Idiots, parents

I’m quite vexed by this continual blinders-on focus of blame on young participants in riots with no thought to the responsibility that should be expected of parents (Social Media And The Rush To Single Out London’s Rioters – March 19).

St. Patrick’s Day has become more focused on how much green beer one can drink rather than the proud tradition that encapsulates Irish heritage, a perfect storm of youthful ignorance and alcohol marketing at its worst. 

It’s time for parents to take responsibility for control of their children and provide the guidance and nurturing that the photos from London so painfully call out for.
Daniel Kowbell, Mississauga

Please move to the back and do not cross over the white line and yes I will be stopping for Timbits and coffee at the next stop

Riding the Booster with enhanced sound

 

Brothers Kowbell

This is a picture of me, my brother Ron and our baby sister...crap!...we didn't have a baby sister!...Holy Smokes!...Why is my baby brother David in a pretty dress???

Biggest Solar Storm in Years Is Bombarding Earth Now

 Newsmaker: The occasional hazards of TTC employment

 

The Posts Steve Kuperman’s article only touches the most superficial and obvious hazards of TTC employment. In the collectors booth we are faced with the reality of ingesting the brake dust that is created by the subway trains that enter our stations, any collector can attest to having the residual proof of this by simply blowing their noses at certain stations to verify the impact of brake dust that blackens their tissues. 

The collector booths themselves are as antiquated as the fares structure both collectors and TTC customers must deal with. Collectors have in the past dealt with rodents inside the booth as well as pigeons inhabiting the ceiling and nesting above the collectors head as they work. Air ducts that purport to bring fresh clean air into our booths are in many stations taped shut due to the fact that the outside source of fresh air and its requisite filter cannot be located. 

The ergonomic design of these older booths in themselves create a working hazard as they were never meant to meet the volume of business the TTC does today. Technology is out there, we need it and the public demands it; build us a 21^st collector’s booth to accommodate this rapidly growing city.

Daniel Kowbell

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/02/newsmaker-the-occasional-hazards-of-ttc-employment/

Proof that everyone is Irish on St.Paddy's Day

Winston Churchill Collegiate teacher charged with sexual exploitation

Durham police have charged a Toronto teacher with sexual exploitation after reports of inappropriate comments made to a student. Police want to be sure there are no other victims.

Police say the teacher at Winston Churchill Collegiate in Scarborough befriended a student and invited them to his home in Pickering last Thanksgiving.
According to police, the victim said the teacher made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature. 

The victim left the residence immediately without physically injury and recently reported the incident to Toronto police. Last week, Durham investigators arrested and charged Ira Mark Young, 47, of Pickering.

 

 

 

 

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