Gangs of Toronto: Troubled Youths or Mafia

I talked about Toronto's gang problem a couple years back during the so called "summer of the gun" in 2005. The whole thing has remained a major problem facing the city and Canada at large as violence seems to spill outwards into the suburbs and even rural communities. There have been numerous efforts to curb the violence but all have failed. In this...

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Made In China: Corporate Greed or Cheap People

I was reading in the Post today about the continuing saga of unsafe Chinese products. More toys are being recalled, taken away from teary eyed youngsters because their Batman action figure could kill them. Well, maybe it's not such a bad thing to have killer toys because it would remove the surplus population of stupid children in the world. I kid...

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Panhandling a Free Ride for Youth

This past week, Toronto experienced it's 51st homicide of 2007. In this particular case, a man was stabbed to death after an altercation with four panhandlers. Apparently this man had refused to give them money. The four accused range in age from 21 to 22. This got me thinking. I'm around this age and I would never think to do that, or think to be...

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Polygamy in Canada

I was going through the usual newspapers today when I came across an article in CNEWS questioning recent legal decisions regarding Polygamy in BC. I'm sure you've heard by now about the Bountiful community in BC. It's an orthodox Mormon community that embraces having multiple wives, to the point of claiming it's some sort of sacrament. For the life...

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Made In China

There have been several scandals involving Chinese made goods. If it's not toothpaste made with antifreeze, it's lead paint on children's toys or toxic cough syrup. Canned fruit tends to be the worst. Thankfully those little oranges come already in their own wrapper.Back in the mid 20th century, the Made in Japan used to be the mark of inferiority....

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