I am not sure if this is a regular thing, but I logged into Twitter tonight to find a flood a updates from @thescopeNL regarding discussions during the St. John’s City Council Meeting. Real time updates of important issues as they are addressed.
Cool!
Finally!
People in and around St. John’s, particularly downtown, have undoubtedly seen or heard about the filming of the CBC program Republic of Doyle.
CBC is now presenting the trailer. It’s very in depth and looks amazing. I actually cannot wait to see this show!
From CBC: Republic of Doyle
The Scope recently released this great article to help people figure out what ward they are in and who is running in their ward.
From The Scope: What ward am I in?
A while back I wrote an post jesting that street cleaning in St. John’s is a big money scam for the city to make money off of your parked cars.
Last night there was street cleaning on the street (and there will be again tonight). Most people on the street continued to park as they normally do, unaware of the ticket they were about to receive.
It absolutely kills me that the city does not provide more notification about street cleaning. If everyone is still parked in their usual spots, the street isn’t going to get cleaned, so why bother?
No other reason I can think of than money.
From GregPike.ca: Street Cleaning – St. John’s Biggest Money-Making Scam
The Globe and Mail is not usually known for speaking well of Newfoundland but this week there is a spotlight in their travel section regarding the music scene here in St. John’s.
From Globe and Mail: Rocking the Rock
The City of St. John’s has announced that the annual Pride Parade is to be limited to the sidewalks on Water St. due to heavy construction on Harbour Dr.
The Pride Parade is scheduled to take place 1:00pm this Sunday starting from St. John’s City Hall. The parade is set to loop around the downtown area and finish at the Scotia Centre.
From Signal Blog: Have parade, need road
Last year my friends Phil and Ashley approached me about starring in their Thriller video redux. When they told me their plan I loved it. When they told me they wanted me to be Michael Jackson, I loved it even more.
The idea was to present it as a gift for our friends at “The House” who host an incredible democratically-themed Halloween Party every year that is like no other. They decorate their entire house at great expense and there is a spooky dance floor.
For an entire month we planned, choreographed, and filmed this video without any of our friends at the house having an inkling of our project. They got the greatest suprise of their… umm, Halloween I guess.
I would like to thank everyone that was involved, especially those who took time away from their exams (when others more appropriately prioritized) and helped us out with this film.
Enjoy.
Part I
Part II
Directed by Phil Hogan
Produced by Ashley Kieley
Starring:
Greg Pike as Michael Jackson
Nikki Janes as the girlfriend
Megan Murphy
Christopher “Grubbie” Penney
Theresa Murphy
Craig Stoyles
Garrett Flight
Denise Hennebury
Last night (and the night before) there was street cleaning on my street in Downtown St. John’s. I knew about it because shortly after moving in I got a street cleaning ticket (without warning) and I immediately jumped on the St. John’s Street cleaning mailing list. I also check the City of St. John’s website frequently.
But most people don’t.
In fact, I don’t think the city really cares about actually cleaning the streets. They send the street cleaners down the streets still lined with parked cars and put tickets on everyone’s windsheild. The streets don’t get cleaned. The city just gets paid.
If they were really concerned they would provide some kind of notice to residents and I am sure people would move their cars.
I know there is a mailing list, but I can’t say I blame the people who aren’t on the mailing list. They send an email every day and list every single street that gets cleaned. It’s a mess. You should be able to receive emails ONLY when the cleaning affects streets you are interested in.
I have said this before (about potholes and snow removal and sidewalk clearing) and I’ll say it again. I wish this city was more progressive instead of just reacting to each situation thrown its way.
Signs, flyers, or e-mails would be a great first step to getting our streets clean.
As many of you know last Halloween a few of us put together a shot-by-shot recreation of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video shot here in St. John’s. Many of you have been requesting it to be put online.
Well now it is.
The story and video are located on the Product of Newfoundland blog (Thriller: St. John’s Style).
The video is temporarily only available on Facebook, but as soon as we have it on YouTube I will feed the video on GregPike.ca.
Additional information (Product of Newfoundland): Thriller: St. John’s Style
Additional information (dot dot dot): Thriller, in St. John’s
Additional information (Signal): Thriller was here. In St. John’s, I mean
Earlier today a fire broke out on Mount Scio Rd. in St. John’s. Details have not been released yet but witnesses have claimed the flames to reach upwards of 30 feet high.
From CBC: Fire on Mount Scio
From CBC (Full Story): Fire destroys barn at historic St. John’s farm