I don’t believe a dedicated cycling lane is cost-effective as part of the redesigned Main and King Streets as part of the construction of the Light Rail Transit B-Line. The issue was brought up at the Cycling Committee last week and there is a good summary of the meeting…
I think you’ll enjoy me sharing my entertaining story – which you think was from a sitcom – of the hilarious date I went on in 2004 which started when I she invited me to the races with her parents. I thought car races, it was horse racing and, yeah, it…
The Brain on James Street North is an interesting place, a tightly packed bar with no televisions, poor lighting, a wide selection of craft brews, great coffee, and always full of people. The Baltimore House on King William is similar, with better lighting. The bars I used to enjoy going…
I’m revealing how I voted in the 2015 Federal Election in the interest of transparency in my journalism. This is not an endorsement, merely a disclosure which is done in an abundance of openness. To quote from my previous posts on this topic [https://joeycoleman.ca/2014/10/27/…
[](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/26364_726313181127_5581037_n.jpg)On Assignment in the Persian Gulf in 2009On August 16 I [announced that I had to shut down]…
“At this time, I feel the bitter taste of failure. But I’m mindful that I’ve failed before, and I hope to have the opportunity to fail again. Failure can only occur when one tries to succeed.” So I had to suspend operations of The Public Record today. It…
I attended the GO Open Data conference [http://2015.go-opendata.ca/] Friday, the annual provincial open data conference which brings together hundreds of open data stakeholders for a day of talks, workshops, and planning. Deputy Premier and President of the Treasury Board Deb Matthews kicked off the day with the…
I was on the 4-Bayfront the other day and I realized the routing along MacNab Street makes absolutely no sense, and is a legacy of the time – over 10 years ago – when James Street was a one-way southbound street. The 4-Bayfront departs downtown from James Street travelling southbound, takes Hunter…