I am the 20 per cent tipper and I bet you are, too
by Jessica Allen
I’m telling you this to help explain why I’m so flabbergasted over how a Toronto Star story published last week on tipping 20 per cent being “the new normal” still has legs and I won't give it work boots...
Showing posts with label Ludicrous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ludicrous. Show all posts
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Two Questions...
* where do the "clients" get their illegal drugs?
* how do they "earn" the money to buy the illegal drugs?
With addicts, nothing works perfectly, but every little bit helps
Christie Blatchford: I hail from a long line of addicts, so it’s unsurprising that in the judgment about the controversial safe-injection clinic Insite, what grabbed me were the case’s two individual claimants
Injection sites for shooting up on illegal substances okay BUT:
Metro Vancouver board appears poised to ban smoking in its parks
Vancouver's Public Policies: An Absolute Disgrace!
Much about my hometown of Vancouver I love. But there's also a whole lot to be embarrassed about. Vancouver Courier columnist, Mark Hasiuk, succinctly outlines some of the most egregious recent examples, including giving out crack pipes to children.
Update: The parasites have won a victory. They must be so incredibly proud of themselves to be instrumental in continuing the destruction & exploitation of the lives of the downtrodden. -- h/t TJ & The Phantom
Posted by Robert at 12:08 PM
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* how do they "earn" the money to buy the illegal drugs?
With addicts, nothing works perfectly, but every little bit helps
Christie Blatchford: I hail from a long line of addicts, so it’s unsurprising that in the judgment about the controversial safe-injection clinic Insite, what grabbed me were the case’s two individual claimants
Injection sites for shooting up on illegal substances okay BUT:
Metro Vancouver board appears poised to ban smoking in its parks
Vancouver's Public Policies: An Absolute Disgrace!
Much about my hometown of Vancouver I love. But there's also a whole lot to be embarrassed about. Vancouver Courier columnist, Mark Hasiuk, succinctly outlines some of the most egregious recent examples, including giving out crack pipes to children.
Update: The parasites have won a victory. They must be so incredibly proud of themselves to be instrumental in continuing the destruction & exploitation of the lives of the downtrodden. -- h/t TJ & The Phantom
Posted by Robert at 12:08 PM
Comments (53)
Saturday, July 30, 2011
What Next? Questioning Robin Hood's Masculinity?
...labelling the Big Bad Wolf a sexist, Toronto Building Inspector refusing permits to two of the three little pigs, Newton order not to sit under the tree because of the possibility of a falling object which could lead to a civil action against the owner, etc. etc.
Jessica Roake: Thomas the imperialist tank engine
There is something rotten on the Island of Sodor, home to Thomas the Tank Engine. Viewers won’t find guns, violence or anything even approaching a double entendre. There’s none of the blatant racism of early Disney’s Song of the South or religion delivered through talking produce, as in Veggie Tales. Yet something about Thomas and Friends gives liberal parents the creeps.
For example: In 2009, academic Shauna Wilton wrote that Thomas carried a “conservative political ideology.” Her report was derided as whimsy-hating “political correctness” by conservative media outlets. But wait: Thomas espouses top-down leadership, is male-dominated, punishes dissent and is uninterested in the mushy sensitivity of its PBS counterparts. (Thomas and his “friends” often “tease” like this: “ ‘Wake up lazy bones! Do some hard work for a change!”) Its innate conservatism is as obvious as the liberalism of co-operative, solar-panel-building Bob the Builder and his band of hippie hammer-lovers. Given charges that Thomas is anti-Semitic and that Sodor is a fascist paradise, Wilton’s assessment is mild. Obviously, it’s foolish to claim that Thomas is a fascist. He and his friends are clearly imperialists. Read More »
Jessica Roake: Thomas the imperialist tank engine
There are many not-so-hidden subtexts in the popular children's show Thomas and Friends.
There is something rotten on the Island of Sodor, home to Thomas the Tank Engine. Viewers won’t find guns, violence or anything even approaching a double entendre. There’s none of the blatant racism of early Disney’s Song of the South or religion delivered through talking produce, as in Veggie Tales. Yet something about Thomas and Friends gives liberal parents the creeps.
For example: In 2009, academic Shauna Wilton wrote that Thomas carried a “conservative political ideology.” Her report was derided as whimsy-hating “political correctness” by conservative media outlets. But wait: Thomas espouses top-down leadership, is male-dominated, punishes dissent and is uninterested in the mushy sensitivity of its PBS counterparts. (Thomas and his “friends” often “tease” like this: “ ‘Wake up lazy bones! Do some hard work for a change!”) Its innate conservatism is as obvious as the liberalism of co-operative, solar-panel-building Bob the Builder and his band of hippie hammer-lovers. Given charges that Thomas is anti-Semitic and that Sodor is a fascist paradise, Wilton’s assessment is mild. Obviously, it’s foolish to claim that Thomas is a fascist. He and his friends are clearly imperialists. Read More »
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Comedy Channel Changing Format To A News Channel...
City eyes parking ticket court charge
"Illegal" parking a more serious offence than...Activist sentenced for urging G20 fence destruction
Al Queda members demand change of venue to Canada for trial and sentencing.
Police arrest suspect in Jane Street shooting death
Gawd forbid the investigating officers didn't, even subconsciously, inclde racial profiling in their decision making.
NDP says back-to-work bill unfair to postal workers
BIG SURPRISE!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Don't Include Me In Your Apology...
An apology on behalf of my gender
Is it just me or do other guys feel compelled to apologize for Anthony Weiner the wiener?
...save your efforts for yourself and the rest of the closet masturebaters!
Is it just me or do other guys feel compelled to apologize for Anthony Weiner the wiener?
...save your efforts for yourself and the rest of the closet masturebaters!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Questions Are Many...
Barbara Kay: A child’s biology is not a matter of choice
Children should not be used as guinea pigs in new-aged social experiments.
In 1978, a children’s book was published called X: A Fabulous Child’s Story, about a child with no gender. X liked both football and basket-weaving, ignored schoolyard teasing and ended up as the happiest, most well-adjusted child ever examined by “an impartial team of experts.”
What are the odds of two utopians, married to each other and both blinkered enough to find this unrealistic story so “compelling” they would use it as a template for raising their own child?
Meet one-in-a-trillion Toronto couple Kathy Witterick, 38, and David Stocker, 39, parents of Jazz, 5, and Kio, 2 — both acknowledged to be boys — and their four-month-old baby Storm, knowledge of whose sex the parents are withholding because, after reading Lois Gould’s story, “How could we not?” Read More »
* how will "it" decide which public facility to use
* will "it" stand or sit to pee
* will "it" pickup the cheque for dinner with a person whose biology is known
* will "it" subscribe to the NO MEANS NO in relationships
* if "it" starts a family will it expect to celebrate both mother's and father's day
and the list goes on and on and on.....
Updated: Genderless baby debate: Liberating idea or missed chance?
A Star story about a family raising a child to be genderless set off a firestorm from readers. Heather Mallick and Catherine Porter discuss.
Children should not be used as guinea pigs in new-aged social experiments.
In 1978, a children’s book was published called X: A Fabulous Child’s Story, about a child with no gender. X liked both football and basket-weaving, ignored schoolyard teasing and ended up as the happiest, most well-adjusted child ever examined by “an impartial team of experts.”
What are the odds of two utopians, married to each other and both blinkered enough to find this unrealistic story so “compelling” they would use it as a template for raising their own child?
Meet one-in-a-trillion Toronto couple Kathy Witterick, 38, and David Stocker, 39, parents of Jazz, 5, and Kio, 2 — both acknowledged to be boys — and their four-month-old baby Storm, knowledge of whose sex the parents are withholding because, after reading Lois Gould’s story, “How could we not?” Read More »
* how will "it" decide which public facility to use
* will "it" stand or sit to pee
* will "it" pickup the cheque for dinner with a person whose biology is known
* will "it" subscribe to the NO MEANS NO in relationships
* if "it" starts a family will it expect to celebrate both mother's and father's day
and the list goes on and on and on.....
Updated: Genderless baby debate: Liberating idea or missed chance?
A Star story about a family raising a child to be genderless set off a firestorm from readers. Heather Mallick and Catherine Porter discuss.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Human Rights Tribunals To Setup Division For Your Dogs, Cats, Gerbils, Et Al.
Paul Russell: Readers not ready to embrace animal rights; anti-Semitism still lurks
The National Post has never been known as a leading advocate of animal rights. So when a front-page story on Tuesday detailed how the Journal of Animal Ethics wants people to stop using the term “pets” (we should call them “companion animals”) and avoid animal-based analogies such as “eat like a pig” and “drunk like a skunk,” National Post letter-writers were transformed into busy beavers, who made a beeline to our letters mailbox with notes of concern.
“I have never before been exposed to such hogwash (yes, I said it) on the front page,” wrote Tracy Goldfarb. “Your article, ‘Humans Urged to Stop the Name-Calling,’ is not only absurd, but it’s most definitely not newsworthy. Read More »
The National Post has never been known as a leading advocate of animal rights. So when a front-page story on Tuesday detailed how the Journal of Animal Ethics wants people to stop using the term “pets” (we should call them “companion animals”) and avoid animal-based analogies such as “eat like a pig” and “drunk like a skunk,” National Post letter-writers were transformed into busy beavers, who made a beeline to our letters mailbox with notes of concern.
“I have never before been exposed to such hogwash (yes, I said it) on the front page,” wrote Tracy Goldfarb. “Your article, ‘Humans Urged to Stop the Name-Calling,’ is not only absurd, but it’s most definitely not newsworthy. Read More »
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Bieber Being Put Forward For A Seat On UN Security Council...
Justin Bieber under siege in Israel
1 hour ago
By Dean Goodman, Reuters April 13, 2011 Intrusive photographers have Canadian singer Justin Bieber holed up in his hotel during his visit to Israel. ...
1 hour ago
By Dean Goodman, Reuters April 13, 2011 Intrusive photographers have Canadian singer Justin Bieber holed up in his hotel during his visit to Israel. ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Making It A Skirmish If YOU Don't Have A Life...
And it always has been. An age old skirmish between we, mostly law abiding Torontonians, trolling our fair town’s congested thoroughfares looking for parking spots, and the men and women in their little knock-off police cars with their booklets full of yellow tickets that they deposit on our windshields for committing a parking offence.
Among the most heinous of crimes is parking your vehicle next to a fire hydrant. It is a $100 no-no, a stiff slap on the steering wheel, and one that ultimately altered my worldview forever. Read More »
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Advocates Creating A Three Tier Society...
..."first nations, you and I and now "freemen. Does their movement extend the same rights they advocate to women and the other members of our designated groups? Do they have a 911 system for their police and fire departments? If one of the members breaks their laws do they have a court and prison system?
Who are Canada's 'freemen'?
When Mika Rasila got pulled over by Niagara police in January for driving his white Pontiac Montana without licence plates, he was ready with a defence: he doesn’t need plates because he’s a Freeman on the Land.
When Mika Rasila got pulled over by Niagara police in January for driving his white Pontiac Montana without licence plates, he was ready with a defence: he doesn’t need plates because he’s a Freeman on the Land.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Comrade Miller/Adam Vaughan Legacy...
City's Peter St. shelter finally opens
By SUE-ANN LEVY, City Hall Columnist
Last Updated: October 29, 2010 8:06pm
Story
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Some 40 long months and $11.5-million later, the Homeless Hilton on Peter St. finally opened its doors for business Thursday night.
Phil Brown, the city’s general manager of shelter, support and housing, said Friday some 13 homeless clients have been through the 40-bed shelter and assessment centre since the doors opened at 6 p.m. Thursday night.
He said they’re not yet operating 24-7 but once they are, there will be five services offered out of the Peter St. building, including a 24-hour “respite” service for street people, overnight assistance for those seeking to be referred to a shelter and “outreach” for any business in the Entertainment District that has an issue with a homeless person or a panhandler.
He said the 40 beds will be called “transition to housing beds” to fit with the city’s Streets to Homes mandate.
“It’s all about ending street homelessness and helping to get people into homes,” Brown said, referring to private apartments or publicly-funded affordable housing.
The shelter and assessment and referral centre — which went more than 100% over budget — was the subject of a highly critical report by Toronto’s auditor general, Jeff Griffiths, released in late June.
Griffiths’ report intimated that everything that could go wrong did go wrong with the Peter St. project.
He indicated when the report was released that no clear city official was in charge of the project.
Almost $1-million was spent for the building’s rooftop smoking area, garden and solar “flowers”.
A $789,000 elevator proposed for the shelter has yet to be installed.
By SUE-ANN LEVY, City Hall Columnist
Last Updated: October 29, 2010 8:06pm
Story
Comments
Some 40 long months and $11.5-million later, the Homeless Hilton on Peter St. finally opened its doors for business Thursday night.
Phil Brown, the city’s general manager of shelter, support and housing, said Friday some 13 homeless clients have been through the 40-bed shelter and assessment centre since the doors opened at 6 p.m. Thursday night.
He said they’re not yet operating 24-7 but once they are, there will be five services offered out of the Peter St. building, including a 24-hour “respite” service for street people, overnight assistance for those seeking to be referred to a shelter and “outreach” for any business in the Entertainment District that has an issue with a homeless person or a panhandler.
He said the 40 beds will be called “transition to housing beds” to fit with the city’s Streets to Homes mandate.
“It’s all about ending street homelessness and helping to get people into homes,” Brown said, referring to private apartments or publicly-funded affordable housing.
The shelter and assessment and referral centre — which went more than 100% over budget — was the subject of a highly critical report by Toronto’s auditor general, Jeff Griffiths, released in late June.
Griffiths’ report intimated that everything that could go wrong did go wrong with the Peter St. project.
He indicated when the report was released that no clear city official was in charge of the project.
Almost $1-million was spent for the building’s rooftop smoking area, garden and solar “flowers”.
A $789,000 elevator proposed for the shelter has yet to be installed.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Canada Gets Tough On Dealing With Potential Terrorists...
Toronto 18 leader sentenced to 16 years in prison
25/10/2010 3:47:28 PM
CTV.ca News Staff
Fahim Ahmad, the leader of the so-called Toronto 18, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in Toronto.
Justice Fletcher Dawson awarded Ahmad credit of 8.5 years for time served, meaning he will be eligible for parole in 3.5 years.
...rewarded with twice the amount of time in custody
Last May, Ahmad changed his plea to guilty from not guilty on charges of participating in a terrorist group, supplying it with imported firearms and instructing his co-accused to carry out an activity for the group.
During his trial the court heard that the 26-year-old was the kingpin of a terror cell who organized two training camps to gauge the abilities of the cell's other members.
"He was one of the leaders of a terrorist group, and one of the organizers of a training camp held in December 2006," the Public Prosecution Service of Canada wrote in a statement following Ahmad's sentencing. "He intended to attack Parliament and various targets in Toronto.
One recording played in court captured Ahmad saying the group should go to Parliament to "cut off some heads" and "kill everybody."
The Crown argued that Ahmad had plotted to attack Parliament, electrical grids and nuclear power stations, and sought 18 years to life in prison. The defence asked for a 12-year jail sentence.
Ahmad was expressionless when the sentence was handed down but later turned around and smiled to supporters in the courtroom.
...certainly sounds contrite to me.
When handing down the sentence, Dawson said he took into account Ahmad's lack of a criminal record and his.
He noted that Ahmad wrote letters to his wife while imprisoned, telling her he met people of other religions and was growing more tolerant.
"I am not dealing with someone who remains openly defiant," Dawson said.
"Perhaps I'm only optimistic, but I see prospects of rehabilitation."
Dawson said he hoped Ahmad was serious about becoming less extreme in his views.
"Show me that I wasn't wrong in my assessment," the judge said.
If the judge is wrong he won't suffer the consequences...maybe he should bone up on the impact of terrorist attacks.
The case received media attention around the world when the suspects were arrested in 2006.
Of 18 people charged in the terrorism case, seven had their charges either dropped or stayed. Another four were found guilty. Seven others pleaded guilty.
Ahmad is among the last of the "Toronto 18" to be sentenced. Two more will be sentenced in November.
25/10/2010 3:47:28 PM
CTV.ca News Staff
Fahim Ahmad, the leader of the so-called Toronto 18, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in Toronto.
Justice Fletcher Dawson awarded Ahmad credit of 8.5 years for time served, meaning he will be eligible for parole in 3.5 years.
...rewarded with twice the amount of time in custody
Last May, Ahmad changed his plea to guilty from not guilty on charges of participating in a terrorist group, supplying it with imported firearms and instructing his co-accused to carry out an activity for the group.
During his trial the court heard that the 26-year-old was the kingpin of a terror cell who organized two training camps to gauge the abilities of the cell's other members.
"He was one of the leaders of a terrorist group, and one of the organizers of a training camp held in December 2006," the Public Prosecution Service of Canada wrote in a statement following Ahmad's sentencing. "He intended to attack Parliament and various targets in Toronto.
One recording played in court captured Ahmad saying the group should go to Parliament to "cut off some heads" and "kill everybody."
The Crown argued that Ahmad had plotted to attack Parliament, electrical grids and nuclear power stations, and sought 18 years to life in prison. The defence asked for a 12-year jail sentence.
Ahmad was expressionless when the sentence was handed down but later turned around and smiled to supporters in the courtroom.
...certainly sounds contrite to me.
When handing down the sentence, Dawson said he took into account Ahmad's lack of a criminal record and his.
He noted that Ahmad wrote letters to his wife while imprisoned, telling her he met people of other religions and was growing more tolerant.
"I am not dealing with someone who remains openly defiant," Dawson said.
"Perhaps I'm only optimistic, but I see prospects of rehabilitation."
Dawson said he hoped Ahmad was serious about becoming less extreme in his views.
"Show me that I wasn't wrong in my assessment," the judge said.
If the judge is wrong he won't suffer the consequences...maybe he should bone up on the impact of terrorist attacks.
The case received media attention around the world when the suspects were arrested in 2006.
Of 18 people charged in the terrorism case, seven had their charges either dropped or stayed. Another four were found guilty. Seven others pleaded guilty.
Ahmad is among the last of the "Toronto 18" to be sentenced. Two more will be sentenced in November.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Colonel Sanders Has To Be Smiling...
...at all the FREE publicity.
Chris Selley: You can do worse than a Double Down for lunch
I am truly amazed at the amount of ink spilled and the number of vocal chords vibrated over KFC’s Double Down — the definition-stretching “sandwich” in which bacon, cheese and sauce of some description bubble and ooze between two pieces of fried chicken. It’s as if Canadian society has completely lost the ability to think logically about food.
Yes, it’s unhealthy: 540 calories, 30 grams of fat, 150 milligrams of cholesterol and — most famously — 1,740 milligrams of salt. That’s more sodium than Health Canada wants you to consume in a day, contained in just a quarter of the recommended average adult’s daily caloric intake. But as many news items have pointed out, aside from the heroic salt count, the Double Down is hardly a game-changer in the fast food industry. The Big Mac has the same basic stats (though considerably less cholesterol). A Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese has 40% more calories and 50% more fat. Wendy’s triple Baconator, with which we all seem to have come to terms, has two and a half times the calories (1,370), triple the fat (92 grams!), double the cholesterol (295 milligrams) and 35% more salt (2,380 milligrams).
The Double Down isn’t even the most unhealthy thing on a KFC menu. That honour goes to something called the “Boxmaster,” which is deep fried chicken, a hash brown, cheese and sauce, wrapped in a tortilla and shoved into a box for some reason. (Did they come up with the name first?) It’s got more than half again as many calories and fat, and astonishingly enough, 10% more salt. Read More »
Chris Selley: You can do worse than a Double Down for lunch
I am truly amazed at the amount of ink spilled and the number of vocal chords vibrated over KFC’s Double Down — the definition-stretching “sandwich” in which bacon, cheese and sauce of some description bubble and ooze between two pieces of fried chicken. It’s as if Canadian society has completely lost the ability to think logically about food.
Yes, it’s unhealthy: 540 calories, 30 grams of fat, 150 milligrams of cholesterol and — most famously — 1,740 milligrams of salt. That’s more sodium than Health Canada wants you to consume in a day, contained in just a quarter of the recommended average adult’s daily caloric intake. But as many news items have pointed out, aside from the heroic salt count, the Double Down is hardly a game-changer in the fast food industry. The Big Mac has the same basic stats (though considerably less cholesterol). A Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese has 40% more calories and 50% more fat. Wendy’s triple Baconator, with which we all seem to have come to terms, has two and a half times the calories (1,370), triple the fat (92 grams!), double the cholesterol (295 milligrams) and 35% more salt (2,380 milligrams).
The Double Down isn’t even the most unhealthy thing on a KFC menu. That honour goes to something called the “Boxmaster,” which is deep fried chicken, a hash brown, cheese and sauce, wrapped in a tortilla and shoved into a box for some reason. (Did they come up with the name first?) It’s got more than half again as many calories and fat, and astonishingly enough, 10% more salt. Read More »
Saturday, October 09, 2010
NO Able Bodied Canadians Available To Fill These Jobs?
No Thanksgiving for migrant workers
By David Goutor, and Chris Ramsaroop
Fri Oct 8 2010
Temporary foreign worker programs are a recipe for exploitation.
By David Goutor, and Chris Ramsaroop
Fri Oct 8 2010
Temporary foreign worker programs are a recipe for exploitation.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Politicians Setting Priorities...
...espousing concerns about "snarled traffic" on a Sunday in a city that views motorists as the enemy the other six days as opposed to local charities getting $2.7M that doesn't come out of the coffers of Silly Hall.
Take marathons off city streets — Ford
By IAN ROBERTSON, Toronto Sun
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford offered an alternative to closing streets for marathons like the one that snarled traffic on Sunday.
Records set at waterfront marathon
By IAN ROBERTSON, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: September 26, 2010 8:05pm
As Kenneth Mungara crossed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon finish line Sunday, he clasped his hands and offered a prayer of thanks.It was the third time the Kenyan outpaced runners in the annual event. And he covered the 42.1-kilometre course in 2:07:57 hours — breaking his previous record, in 2009, by 34 seconds.
This year, Mungara had more than 20,000 participants behind him.
Officials said the 21st running of the marathon had its most successful year, raising more than $2.7 million for 127 local charities and setting several course records.
Highlights include:
• A dramatic final sprint won Sharon Cherop, also from Kenya, the women’s title, running one second ahead of Tirfi Tsegaye, of Ethiopia.
• Hamilton resident Reid Coolsaet, of the Speed River Track Club in Guelph, came 10th, with the fastest time ever by a Canadian on Canadian soil — in 2:11:22 hours, achieving the Canadian Olympic standard for the 2012 Games. His time eclipsed the mark of 2:11:34 previously set in 1995 by Peter Fonseca, Ontario’s labour minister.
— Half-Marathon Highlights
• Ed Whitlock, of Milton ran a world-record for 79-year-olds, finishing in 1:34:27 hours. He holds the world-record for the fastest marathon in the 70-plus category, set in 2004.
• Dagim Yeshitela, of Mississauga, won the men’s half-marathon in 1:03:24 hours.
• The women’s race was won by Nicole Stevenson of Toronto, in 1:18:06 hours.
For further details on the race and its winners, check the website: http://www.stwm.ca.
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Take marathons off city streets — Ford
By IAN ROBERTSON, Toronto Sun
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford offered an alternative to closing streets for marathons like the one that snarled traffic on Sunday.
Records set at waterfront marathon
By IAN ROBERTSON, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: September 26, 2010 8:05pm
As Kenneth Mungara crossed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon finish line Sunday, he clasped his hands and offered a prayer of thanks.It was the third time the Kenyan outpaced runners in the annual event. And he covered the 42.1-kilometre course in 2:07:57 hours — breaking his previous record, in 2009, by 34 seconds.
This year, Mungara had more than 20,000 participants behind him.
Officials said the 21st running of the marathon had its most successful year, raising more than $2.7 million for 127 local charities and setting several course records.
Highlights include:
• A dramatic final sprint won Sharon Cherop, also from Kenya, the women’s title, running one second ahead of Tirfi Tsegaye, of Ethiopia.
• Hamilton resident Reid Coolsaet, of the Speed River Track Club in Guelph, came 10th, with the fastest time ever by a Canadian on Canadian soil — in 2:11:22 hours, achieving the Canadian Olympic standard for the 2012 Games. His time eclipsed the mark of 2:11:34 previously set in 1995 by Peter Fonseca, Ontario’s labour minister.
— Half-Marathon Highlights
• Ed Whitlock, of Milton ran a world-record for 79-year-olds, finishing in 1:34:27 hours. He holds the world-record for the fastest marathon in the 70-plus category, set in 2004.
• Dagim Yeshitela, of Mississauga, won the men’s half-marathon in 1:03:24 hours.
• The women’s race was won by Nicole Stevenson of Toronto, in 1:18:06 hours.
For further details on the race and its winners, check the website: http://www.stwm.ca.
Your Comments
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Is The Problem With The Prison System...
Inmate earned thousands filing fake tax forms from prison
Thu Sep 16 2010
Con artist Michael Bannon used details from other inmates to craft phoney tax returns claiming about $1.8 million in refunds
...or With CRA.
Thu Sep 16 2010
Con artist Michael Bannon used details from other inmates to craft phoney tax returns claiming about $1.8 million in refunds
...or With CRA.
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- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.