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Wouldn't you think that the police officers who had been sent out because of the "possible trouble" would have had some briefing on what the potential issues were, including at least a vague idea of the parties who would be expected to be present. I find it hard to fathom that they just...

I think that partially (mostly?) explains the minor vinyl revival. There is a ritual to vinyl that was missing from digital downloads, and continues to be missing from streaming. And physical music (CDs, vinyl) allow people to have "record collections", in the same way people used to before...

Radio 2 (annoyed for some reason that it's now called CBC Music). But rarely. Commercial radio is unlistenable, AFAIAC.

I think @narduch was referring to the ability to get non-Top 40 music by torrent, not to its general availability.

That would all be relevant if the zoning by-law somehow tried to impose the Gehry plans as a performance standard under Section 34, and you'd arguably be correct in that case. But the by-law doesn't do that. What it does do it is establish as an H removal requirement under Section 36 the...

I'm not aware of any cheap soaps that contain, among other things, petitgrain oil and bergamot rind. But your point is well taken - I'm not sure it cleans hands any better, or is any better for the skin, than less expensive hand soaps (with the caveat that some cheap soaps one can buy at the...

I'm splitting hairs a bit, but the by-law actually ties the design of the building to the Gehry plans that formed the basis of the settlement between the City and Mirvish, rather than tying the building to Gehry himself.* As such, it likely is enforceable. Also, the heights and densities in...

It's this kind of pattern that led to Adam Vaughan "taking" Olivia Chow's former ward from the NDP, when she was first elected MP. The local NDP felt that Trinity-Spadina was reserved for Olivia Chow’s former assistant, Helen Kennedy, but Vaughan planned to run. Jack Layton told Vaughan that...

I've never been interested in illegally downloading music. I should note, however, that I completed undergrad just a few years before Napster became a thing. So I suppose it's easy to sound virtuous when, as a poor university student, I didn't have the option of illegal downloading. So I...

FFS, NDP activists in this town can be so stupidly tribal sometimes, often against their own self-interest.

Eddie continues to strip assets from Sears in the U.S., diverting properties to a new corporation in sweetheart deals. Looks like Sears employees and pensioners in the States will soon find themselves in the same position as their counterparts in Canada - faced with a bankrupt shell of a...

(I couldn't find another thread on this. Apologies if there is one.) Streaming seems to have significantly changed the way we consume music, in a relatively short time frame. I'm interested in what people think. Do you subscribe to Apple Music? Deezer? Spotify? Whatever Google is calling...

I guess that would have them open just in time for the Christmas shopping season.

Any information on when this will open, or is it still simply Fall 2018?

Are you actually not understanding the difference between an advisory council making a recommendation and the government actually making it policy? The question I asked is when Trudeau announced he was increasing immigration by 50% (your claim).

I'm curious to know when Trudeau announced immigration would increase from roughly 300,000 to 450,000 annually. Was this when I was on holiday?

Ooohhh! SkyDome's going to be a crazy big Loblaws, with really high (and retractable!) ceilings. That's where I'm doing my shopping!

Just rereading this. Um, turns out the work on Logan Field started shortly after I posted this.

But they want to keep it on their property! Along with four other cars! Which, as owners of a property which can accommodate two cars, should be their right! *stomps foot* It's the war on parked cars!

Oh, Christ, I just read this. The sense of entitlement is just unbelievable. And it's obvious that it's her neighbours calling parking enforcement, because there is one constant truth about suburbia: for every resident who feels entitled to park their car overnight on the street, there is at...