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Morning Brew: April 11th, 2007

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / April 11, 2007

20070411_MB.jpgPhoto: blogTO Flickr pooler worldwidewebdomination

Your morning news roundup for Wednesday April 11th, 2007:

Ontario is considering changing the system of organ donation by giving living donors a little bit of money for their spare parts. The aim is to ease the burden on donors, increase donor counts, and put an end to the "waking up in a bathtub full of ice" urban legend.

Two Toronto strippers are suing three former Milwaukee Bucks players, the team, and (get this..) the NBA for $18million in damages after an altercation took place outside "For Your Eyes Only" in 2003. If they win this outrageous claim in full, I vow quit my job at blogTO and become a famous person-suing stripper.

Doggy doo doo accounts for about 1/4th of waste landing in city park garbage cans. The city is proposing changes to the law that may end up having dog owners bring their pet's poop home with them (to the green bin). It'll be tough to teach an old dog owner new tricks.

This fall, delinquent students (who under current "zero-tolerance" rules would be expelled from school) will be given fairer opportunity to make things right and stay in school. The current system has been shown to discriminatory towards visible minorities and low-income students.

Winter simply refuses to quit, and we're expected to see up to 10cm of wet snow tonight/tomorrow. Most of the snow will not accumulate, but will make for slippery road conditions.

Today's (trickier) Crossroad Puzzle after the jump...

20070411_CRP003.jpgThink you know the city like the back of your hand? Where is this? Post your answer in the comments (and make your eyes go out of focus so you don't accidentally see the answer in a previous comment).

Answer to yesterday's puzzle:
University Ave, just north of College St.

Discussion

9 Comments

Andrae Griffith / April 11, 2007 at 08:35 am
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That's the triangle where Dundas West, College and Lansdowne meet. The marker is at College and Lansdowne. Always a fun little corner of the city.
Chester Pape / April 11, 2007 at 08:36 am
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Were College meets Dundas West, 3rd street is Lansdowne?
Jerrold / April 11, 2007 at 08:48 am
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Congrats, Andrae! Click here to claim your <a href="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/11/barbie_poop.jpg";>prize</a>.
Tyson Williams / April 11, 2007 at 09:23 am
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I am a a dog owner and the idea of having dog owners bring their pet's poop home is the best non-sense I have ever heard of. Frankly I pay annual licensing fee already for having a dog and I am not getting anything for it, while city/park staff is drinking coffee all day. As far as I am concerned I should not not even pick it up myself. They should or I pay the city for nothing?
Jerrold / April 11, 2007 at 09:38 am
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Tyson - you think tax-payers money should go to staffing people to pick up your dog's poop? That's nonsense! :P
Grant / April 11, 2007 at 09:41 am
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Jerrold / April 11, 2007 at 09:51 am
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A pilot project involving putting green bins in parks was also a mentioned in the linked article, but I think people want the stink out of the park too.
Sameer Vasta / April 11, 2007 at 10:14 am
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Jerrold, you know I'm totally holding you to that promise to become a celebrity-suing stripper.
Jerrold / April 11, 2007 at 10:17 am
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Watch that trial closely, folks! ;)

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