In today’s Sun: Snowmageddon was Snowverkill
Snowmageddon? More like Snowverkill.
That’s what my Sun colleague and friend Charles Adler memorably called the media prognostications about this week’s “weather bomb” an overreaction of epic, historic (and histrionic) proportions. Like any sensible Winnipegger, Adler could only shake his head about the media’s dire warnings, the unnecessary school and business closures, and the hysterical TV reports. And watch as a manageable dusting of white stuff covered Eastern Canada.
It’s February! We live in Canada, people! It snows here, remember?
Slight problem
99 Problems
And, in other news
…Jethro is lead negotiator in the transit dispute, and Granny has been named to oversee the PanAm Games.
More Toronto City Hall news here.
There is a lot of great pizza in heaven, this week
Michael Batas was the Calgary Flames number one fan – I’m not joking, either – but, to us Calgary punks, he was also the creator of the greatest pizza in the known universe. Whenever I was home, and for a quarter-century, I would make my way back there for his “special” and a pint (or two) of Trad (this video, from my last trip to Calgary, was shot in Michael’s restaurant).
Michael was also a wonderful man, with a great family, and we will all miss him very much. Θεός σας ευλογεί.
It is Black History Month!
Clement kudos
Tony Clement – and the Grits and Dippers who beat him to the punch – deserves credit for putting the brakes on the CRTC’s inane decision to kill off competition for the fat cat cell phone companies.
Hear, hear, Mr. Speaker. Now, you still owe for that Franz Ferdinand ticket, Clement. Pay up.