The memorial for fallen Canadian firefighters may never be built. That’s what Ontario fire marshal and firefighter advocate Patrick Burke is worried about.
Sara Caverley, Centretown News Canadian Fallen Firefighter Foundation official Doug Locke looks on to the planned memorial site in Lebreton Flats. The memorial may never be built if the group is unable to secure funds.
Month: December 2008
Landmark Bank Street church has new name
For the second time in almost 50 years, the church on the corner of Bank Street and Argyle Avenue has a new name.
Viewpoint: Communism has unfairly tainted socialism
It seems that today everything offensive is blamed on socialism: higher taxes, abortion, suppression of people, murder, theft, manslaughter, bad weather. OK, maybe that’s going too far. But, anyone who paid attention to what the Republican party during their recent presidential campaign and paid very close attention to the Canadian election will notice that socialism was painted again and again as the imminent death keel that could destroy our democratic society.
Media cloud sensible monetary judgment
The major global issue today is probably unique in that the average Canadian citizen likely has no idea what it’s really all about. It’s not just Canadians either; people around the world are scratching their heads wondering why terms like subprime mortgages and credit-default swaps are causing hundreds of thousands of people to lose their homes and jobs. That’s because nobody is really explaining it.