. Great piece in The tsrstethfz Calgary Sun by Michael Platt about the problem with anonymous complaints, like the one that forced a local family to take down its beloved tree swing a week or so ago (boldface mine): The mind boggles to think of the kind of pucker-lipped sourpuss who’d call the city to squeal […]
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City Orders Sisters to Take Down Beloved Neighborhood Tree Swing
June 23, 2016
. This weekend, 11-year-old Reilly McMillan and her sister Gracie, 8, have a sad, government-mandated task ahead of them. They must take down the tree swing in front of their house — the one they made and put up with their dad. It could “chafe” the tree’s bark. The problem is that while the tree […]
Bus Driver Fired for Picking Up Freezing Kids in Her SUV when Bus Broke Down
April 12, 2014
Folks, Canadian school bus driver Kendra Lindon was about to pick up kids on a freezing cold day when her bus broke down. Other recent times this had happened, she recalled, no replacement bus arrived. And so, with windchill temperatures dipping to -37 C (-34 F), Â she kynsfbzykz took matters into her own hands and […]