Posted by Philip Alves in Vaughan Today on 06. Jun, 2009 | 0 Comments
Mayor should pay thousands to city, auditors suggest
Embattled Mayor Linda Jackson breached city spending policies and should be on the hook for thousands of dollars in misspent funds, say the authors of a $40,000-audit report delving into her 2007 office expenses.
In a supplemental report by accounting firm Ernst & Young presented to the city’s audit [...]
Mayor Linda Jackson says she was unaware of the apparent mismanagement of her 2006 campaign finances that has now placed her job in jeopardy. But if she didn’t know what was going on with her election dollars, her husband and campaign manager Mario Campese did, according to auditors Ken Froese and Glen R. Davison, who uncovered several apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act.
From a base in Kassel, Germany– once the home of fairy-tale masters the Brothers Grimm — entire panzer divisions of invading Waschbaren (”wash bears”) have been fanning out across Europe for decades.
Native to North and Central America, the raccoon first sailed east across the Atlantic in the 19th century, when its furs were in high [...]
Dr. Stephen Lazarovits, a man who escaped the wrath of Hungarian fascists twice during the Second World War, has died. He was 86. He died suddenly of natural causes on Jan. 14 in his Toronto home.
Born on Dec. 20, 1920, in Budapest, he was destined to be a healer. Determined to study medicine like his [...]
…And famous for it. Toronto’s full of celebrity retail types trying to sell you something, and you’re buying. Philip Alves does some celebrity shopping.
Bryan Welsh lives in Stouffville, Ont., and works in Mississagua for QTG Canada Inc. across from Square One Shopping Centre. His commute takes him around the top of Toronto, avoiding Toronto’s gridlocked [...]
Posted by Philip Alves in Video on 22. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
I wish I were an Apple ad guy. Then I’d get to sit around and discover über-cool music while “working” on new iPod spots.
Posted by Philip Alves in Video on 22. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
This may well be simultaneously the best song and cartoon of all time. No, that’s too wishy-washy. It is both the best song and cartoon in the history of everything.
Posted by Philip Alves in Vaughan Today on 10. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
The new federal Thornhill Liberal nominee says the ruling Conservatives talk a good game but the time for talk is over. Karen Mock, an educational psychologist and consultant with a history of dealing with issues of human rights, hate crime and diversity, replaces former MP Susan Kadis heading into the next federal election.
Posted by Philip Alves in Vaughan Today on 09. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
Donald (Chic) Milne answered his last alarm from Fire Station 2 on Feb. 2, 1974. He drove Pumper 2 from the fire hall at Keele St. and Rutherford Rd. to a house fire on Crestwood Rd. in Thornhill. He died in hospital the next day. Chic was the first — and to this day, the only — Vaughan firefighter to die in the performance of his duties. Thirty-five years later, the station he was based out of has been dedicated to his memory.
Posted by Philip Alves in Blogging, Journalism on 07. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
I was at an all-day workshop yesterday at the Toronto Star put on by Robb Montgomery of Visual Editors out of Chicago. The entire day was about thinking of ways to present info visually to readers of online newspapers or blogs — and probably just as important to smaller outfits with limited resources, how to that for next to nothing.
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