Here are your Quick Hits for the Day! Concerns over US banks Capital Reserves (Citibank) Blockbuster Losses Grow I can understand that one. Why pay such a high price when you can rent new DVD releases from Jonathans on the corner of 4th & Marlborough for 99 cents? The WhoContinue Reading
L I N K – I think Hockey. I think Stephen Harper? Methinks not. Sweater vests yes; beating on little guys or natives, yes; suggesting that as the economy tanks it’s a good time to buy stocks; especially on a minimum wage salary, yes. Dropping the puck at the openingContinue Reading
L I N K That sounds like a lot of people killed; more than 9/11, but there are an awful lot more people that die each year from your average flu; usually from complications like pneumonia. “the flu pandemic has infected an estimated 22 million Americans and put 98,000 inContinue Reading
L I N K “In September, provincial and territorial health ministers predicted the cost of buying and delivering the vaccine at around $806-million, or about $16 per dose. But based on these new estimates, the total cost is currently running at about $30 a shot –and climbing.” Ow, double ow! Continue Reading
2012 – It’s only a Myth Today, as Canadians thanked their veterans for their sacrifices during the World Wars, Korea, UN Peacekeeping duties, and Afghanistan, similar ceremonies took place throughout the world. In a historic event in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy noted that not only did French children cry forContinue Reading
Automated External Defibrillator Used in Local Arena CORNWALL, ON – Cornwall SD&G Emergency Medical Services Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Program is announcing the successful use of a Zoll AED Plus unit at a local arena. On Thursday October 29, 2009 an adult male playing hockey at the arena collapsed dueContinue Reading
Residents of Meadowvale Crescent were woken with a bang this morning as a single car crashed into a van, skidded through a yard and was stopped by a house. The driver of the black Honda, was shaken as she was carried off by paramedics. Police and Fire trucks were atContinue Reading
I don’t think people can fathom the depth and oddness of World War 1. There has never been a war like it since nor likely before. The devastation and impact on the world was breath taking. Images just do not do it justice. It wasn’t as clean asContinue Reading
Subject: Chemical Spraying of County Roadsides When the United Counties of SD&G sprayed our roads to save us from Wild Parsnip during June of 2009, they did so against the advice of 4,000 Canadian physicians, Ontario registered nurses, the Canadian Cancer Society, the St. Lawrence River Restoration Council, local cyclists,Continue Reading
Ontario Begins Construction on Local Service Centres McGuinty Government Creating Jobs, Improving Road Travel Across Ontario NEWS November 9, 2009 Ontario has begun construction of two state – of –the–art service centres for travellers in the Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry region. The Bainsville and Morrisburg service centres will provide travellers with eco-Continue Reading
L I N K Hope you’re not eating as you read this story. Maple Leaf Foods, that company that gave you the Listeriosis scare a while back is in hot water for issues regarding all sorts of nastiness. “But during a checkup less than a month later, Canadian FoodContinue Reading
L I N K Hunting, culture, and bottom line financial survival have people talking in Nunavut; chiefly Baffin Island. I spent some time in Iqualuit and understand the impact of hunting on that community. With sea ice melting and scientists debating local culture for bears that cross many boundariesContinue Reading
L I N K Dude looks like a Solo act. Just short of their 40th anniversary Rock band Aerosmith looks like their breaking up as opposed to falling apart after lead singer Steven Tyler fell off the stage in August. “I don’t know what I’m doing yet, but it’sContinue Reading
L I N K Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe on choosing not to have dinner with Charles & Camilla. “I was invited to a dinner, but I’m going to have dinner at my house,” he said. The Bloc leader said he doesn’t plan to take part in any of theContinue Reading
L I N K Not since Reggie Jackson have the Yankees had a Mr. October like Hideki Matsui who put on a six RBI show to lead the Yankees to the 2009 World Series Championship. Matsui rapped out hits at a .615 clip leading the way. Pedro Martinez bagged theContinue Reading
Liberal MP Todd Russell; Critic for Aboriginal Affairs and Mark Holland Liberal MP for Pickering-Ajax; Critic for Public Safety and National Security, toured Akwesasne and met with MCA Chief Mike Mitchell today. “It’s the fault of the Government” httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJvRkXPNNu4 They met with local press after before zipping back to OttawaContinue Reading
L I N K It’s like those fake cardboard cheques. You can print them, but are they real? And in the end does the money actually get to where it’s going? The Harper Government is coming under fire for its fiscal ineptitude at a time when many Canadians are feelingContinue Reading
Boy Turbines are a hot political topic on both sides of the border. If you drive on Highway 11 in Upstate NY it looks like a bit of a Stanley Kubrick movie as these massive turbines gently turn in the wind. L I N K Here in Ontario the governmentContinue Reading