Category: Hamilton
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Atom Egoyan’s Guest of Honour, at the Playhouse
Poster for Guest of Honour. David Thewlis. Atom Egoyan’s new film, Guest of Honour, was shot mostly in Hamilton. Last night, masks in place, we saw it at the Playhouse Cinema. I am a great admirer of Atom Egoyan’s films. Yes, they are dark and brooding. Yes, they drift and ramble. I’m okay with that,…
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Why Hydro One should not be privatized
Hydro One Voltage Lines in Woodbridge Ontario, photo Tom Stefanac, from Wikipedia The privatization of Hydro One is a terrible idea, for many reasons. There is one argument that I have not seen in the press, and I’d like to present it now. The idea that retaining the single largest portion of shares guarantees control…
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Cycling in London, with Boris Bikes
Boris Bikes at Hyde Park, photo by ZanMan (from WikiMedia) This visit, I decided to try cycling in London. When I first went to London, many years ago, the traffic was scary. The streets were filled with cars tearing around corners at high speed, especially cabs. And, of course, for a Canadian visitor, these cars…