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 Sunday, 19 June 2005
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Canadian cities still affordable, survey says
Annual cost of living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting ranked 144 cities around the world
[Via The Globe and Mail - National News]
Toronto ranked 82nd most expensive city on the list, the most costly place to live of the five Canadian cities included in the survey, and just above Atlanta.
Meanwhile, lower food and utility prices allowed Ottawa to beat Winston-Salem, N.C., for the 122nd spot and claim the title of most affordable city in North America. Vancouver placed 87th, Calgary 98th and Montreal 107th.[snip]
The cost of living survey, combined with Canada's strong showing in Mercer's quality of living survey released in March, painted a rosy picture of the country, said Ms. Buschen.
“It's a pretty nice combination and it is fairly unique,” she said. “Canada and Australia have probably the nicest balance of the two — relatively low cost of living and pretty high quality of living.”
. .< 10:47:17 PM >
The city's most multi-ethnic school
The most multi-ethnic grade school in the city is in Saint-Laurent, in which 98% of the kids are from families in which the parents were born outside Canada.
[Via montreal city weblog]
. .< 2:13:09 AM >
Stick this in yer tuba
A professional oboist has lifted the curtain on sex, drugs and nepotism in the world of classical music. Turns out, it's all rock 'n roll.
[Via Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
. .< 1:10:35 AM >
Jim Anderson & Zoe Thrall To Co-Chair 119th AES Convention
Jim Anderson, an internationally recognized recording engineer / producer, and Zoe Thrall, an industry veteran who has served as general manager for such world renowned NYC studios as The Hit Factory, Avatar and The Power Station have been named Co-Chairs of the 119th Audio Engineering Society Convention. ...Read More »
[Via Digital Pro Sound News]
. .< 1:09:30 AM >
Backgrounder on Canadian satellite radio
CBC's put up an excellent backgrounder on satellite radio in Canada, how it works, what the CRTC decision was and more.
[Via I Love Radio .org] At the beginning of the article they incorrectly refer to satellite radio as having "CD quality music" but this is modified half way through to "near-CD quality".
. .< 1:01:17 AM >
Finders, keepers? Not in T.O.
In a completely unscientific study, JAN WONG tests honesty in our city and discovers a few surprises
[Via The Globe and Mail - National News]"Two-thirds of you return wallets, promptly. And that's despite a Statistics Canada survey last December in which only one-third of you expected a stranger to return your lost wallet.
"Toronto the good," said Thomas Hurka, a University of Toronto philosophy professor specializing in ethics. "That's surprisingly high.""
. .< 12:58:12 AM >
Canadians warned after credit card security breach
More than 240,000 Canadian Visa card holders alone at risk
[Via The Globe and Mail - National News]
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