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Posts Tagged ‘neighbourhoods’

Up the 401--- Again!
Up the 401— Again!
By Mark Bradley | August 22, 2009 | Feedback (5)
Even before the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway (the 401) was built, I can remember my grandparents and their generations, my parents and almost every other citizen in this city always looking at London, Ontario with envy and always thinking it a better city and a better city for shopping than Windsor. It ...
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Adaptation
Adaptation
By Brendan | June 24, 2009 | Feedback (13)
There’s not many people that know this, but we are in the thick of a strike by city workers.  Their plan was a simple one : let the city get so ugly, so garbage and rat infested, with Kilimanjaros and Denalis of yesterdays Lean Cuisines and Jos Louis wrappers, that ...
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News: Monday, March 2, 2009
News: Monday, March 2, 2009
By Mark Bradley | March 2, 2009 | Feedback (12)
Drive to safeguard 8,000 pensions:The shaky financial position of General Motors of Canada Ltd. and the underfunded status of its pension plan have prompted a group of retirees to organize in an attempt to protect their retirement benefits. Ford, the last one standing? How Ford dodged a ...
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News - Saturday wrap
News - Saturday wrap
By Mark Bradley | February 21, 2009 | Feedback (0)
'Hood-winked? Winnipeggers were promised a utopian suburb in Waverley West, but scaled-back plans have dashed expectations and created a very different reality The Manitoba government and land developer Ladco promised, in January 2003, to transform 1,200 hectares of mostly empty land into the largest residential development in the city's ...
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