The Brew: December 28th, 2008

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Your afternoon news roundup for Friday December 28th, 2007:

Workplace accidents are mostly preventable, but they sometimes still happen. For the record, no one has ever been injured or maimed while contributing to blogTO.

GO rides after 7pm, and until service ends on New Year's Eve are on the house. No word yet on which filthy rich bank or credit card has sponsored the deal.

A domestic dispute led to Toronto's 83rd and 84th homicides of 2007. The attacker left one survivor gagged and bound in a closet, who was eventually able to break free and to give his account of the terrifying, truly horrific incident. Here's hoping we see no more murders, and come no closer to the record of 89, set in 1991.

Everybody stay calm - Toronto's zoo has a fence of good height surrounding the tigers. Phew.

Air Canada is testing out a self-baggage-check system that aims to reduce the time required at check-in. I'll be flying with them soon, and I'm going to see if I can give it a try at Pearson.

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That double-knife-murder...good grief...WTF?!

Posted by: Steve at December 28, 2007 2:07 PM

"a licence isn't needed to own a tiger in Ontario."

That is so fucking RAD!

Posted by: Ninja-bot at December 28, 2007 2:18 PM

FYI, I tried the baggage tag kiosk in November at Pearson and it didn't work because I had checked in on the web beforehand. Not sure if that's still the case, but you may want to resist the web check-in urge to ensure you actually get to try it out properly.

Posted by: Cameron at December 28, 2007 3:30 PM

Thanks for the tip Cameron! I do prefer to check in online so I can get my preferred seating. Not sure I want to try the baggage kiosk if it means I lose that feature. I'll call them.

Posted by: Jerrold at December 28, 2007 3:34 PM

Hmm I'm not sure what fabled 'baggage kiosk' you're talking about, but I don't think it exists (at least at Terminal One). There are kiosks for you to check-in, change your seat, and print your boarding pass, but you still have to wait in line for an agent to get your bag checked in.

Posted by: Adam at December 28, 2007 7:39 PM

According to CBC, trials are underway at Pearson. Maybe for domestic flights only?

Posted by: Jerrold at December 28, 2007 7:46 PM

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