There is a Tim Hortons about to open at Bathurst Street and Queen Street West.

I seem to remember an outraged reaction the last time Timmy tried to move in (2002 rings a bell; it was looking at a space at Queen and Tecumseth currently occupied by a meat-heavy resto named Vdara).

No one seems to be chaining themselves to the chain's doors this time around.

Afterthought

What the hell. Hero Burger is a chain. So is Pizzaiolo. And TD Canada Trust. And Second Cup. And Starbucks. So why not Tim's?

A new report suggests the hangover from our carbon binge might last way longer than we first thought, and that a quick recovery from the effects of the rapid rise in CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere isn't going to happen.

From The Canadian Press via TheStar.com: (Jan. 26)

Bail hearings in cases where there's no threat of tainting a jury pool shouldn't be placed under a publication ban just because the accused asks for one, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in a decision released today.

Toronto Star publisher John Cruickshank used Monday's paper to announce some changes in the paper's design.