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This is a relatively long read but very provocative. The teachers' unions won't like it. http://www.gilesschool.ca/starnet/media/Final_The_Giles_Report_100407.pdf

Prepare for Cooling, not Warming By Dr. Tim Ball Friday, October 5, 2007 By Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris The world is cooling. Global temperatures have declined since 1998 and a growing number of climate experts expect this trend to continue until at least 2030. This, happening while...

September 27, 2007 NDP warns government of election By Alexander Panetta NDP Leader Jack Layton gestures as he holds a news conference to announce the new NDP shadow cabinet in Ottawa, Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand OTTAWA - Pumping almost all of the $14-billion surplus...

Avian flu confirmed in Saskatchewan 50,000 birds at poultry farm to be destroyed Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 11:41 AM CT CBC News Avian influenza has been confirmed at a large chicken farm near Regina, officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday...

The dollar was at $0.63 in 2002 when Jean Cretin announced he was stepping down. Since then it has made a steady climb to $1.00. Coincidence?

Anyone here who used to participate in the 680 News forum? It ended very strangely I recall; hijacked by a mad poster I believe.

Say it ain't so. Dion loyalists charge byelection sabotage But Ignatieff’s supporters deny trying to erode support for leader by waging losing campaign By STEPHEN MAHER Ottawa Bureau | 4:41 AM http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Search/859541.html...

Antarctic sea ice at an all-time observed maximum. It's getting colder in the south. http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/

I work in a huge bureaucracy and have had many different bosses over the years. I find that I would rather have a male boss than a female boss. Males tend to behave the same all the time, whereas females frequently change how they react to situations . This makes it difficult for workers with...

What is it that causes so much more newspaper ink to be spilt and the blogoshere to go ballistic when we start getting casualties in Afghanistan and the casualties are from a Quebec regiment? Are the soldiers from Quebec worthy of something more than soldiers from other parts of Canada?

EDITORIAL TheStar.com - comment - The beauty of laundry The beauty of laundry Jul 31, 2007 04:30 AM In many places in Ontario, it is against the law to hang laundry out to dry. It has been that way for years due to neighbourhood covenants introduced by developers and residents hung up over...

It couldn't happen to a more deserving person. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2007/30/c2201.html

I rarely go to a bank anymore. Bank tellers will be like the blacksmith pretty soon.

Rumour has it that Drew Carey will be the new host.

Why let facts get in the way? By FRED WARD Monday, Jul. 16, 2007 IN JUNE THE New Hampshire Union Leader published a story "At mount (Cannon), talk is about global warming." This article quoted some participants making statements like "winters with less snow and more rain," without specific...

Bought Mackenzie Financial years ago. It paid a nice dividend and appreciated very well. It was bought out for a good premium. I kept the stock and now it is IGM and still performing. Wish all my purchases were as sage.

3 dead in overnight violence 11-year-old boy gunned down at birthday party By Sun Media Three people are dead, including an 11-year-old boy, after a spate of violent incidents throughout the city overnight. The 11-year-old boy was at his cousin's birthday party on Sheppard Ave. W. near Jane...

Both my children are off to camp tomorrow. One will be gone for 2 weeks canoeing with the Girl Guides through Algonquin and the other will be gone for 1 week on a hike with the church camp through Algonquin. They enjoy their camp experiences and we have a lot of wilderness in Canada where...

My neighbour hopped on his bike early this morning and headed for Port Dover along with thousands of others riding their Hogs. What is it that they do there?

Happy Orange Day.