Morning Brew: August 29th, 2008

The "residents returning" story is actually about the hydro vault explosion on Secord Ave., not the more recent propane explosion. Hard to keep the explosions in Toronto straight these days. :)

I think I need a second coffee this morning. Thanks for pointing out my explosion confusion, Sandy :)

i heard that many residents want to move out of that building right away, gee i wonder why lol. but the landlord wants 60 days notice and will take any resident to court who don't abide by it. these people just can't get break can they.

I enjoy reading the Morning Brew in the mornings, but I'm starting to be bothered by the amount of opinion in these postings..

I appreciate the time and effort you put into this, but not every headline needs an opinionated remark attached to it.

"....these people just can't get break can they." I know! If only a bunch of artists and musicians would do benefits and keep it in the media....oh right, that only happens if the victims are from Queen West.

I enjoy reading the Morning Brew in the mornings, but I'm starting to be bothered by the amount of opinion in these comments..

I appreciate the time and effort you all put into this, but not every article needs an opinionated opinion attached to it

Hey Andrew... you do realize this is a blog, right?... not a news website. (well...not like the mainstream media is not opinionated or biased in anyways either)

Jerrold, for my $.02, I like the commentary. I don't always agree with it personally, but it's what keeps me coming back. If we wanted personality-less news, there's CityTV for that.

I don't always agree with my commentary either :P

It's not even so much comment, but a slanted bias before I even get to read more.

I was kind of surprised that there was less media attention given to what happened to 2 Secord, as opposed to the propane explosion in North York. Ok, admittedly, it was a BIG explosion, and endangered local residents, but they were able to return to their homes after 48-72 hours. These folks were displaced for 5 WEEKS. That's just not right!

Also, although I acknowledge that politically, right now at least, posting TPS officers in key schools is a fine idea, when is the City going to install satellite police stations in key communities, where police presence is drastically needed on a daily basis?

Maybe we should take a page-book from Italy and employ actual friendly military police in the style of carabinieri, armed with sub-machine or light machine guns everywhere (I'm not being sarcastic). It will probably increase our tourism and interest factor.

Here are pictures of the Confederation Bridge in Mississauga

Every news outlet is going to have some level of bias. The problem about most mainstream media, is that it is tough to tell what the bias is, what has been affected and what has been conveniently left out.

With Morning Brew, any sarcastic and possibly biased comments are easily identifyable. There is also the comments section, where people can voice their own opinions.

opinions are like assholes, every blog has both.

Jerrold, keep doing what you do when you do it.

New GO Stations are always welcome news, but this particular one is a head-scratcher, with Goodwood (an established community) just around the corner and Uxbridge (Durham's sixth largest "city/town/village") at the terminus of the rail corridor, "Lincolnville" doesn't appear to make much sense.

This bridge officially became the #1 tourist attraction in Mississauga. Sad, really.

Lincolnville is a near-freebie because it is where they store the trains. It also moves the Uxbridge bus drop-off closer to Uxbridge from Mount Joy.

I'm with the pro-opinion crowd on this.

I don't always agree with Jerrold's views, but then there's a comment section with it. This is blogTO, after all, and not newsTO.

Now, that I've called Citytv "The Trudeau Network" for many years, and not in a positive sense, should be infinitely more troubling. I sincerely worry for Anne Mrozckowski, that when she loses the monthly Miller hour on CP24, what she'll do without the one hour on her knees in front of David Miller.

But regardless, keep up the opinion, Jerrold. This website is better for it.