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What is the driving force between BC Hydro's style of operations? Clearly, it not a desire to meet needs of the province's electricity consumers.The term "deferred expense" is used to describe a payment that has been made, but will not be reported as an expense until a future accounting...

Number 9 really surprised me....... In an age where kids can access porn from the machines they carry in their pockets, banning books seems like an antiquated means of information control. But that doesn’t keep people from trying. Every year hundreds of books in schools and libraries are...

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Billy Redden; Deliverance He works at the Walmart in Clayton, Georgia www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhnAZFR1po

The Cambridge, Mass., company AOBiome believes we have dangerously stripped “good bacteria” from our skins via “excessive cleaning” and has introduced for sale “Mother Dirt” spray to add it back. Chemical engineer and co-founder Dave Whitlock told WBZ-TV in September that he personally has...

Hyundai is recalling nearly a half-million midsize cars in the U.S. to replace key engine parts because a manufacturing problem could cause them to fail. The recall covers 470,000 Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years equipped with 2-litre or 2.4-litre gasoline engines. At the time...

Sun newspapers to close comments on most online stories He said the Sun papers “are working towards getting a better solution,” and considering adopting Facebook authentication as one option. He has also noticed other media trying “community-based moderators” – a model he finds intriguing but...

The School District of Jersey City this week emphasized its “commitment to embracing diversity,” after a vote not to close schools for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha sparked protests in the local Muslim community. The Jersey City Board of Education voted to not close schools during a meeting...

Often referred to as the Switzerland of South America, Uruguay is long accustomed to doing things its own way. It was the first nation in Latin America to establish a welfare state. It also has an unusually large middle class for the region and unlike its giant neighbors to the north and west...

Gasoline prices in Canada are disconnected from the costs of production. They are not driven by cost plus a reasonable return for capital invested. They are driven by what consumers are willing to pay. Canadians are deliberately being conditioned into accepting a new level of unfair...

Do you suppose he shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die........? Reality show's ghost-hunting couple dead in Nevada standoff | Fox News www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgI6nm8ANY8

The new boss at Hydro One — a company recently on the hot seat for widespread overbilling of customers — is making triple what his predecessor earned before privatization. Chief executive Mayo Schmidt started work Sept. 3 and by the end of the year will enjoy $1.36 million in base pay...

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He’s been covering the region for more than 35 years. Based in Beirut, he goes regularly into Syria. Earlier this year, he spent nine days travelling along the front lines of that country’s bitter civil war. When it comes to knowing the region, he's it. Naturally, a lot of his attention of...

A team of 50 bureaucrats spent much of the summer rummaging through boxes in a secret Victoria warehouse, searching for a hard drive containing records of 3.4 million British Columbia and Yukon students and teachers, some dating back almost 30 years. Extensive physical and electronic searches...

The child was sent home with a letter about how left-handedness is often associated with evil and the devil. Zayde is only 4 years old. It's his first year at Oakes Elementary in Okemah, but his mom kept him home Monday after a dispute with his teacher over being left-handed. Zayde, like most...

One longtime friend and confidante of Terry Fox said the announcement, made Sunday by outgoing Conservative MP James Moore, was “so wrong on so many levels.” Moore — the federal Industry Minister, who is not seeking re-election — said Sunday in Port Moody that a Conservative government would...

Using a hidden camera installed in his condo’s bathroom, Ontario Provincial Police officer Jeffrey Steers secretly filmed a naked relative showering and undressing. He made homemade pornography by superimposing an image of himself naked into the photos. Years later, he was arrested and pleaded...

Ummmmmmm, no, it's not because of profit status that they don't advertise like that anymore......... Despite its efforts for nearly two decades to raise doubts about the science of climate change, newly discovered company documents show that as early as 1977, Exxon research scientists warned...

In a rare move, an Alberta judge has allowed a man charged with forcibly confining and assaulting a 10-year-old girl to live with his parents in Innisfil while on bail. “He’s been released on bail back to his parents’ house in Innisfil, on strict conditions,” South Simcoe Police Staff Sgt...