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Ontario Bans Incandescents, TDSB Bans Cell Phones, Broadway Bans Legitimate Theatre
Ontario plans to ban incandescent light bulbs by 2012 to promote the use of CFLs. Good ban, Ontario.
“There’s no cell after the bell.” The Toronto District School Board bans cellphones in public schools. Bratty ninth graders everywhere let out a collective whine.
A Toronto police officer has been charged with corrupt practice, neglect of duty and discreditable conduct after discovering a lost laptop at Spadina and College. The officer took the laptop home, erased all of its data and reloaded software before eventually returning it to the rightful owner, looking to collect a reward. Be sure to read the story in full for the guy’s bullshit explanation.
“The death of the modern musical as we know it.” With Toronto’s production of Dirty Dancing now on sale, theatre experts discuss the rise of McBroadway.
A schizophrenic pedophile escaped from his escorts while at the Rogers Centre on a day trip from the Whitby Mental Health Centre yesterday. Keep your eyes peeled for crazy men in playgrounds around the lakeshore.
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