Review: Lincoln
Thankfully we all know how it ends.
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Politics
Ain’t No Sunshine on This List
By now you may have heard that the so-called Sunshine List of public servants who earn more than $100,000 has grown again this year. …
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Brandt’s Randt – A City Councillor Spends our Money Unwisely
Dale TV is a new YouTube channel launched by a rookie, but senior, member of London’s council. This week I shared my thoughts on The Big Show’s Brandt’s Randt.
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How is This News?
One-time Toronto mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson has made some strong allegations against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. …
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This Week in London News
I’ll do my best to give a Reader’s Digest version about what our Mayor and his cronies have done.  Again. …
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Slavery Over in All States Now
It’s a surprising story, really. Â A doctor who calls Mississippi home was inspired after seeing the movie Lincoln to research when each US state officially abolished slavery. Â He found that his home state still hadn’t done it. …
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Inspiring a Love of Reading
We are quick to criticize politicians when things aren’t going well. Â Today I want to commend one for doing something right. Â …
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Cracking The Door Open on a Right-to-die Bill
So Quebec politicians have debated the concept of assisted suicide and consulted lawyers familiar with the constitution and they say they can enact a provincial law. …
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Fontana Fascination
No one expected much to happen at the first court date in Joe Fontana’s fraud and breach of trust case and it didn’t. Â But the mini-shit-storm that erupted on Twitter was a lot of fun to watch and it had nothing to do with the case itself! Â …
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NRA = No Rational Attitude
I talked to a local gun expert on Thursday. The interview was the “pro gun” part of our show, The Big Picture, as we looked at both sides of the gun control issue this week in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Â …
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Joe-Fo
Well, I had a post up here about our city’s Mayor being a bit of a douchenozzle for keeping his counsel and not saying anything until charges by the RCMP have finally forced him to. Â …
What We’ve Learned in the Past Week
If you’re in trouble and you’re getting bad advice, you tuck your tail under and you hide. Â …
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US Election
The following is my deep, heartfelt comment on the result of the US Presidential election. …
The Time it Takes to Leave
London’s Mayor is in a real pickle.  A couple of weeks ago allegations surfaced that in 2005 Joe Fontana, when he was an MP and senior cabinet minister in Paul Martin’s government, used a Public Works cheque to pay for his son’s wedding reception. …
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My Fan Dalton
I remember when this letter arrived at 680 News. Â I was speechless. Â I had announced on air that I was leaving and although the few times when I had met the Premier over the years he had always claimed to listen to us, this letter made it real. Â …
Move Over, Chicken-Man
London has a city councillor who has come forward to make the one who lobbied on behalf of backyard chickens seem calm and rational. …
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