Archive for the ‘In the News’ Category
9.24.08
I have to admit, that I had no idea that this had happened in the wake of the assasination of Indira Ghandi. I remember chaos and horror, but no specifics. And sadly, no specifics with a human face.
I will also admit that my knowledge of Sikhism and the Sikh ...
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9.16.08
Spotted this article on Yahoo this morning. Toronto is considering a ban on paper coffee cups or to basically tax them like you do pop bottles, etc.
It is kind of ironic that we all love to buy coffee that is all 'touchy feely,' yet happily guzzle it down in paper ...
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9.14.08
Remember that $100 you got from the government to help with that twee carbon tax? Well take a peek at this article from the CBC:
The $100 cheques, which were meant to offset the impact of the province's new carbon tax, were only supposed to be sent to residents currently living ...
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9.8.08
Mainly because it is making my head hurt.
Apparently the OTHER leaders involved refuse to partake in a debate alongside Green Party's Elizabeth May.
According to the CBC Radio..I just heard this - and Canadian Press - "Prime Minister Stephen Harper, like the NDP, said Monday that May's inclusion would in essence ...
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9.7.08
Canadians will go to the polls on October 14:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper pulled the plug on his own minority government on Sunday, setting off a national election campaign that will send voters to the polls on Oct. 14 at a cost of about $300 million.
[insert panicky mental calculation of the ...
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9.4.08
I like to think I’m a fairly astute person, not easily taken in by the barrage of “special” offers, computer spam in the form of “you have won a million dollars, now please send a cheque for processing and it’s yours” etc. and exhortations that pour into our computers, drop ...
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8.25.08
With the rain cutting short my camping adventures, I returned home to watch the Olympic Closing Ceremonies.
Apart from the weird Logan's Run bit with the glow in the dark floating guys....RENEW RENEW!!!...it was very entertaining...very colourful and again indicative of what we expected from them.
I don't even want to ...
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8.8.08
On Thursday, when I went into surgery, my lense prescription was about 20/600 (-4.75 diopters).
On Tuesday, when I went in to have the temporary contact bandages removed, my vision was 20/30.
And its just gotten better every day. Unfortunately, for the state of California, it hasn't.
See, a couple of weeks ago, ...
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7.23.08
Check out all the fabulous links and the great work Barb from The Love Blog and Rebecca -our own Miss 604 are doing to push this great event.
Rebecca has taken on a huge job of organizing this event....thank you for being so 'together' with the VANCOUVER LOVIN!
If you cannot ...
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7.19.08
The other night, I went to a townhall meeting with TransLink where they presented their Transport 2040 strategy.
Now, at the risk of sounding forgiving, you have to realize that they've been given a nearly impossible task. On January 1, 2008, some new legislation kicked in that said they had to ...
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