In no particular order. 1. Labour Arbitrator overturns demotion of fire fighters who lost licenses due to impaired driving | 2017 CanLII 12120 (ON LA) [http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onla/doc/2017/2017canlii12120/2017canlii12120.html] - In a Labour Arbitration ruling which is well written and alive to the…
In no particular order: 1. Uber Drives Into Big Trouble | NPR On Point [http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/03/03/uber-scandal-harassment] - a great discussion of the reputation crisis facing Uber during the past few weeks with informed guests and good callers to the show. 2. Sifting through the…
The Baltimore House announced it's closing at the end of March [https://www.facebook.com/thebaltimorehouse/posts/1592760377419485]. Opening in 2011, Baltimore brought vibrancy to a strip of King William that lacked restaurants and a block of it which lacked any nightlife or cultural venues. I thought the owners were…
The race for Mayor of St. Louis is interesting, there is no incumbent, and like most large metropolitan areas the public is demanding action on a wide-range of issues. It has one dominant daily newspapers the St. Louis Post-Dispatch which faces many of the same struggles large newspapers do these…
Disclosure: I may be a witness in this case. The following does not directly cite or allude to the incident I witnessed Hamilton Police arrested and charged [https://hamiltonpolice.on.ca/community/news/2017/03/news-release-detectives-investigate-extortion-area-king-street-west] a 30-year-old loss prevention worker for Nations Fresh Food - a grocery store in…
A great read on how all of us can improve our public discourse. Author James Hoggan [https://twitter.com/james_hoggan] speaks with notable researchers, academics, and public leaders on how our toxic state of public discourse came to be, and gets their recommendations for how to change this -…
The following was published in the newspaper [http://thenewspaper.ca/] in February 2011 Music is a great de-stresser, especially when it comes to the kind of stress involving all-nighters and essays. So, if you’re worried about mid-terms, sit back, relax and watch the Canadian Opera Company’s production of…
In which I share links from across the web in no particular order: 1. Why it is a problem when journalists jump into politics [http://induecourse.ca/why-it-is-a-problem-when-journalists-jump-into-politics/] | Andrew Potter - another journalist has jumped from covering to working for the government. Potter argues why this is a problem, and…