Provincial Legislative Assemblies in Canada
Ontario, Newfoundland & Labrador, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and PEI are all headed for elections this fall (yes, five provinces). I wanted to see how different provinces in Canada choose to organize their legislative assemblies :-Province MPP/MNA/MLAs Population MPP / popOntario 107 13,167,894 123,064Quebec 125 7,886,108 63,089British Columbia 85 4,510,858 53,069Alberta 83 3,724,832 44,877Manitoba 57 1,232,654 21,626Nova Scotia 52 946,000 18,192Saskatchewan 58 1,041,729 17,961New...
Read MoreCoolest parking garage, ever!
Talk about a fully automated and efficient parking garage. They were probably able to increase their parking capacity more than...
Read MorePublic Art
One of the things I miss about both Seattle and Washington, DC is abundance of public art. Milton, being much smaller and really only going through serious urbanization now, is seriously lacking. Click through to see some examples of simple, but creative, public art. For obvious reasons, we cannot (and do not want to ) compete with Washington, DC as far as public art is concerned. However, street art does not have to cost much to put up and / or maintain. In fact, it does not even have to be overly complicated: Really, what we need...
Read MoreShana Tova
If my Math is correct then tonight’s Rosh Hashanah. Shana Tova everyone! For those who still haven’t kept up with their new year resolution (like, ahem, myself), the Jewish New Year tonight is giving you another chance :).
Read MoreEid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating Eid today or tomorrow. Those not celebrating, have a feast anyway :).
Read MoreMilton Hospital Expansion … Approved!
In case you haven’t heard, Minister of Health Deb Mathews today approved a 320,000 sq. ft. expansion of the Milton District Hospital. Great news! The surgical department will expand by 70%. Full 80% of beds will be in private rooms. Basically the hospital will triple in size and will include a lot of new equipment, including new MRI machine. ...
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