East side of QEW near Burlington Street.
East side of QEW near Woodward Avenue.
Later,
Kenaz
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Eye on Hamilton
These are the current weather and traffic conditions in the City of Hamilton courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Transportation highway cameras. Right click on the picture and select reload image, this will bring up the upto date photo with curent date and time. Or if you don't like to reload or wish to view other cameras along the QEW or 403 please visit and view their cam shots which reload automatically.
East side of QEW near Burlington Street.
East side of QEW near Woodward Avenue.
Later,
Kenaz
East side of QEW near Burlington Street.
East side of QEW near Woodward Avenue.
Later,
Kenaz
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Graphic WSIB ads aren't too much
I'm happy too hear that the city of Hamilton is reversing its decision to block controversial worker safety ads from appearing in local bus shelters. Hamilton and Windsor were the only Ontario cities to reject the assault to the norm marketing campaign produced by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB).
Several cities agreed to run modified versions of this ad, which features an impaled construction worker in a puddle of blood.
Full colour, no modification -- runs in Ottawa.
Black and white with no blood -- runs in Oshawa, Ajax, Whitby, Clarington, St. Catharines, Welland, Niagara Falls, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Brantford, Guelph.
Black and white with warning box -- runs in Mississauga, Markham, Oakville, Pickering, Newmarket, Richmond Hill.
Black and white, no modification -- runs in London, Toronto.
There's also a television ad that shows a young woman slipping in a restaurant kitchen and scalding her face with hot oil. Graphic? For sure. Over the top? Not at all. It's a very effective ad showing the real dangers that occur. I've witnessed this type of injury in a place I once worked, work place safety can't be over stressed.
Some people will be offended by the ads in the bus shelters and television. Some will be angry that small children might see the disturbing image. But is it worse than small children seeing overtly sexual clothing ads in bus shelters? Or imitating the sexually suggestive moves and lyrics found in videos. If a WSIB ad makes a worker more aware of the dangers around them, doesn't that out weight all other concerns?
Certainly, the "Top Chef" ad is graphic and disturbing. But it's no more graphic than scenes of violent death we see on prime-time television or in movie theatres. In an age when kids have become immune to images of blood, gory body parts and dead bodies, maybe the graphic nature of the WSIB campaign is what it takes to shake us up, to make us take notice and really think about the safety of our workplaces.
There's no doubt we need employers -- from company presidents to shop-floor supervisors -- to take notice and ensure proper and safe training. Again I've seen some questionable practices. But workers also need to know and understand their rights and responsibilities; they need to ask questions if they don't know.
Later,
Kenaz
Several cities agreed to run modified versions of this ad, which features an impaled construction worker in a puddle of blood.
Full colour, no modification -- runs in Ottawa.
Black and white with no blood -- runs in Oshawa, Ajax, Whitby, Clarington, St. Catharines, Welland, Niagara Falls, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Brantford, Guelph.
Black and white with warning box -- runs in Mississauga, Markham, Oakville, Pickering, Newmarket, Richmond Hill.
Black and white, no modification -- runs in London, Toronto.There's also a television ad that shows a young woman slipping in a restaurant kitchen and scalding her face with hot oil. Graphic? For sure. Over the top? Not at all. It's a very effective ad showing the real dangers that occur. I've witnessed this type of injury in a place I once worked, work place safety can't be over stressed.
Some people will be offended by the ads in the bus shelters and television. Some will be angry that small children might see the disturbing image. But is it worse than small children seeing overtly sexual clothing ads in bus shelters? Or imitating the sexually suggestive moves and lyrics found in videos. If a WSIB ad makes a worker more aware of the dangers around them, doesn't that out weight all other concerns?
Certainly, the "Top Chef" ad is graphic and disturbing. But it's no more graphic than scenes of violent death we see on prime-time television or in movie theatres. In an age when kids have become immune to images of blood, gory body parts and dead bodies, maybe the graphic nature of the WSIB campaign is what it takes to shake us up, to make us take notice and really think about the safety of our workplaces.
There's no doubt we need employers -- from company presidents to shop-floor supervisors -- to take notice and ensure proper and safe training. Again I've seen some questionable practices. But workers also need to know and understand their rights and responsibilities; they need to ask questions if they don't know.
Later,
Kenaz
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Hamilton City Hall Grinches Need To Grow...
A heart would be a start, but City Hall needs a major boost in "testicular fortitude" as well. What Hamilton needs are more bureaucrats who think outside the box like the BIA, instead of ones who keep banging nails into the downtown coffin.
Members of the Hamilton Downtown Business Improvement Area say they are perpetually at loggerheads with city hall every time they offer a solution to rid the downtown of its image as a dirty, unsafe destination.
Overflowing garbage receptacles, street litter and disregard for the BIA's planned landscape design that featured plants best suited to survive fumes from waiting buses are some of the headaches members say they've faced. They also complain about hassles for the BIA in putting up Christmas lights.
And when the BIA wants to try something new -- like closing part of King Street for the Santa Claus parade or hanging lamppost banners that advertise sponsoring businesses -- the BIA often gets a "No, you can't do that." Without any logical reason.
Other BIA brainstorms:
The relocation of bus stops from around Gore Park, in effort to alleviate the unpleasantness to diners on outdoor patios from the exhaust fumes. The BIA has requested the bus stops be moved somewhere else downtown.
The BIA wants the city to find a way to get absentee landlords sitting on derelict buildings to either sell or improve their buildings so they can be put back in use.
The BIA isn't asking the city to pave the streets in gold, just get rid of the crap and spruce the place up. Is that to much to ask?
Later,
Kenaz
Members of the Hamilton Downtown Business Improvement Area say they are perpetually at loggerheads with city hall every time they offer a solution to rid the downtown of its image as a dirty, unsafe destination.
Overflowing garbage receptacles, street litter and disregard for the BIA's planned landscape design that featured plants best suited to survive fumes from waiting buses are some of the headaches members say they've faced. They also complain about hassles for the BIA in putting up Christmas lights.
And when the BIA wants to try something new -- like closing part of King Street for the Santa Claus parade or hanging lamppost banners that advertise sponsoring businesses -- the BIA often gets a "No, you can't do that." Without any logical reason.
Other BIA brainstorms:
The relocation of bus stops from around Gore Park, in effort to alleviate the unpleasantness to diners on outdoor patios from the exhaust fumes. The BIA has requested the bus stops be moved somewhere else downtown.
The BIA wants the city to find a way to get absentee landlords sitting on derelict buildings to either sell or improve their buildings so they can be put back in use.
The BIA isn't asking the city to pave the streets in gold, just get rid of the crap and spruce the place up. Is that to much to ask?
Later,
Kenaz
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Two more Canadian's fall in Afghanistan
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Lest We Forget Our Fallen Heros in Afghanistan
Peace.
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