As if we didn’t already have enough reasons to vote the Ontario Liberal government out of office, here’s another. ROBERT W. RUNCIMAN, MPPLeeds-Grenville PETER KORMOS, MPPNiagara Centre For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 6, 2007 PC AND NDP MPP’s call for police investigation of “slushgate” (Toronto) – Progressive…

Ontarians could finally learn the truth about the so-called Liberal “slush fund” controversy when Auditor General Jim McCarter releases his probe as early as today. Read the entire Toronto Star article.

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My apologies in advance to the Peterborough Examiner. I’m copying the full text of this article from their online newspaper. Unfortunately, these stories have a habit of disappearing into the “archives” and this is one I don’t want us to forget.The original story can be…

Since I’ve been involved in dog legislation issues, I have seen many newspaper articles and TV stories about “pit bulls”. They range from ridiculous to horrifying and everything in between.I have seen instances of articles being passed from newspaper to newspaper throughout the world, cases…

Here is Air Canada’s reply to my recent letter. Another example of “economics” trumping customer service. What about MY customer service? Response (Debbie Mcammond) – 06/22/2007 01:19 PMDear Mr. Barker, Thank you for your email outlining your concerns regarding our recent decision to no longer…

Further to my previous story about Air Canada, here’s my letter to them. Interestingly, after I sent them the letter, I received an automated response stating that I should receive a detailed reply within 15 days (I think they actually said “business days”). Now that’s…

Air Canada will no longer carry pets on passenger flights as of July 15, 2007. According to their spokesperson, it’s about “customer service” – giving non-pet-owning passengers more room for personal baggage.What Air Canada fails to realize is that pet-owning passengers will choose not to…

It’s not enough that Michael Vick is being investigated for dogfighting. Now two of his NFL co-Neanderthals are defending him.Now, considering the concept of “innocent until proven guilty”, I could understand comments like “I don’t believe that Vick would do that” or “He didn’t know…

At Yahoo news, there was a small story about a dog that severed a child’s ear in Surrey, British Columbia, near Vancouver, last Tuesday.The breed of the dog (Rottweiler) was mentioned five times in the tiny 160 word article. Neighbours were reported as being “shocked”…