From My Bottom Step

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
Taxi operator robbed at gunpoint
Grandstanding by Council’s right-wingers
Police ask for help finding missing man
Sinn investigation will take many more months

Canada/Ontario
Current system of Legal Aid is a failure
Hamilton’s master cycling plan
Mommy Ontario
Rattlesnake anti-venom is in short supply
Ride to Conquer Cancer raises $14.5M
SODA details too sketchy so far
Syed Hoda charged with hit & run of 3 y.o. child
Tessa the elephant, dead at 40

Canada/Other
A more productive anti-abortion strategy
120^th Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
C-sections should not be routine
Federal Court compelled to act by conservative policies
RCMP officers can be found guilty by inquiry
Spending announcement photo-ops always appear faster than the money
Why is H1N1 so prevalent in native reserve?

International
Clinton should be talking about scrapping the policy
Detroit Councilwoman alleged to have accepted bribes from businessman
Marijuana being grown in U.S. national parks
Microsoft expected to unveil free anti-virus software
Plastic dry-cleaning bags should also be targetted