And according to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the sector which contributes to it most significantly is transportation.

Motor vehicles produce significant amounts of pollutants that warm climate such as carbon dioxide, black carbon, and ozone.

Should this make the automobile public enemy #1?

In her “Is technology making news better?” article, Kate (aka “I’m a brand!”) Dubinski (who just recently graduated from her 20’s to her 30’s) refers to “middle-aged men live-streaming city council meetings from their point-and-shoot cameras.”

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that Kate was referring to me. After all, it’s not like there’s scores of middle-aged gentlemen hanging out at City Council meetings (and standing committee meetings, and advisory committee meetings, and LTC meetings) trying to make local government more transparent for you, besides myself.

I guess that I’m a bit chagrined at the fact that Kate “used” me to make her point without identifying me by name and a hyperlink to Online London or to FMBS.

But I’ll be generous. Most of the LFPress scribes are relative ‘net newbies, and they’re still trying to get the hang of it. So I won’t make an issue out of it, like posting a blog about it or anything like that

The fact is, I rather liked the article. It does a good job of asking questions about where news reporting is headed in the years ahead.

I’m looking forward to Kate’s next article in which she provides us with the answers

The London Police Service is investigating the possibility of shots fired in the downtown area between Carling Street, Queens Avenue and Richmond Street area around the time of 2:24 am on Saturday March 13 2010.

Evidence was later discovered to suggest that these were shots fired. There is no evidence to suggest any injuries or damage took place.

Officers continue to investigate by checking video surveillance in the area and canvassing for witnesses. Police are requesting the public’s assistance in that if anyone was in the area at the time and heard or saw anything or have any information regarding this incident to contact Police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. They can provide their tips online at www.londoncrimestoppers.com.

On Sunday March 14 2010 at approximately 4:30 am a 27 year old female awoke and located an unknown masked male inside of her living room of a Highbury Avenue residence.

This male fled and Police were contacted. The female reported property stolen from the residence.

At 4:46 am Police received a second call regarding two males acting suspicious in the same area of residences along Highbury Avenue near Magee Street. Upon Police arrival two male suspects were observed running northbound on Highbury Ave.

One male was arrested and the second male ran inside of a residence on Highbury Avenue. The arrested male was found to be in possession of stolen property from the break and enter to the residence on Highbury Avenue.

At 3:30 pm a search warrant was executed to the residence on Highbury Avenue and a male was arrested inside. Police recovered a large quantity of the stolen property from the 27 year old female’s residence including her dog. Three stolen vehicles and a stolen licence plate were recovered on the property.

Ian Doxtator 22 years of London and Bradley Tapp 32 years of London are both charged with break and enter, possession of break and enter tools and wearing a disguise.

Bradley Tapp is additionally charged with three counts of possession of stolen property under $5000 and one count of possession of stolen property over $5000. (relating to three stolen vehicles and a stolen licence plate).

On Friday March 12 2010 at approximately 10:38 pm three males forced their way into a residence on Thiel Street and assaulted the wheelchair bound victim while demanding property from him.

The suspects obtained a quantity of property and fled. The victim received non life threatening injuries.

Police are looking for three suspects described as:

• White male, 18-22 years, heavy set, short dark hair wearing a black hoody and blue pants.
• White male, 18-22 years, 5’10, short blonde hair wearing a grey hoody.
• White male, 18-22 years, 5’10 wearing a white hoody.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. You can also provide your tips online at www.londoncrimestoppers.com.

On Friday March 12 2010 at approximately 11:55 pm a 14 year old male was walking in the area of Pondmills Road at Commissioners Road when he was approached by a male known to him. The suspect brandished a knife and demanded property from the victim.

The suspect obtained a quantity of property from the victim and fled on foot. The victim was not injured.

Police arrested a 15 year old male of London at a London residence and he is charged with Robbery.

At approximately 1:00am on Sunday March 14, 2010, London Police received a 9-1-1 emergency call from a citizen stating they had been assaulted by a man with a gun. London Police attended an apartment on MacKay Ave and were advised the suspect was hiding inside the unit.

The apartment was contained by tactical officers and negotiations were initiated with the suspect. At approximately 7:30am the suspect surrendered himself to police and was arrested for outstanding warrants. No gun was located.

The civilian who originally contacted police left the scene prior to police arrival and at this time has not come forward to identify themselves.

Doug Lush, 39yrs, of London Ontario was arrested for two outstanding probation warrants.

They look askew, don’t they? The north side of the pedestrian crossing reaches a raised section of curb. When only dashes of paint had been drawn on the road, I phoned the city and left a message for the city engineer. (I forget whether I left a message directly or through the engineer’s colleague at pedestrian traffic control.)

The snowplow operators realize they have no chance of cleanly climbing the curb; they follow the path which the pedestrian crossing used to take. That path joins the sidewalks on either side of Oxford Street at lowered sections of the curb.

Do you know whether pedestrians cross using the aligned sidewalks or the painted crossing? Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act defines crosswalks in section 1 as “the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway” OR “any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or other markings on the surface.”

That definition suggests there may now be two sidewalks at Richmond and Oxford. However, a later section explains where pedestrians may cross this intersection:

(22) Where portions of a roadway are marked for pedestrian use, no pedestrian shall cross the roadway except within a portion so marked. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (22).

Since pedestrians may cross this road only within the lines leading to a raised curb, this pedestrian crossover has been placed so that it is not accessible to wheelchair users. How can we remedy this situation?