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Morning Brew: July 9th, 2008
Photo: "172/365 - Butterfly" by bending light, member of the blogTO Flickr pool.
Your Toronto morning news roundup for Wednesday July 9th, 2008:
Toronto's Chinatown (specifically the Dundas & Spadina area), is looking to clean up its image. It doesn't want to be known as a rat-infested, stinky, dirty neighbourhood, and the local BIA and the City are working hard to change that. If all goes as planned, tourists will be able to shop for $3 t-shirts without having to step over rotting durian boxes.
Environment Canada recorded some 430 lightning strikes during brief but severe storms that blasted the GTA yesterday. Sadly, one of those lightning strikes killed a man, who was seeking shelter under a tree in Christie Pits. Parts of the city also saw flash-flooding and downed power lines. Thankfully, no tornados were observed this time around.
A human leg bone was found near the still unopened Cherry Beach sports fields. Forensic investigators are hoping to match the DNA from the (partially animal-gnawed) bone, but aren't sure they'll be able to do that since it was found in a pool of DNA-altering toxic sludge. We can only hope that all the toxic sludge and human remains are removed before kid soccer players arrive for game day.
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An arrest was made in yesterday's road rage incident that led to the death of a driver. Is the charge of criminal negligence leading to death appropriate, or should this guy be tried for manslaughter?
Canadian mobile service providers Bell and Telus have joined competitor Rogers in the highway robbery parade. Last week, Rogers announced ludicrous pricing planes for the iPhone, and this week Bell and Telus both announced that they'd begin charging $0.15 for incoming text messages. Shouldn't the government step in at some point? The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a major resurgence in the use of the archaic pager/land-line combo.
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There should also be more shaming of the SUV driver - despite that he's dead - given that he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. I also haven't found what it was they did to instigate the Pontiac driver cutting them off.
I'm not saying the Pontiac driver is without fault, but neither is the SUV driver, and that should be reported just as equally. They're both dangerous idiots.
Given that, and the fact that the SUV driver was also responsible for some of the road rage, I don't think the Pontiac driver should be charged with manslaughter. However, on top of the vehicular manslaughter charges, should be given the maximum possible penalty for failing to remain.
"However, on top of the criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death charges , he should..."
Cellular phone bills are hilariously arbitrary, so this is really no surprise. What annoys me is the transparent phoniness of their justification -- it's insulting. Since they're so shameless, they really should just say, "We suddenly realized that we weren't charging you for something. Error corrected!"
But I guess the job's not done until they've both ripped you off <i>and</i> insulted your intelligence.
feel free to go down to the coroner's building to flog his corpse.
*segue*
the Rogers cave-in $30 data plan for the iPhone seems like smoke and mirrors especially since user still have to buy a voice plan and are still locked into a 3 year contract.
such a waste of a beautiful device....I think I see the Samnsung Instinct on the horizon.
15,000 % Markup? Wow. Even designer clothing brands can take notes on this one.
Hello? Rogers? Are you listening?
Thank you Rogers for the wake up call!