Remember the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff you were told as a kid? It was about a troll under a bridge. Toronto has its own troll under the bride, his name is Chris Gardener.Chris Gardener has taken the spotlight recently. You see, he lives under the Gardener expressway at Spadina. He has done so for the past 8 years. He built a makeshift house...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Time To End Air Travel Restrictions
This is getting more silly by the day. Since last week, it is now illegal to carry liquids and gels onto a plane. Seniors and children even are not allowed to bring water or juice with them.Restrictions on what can be carried aboard a plane is simply a sign of how flawed the security at airports is. It has long be known that explosives can be made...
Big Problems
This is a BIG day for MMN. It's a BIG milestone, the 100th post. Today I'd thought I'd tackle a BIG issue. That being, how BIG a problem our kids are getting, because they are so BIG!That's right, 26% of children are considered obese. Roughly 1 in 2 are overweight. That's a huge number of huge kids. Off these kids, only 8% of their parents consider...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Halton MP Makes National News: A Rouge
Back in January, the people of Halton region voted Conservative party member Garth Turner into office as their representative. He is one MP that has not been without controversy. Particularly his refusal to tow the party line. While I don't agree with some of his decisions, I find that Mr Turner has finally brought a voice to Halton region after Liberal...
Harper No-Show at AIDS Conference: Who Cares?
The big thing in the media this week was why Prime Minister Steven Harper did not show up for the AIDS conference currently being held in Toronto. I guess it's been a slow news week. There's only so much one can talk about petty issues such as wars between Hezbolla and Isreal, and terror in the UK.Socialists like to try to find every single fault in...
The Danger of "Safe" Injection Sites
AIDS is a 100% preventable disease. Except in cases of rape and deception, most people who get it are unsanitary or careless.The latest solution to help limit the disease is are these safe injection sites. Vancouver has them. What these sites do is provide clean needles for haroine addicts to use. A protest to be held later today will lobby the federal...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Protect our Children
I have to blast both the Liberal and Conservative governments for this. The problem is the sharp increase in the number of sex offenders in our society, particularly those who victimize children. I sometimes wonder if buggering kids is still a crime anymore.This week's big story was the kidnapping or a young boy out west by a dangerous child molester...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Pesticide Bylaws Ludicrous
Toronto people are funny. They try to get as far away from the city as possible, yet they try and make their new home exactly like Toronto.Some new residents to Milton, most likely former residents of Toronto have been pushing for a pesticides bylaw. This proposed bylaw would ban the use of synthetic chemical pesticides in town. This sort of thinking...
When to Draw the Line on Hate Crime
Well, looks like the media has grown board of Israel's scuffle with Lebanon. This big story this week is Mel Gibson's DUI. Conspiracy theories are out in full force, claiming Mel is in bed with the cops. The police spokesperson stated that he was arrested without incident, but the leaked police report tells a different story. Apparently the "Road Warrior"...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Copyrights
Martin's Mill News by Michael Philp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.