By Canadian standards it was pretty exciting, enough to get the thickened blood of wintertime coursing through our veins. With apologies in advance to Sally Fields – They HATE Us!!…
In Denton, Texas, a college town north of Dallas that sits atop the Barnett Shale formation, the fight over a referendum banning fracking within city limits is in the final…
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– There have been 3 separate shooting incidents in and around the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada. Details are sketchy. – At least two people were shot after multiple…
Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by the tragic events in Ottawa this morning. To all our Ottawa community members, and to everyone in the area, please…
A sad day of note in Canadian political history, as Parliament Hill was under gunfire today. A soldier was also shot at the nearby War Memorial. Putting the day’s events…
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Actually, wait. If you don’t come, I will talk at you incessantly, without pause. That will motivate you better, I suspect.
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