Older generation "nobody wants to fight anymore".
Relevant video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWY9Mka4Io
Mississauga city council has voted to keep its residential street sports ban in place, meaning hockey and basketball on the road will remain out of bounds.
Mississauga city council has voted to keep its residential street sports ban in place, meaning hockey and basketball on the road will remain out of bounds.
The Nov. 6 vote came more than a year-and-a-half after Ward 2 Coun. Alvin Tedjo brought forward a motion aimed at amending the bylaws, noting that some residents have “weaponized” the existing rules to prevent kids from playing on their streets.
Mississauga has observed the ban since 1979. It was amended in 2010 to also include the prohibition of sporting equipment, like hockey and basketball nets, on the roadway.
I think it really just came down to costs and city budgets. Cities always seem to cut public funding allocated for things like this when trying to balance their budgets.
That is why I find a few of the comments that were suggesting the city should hire the man a little counterintuitive. The first thing the city would cut would be the light show saying it's to expensive and to extravagant, probably in the same year they hire him even.
Holiday drive thru light shows in the GTA pretty much sums up the car centric nature of Ontario.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.todocanada.ca/drive-thru-holiday-light-displays-in-gta/amp/
They should just end the drive thrus at a Timmie's, nothing is more Canadian.
Seems to align with keeping the general public as uneducated as possible.
The more uneducated a population as a whole the easier for a government to control.
But how else will ticketmaster get a cut each time the ticket is resold. Also on a resale of a ticket through ticketmaster the tax is applied once again. And the more expensive the resale ticket is, the higher the cut ticketmaster gets.
Transfers between family don't get taxed as they are not "sold".
Seems like governments won't do anything because each resale gives tax revenue.
Kind of like that time Canada was trying to figure out how to tax private second hand sales on platforms like facebook marketplace and kijiji to name a few.
Its going to be interesting when this starts happening in North American, and in some places it may have already started.
Drought, wild fires, extreme heat, rise in ocean levels. Places like NYC, California, Florida may start becoming harder to live in. Canada may get colder and more extreme in temperature swings.
Places closer to or alongside the equator may become more ideal to live. That wall between the US and Mexico border might get in the way.
But, but I though undocumented immigrants were lazy?! How can they both be lazy and take all the jobs?!
You seem to be thinking small scale, the concept is decentralised electrical generation nation wide.
Not centralised energy generation such as a single solar plant, a single wind turbine field, a single coal plant, a single nuclear plant.
To cluster bomb a single PV plant (in one attack) would be "easy", just as easy as a single coal plant.
To carpet bomb a whole nation (in one attack) with PV panels on every home, building, school, sports centre, field, farm would be logistically challenging.
In agree there are always those few in a community that feel the need to fight everything, even it may be in their best interest and the best interest of the community as a whole.
Anecdotally, I used to live in a rural suburban neighbourhood, the type where homes have large yards between them. There was a proposal to finally put in sidewalks along the residential streets in front of the homes, by narrowing the street a little. This would allows children to walk safely to the new school built, and allow people in the neighbourhood to go on walks, or walk their dogs safely.
Anyways, the amount of push back from some residents saying it will ruin the character of the neighbourhood, or that it would remove vital street parking, or shrink their driveways.
The neighbourhood street was about 4.5 cars wide.
In the end the sidewalks got put in after someone (that did not live in the area), ran over a residents dog along the street.
Become an American patriot, secure our borders with decentralised power generation, on your roof, on your own terms!
Exactly!! Though I don't understand why so many country's and civilians are opposed to clean decentralised power generation such as solar, wind, thermal.
The fact that you get to generate your own "free" power, and its less likely to fail in times of natural disaster.
Its essentially "freedom" & "sticking it to the man" in one clean package. Its not what the media or propaganda calls "the green agenda".
The fact that it also has applications in better national security is a win win.
Decentralised power generation makes you a american patriot! No a green hippy.
500 to 600 hours divided by 365 would only come out to a 1hr or 2hr a day.
1.5hrs a day x 365days = 547.5hrs
Though a good chunk of that time would be in the physical setup of the lights over a weekend or week.
Most of us commute 2hr or more a day in total. (1hr in and 1hr out of work). Just let that one sink in for a while.
And this is why north american suburban neighbours in how they are designed suck IMO. You need a car to get around, even just to go get milk.
Suburban neighboorhoods should really be designed like communities with mixed density housing, small shops that you can walk to, pedestrians and cyclists trails that connect two points quicker in a shorter distance then by car. Mixed zonning for offices and businesses and nothing over 6 stories.
Designing suburbs like this would allow the density required for a tram line and mixed transportation modes. It would also potentially solve suburban sprawl that then compounds the "car is king" problem.
Everything mentioned above is possible, but requires people to accept a level of change.
Think how Amsterdam as a whole transformed its self starting in the 1970-1980 from a gridlocked "car is king" mentality to pedestrian and livability first approach.
Once a hobby turns into a full time job it looses its meaning. Plus being hired means you are no longer your own boss.
Also, we seem to forget cities always cut budgets for things. It used to be the city may have decorated its streets with lights or setup decorations in public plazas. A city may have also had it's own light show that diminised in quality year after year, now a distant memory due to skyrocketing costs.
There may have been public fireworks show or a puplic skate rink. All those things usually are the first to go in a effort to save cash when city funded.
This man was doing a economic service to his town in terms of tourism on his own dime. The city shot it self in the foot here, then they tried to have their cake and eat it too asking him to pay for pirmits
I enjoy a drink or two each month, but I am not going shed a tear about a corporation not seeing exponential growth/profits year after year.
The whole business model of "sustained growth" is flawed IMO. We need better metrics
Ontario family selling house over new Christmas lights bylaw
A family from Kingsville, Ont., says it has decided to leave town over a new bylaw that would put limits on its popular Christmas lights show.
Colten Williams began putting together his Christmas light show a decade ago at the behest of his grandmother, who was inspired by light shows she had seen on TV.
But trouble started brewing in Kingsville after several neighbours lodged complaints about their street being crowded with cars for six weeks every year.
This month, the city enacted a new bylaw that would force the Williams family to apply for a permit for their display while also placing restrictions on the number of hours they would be allowed to leave the lights on.
“They basically limited the amount of hours I could have my show from about 28 hours a week down to 10 hours a week,” Williams said. “So you have 500 hours, 600 hours worth of set up time just to have 40 hours the lights on all month long. That’s an insane amount of work.”
Rogers said the council is sad to see them turn off the lights but said the show had outgrown its location as well.
“We were saddened to learn that the Williams family will not move forward with their light display this year,” he said.
“Our discussions with the family last year at a council meeting we both agreed that they had outgrown the neighbourhood.”
Rogers went on to say that the city had tried to work with the family to find an alternative location but was unable to meet their demands.
You are absolutely correct, the USA is not unique in this regard. Its difficult to spot propaganda when living inside the bubble
Its amazing how much propaganda Americans are exposed to on a dailly basis.
Hollywood basically a propaganda machine that always paints the US as a superior power.
News agencies at all levels repeating the same stories from a predefined script.
Ford tells Toronto cyclists to avoid major arterial roads
Ontario's premier and transportation minister are suggesting cyclists avoid Toronto's major roads as the province forges ahead with a plan to remove bike lanes from some streets.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22337621 > An amendment, tabled and passed on Thursday, gives the government and contractors it taps to tear bike lanes out on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue protection from lawsuits, including if someone is injured on those roads. > > The last-minute amendment gives the government the ability to remove bike lanes from the entirety of Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue, not just the most controversial parts the government has talked about. > > Sarkaria said it was possible the routes could be removed in their entirety — but a final decision had not yet been made. > > “We’ll examine the entire stretch to see which parts — ultimately all of it could be removed,” he said on Thursday.
Ford tells Toronto cyclists to avoid major arterial roads
Ontario's premier and transportation minister are suggesting cyclists avoid Toronto's major roads as the province forges ahead with a plan to remove bike lanes from some streets.
An amendment, tabled and passed on Thursday, gives the government and contractors it taps to tear bike lanes out on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue protection from lawsuits, including if someone is injured on those roads.
The last-minute amendment gives the government the ability to remove bike lanes from the entirety of Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue, not just the most controversial parts the government has talked about.
Sarkaria said it was possible the routes could be removed in their entirety — but a final decision had not yet been made.
“We’ll examine the entire stretch to see which parts — ultimately all of it could be removed,” he said on Thursday.
YSK: Freedom Mobile’s Roaming Fee Petition Challenges Rogers, Telus, Bell
Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges. The campaign encourages Canadians to sign a Change.org petition and demand fairer pricin...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22303445 > Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges. > > Direct link to the petition: > https://chng.it/qdc9hbcx5Z > > The campaign encourages Canadians to sign a Change.org petition and demand fairer pricing from our dominant telecoms. > > The move comes after the CRTC requested these companies to address complaints about high roaming fees. Despite the pressure, Rogers, Telus and Bell defended their daily roaming rates, which can cost Canadians as much as $16 per day while traveling, saying their pricing is competitive.
Freedom Mobile’s Roaming Fee Petition Challenges Rogers, Telus, Bell
Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges. The campaign encourages Canadians to sign a Change.org petition and demand fairer pricin...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22303445 > Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges. > > Direct link to the petition: > https://chng.it/qdc9hbcx5Z > > The campaign encourages Canadians to sign a Change.org petition and demand fairer pricing from our dominant telecoms. > > The move comes after the CRTC requested these companies to address complaints about high roaming fees. Despite the pressure, Rogers, Telus and Bell defended their daily roaming rates, which can cost Canadians as much as $16 per day while traveling, saying their pricing is competitive.
Freedom Mobile’s Roaming Fee Petition Challenges Rogers, Telus, Bell
Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges. The campaign encourages Canadians to sign a Change.org petition and demand fairer pricin...
Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges.
Direct link to the petition: https://chng.it/qdc9hbcx5Z
The campaign encourages Canadians to sign a Change.org petition and demand fairer pricing from our dominant telecoms.
The move comes after the CRTC requested these companies to address complaints about high roaming fees. Despite the pressure, Rogers, Telus and Bell defended their daily roaming rates, which can cost Canadians as much as $16 per day while traveling, saying their pricing is competitive.
City of Toronto's new campaign seems to have missed the mark.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21960813
City of Toronto's new campaign seems to have missed the mark.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21960771 >
Here's how to use a roundabout, according to the OPP. Remember to signal your exits.
Do you know how to use a roundabout?
OPP is telling drivers to remember the following rules when using roundabouts:
When entering a roundabout:
Visual checks: Do visual checks of all vehicles already in the roundabout and those waiting to enter (including cyclists).
Look left: Traffic in the roundabout has the right-of-way. When preparing to enter the roundabout, pay special attention to the vehicles to your left. Adjust your speed or stop at the yield sign if necessary.
Adequate gap: Watch for a safe opportunity to enter the roundabout. Enter when there is an adequate gap in the circulating traffic flow. Don't enter directly beside another already in the roundabout, as that may be exiting at the next exit.
Travel counterclockwise: Once in the roundabout, always keep to the right of the central island and travel in a counterclockwise direction.
Keep moving: Once you are in the roundabout, do not stop except to avoid a collision; you have the right-of-way over entering traffic. Do not change lanes while in the roundabout. If in the inside lane and you miss your exit, you must continue around until you meet your exit again.
When exiting a roundabout:
Signal: Be sure to signal your exit and watch for pedestrians.
Maintain your lane: Stay to the left if you entered from the left lane or stay to the right if you entered from the right lane.
Maintain your position: Maintain your position relative to other vehicles.
Signal intent to exit: Once you have passed the exit before the one you want, use your right-turn signal.
Left lane exit: If exiting from the left lane, watch out for vehicles on the right that continue to circulate around the roundabout.
Critical Mass Bike Ride Friday October 25
Critical Mass Toronto, A friendly bike ride for the GTA.
Critical mass is a autonomous event. It is created by the community for the community for cyclists. The ride does not happen from time to time due to its autonomous nature.
Last friday of the month, every month.
Meet at the corner of Bloor and Spadina, 6 pm - leave at 6:30 pm
Join the petition to save current and future bike lane infrastructure in Ontario.
Reports have come out that the Ontario government plans to bring forward legislation that would block the installation of bike lanes where motor vehicle lanes would have to be reduced.
Also add your comment to bill 212 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9266
Ontario promises to pay for ripping out bike lanes that fail unannounced criteria.
The Ford government is putting new bike lanes and any installed in the past half-decade on notice but has promised it will pay the costs if cities have to tear out routes.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21139835 > The Ford government is promising to pay the cost of removing bike lanes from major city streets that fail to meet its unannounced criteria as it ploughs ahead with a plan to limit biking infrastructure and rip out some routes.
Ontario promises to pay for ripping out bike lanes that fail unannounced criteria.
The Ford government is putting new bike lanes and any installed in the past half-decade on notice but has promised it will pay the costs if cities have to tear out routes.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21139835 > The Ford government is promising to pay the cost of removing bike lanes from major city streets that fail to meet its unannounced criteria as it ploughs ahead with a plan to limit biking infrastructure and rip out some routes.
Ontario promises to pay for ripping out bike lanes that fail unannounced criteria.
The Ford government is putting new bike lanes and any installed in the past half-decade on notice but has promised it will pay the costs if cities have to tear out routes.
The Ford government is promising to pay the cost of removing bike lanes from major city streets that fail to meet its unannounced criteria as it ploughs ahead with a plan to limit biking infrastructure and rip out some routes.
Montreal landscaping project adding trees to streets in traffic calming effort.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20991847 > City councillor says the project is a low-cost effort to add some greenery. Others say it takes away already limited parking space in the Plateau. > > The general public seems to be missing the point of the curb extensions as a traffic calming initiative with the added benefits of greenery. Instead focusing on the removal of parking spaces, and not on the increased visibility and lower vehicle speeds these types of installation promote.
Montreal landscaping project adding trees to streets in traffic calming effort.
City councillor says the project is a low-cost effort to add some greenery. Others say it takes away already limited parking space in the Plateau.
The general public seems to be missing the point of the curb extensions as a traffic calming initiative with the added benefits of greenery. Instead focusing on the removal of parking spaces, and not on the increased visibility and lower vehicle speeds these types of installation promote.
Instead of measuring the success of a bike lane policy in the number of kilometres installed, as Toronto currently does, we should be taking into account the impact on traffic
Why stop at removing things like bike lanes? We should also remove street parking, sidewalks, bus stops, crosswalk and crossways, and board up all storefronts. Turn those slow city streets into wide high speed roads so people can get through the city quicker.
Drivers dont stop to enjoy the areas they drive through, they are only driving through to get to their destination on the otherside of town.
Provincial police stopped a driver on Highway 417 after they crossed over the double lines into the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.
Provincial police stopped a driver on Highway 417 after they crossed over the double lines into the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.
“A reminder that vehicles must have two or more people in it or have a green licence plate to be eligible,” police note in a post on X.