In The News – 2009/04/27
Breaking news. Local, regional, national, and international. London, Ontario, Canada, and the world. Whatever catches my attention and interests me. Updated throughout the day!
Disclaimer: I regret that I can only ensure the validity of these links at the time that the articles are published. The (unscrupulous?) practise of some media outlets to subsequently redirect links to advertisements is completely out of my control and beyond my capacity to monitor.
Canada/Ontario/London
B&E interrupted thanks to citizen
Bicycle theft
Is GalleriaCiti Plaza a plaza or a mall?
Mac’s Milk near UWO robbed
Man dies while in police custody
Meningococcal Meningitis in London
Pedestrian robbed
Project L.E.A.R.N. update
Canada/Ontario
A hotline for foreign caregivers
Blue Jays Watch
Hard times don’t justify violations of human rights
McGuinty’s blended tax will hurt the poor, despite a PR blitz
Canada/Other
Canadian cases of swine flu only mild so far
CAW’s Chrysler workers swallow ‘unprecedented’ cuts
Our class-action system needs to be fixed
International
Q&A about swine flu
Shrub-lined plazas and bike lanes
“The crucial task is to get people out of cars”
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The articles about Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan in New York were most interesting.
Have you read “A Pattern Language”? There are some really exciting town planning chapters in it.
Also, JH Kunstler has written a couple of good books about towns and cities that work.
Sorry for the delay, Jesse. I’ve been sick and things really piled up on me.
To answer your question, I haven’t read it. I’ll add it to a very long list of things I want to read and will probably never get to. Maybe me can email me the highlights?