The One Percent
Thought you were about to read another blog on the occupy movement, didn’t you? Fooled you! Â …
London
Article 457
In yesterday’s blog my Occupy Byron neighbours made reference to repealing Article 457 of the Bank Act. Â Not knowing the Bank Act very well I decided to investigate. Â And it’s no wonder they want it repealed. …
Mistakes People Make
I’ve often said that if I get killed because some idiot does something stupid, like lights a cigarette next to his oxygen tank and blows up his house when I happen to be walking by, I will come back and haunt them forever! Â …
Laughs on the Radio
The radio industry today is worlds away from what it was like when I was starting out. Â …
An Occupation That Doesn’t Get in Anybody’s Way
Someone on our street is showing support for the Occupy London movement. Â …
Insatiable Hunger
We regularly visit someone who’s in an extended care residence. Â Although some might think of it as a depressing place, it actually offers some light and funny moments. Â Â …
Rip This
We’ve been had. Â We, as in London media, have played directly into the hands of the city’s new baseball team. Â They played us like fiddles and my, didn’t we make a pretty sound? …
Unoccupied
The occupation of London’s Victoria Park is over. Â This may not be news to you. Â It was covered nationally as city officials from across the country watched closely to see how the first forced eviction of an occupation would go. …
Time for an End to Occupy London
Over the weekend the Occupy London protesters who continue to camp out in our city’s beautiful Victoria Park, held a movie night in one of the tents they’ve set up. Â They also have a library full of donated books and generators to operate the powerful lights they’ve set up. Â All they need is Jefferson Airplane and they could call it Woodstock. Â …
Wingham’s First Murder
Having lived in Wingham for four years, and now living just about an hour away, I’m watching with interest the reports from the first ever murder trial of a Winghamite. …
Here We Grow Again!
It’s finally out there – The World of Motorcycles Expo has expanded to include a third, new show in 2012. …
Things to Love About London
This city is getting a bad rap lately for a big unemployment rate. Even Statistics Canada has said the rate might be skewed because they only used a very small sampling of workers/non-workers the last time it was calculated. But there it is, over 9-percent, and tweeted and repeated all over the country. …
Green With Envy
I love my city. It’s alive with festivals and fun all summer long. It has excellent restaurants and fascinating museums. But when it comes to green bins we are living in the dark ages. …
A Reporter’s Life (Is Not) For Me
I’ll happily stay safe and caffeinated in the comfy anchor chair, thank you. …
My Love Letter to London
My second video for Free-FM is now online. It’s the only other one I have completed, actually. It was much easier to find time to work on them before we launched the radio station! For this one I got to visit several of London’s top tourist attractions including Fanshawe Pioneer Village, Storybook Gardens and the forks of the Thames at Harris Park. …
Live Eye on the Scene – Mine!
What a location! Everyone knows Free-FM’s studios are on the most happenin’ street in London but even more is happening than we anticipated. Richmond Street is alive with the good, the bad and the frustrating. …
Is It Canucky Where You Live?
London has been named the 11th most Canucky city in Canada. A think tank at the University of Toronto called The Martin Prosperity Institute ranked 144 cities based on particularly Canadian criteria and by doing so they’re attempting to make Canucky an actual word. …
The Return of the Sinkhole!
Oooooh to be on air now! …