Miscellaneous, etc.

Toronto newspaper headlines in response to the Federal mini-budget this morning:

National Post:  “Tax Cuts Total $60B“
The Globe & Mail: “Ottawa doles out $60-billion in tax relief“
The Toronto Sun: “Flaherty’s mini-budget: No tricks… ALL TREATS!“
The Toronto Star: “Flaherty the Slasher” (conspicuously tempered, for their online edition, to “Flaherty slashes taxes”)

It’s good to know that the Star is […]

Comrade Miller finally won in his quest to introduce two new taxes to the citizens of Toronto this week, making it 1% more expensive to buy a new house (unless you’re a first-time buyer), $60 more expensive to register for your car, and 64% easier for me to justify staying north of Steeles. He […]

For the last month or so, there have been picketers outside of the Holiday Inn on King Street.
At first there were only a few, trudging unhappily with signs around their necks, the kind of odd assortment of people you’d expect to see in food service: middle-aged white guys whose rock bands never worked out; women […]

In the spirit of sharing, I thought I would offer some fun, fascinating facts about Yorkshire Terriers that came to mind after meeting one — and his thoughtful owner — today while getting lunch: 

The Yorkshire Terrier was the second most-popular breed in America in 2006, according to the American Kennel Club, second only to the Labrador Retriever.
As […]