Search
    Hosts & Shows
  • CHML Morning News
  • Bill Kelly Show
  • Bill Kelly Unleashed
  • Matt Holmes Show
  • Charles Adler
  • Scott Thompson Show
  • Roy Green Show
  • Ask The Experts
  • Room to Grow
  • Old Radio Shows
  • Ben Guyatt Show
  • Weekends on CHML
  • CrimeStoppers
  • CHML Documentaries
  • Full On Air Schedule
  • Podcasts 
    Blogs
  • Shiona Thompson's Blog
  • Bill Kelly's Blog
  • Matt Holmes' Blog
  • Charles Adler's Blog
  • Scott Thompson's Blog
  • Zamp Rant Blog
    Related Links
  • Contact Us

       

       

      Shiona Thompson's Blog

      Distracted driving-stories please

      Posted 3/9/2010 5:50:00 AM
      I saw something yesterday that just about blew my socks off.  There was this guy driving erratically on the QEW.  He was weaving and bobbing.  As I got closer and while trying to plan my move to safely get by this guy, I saw why he was driving so poorly.  He was emphatically discussing something with his wife.  And he was waving his hands all over the place. Just a thought, driving you car should be more important than making a conversational point.

      I also saw a man who was legal as far as the hands free law is concerned.  He had a dash mounted I-Pod Nano.  Problem is that, being over 40, the font of the Nano is so small, he couldn't read the small screen.  So, he leaned over, closer and closer till his head was below the dash. 

      Now this is not a condemnation of the hands ...

      Do as Flaherty Says, Not as Flaherty Does!

      Posted 3/6/2010 12:26:00 PM
      Well, well, well.  Minister Flaherty is being called a hypocrite.  Shortly after he delivered a "hold the line" budget with some freezes and cutbacks, he hops a government private jet and heads to London, Ontario for a speech aimed at selling his budget.  A budget that contains a freeze on ministerial budgets.  If he had taken a commercial flight it would have cost about 800 dollars.  Taking a private jet $9000.  Interesting. 

      His media person was trying to justify the cost by saying that the Minister's schedule would not allow him to take a commercial flight.  What hubris!  One's schedule, particularly a Minister's, is what they say it should be.  Here's an idea.  Sell all the government private jets so the option doesn't exist.  Let's see what that does to his schedule then.  


      Changing O Canada

      Posted 3/4/2010 10:09:00 AM
      Well, technically, changing it back.  The original English translation of O Canada (it was composed in French)  didn't have "in all thy sons command". 
      Are you really upset about this?  Is it a controversy?  Or are certain media types just looking for something to gripe about now that the Olympics are over? 

      It doesn't bother me, one way or the other.  What does bother me is that this could actually be a debate in this country.  I would much rather see people discussing or even protesting federal budget cuts to organizations that actually do something to help women.  Especially, economically disadvantaged single parent families.  Isn't that a real controversy?