If you want to eat health food – be ready to pay more. During the last 7 years the cost of a healthy diet for a family of four has increased by 16.5% - officials from Toronto's health department say. The price of 66 items determines "the volume" of a nutritional food basket.
Will it be easier to qualify for child-care subsidies for Ontario families? Minister of Children and Youth Services Mary Anne Chambers announced on Monday new changes for the eligibility criteria for child-care fee subsidies. Main idea - more competition for fewer subsidized spaces. I can suggest more competition for less salary for our Ministers.
The cosmetic surgery – not so safety as being described. A lot of women don't want to take care of their bodies. They believe that liposuction and bigger than natural breasts can solve all problems. Sometimes such "simple" decisions can only add much more troubles. How and where? Read here
Our women say Goodbye to their dreams, we say: Farewell Terminal 2. 35-year-old – not a lot for Canadian but enough for our Pearson's building. It will be closed on midnight today. In April it will be started to demolish. An eight-year $4.5 billion plan of airport redevelopment is on stream.
New death – old question. The death of a 75-year-old Maria Rogivska has renewed the discussion about sprinkler systems in all residential dwellings. This system is like a lot of small firefighters in your souse – said Toronto Fire' Acting District Chief Mike Strapko. Ontario is the only jurisdiction in North America that doesn't have mandatory sprinklers in high-rise buildings.
A very dangerous variant of the "Olympic Games" on the streets of Toronto. The city full of kids plus snow and freezing rain – what will we have? A lot of tobogganing-type accidents. Some of them are very serious. In 2004-2005 there were 1731 emergency department visits and 108 hospital admissions for young "bobsleihers".
The half a kilogram of dangerous mercury in our schools – has everybody forgotten about it? 48.000 fluorescent bulbs in 560 our schools contain a strong poison. Everybody knows about it. Why the Toronto District School Board starts the recycling operation only now?
The imminent end of the aluminium tokens. The last day of winter will be the deadline for them. Those lightweight disks will be destroyed after more than 50-year service for the TTC. The new bi-metal ones with new security features have won.
