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.

[img_assist|nid=179|title=Get used to this weed-infested pond.|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=500|height=333]Bob Greenwood, my barber, has been over the years a better pipeline to the word on the street than many.

One Facebook commenter on my previous blog entry brings up a point that merits an addendum here.

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A pay cut, it seems, is a bridge too far for most city councillors.