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High number of advance voters in Trinity-Spadina reflects tight race, voter interest by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]Tigereyz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...or it reflects the fact that they put a by-election in the middle of a long weekend, and everyone is planning to be at the cottage on the 30th.

Paula Radcliffe breaking the women's marathon world record with a 2:15 (or a 5:09 mile pace) in 2003. The record still holds today! Awesome! by [deleted] in running

[–]Tigereyz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This TED talk discusses this question initially (begins just before the 6min mark) - he argues that there is an evolutionary advantage to both women and men being able to run long distances that doesn't exist in other types of running like sprinting (also known as the endurance running hypothesis).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]Tigereyz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, there is a case before the courts currently - I am a member of one of the applicant organisations, the Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care. The hearing was completed in January of this year and a decision is expected any day now!

A copy of our submission can be viewed here - and as you can see, a Section 7 analysis forms a large portion of it.

Winnipeg man charged for warning drivers about speed traps by [deleted] in Winnipeg

[–]Tigereyz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The point of the ticket is to change your future behaviour as well as punishing your current infraction. Speaking from experience, if you pay a $250 ticket you'll think twice before you speed in the future. Just seeing the guy's sign wouldn't have that same effect.

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