Civic Affairs

Debbie Stagg speaks to city council on Tuesday.

Debbie Stagg speaks to city council's planning committee.

It's not unusual for a city council to bend or suspend the usual zoning rules when presented with an emotionally compelling case.

Same chairs, different day...

There is still plenty of ground to cover before the Ontario Provincial Police's current exercise in billing reform arrives at its final result.

 Rotary Pad opening (photo by Darcy Cheek)

It was easy to see, while covering Monday's opening of the Rotary pad rink, why some folks might resist the idea of covering the rink with a roof.

Half a year ago, in a story I wrote about Statistics Canada’s labour force survey, I led with the following: “The good news is: the bad news is probably not so bad.”

I guess it was all in the combination.

Or make that recombination.

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For more than a year now, I've been thoroughly enjoying practising Twitter journalism.

“When the moon is in the Seventh House/And Jupiter aligns with Mars/ Then the tanks will fill with otters/And the lots will fill with cars.

“This is the dawning of the Age of Aquatarium... “

[img_assist|nid=181|title=Mayor David Henderson gives his year-end interview.|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=500|height=333]A year-end interview with the mayor is always a hydra-headed thing. Plenty goes on in a year, and one can never capture it all.