"..the retail store couldn't outlast big box bookstores, Burchell said, nor the ease of ordering books online, competition from book selling pharmacies and grocery stores or the pressure to lower prices to reflect a stronger Canadian dollar."
Risk of Restarting Reactor 1,000 Times Higher than Acceptable Standards
The CBC reports that Linda Keen, who was fired by the current Government, essentially for doing her job reported to the House of Commons Natural Resources committee that she doesn't feel restarting Chalk River is safe.
"When it comes to nuclear facilities, ignoring safety requirements is simply not an option, not now, not ever."It is also worth mentioning that there have already been accidents at Chalk River in 1952 and 1958.
Logo Design Contest for Music Festival
Via CBC Radio 3 the Dawson City Music Festival is looking for a new logo, and they want you to design it.
"On Monday, the Dawson City Music Festival board of directors announced that their ... contest to design a brand new logo for the Dawson City Music Festival!"
Name Toronto's Cycling Magazine
The Toronto Cyclists Union is about to launch a new magazine. Go to Spacing Wire to vote.
"They’re looking for a name that is fun, smart and not cliché (Spacing did a similar contest during the formative stages of the magazine).
Over 250 names were submitted. The list has been narrowed down to eleven. Vote below for your favorite choice!"
UFO's in High Park
I don't know what this does to air quality (I guess we'd have to test their engines first) but Canaian UFO Reports says there has been a sighting in High Park.
"My friend and I were lying on a hill near the south end of the High Park when I saw what I at first thought was a plane, or a gull flying ever so slowly. Then as I continued to watch it I realized there was no shadow created by a flat object, it was reflecting the sun from extremely high in the sky."
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