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Morning Brew: May 6th, 2008

Posted by Japhet
Filed in City
May 6, 2008

morning brew Photo: "Stay on Track" by VladGlebov, member of the blogTO Flickr pool.

Your Toronto morning news roundup for Tuesday May 06, 2008:

Robert Smith, better known as "that Scottish dude who loudly extols the virtues of a pint of Keiths", admitted to possessing and distributing child pornography which will likely net him some jail time. No word yet on whether beer ads will get any better.

In a significant about-face from the usual talk of increased police enforcement, Toronto's executive committee earmarked nearly $5 million dollars towards the hiring of new social workers to help our city's panhandlers. People with no fixed income don't really respond to well to tickets anyways...

A strip club opening up in Lakeshore has residents up in arms over concerns of public drunkenness and other potential nuisances while the owner just wants a chance to "capitalize on a niche nobody has". Apparently, he's never been to the club district.

Apparently, Ontario has the safest roads in North America besides the Northwest Territories but Dalton's not resting on his laurels; he just bought a new plane for the OPP to help catch more dangerous drivers. Too bad the roads don't pay for themselves.

The Toronto Zoo is reviewing its cull policies after a public outcry following its decision to euthanize two (cute and lovable) male reindeer.

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If only people put as much effort into their own lives as they do for caring about animals. They couldn't give them away, they would've offset the heard and later risked life and injury to others in the group. In nature, this would've been resolved on it's own, but in captivity, we need to step in a little more.

And no one should argue against the captivity aspect. That's not the issue here.

Posted by: serotonin at May 6, 2008 10:49 AM

Aw, but what about the cute cows, chickens, and pigs?

Mm, reindeer steak!

Posted by: Gloria at May 6, 2008 10:49 AM

I love how, when it's a story about a traffic fatality, it's always the fault of the drivers -- but when it's a story (like the one above) about how traffic fatalities have been steadily decreasing over the decades, it "has to do with tougher laws, better policing and public awareness"... basically everything BUT the drivers.

Posted by: Diane at May 6, 2008 12:39 PM

Notice there is no mention about the infrastructural failures of the highway and road system of the province.
What about those motorist who have chunks of concrete from an overpass land in the front seat? And the runaway truck tires? And the enormous potholes that endanger motorists and their cars?

Posted by: David Toronto at May 6, 2008 3:42 PM