The Subway Now group of York Region and the VIVA BRT

Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot

In an effort to be entirely impartial, posting the opinions of others, I’ve decided to list a link to the “Subway Now” group. Although I understand what they are attempting to do I still wonder who is going to really end up paying for the extension of the subway to Richmond Hill at Hwy #7 [...]

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Immigrants choose to settle in Canada’s largest cities

Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot

Immigrants are still choosing to start their lives in Canada in one of the “big three” -Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver - but there are signs of changing times.
Among all the census metropolitan areas, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver again attracted most of Canada’s new immigrants, according to 2006 census data on immigration released Tuesday by Statistics [...]

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New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB released

Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot

A new, Mandriva Linux 2008-based version of the Mandriva Flash bootable USB key was released. Flash boots a complete Mandriva desktop on almost any PC, letting you take your desktop with your own data anywhere. The new version can also run Windows versions of Firefox and Thunderbird, with your bookmarks and email, when plugged into [...]

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Apple Leopard OSX: Perfecting Perfection

Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot

Infoworld gives OS 10.5 a glowing review. No one is unhappy with Mac OS X Version 10.4, known as Tiger. OS X is not an application platform (I bristle at using the term “operating system” for OS X; I explain why below) that needed repair, speeding up, or exterior renovation. Motivations for major upgrades of [...]

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