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Extra, Extra: Crack Videos, Stylish Hats, and Emergency Exits
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- Lost in the shuffle this morning was Dean Blundell’s interview with Star City Hall reporter Robyn Doolittle. Doolittle, who is one of three reporters known to have seen a video that supposedly shows Mayor Rob Ford hitting a crack pipe, had this to say about the possibility of the footage eventually leaking: “My information is that there is another copy of it…there might be two other copies. One is out of the city, and one is somewhere else.” Here’s a link to the audio (the relevant bit starts about around 55:00).
- While Porter tries to compete with Air Canada by adding jets and new routes, Air Canada tries to compete with Porter by giving its flight attendants hats and scarves.
- In other air-travel news, have you ever fantasized about just jumping out of an emergency exit to avoid a long wait on the tarmac after a flight? It looks like some guy just beat you to it.
- What happens if you ignore the province’s heritage legislation and just demolish a historic building anyway? A local property owner may be finding out soon.
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