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Make speed camera signs bigger, brighter, and bolder, driver says after $88 ticket I’ve got a better idea. What if, instead of more signage, there were less signage and you all just, like, drove properly? In a perfect world, there would be no signs announcing speed cameras at all. The one announcing the speed limit …
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Cambridge man arrested for hate-motivated attack on bus: WRPS It’s not just the headline. the entire story is written in such a way as to suggest that this person was attacking a bus. The photo at the top is of a bus. The only other person we’re ever told about is the busdriver. And in …
Considering that Michael Shellenberger is the mayor’s idea of a good speaker for an addictions and mental health summit, I’ve got to say that I’m pleasantly surprised and borderline shocked to hear that the city is doing what we all should be doing if we haven’t already and getting off Twitter. If you made me guess …
I’m having a little trouble figuring out exactly how stupid this gentleman is. Like clearly he’s stupid, but is he stupid or is he stuuuuuuupid? Police say a Hamilton man went to Kitchener around 11 a.m. on Thursday to “meet with a female youth for a sexual purpose.” When he arrived at the meeting spot …
If you don’t know what that title said, it was my best impression of my reaction to the news that Chuck is Retiring at the end of July. When I got the email that Chuck Farrugia, my field representative for Guide Dogs for the Blind was retiring after 33 years of amazing service to all …
I had to renew my health card and Ontario Photo Card this week. Since you can renew a lot of these things online now if you don’t need a new photo (thanks, Covid), I thought I’d give it a try. I had a picture taken last time I was in and I haven’t moved or …
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Thanks to one handy website (the TL;WR weekly Waterloo Region events guide), I’ve just discovered another handy website, kw concerts.ca. There’s a lot of music around here, happening in places big and small. This is one person’s attempt to gather up as much of it as possible in one place so that it’s easy to …
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Do you ever wonder if uSave Flooring has a shoplifting problem? With a slogan like “Prices so low, just take it and go!” they’re pretty much asking for one, aren’t they? They do sell a lot of product that wouldn’t be the easiest to sneak off with, which probably helps. But if someone did, would …
I wrote about the service dog denial situation at Miltons restaurant not long after it happened, but hadn’t talked about it since. Boy oh boy, a lot sure has happened since. Charges were filed and later withdrawn, settlements were reached, apologies and donations were made. And now, for reasons that the owners won’t comment on …
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Everybody, sing along! Having gridlock Christmas was almost my experience. The plan was to head out today and head for Mom and Dad’s place, about 300 miles away. But because the roads still sound like they suuuuuuuck, we decided to head out tomorrow. This decision was made with no help from the folks at 570 …