Survey on Future Use of Leisure Centre
The City of Grande Prairie is conducting a Feasibility study on the future use of The Leisure Centre. Roger Field of Field, Field & Field Architecture-Engineering Ltd. will be conducting…
Barbara Kingsolver’s La Lacuna and the Story that Follows
The last book discussed at the Atwater book club was Barbara Kingsolver's fascinating La Lacuna. It has haunted my days ever since, so I was delighted to find a New…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Wells is pleased to have received some response about how the Cons claim to be saving money. But it's worth taking a…
No new talks set for Cantada Post and Union
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/22/canada-post-toronto-rally658.html
What Are The Hackers After Next? Maybe Your Pacemaker.
There are hundreds of thousands of people who are kept alive by pacemakers, heart defibrilators, brain stimulators and implanted drug pumps that may be vulnerable to hacker attacks.The vulnerability comes…
Opposition attacks Rob Ford for not attending Gay Pride parade
Don't do it. You're only fluffing his pillows.
Homeland Security Tests Mind Reading Sensors
According to the magazine Nature, the US Department of Homeland Security is conducting field trials of sensors they hope will be able to spot people thinking about committing terrorist acts.…
Top Talents Attracted By Corporate Social Responsibility
Talents are key to success in today’s business. How much would a company pay to lower staff turnover rate by 12%? Best Employers in Canada winner LoyaltyOne achieved this through…
MacKay – Baird Photo : Caption Contest
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, when I seen this here pitcher of ol' Johnny Baird eyeballin' Petey MacKay, I figgered it was cryin' out fer a caption contest. It ain't…
MacKay – Baird Photo : Caption Contest
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, when I seen this here pitcher of ol’ Johnny Baird eyeballin’ Petey MacKay, I figgered it was cryin’ out fer a caption contest. It ain’t…
MacKay – Baird Photo : Caption Contest
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, when I seen this here pitcher of ol' Johnny Baird eyeballin' Petey MacKay, I figgered it was cryin' out fer a caption contest. It ain't…
Harper Government fights to give cancer to the rest of the world with asbestos ‘bombshell’
Canada drops asbestos 'bombshell'This is disgusting and shows the moral core of Conservatives (and some Liberals) quite clearly: we're not even willing to warn the people how to handle the…
MacKay – Baird Photo : Caption Contest
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, when I seen this here pitcher of ol’ Johnny Baird eyeballin’ Petey MacKay, I figgered it was cryin’ out fer a caption contest. It ain’t…
Geert Wilders acquitted. This is not a ‘blow for freedom’.
Charges against Geert Wilders for defamation have been dismissed. The Dutch court has found no reason to convict the hate speech warrior. Wilders has been vetted by courts and found…
Will California Break the Fracking Veil of Secrecy?
With a little luck the world may soon discover just what natural gas frackers have actually been pumping underground, secrets they have fiercely guarded from public scrutiny.California's Environmental Quality Committee…
Experts warn of external threats to recovery
Along with population statistics, here’s another one you can bet the current provincial Conservative crowd won’t be holding out quite as enthusiastically as the fabricated version of Bank of Canada'…
Brands that will disappear…
… some of them are rather surprising. Check it out… A&W is particular holds a lot of memories for me. I remember rolling up to the drive in with my…
On Climate Change, Obama No Better Than Bush
To Al Gore, Barack Obama isn't up to the job of tackling climate change. In fact, Gore thinks Obama is no better than Big Oil's favourite pres, George w. Bush.Mr…
Chavez’s Right Turn: State Realism versus International Solidarity
Introduction The radical “Bolivarian Socialist” government of Hugo Chavez has arrested a number of Colombian guerrilla leaders and a radical journalist with Swedish citizenship and handed them over to the…
New Contract Beats Up on Ontario Nurses
On 3 June 2011, an arbitration panel handed down the new contract for the majority of Ontario hospital nurses. The panel was set up when negotiations between the Ontario Hospital…