Canuck

  Monday, 12 July 2004

YYG < 8:17:25 PM>.

We had a colleague staying overnight in Charlottetown on Saturday, headed for a 6:15 a.m. flight on Sunday morning. She overslept, and awoke with a start at 5:38 a.m. She made the flight with time to spare -- indeed she had to wait in line at the check-in counter.

Try that in Toronto. [Reinvented News]

Been there. Done that. Peter's right. In YYZ it doesn't work!

< 8:14:37 PM>.

Rain, golf-ball-sized hail and tornadoes pound Alberta's capital, surrounding area
[GAM-National] 'Edmonton ground almost to halt yesterday due to a punishing rain and hail storm believed to have caused at least tens of millions of dollars in damage to the city's famous West Edmonton Mall, while people outside the city were mopping up damage after at least two tornadoes touched down.'