What’s happening February 8, 2010:
Arctic ice is melting faster than the “most pessimistic” predictions. Time for deniers for find excuses. Maybe it’s all the tea Sarah Palin is drinking?
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Ever wondered where the world’s oldest tree is? It’s in Sweden, and it’s 9550 years old (well, its roots are). Please don’t go anywhere near it.
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The TTC’s workers, faced with public rage for napping on the job and being dicks about coffee breaks have a plan! The Globe is suggesting they’re already mulling a work to rule action (I.e.: begrudgingly do the bare minimum) – which victims of naps and long pit stops might welcome as a positive change.
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Anyone who’s been wondering what’s going to happen to the pretty Shaw Street School (please not condos, please not condos), good news: Artscape has their hands on it and will morph it into a community/arts centre.
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The Olympic spirit burns again. This time it’s burning Right to Play, a charity improving children’s lives through sport. Why do our Olympics have a hate-on? Because Mitsubishi sponsors the charity, and GM (and Olympic sponsor) doesn’t like it.
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Okay, the whole “onion ring is more popular than Stephen Harper” group is alright, but do we have to be drowned it all these popularity contests? Obviously a delicious pickle is preferable to Nickelback. Of course a sexy potato trumps Miley Cyrus, but it’s getting annoying to watch ringers beat up on losers.[rssbreak]