When I leased a $17,000 Honda Civic in 2003, my insurance bill came to just over $2,000 for the year. My home address at the time was near Yorkdale Mall in the north of Toronto. I told the insurer that I would not be driving to work, as I lived a 5 minute walk from [...]
July in Toronto (and Toronto’s cottage country) was not really a July. The weather sucked much of the time. Weather forecasters are saying that August will be more “normal” Today I read a column in the Globe and Mail wherein the writer (Leah McLaren) talks about the dreariness of cottage life over the past month. [...]
The city of Toronto is considering tough action to curb waste generated by overly packaged consumer products. The choices range from an outright ban on materials used in food takeout, to a tax on retail plastic bags, to a city-run deposit-return program, and many other possibilities in-between. Industry is, of course, opposed to new regulations, [...]
