David Akin's On the Hill

Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Thursday, April 8

Why RSS Feeds are a bad idea

by DavidAkin on Thu 08 Apr 2004 10:35 PM EDT

I love RSS feeds. I love the idea of them. (I think I may have mentioned this before but I'm using the wonderful NetNewsWire on my Macs and the pretty darn good News Gator on my Windows 2000 box as my aggregator tools). I wish the folks who send me ... more »

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A new Axis of Evil?

by DavidAkin on Thu 08 Apr 2004 10:05 PM EDT

I am not an America-hater. But surely the death penalty is not a cure for whatever ills U.S. citizens believes they're afflicted with. From the blog of San Jose Mercury News columnist Dan Gillmor:

The world's top three executioners, according to Amnesty International, are (in order): China, Iran and ... more »

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Terminal 1 is dead. Love live Terminal 1.

by DavidAkin on Thu 08 Apr 2004 09:26 PM EDT

The new Terminal 1 at Pearson International Airport. This is the scene on the West end of the departures level near Departure Gate B, where Air Canada passengers board. more »

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