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Omar Khadr’s Untold Story: It’s All A Big Misunderstanding

June 8, 2009 — Raphael Alexander

According to an article written Sunday in an “independent news” site for anarchists [that sports a banner "rightwing scum, your time has come"], prior to the events of 2002 in which Omar Khadr was captured by Americans for allegedly murdering a medic, the family was not unlike any other normal family living in Canada:.......

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Agreed-As Soon As Cyclists Are Ticketed For Infractions

Bike lane parkers deserve ticket TheStar.com - Opinion - Bike lane parkers deserve ticket

May 21, 2009

Re:Cyclists feel the pinch as drivers cross the line, May 18

The Fixer item that suggests some drivers are parking illegally in some bike lanes because the lane markings have become worn down is certainly reason enough to get the lines repainted pronto. Unfortunately, many motorists park in bike lanes even when the markings are as fresh as the morning dew.

If a few more of them received tickets, without the ticket having to be the result of a citizen or cyclist complaint, perhaps they would stop doing it so frequently. Better yet would be barriers that stop the infraction in the first place.

Geoff Rytell, Toronto