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Food trucks: A tale of two cities
For Jim Godina, the worst of times happened in 2004 when he was in a car accident that would change his life. While driving along a slick, wintry road, Godina’s car slipped on a patch of black ice and spun out of control into a ditch. Godina, 47, survived the crash but sustained a severe…
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Getting medieval in the Shire of Trinovantia Nova
It’s a Thursday night and a couple rides a city bus, swords in hand, on their way to London’s Parkwood Hospital. Inside the hospital, the couple heads to the bottom floor and enters a large room down a hallway. Inside, men and women, young and old, are suiting up in protective armour. The 20 people…
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Visa rules keep sisters apart
Two sisters – one in Canada and one in Mexico – have been apart for seven years, but won’t see each other any time soon. Since 2009, Mexicans have needed a visa to visit Canada. During a recent summit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was asked by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to remove the visa…
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John McKenna visits the New Media class
John McKenna is the Executive Producer, Television News, of the Hamilton based television station, CHCH. McKenna stopped by the MAJ New Media class last week. He started the class discussion by showing television ratings among competing networks in the Toronto – Hamilton marketplace. Most of us were surprised to learn that CHCH typically ranks second,…