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Yvonne Bambrick, the executive director of the Toronto Cyclists Union, is pleased with Ontario’s ban on driving with hand-held devices — but views it as an initial step.

“I can understand why the government would want to screen sexual content (on public computers), but where I’m from in Greece, there’s a lot of classical art that depicts some form of nudity…. So in a sense, some nudity is OK,” Aaron Kapoulas said. “The question is… where would the government draw the line?”

As design director, Jason MacIsaac compares himself to an architect. He can envision the grand scheme of a game, but when it comes down to building it, he relies on those within the artistic and mathematical trades.

“If you see the screen and it says that you’re a winner, then nobody can cheat you. But for older people, they do not always check the screen and sometimes if they are a winner of $100 or $200 the storeowner will tell them that they only won $10 and keep the rest of the money,” Peter Chen said.

TTC communications director Brad Ross didn’t realize how useful Twitter could be until the January blackout that shut down subway lines. He’d been using Twitter, the instant messaging service that limits your posts (called tweets)…

Exhibition Place’s Queen Elizabeth building was taken over by all things British on the weekend during the 19th annual British Isles Show, a trade show that features merchandise from all over the United Kingdom. The…