from craig slater of the nanaimo daily news
both cliff ronning and gerry cheevers former nhlers cant deny the following todays stars receive but each have fond memories of the superstars they played with or against during their heydays in professional hockey.
there was a time that pavel bure no question was the most exciting player in the nhl ronning said of his former vancouver canucks teamma... [Show More]
i was busy dealing with real news tonight so i completely missed the broohaha over this incident with staphane dion and atv news.
for those who havent heard of it youre lucky to have limited exposure to the echo chamber of political gossip reporting. heres the deal atv an atlantic tv network owned by ctv and rebranded ctv atlantic had staphane dion on for an oncamera but pretaped interview. host s... [Show More]
cadman bribe tape wasnt doctored expert
prime minister stephen harpers own audio expert says a tape providing key evidence about an alleged bribe was not doctored as harper has claimed.
harper says alleged cadman bribe preposterous
audio listen to the cadman tape
pm fights affidavit history in cadman affair
t ed colley a canwest news servi... [Show More]
what fantastic timing this article has in the same day that the we campaign notified me that abc rejected to broadcast this inoffensive and important ad the planet s paper let me know that my interview was published.
tell abc to air the ad tonight.
i talked with the paper about media bias and interaction with bloggers. the article author stephen larose notes that most main stream media is owned b... [Show More]
stephen harper hid the cost of the war
as you may have seen from reports in yesterday and todays morning newspapers the cost of the war in afghanistan will reach 18 billion by the end of 2011 according to a new report released by the parliamentary budget office.
the report by parliamentary budget officer kevin page does not even include the salaries of the 2500 soldiers in afghanistan and is sti... [Show More]
welcome to coin update
were back with your friday coin collecting news round upa several stories on gold including interviews with the perth mint and jon nader. also the ceo of collectors universe halloween coin website coins from the eliasberg collection go to auction a personal treasure hunt and notable auctions. on to the links
first thanks to gata who mentioned my post from mint news blog exa... [Show More]
it looks like there was a happy conclusion to mark steyns ongoing legal problems in canada as the case against him has been dismissed
vancouver the british columbia human rights tribunal ruled friday that a controversial article about islam in macleans magazine did not violate the provinces hate speech law.
athe canadian islamic congress which brought the complaint has previously failed in two ... [Show More]
lets round off the week again with some more amazing facts from the crazy world of nuclear energy
according to nobel prize nominee and physician dr. helen caldicott mutations of recessive genes caused by nuclear waste can take up to 20 generations to reveal themselves. thats more than 500 years.
a document drawn up in 2001 by the uk governments environment department says that even if no new ... [Show More]
police planners for the 2010 winter games wanted permission to ignore public requests for information made under the federal access to information act until at least 2012 saying such requests could pose a threat to security. the recommendation is more...... [Show More]
...tition to see who will be the first to ride their new peak 2 peak gondola has one winner so far 90yearold george huxtable says he cant wait to ride the new peak 2 peak gondola according to a story on canada.com.
i havent stopped jumping up and down since i heard said huxtable who rarely misses a day of the skiing season. i have skied since i was four years old and i have been on every contraption tha... [Show More]
speeding in calgary Post Source: www.lotustalk.com Posted: Oct 10 2008 17:17:12
calgary police service conducted a fivehour speed trap on deerfoot trail near 130th avenue s.e. officers caught 103 speeders doing an average of 132 kilometres per hour.the worst lead foot was a bmw driver clocked at 201 kmh.
traffic unit sgt. mark ehrmantraut said police receive regular complaints about speeding on the highway. he thinks what they found sunday isnt unusual.
its a snapshot i... [Show More]
mustreads john robson on our disgusting politics don martin on the dion interview chantal habert on harpers quebec debacle lorne gunter on the canadian economy rosie dimanno on negotiating with the taliban jeffrey simpson on dionmania.
we got nothing
in which canadian politics touches bottom in the cesspool and starts digging.
john robsons column in the ottawa citizen isnt about what you might thi... [Show More]
a couple caught by police having sex in their car early sunday morning admitted they were unaware where they had parked. when an officer knocked on the window they quickly learned their trysting spot may have been a little hastily chosen. the couple were busted in the hellertown police station parking lot with the engine still running in a handicapped spot. the driver dennis conor cullen 23 is cha... [Show More]
whether its a book movie or music i love those art forms that
bring culture into my life. i am moved by things that are created by
people so committed to their idea that they do it whether or not
anyone else is doing it.i had a chance to experience those feelings in the guise of an exercise practice that made my friday night maybe even my month.i
am not a yoga guy but it didnt matter. i was old en... [Show More]
local
civic candidates spar over athletes village the globe and mail
mayoral debates could use a pterodactyl or two to liven things up the globe and mail
federal foes provincial friends. can campbell bring peace to his own party the globe and mail
b.c. braces for spreading contagion the globe and mail
global credit crisis spells uncertain future for b.c. infrastructure the vancouver sun
white rock... [Show More]
moments after watching his previously undefeated team absorb a crushing 306 loss to a team that remained undefeated john sunstrum stood back from the sidelines looked over the fields of play and broke into a
more continues here
related postsallstate football players made local national newsshared sewer studiedmastercard helps chinese youth with amateur footballfrom the field to the webcant wait... [Show More]
image via wikipedia
the rockridge synthesizer orchestra plays michael jackson prince
release details
cat. no none
record label rockridge
country uk
format cassette
released
issued in card slip case
tape two
side b
track 5 .little red corvette
written by prince
recored at skin deep studios and the lodge... [Show More]
i just read about an advertising study that noticed that seeing thin women modeling a product makes you more likely to rate that product highly. of course you end up feeling insecure about yourself but the marketing for the product is positive.
go figure skinny sells best
more importantly seeing thin models also affects eating behavior
advertisers like to mess with your head and so do rese... [Show More]
jim flaherty announces mortgage bailouts to the tune of 25billion and none of this goes through parliament. that is a lot of money going to people who are not able to keep up with their payments.
this is nonsense
flaherty said the plan will make mortgages more available and more affordable for canadians adding that it will have no fiscal cost to taxpayers.
no fiscal cost to taxpayers yeah ... [Show More]
from mike boone at the montreal gazette
gazette editorinchief andrew phillips did not write internet canadiens on a napkin. but the creation of the habs insideout site parallels the miami vice saga in that a simple concept was developed into a project that has turned into a hit.
heres the backstory
read on...... [Show More]
liberal supporters as well as people sympathetic to dion have already seized geoff regans mention of staphane dions hearing problem as the primary excuse for why his bynowinfamous interview tanked so badly.
just one problem with it though. dions hearing problem never came into play during that interview. in fact its very nature prohibits it from being any sort of excuse in this instance.
allow me... [Show More]
courtesy regina leader post
the stretch run is a misnomer for the saskatchewan roughriders in 2008.
the race to the cfls postseason is more compacted than the impression created by a stretch run. the riders conclude the 2008 regular season by playing four games in 17 days.
the riders play the host calgary stampeders on monday and conclude the regular season oct. 30 in toronto against the argonauts... [Show More]
courtesy edmonton journal
rookie offensive lineman calvin armstrong didnt seem too concerned thursday about the monstrous task he faces tonight when the edmonton eskimos meet the b.c. lions try to contain cameron wake the most dominant defensive lineman in the cfl today.
the sixfootthree 257pound wake has 19 quarterback sacks in 14 games and was a thorn in the side of the edmonton offence in thei... [Show More]
courtesy calgary herald
sandro deangelis leads the canadian football league in fieldgoal attempts.
there are a number of ways to examine that particular statistic. for instance it means the calgary stampeders are moving the ball into scoring position consistently. and considering deangelis has connected on
87.5 per cent of those attempts it also means the stamps are consistently putting points on ... [Show More]
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