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Morning Brew: December 7th, 2007

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / December 7, 2007

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Photo: "DSC_0840_edit" by blogTO Flickr pooler fotograf.416.

Your morning news roundup for Friday December 7th, 2007:

A private member's bill advocating the banning of smoking in cars carying children in Ontario sounds like a great idea, but will most likely go up in smoke and not pass into law.

On Wednesday a group of black school kids beat up a white kid, and on Thursday a group of white school kids swarmed and stabbed a black kid as retaliation - and they got the wrong guy. Welcome to 1950's Alabama, Toronto. Shameful.

An agreement between GO Transit and its unionized workers means that the looming strike has been averted. 905'ers and 519'ers that use the services to commute must be breathing a sigh of relief today.

The TTC will spend $9million on a training program that aims to reduce the number of on-the-job injuries that occur within the (seemingly more and more delinquent) organization. Maybe they should force their employees (a la Clockwork Orange) to watch these videos.

Last week it was Wasaga Beach, and last night it was downtown Barrie that lost historic buildings due to a raging fire.

And Toronto continues to be victimized by arson, prompting a police to issue a warning (PDF).

Today's Crossroad Puzzle after the jump...

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Recognize this part of the city? Post your answer in the comments, and check for the answer in tomorrow's blogTO Morning Brew.

Yesterday's answer: Scarlett & St.Clair W

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Stephen G / December 7, 2007 at 07:54 am
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North Toronto Station (aka Summerhill LCBO) at Yonge and Scrivner Square.
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Jonathan / December 7, 2007 at 09:04 am
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While we knew it was coming from meeting minutes etc., I think for your TTC story of the day you should mention the announcement yesterday about free rides on New Years Eve!
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Val / December 7, 2007 at 09:37 am
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The fire in Barrie didn't just mean the loss of a historic building. There were apartments in it as well -- this fire has meant the loss of a home and all belongings for some people. Devestating, especially at this time of year.
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Rytronitron C / December 7, 2007 at 10:14 am
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When I was in high school and we got into fights, we had THE BALLS to do it one on one. All you kids swarming a single kid are FUCKING PANZIES. With any luck, both swarms will become delinquents and end up in prison or dead; the world doesn't need or want such dipshits.

And for fuck's sake, could high school kids learn to use some fucking soap in the shower? Even the girls who over do the manic panic and eyeliner smell like an unwashed cat's ass. It's agonizing to ride a streetcar at 4pm...
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Ben / December 7, 2007 at 10:45 am
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I love the fountain at that LCBO. Toronto really doesn't have enough fountains. Maybe if they were pitched to city council noting that they double as baths for funky smelling teens (and maybe as mano-a-mano fight locations) there would be a better chance of getting some.
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Jerrold / December 7, 2007 at 12:07 pm
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Jonathan: I didn't include the TTC NYE free ride story because I had insider knowledge that Chris would be revealing this in a separate post :)

http://blogto.com/city/2007/12/ttc_offering_free_and_extended_subway_service_on_nye

Cheers,
Jerrold
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Craig / December 7, 2007 at 04:41 pm
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I was on my way to pick up my son at daycare when I was assaulted by a group of 12-or-so teens who threw rocks at me for going through "their" alley. I have a few nice marks to remember them by. They were about 13 years old or so and were picking up chunks of concrete so I got the hell out of there. Six months later I moved the hell out of the city. I'm not looking back. I'm done with Toronto.
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