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Big city living

My parents live in Belleville, Ontario. It’s a city of about 50,000 people, with a metropolitan area population of about 90,000. My mother likes to clip out interesting articles from the city newspaper to send to me, and she recently sent one about an outdoor concert she and my father had attended this past summer. I read the article, and when I was done, I flipped the clipping over. On the other side was just a portion of the “police blotter” column, which I’d like to reproduce for you:

“Someone threw a can of yellow pain that splattered on the driveway of a Dufferin Avenue residence. The back of a pickup truck in the driveway got splattered as well.”
“A rock was thrown at a vehicle parked on Dundas Street West, resulting in a small chip in the windshield.”
“A pair of New Balance track shoes and the orthotics inside were stolen from the front step of a Cedar Street residence over the weekend.

Isn’t that just about the most adorable thing you’ve ever read? Here, we have to add extra pages to the newspaper to fit all the murders in, but there, they devote space to someone’s missing shoes. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know that a place like that really exists.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 11/16 at 03:03 AM

Sounds wonderful.

Posted by Coll on 11/16 at 08:09 AM
I understand - We moved from Los Angeles to Madison, WI and it’s WONDERFUL to live somewhere where murders are so rare, they are still a top news story for days. Belleville sounds even better.

Posted by Victor Tabbycat Mom on 11/16 at 08:50 AM
Awww! I lived someplace like that once. It was nice.
Happy belated anniversary, by the way!

Posted by Carina on 11/17 at 04:37 PM
I love our weekly Police Blotter column, and because I live in Atlanta, most if it consists of stories that contain somewhere the words “wandering naked on Peachtree Street”.

Posted by Helly on 11/17 at 07:45 PM

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My name is Leigh-Ann, I'm Canadian, and I live in the United States. This gives me great insight on cross-border issues, like American vs. Canadian candy bars, and curling vs. golf. I enjoy coffee but not caffeine, as I like to think I'm agitated enough already. I think a day without Starbucks is a day without sunshine (there are no Tim Hortons here, so I make do with what I've got). I love animals and birds and fish and even most of the creepy crawlies on the sidewalk and in the garden, but I prefer it when they stay out of the house. I'm a veterinary technology student at Penn Foster, and I'm the Director of Wee Paws Animal Sanctuary. I bottle-feed lots of kittens, and try to find homes for society's less fortunate felines. If you'd like to make a donation to Wee Paws, click the button below, or click here for more options and ways you can help.

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