From My Bottom Step

By-law Takes Effect

City of London media release. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Pearls of Wisdom – Ignorance

What’s real?

More Dog Bites

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Confidentiality of Journalistic Sources

Do you agree that a journalist’s sources should be legally protected?

Trust Us, You Don’t Need to Know

What you don’t know won’t hurt you. Right? #LDN

What Is News? Who Should Decide?

What is “news”? Will you allow somebody else to answer that question for you?

The Way Forward

London needs to debate it’s transportation future. But it needs to be an informed debate. #LDN

City Hall Needs Communication Skills

If this is the best that our city can communicate information, then we’re in a whole lot of trouble.

Cops for Cancer – Battle in the Saddle

The Canadian Cancer Society and the Cops for Cancer are pleased to announce that the 1st annual Battle in the Saddle will take place this weekend at Masonville Place. The Battle in the Saddle is a 24 hour stationary bike-a-thon to raise awareness of, and funding for pediatric cancer research and support programs through the Canadian Cancer Society.

The event kicks off this Friday at noon and 20 teams representing … Continue Reading

TTC Alerts

Starting tomorrow, public transit users in Toronto will be able to subscribe to e-mail and text message updates about disruptions and other changes (see links in sidebar).

I’ve been lobbying City Hall for this sort of thing for ages. Persons who are interested in particular subject areas ought to be able to subscribe to those subject-specific information feeds.

Mailing list manager software (like Majordomo) has been available for many years. … Continue Reading