January 24, 2007 - One of the things that I had to do in my first job out of grad school was to scan newspapers from around the province and compile media clippings for the entire division every single day. The task felt like a chore at times, but it really gave me an opportunity to know first hand what's going on around the province. These days, I kinda miss not doing the clippings - but the habit of reading a newspaper (or a couple of different newspapers) is now hard to break! So here are a couple of interesting articles that I came upon:The fact that Jane Jacobs and PM Stephen Harper were mentioned in the same sentence is somewhat surprising. Here's another shocker: our PM claims that he even owns a copy of "An Inconvenient Truth" at home!
London transit most expensive in the world
A single journey on London's buses and tubes now cost £4 in cash- that's $9.28 Canadian dollars! According to a friend from work, there are possibly 2 reasons for this: 1) to help pay for the repair and maintenance of the over 100 year old tube system; 2) to encourage more commuters to use the Oyster card (a smart card ticketing system), which is not affected by the fare increase (the increase only applies to cash fare). By comparison, Tokyo, the 2nd most expensive transit system, charges £1.37 ($3.17 CDN) in cash for a single journey.
The Undertow: The Hart House Pyramids
Despite having spent 6 years at U of T, I have never really paid much attention to the Hart House Pyramids. That is until I read this article. Bernard and I went to check it out yesterday - the tip of each pyramid does line up with the tip of the CN Tower!
So this isn't exactly "news" news, but hey a lot of people are talking about it. Isaiah Washington (Dr. Burke on Grey's Anatomy) is definitely digging his own grave here. I don't see him or his character surviving past this season.
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