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Extra, Extra: Shinny is Saved, Buy the CBC Building, and Meth is Bad
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- In what has become an annual event, the City faced criticism today that despite the cold weather, budgetary constraints will force its 35 shinny rinks to prematurely shut down for the season on February 22. But this year, shinny found a saviour in Green For Life, who you may remember from such city business as the company that holds the garbage collection contract west of Yonge Street. With its sponsorship and one other co-sponsor that has not yet been announced, 12 of the 35 rinks will remain open until the close of March Break.
- The CBC says that it’s open to selling its downtown headquarters for the right price. Opened in 1992, the building now has surplus space given all of the downsizing the broadcaster has done in recent years (and will continue to do going forward). Selling real estate has been a strategy used by many cash-strapped media organizations of late as they struggle to stay capitalized amidst declining ad sales, or, in the case of the Ceeb, shrunken subsidies from the federal government.
- If there’s one thing that Breaking Bad taught us, other than the fact that breakfast is an essential part of a balanced life, it’s that meth is bad. Police arrested 22-year-old Nicole Burlton, alleging that she was in possession of $15,000 worth of crystal meth, a small amount of heroin, and digital scales. The allegations seem more Badger than Heisenberg; regardless, real life is better when you stick to the
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