Dalton McGuinty giving $80 million to company with Liberal ties

TORONTO, Oct. 8 /CNW/ - Dalton McGuinty has promised, should he win the election, to give Heather Reisman and Indigo Books an untendered contract for a massive $80 million. No questions asked.
Indigo Books is owned by Reisman, a long-time Liberal Party insider. She was once described by the Toronto Star as a “backroom bombshell.” The [...]

Type in the Toronto Subway

An amazing article about the history of, and degradation of, type in the Toronto Subway system by the indomitable Joe Clark. Anyone who loves design, typography, and information design would do well to read this (admittedly, you’ll need an hour or two to get through it all).
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John Moore on Spinning John Tory’s troubles

History may be written by the victors, but the vanquished always try to get in their licks. When it became clear last week that John Tory and his Progressive Conservatives weren’t going to achieve their dream of a majority government in Ontario, his supporters cranked up the spin machine. I could hear its whirring behind [...]

Conservatives in Ontario defeated themselves in the 2007 Ontario election

The real losers of the election were the conservatives. However, they really were not defeated by the Liberals. The conservatives actually defeated themselves. Why do you say? (1) They selected to attack Dalton McGuinty constantly during the election did not help. We already knew that Dalton McGuinty broke promises; however he did say that he [...]

Gas-fuelled power plant on agenda for Toronto and Mississauga

Buried in the release of Ontario Power Generation’s 2006 financial results last Friday was an intriguing paragraph: “OPG is exploring the potential development of a gas-fuelled electricity generation station at its Lakeview site and is continuing with the decommissioning and demolition of the Lakeview coal-fired generating station.”
There is, as you might expect, a story behind [...]

Windows Live Spaces users get new Facebook-like features

Microsoft is adding a new Windows Live Events service to its line-up. At the same time, it it is providing a general update to Windows Live Spaces that makes the platform look and feel more like Facebook by showing users a feed of what their contacts are doing.
Windows Live Spaces users gets new Facebook-like features [...]

Patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to Microsoft

It appears as though the first patent suit against Linux — targeting Red Hat and Novell — is now official. According to Groklaw’s Pamela Jones:
IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al [...]