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Top Toys of the Year

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It seems that for some strange reason at this time of the year there are lots of magazine and newspaper article about the best/hottest/coolest/funnest/top toys of the year as chosen by parents/marketers/kids/families/magazine editors/toy stores, etc. It is possible that this has something to do with the Christmas toy buying season or maybe it is because the automotive industry controls the toy industry and they like to roll out the new models at the same time…

Ultimately all of these guides are being written to help parents and others buy toys that kids will like. So how do we know which of these guides to trust?  How do we decide?  I have a bias and suggest that the best one is coming out this week. [Read more…]

A week of funerals

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As many of you know we had a terrible crash between a double decker bus and a passenger rail train in Ottawa last week.  Six people were killed and dozens were injured on the bus.  Following the crash there were many photos published in the newspapers and online of the bus with the front sheared off and of the train which derailed as a result of the collision.  A couple of days after the crash we learned the names of the five passengers and the driver of the bus who were killed and the Ottawa Citizen ran stories about each of the people killed. [Read more…]

Cutting off our nose

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This morning the Ottawa Citizen published their analysis of the candidates in the Ottawa South by-election taking place on August 1.  They also issued their endorsement of the PC candidate Matt Young.  Their primary reasons for this endorsement is that he has no baggage of government and he will not shrink into the backbenches.

I disagree with the logic of their endorsement.  In my eyes they are arguing that we in Ottawa South should cut off our noses to spite our face.  They would have us vote against an effective commmunity advocate to express displeasure at the government over decisions made about the GTA. [Read more…]

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