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Morning Brew: April 11th, 2007
Photo: 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...
Think 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.
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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.
Were College meets Dundas West, 3rd street is Lansdowne?
Congrats, Andrae! Click here to claim your prize.
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?
Tyson - you think tax-payers money should go to staffing people to pick up your dog's poop? That's nonsense! :P
Regarding the dog poo in the park garbage cans, here’s a bright idea for the city councilors ….why not put green bins and while they’re at it recycling bins in parks!
But hey, they’re not rocket scientists and they got bigger issue to worry about such as protecting their access to free coffee!
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.
Jerrold, you know I'm totally holding you to that promise to become a celebrity-suing stripper.
Watch that trial closely, folks! ;)