Kingston - Editorials http://www.emckingston.ca Kingston en-us Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 http://www.emckingston.ca/20120202/editorials/OHIP+delisting Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 OHIP delisting EMC Editorial - The EMC recently received a press release from the Campaign Life Coalition detailing its position regarding the Ontario government considering delisting certain procedures from OHIP as part of Ontario's action plan to tackle its $16 billion deficit.

In said press release, the coalition notes that it is urging Deb Matthews, the ...

]]> http://www.emckingston.ca/20120202/editorials/You+can't+keep+chickens+in+Toronto+and+that's+just+another+reason+why+we're+better+than+they+are Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 You can't keep chickens in Toronto and that's just another reason why we're better than they are EMC Editorial The Toronto Star reported last week that the city is preparing to "go after" 14 families that have been raising chickens in their backyards.

Keeping chickens in your backyard in Toronto contravenes a bylaw.

This, of course, is just one more strike against big cities, to go along with pollution, crime, urban sprawl, traffic woes ...

]]> http://www.emckingston.ca/20120202/editorials/Oh%2c+the+television Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 Oh, the television EMC Editorial - Lately I've noted with interest the number of people around my own age who are choosing to give up their televisions - or at least their cable or satellite, which now that everything's digital basically means that the TV itself can be used only for the purpose of Netflix or DVD viewing. I'm not sure if it's simply a coincidence ...

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