his pocket, thanks to Sir Richard Branson.
The Raptors, despite being dead to Stephen Colbert, breezed to a 106–90 victory over the Houston Rockets last night. Take that Colbert!
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