Category: Culture
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3 things I learned in the Twin Cities
This weekend we made a road trip down to the Twin Cities in Minnesota. While this was probably my 12th (or 20th?) trip down to Minneapolis, I observed a few random things I had not noticed on previous trips. Winnipeg does an excellent job of snow clearing! Almost all of surface roads we came across…
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Thought of the Day: Newspapers Websites
I’ve posted about newspapers before, the industry’s seemingly imminent collapse and lack of success online are interesting problems to me. As far as I’m concerned, newspapers (and “old media” in general) are still a relevant source of information and there’s really no reason they should be dying. As Erica Glasier put it on her blog the…
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No “Gate Rape” for Canadians…yet.
With all the talk of enhanced pat-downs/sexual assault/gate rape being conducted by the TSA at US airports (in the event that you wish to opt-out of the full body scan), I was wondering what the Canadian Air Transport Security Agency’s policy might be. Typically we seem to follow US rules fairly closely up here. CATSA’s…