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Extra, Extra: Firetrucks for Sale, Outbreak Updates, and Rob Ford’s News Conference Exit
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- If you were prowling around Kijiji on Sunday, had $150,000 to spare, and really wanted a firetruck, you might have thought you were in luck: for a while, at least, it seemed four Toronto-area firetrucks were on the market and in need of a good home. But you would not have been in luck—not one bit: the ads were in fact part of a protest against upcoming cuts to Toronto Fire Service.
- If you’re the kind of person who likes to be informed and to worry in an informed way, you’ll be relieved to hear that Toronto Public Health will now be regularly posting information about all outbreaks in Toronto nursing homes, retirement homes, and hospitals.
- “Rob Ford storms out on drug-use questions” and “Rob Ford flees news conference when asked about drug use” are two headlines that appeared in Toronto papers today—and that raise interesting questions about the difference between storming out and fleeing and whether one can do both at one and the same time.
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