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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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  

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...

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