Weekly roundup: December 5-11
11 December 2011Articles
Time to pull public funding to Catholic schools from The Globe and Mail
New study uncovers how animals use underground highway culverts
Karen Stintz and Rob Ford’s TTC problem: there are too many riders from Ford For Toronto
Municipal Mythologies from Financial Post
Letter of the Day: Why is Ottawa ugly? from Ottawa Citizen
Two questions we’re not hearing from city hall from The Grid TO
Nova Scotia’s ski-helmet law: Preventing a statistically insignificant number of head injuries from National Post
Why Kensington Market shouldn’t be pedestrian-only from The Grid TO
Amid an emergency in Attawapiskat—a strategy from Maclean’s
Have you seen Canada’s most elusive creature? from The Globe and Mail
Tweets
Got @MeaghanSmith's Christmas album. Christmas-y enough for me, not too Christmas-y for @lingwhatics. Perfect. The show @TheRivoli was great
— Heather Jewell (@heather_jewell) December 8, 2011
Commissioned a portrait. Tried to look annoyed. pic.twitter.com/Dc2GXjeY
— Elite Raccoon (@EliteRaccoon) December 10, 2011
When the opening of an IKEA is a top story, you know you live in a remarkably peaceful, prosperous, and boring city.
— Dan Gardner (@dgardner) December 7, 2011
IN 1958, @LenBlork WAS ADMONISHED BY SPEAKER MICHENER FOR HIS RITUAL VOTING GESTURE. IT INVOLVED A WALTZ, JUGGLING CATS, AND A JETPACK.
— InfoAlerteBot (@InfoAlerteBot) December 6, 2011
Say what you want about NDP's Pat Martin, but at least he can ask a 30-second question without reading it #cdnpoli
— David Ljunggren (@reutersLjungg) December 6, 2011
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