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Big Brother's eye on Vancouver

Two hazy figures are caught in a still photo beside a row of cut down trees. Does it look like these people are doing anything wrong? According to the City of Vancouver, the images caught by a one of...

opinion by Jessica Tucker | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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eastvanray

Montreal Police want to crush your Freedom of Speech

Opinion The police have a tough job and I am sure that being verbally abused while trying to do it is not very pleasant. They also knew what was entailed when they decided to join the police force. They...

created by eastvanray | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
805 views | 16 recommendations | 7 comments

mixed.species

Toronto: No More 'Free' Plastic Grocery Bags

In June 2009, Toronto will become the first major Canadian metropolis to enact a bylaw forcing all retailers to charge at least five cents per plastic bag when buying groceries. "I think attitudes are...

created by Mary Richard | 3 years ago
524 views | 26 recommendations | 5 comments

Man loses fight to keep painted flag on garage door

World_Groove

Man loses fight to keep painted flag on garage door

If he had just put the ol' Maple leaf next to it, he'd be ok. " MONTREAL _ A Quebec superior court told Theodore Antonopoulos last week that he had to remove the large Greek flag painted on his garage door. ...

created by World_Groove | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
382 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment

mpalis

Petition for Backyard Chickens

I really support this. I like urban chickens. There were some in New York. "The allure of fresh eggs daily and natural pest control is too much for some Toronto locavores, and despite the city's prohibition, some...

created by kate | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
1803 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment

David Eby's Suggestions...

Tireless advocate of Vancouver's most vulnerable, David Eby puts forward a few suggestions to address the needs of Vancouver's homeless aboriginal population."he City of Vancouver, home to B.C.'s largest off-reserve aboriginal population in the Downtown Eastside, is...

created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
220 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment

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Principled skater takes jail time over fine

On the one hand, skateboarding is illegal on Fredericton streets, but on the other, government there encourages carless transportation. A plucky skateboarder found himself caught in the middle of that...

created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
1983 views | 2 recommendations | 21 comments

kmedenblik

Fans riot, vandalize downtown Montreal

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell Europe have their Soccer Hooligans, Montreal has their Hab (Montreal Canadiens) Hockey Hooligans.Watching the news last night, it looked more like a War Zone...

created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
2458 views | 15 recommendations | 10 comments

Shibby777

Vancouver's hookah parlours lose smoking exemption

Vancouver city councillors faced a boisterous audience on Thursday as they debated a bylaw from last September that exempts hookah parlours and cigar lounges from Vancouver’s indoor smoking prohibitions....

created by cynthia yoo | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
2955 views | 3 recommendations | 3 comments

Possible Nova Scotia Protesters? No Tiananmen square, but a protest none the less.

Barry ORegan

Nova Scotia: Mayor to ban smoking in his Town

I know a Future Political headline, Mayor and Town Councillors lose election in a landslide and run for cover as they are publicly run out of town on a rail.Of course as is such in many small towns where everybody...

created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
777 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments

Questionable Bylaw forces Historic Neighbourhood Shops to Close

I think this is really shocking actually. Cheapskates is amazing and is pure neighbourhood. It seems so silly because if they have developed their own extremely effective system for avoiding stolen goods that has been proven to work since 2002, then why implement this law...

created by kate | 5 years ago
597 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments

Hiring Practices Focus Of Home Rule Bill

Sandwich (Incorporated 1639) Massachusetts -- Proposal of power to revoke the licenses and permits of businesses found be hiring illegal immigrants. Copy & Click this URL: http://www.townonline.com/bourne/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=560599

created by Haecus | 5 years ago
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Scott_Smith

Elephants 1, City of Toronto 0

"The owner of an Ontario zoo was acquitted Wednesday on a charge of breaking a City of Toronto bylaw by having two elephants appear at a fundraiser in October. If Michael Hackenberger had been convicted of having...