Weekly roundup: December 5-11

Articles

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

Video

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