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Second Car Crashes Into Same Etobicoke Home – CityNews

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/8846–second-car-crashes-into-same-etobicoke-home Bet the home inspector left that particular “feature” out of his report. (How did I miss this story?)

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Chrysler, CAW opt for brinkmanship – thestar.com

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/609747 The big news today is about the head of GM being decapitated, so this Canadian news report is both late and apparently less important. The Canadian Auto Workers have been niggling with Chrysler while deadlines on government bailout loans tick away. Without the loans, Chrysler is threatening to shut down all Canadian operations. The […]

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http://maz.ca/other/texts/hanks.html I saw a mention on another Stumbler’s site of Tom Hanks’ commencement address at Vassar. Hanks has always seemed to me to be one of the brighter guys in Hollywood, and I thought it would be worth a read. Unfortunately and unusually, Google failed me: Vassar’s link is now a 404, and the only […]

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http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/english/lineup/microcar/index.html I’ve found my dream car! Not only is it incredibly cute and environmentally sound, it’s listed in the catalog as “Electlic”, which tickles me.

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Toyota Yaris

http://www.superstreetonline.com/roadtests/3386/ I visited this site for more pics of my new fave car, the Toyota Yaris. What I didn’t expect was a paragraph like this: TRD upgraded the power output by swapping in the Echo’s 1.5L VVT-i in place of the stock 1.0L VVT-i. That gives the car a 40hp jump all the way up […]

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