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    Firefighters with cancer

    By Black Press Nov 04 2005 Firefighters from around the province packed the public gallery at the legislature as the B.C. government introduced legislation to extend their protection against several common cancers. Labour Minister Mike de Jong introduced changes to the Workers Compensation Act...
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    humpies moving

    Well, me thinks I will check this out today, I will ride my bike tho, since that &*%^^$^% campbell now charges for parking in a provincial park :twisted: :twisted: By Erin Kelley-Gedischk Goldstream News Gazette Nov 02 2005 The lure of towering trees and a lush temperate rainforest isn't...
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    Most hated road on the island

    Hey juan 8O looks like jinglepot rd up your way made the list. :P By RudyHaugeneder Goldstram News Gazette Nov 04 2005 Fed-up motorists have named six Greater Victoria intersections - including one on the View Royal border - as among Vancouver Island's top 10 "hated" intersections. The...
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    Coast winter

    Well there is enough coasters and islanders here we can really chat up about the weather. It pouring, andygal can attest to that. And you always know you got a gutter problem when the rain sounds like a water fall outside your window :? :?
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    Ferry hikes

    Here we go again, islanders getting the shaft :? The price goes up and the service goes down. You now have to dig deeper in your pockets to take a ferry. Effective Tuesday, B.C. Ferry Services Inc. charges $32.15 for a car travelling at mid-week between Vancouver Island and the mainland...
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    Old mother north wind

    Oi! what a day here in lotusland..do not go outside..you might be carried off by old mother north wind...its a gusting around here 8O Even starbucks had no power :twisted: Winds knock out power, delay ferries Last updated Nov 3 2005 12:31 PM PST CBC News High winds blacked out power to...
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    You gots to be kidding!!!!

    Many Saltspring Islanders surprised to hear of war criminal in their midst Norman Gidney Times Colonist; With files from CH TV Wednesday, November 02, 2005 Police on Saltspring Island have been aware for months that a man convicted in absentia for torturing and killing...
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    Best smells??

    I love da smell outside after its been raining buckets, makes you all warm and fuzzy, back to the huckleberry fin days of merandering the somass river...lookin for dat silver bullet...funny innit?? how smell brings back memories... Name your favorite smell
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    Giford island first nations

    What the hell is going on with these water conditions for native people, how long do you think the government can hide how these people are being treated :twisted: There is a First Nations community off the northern tip of Vancouver Island that has a water contamination crisis – one that's...
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    Film festival

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    Favorite Snacks

    Roast the peppers first...yum..and some goat cheese.
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    Favorite Snacks

    You could almost eat walla walla juan like a apple. Btw...that sandwich sounds tempting :P Your description was really good, just the right bits of this and that, to where the reader could visualize :P
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    Favorite Snacks

    The mama makes a awesome snack...prunes wraped in bacon...yum yum..although I don't really like bacon that much, she makes it kinda crispy, but they are very yummy!!!
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    Favorite Snacks

    Pakora - a small, deep-fried snacks of India with chick-pea flour as an ingredient in the mixture. Vegetables, fish, or chicken are spiced with ginger. The dunking bit must be tasty...we don't like chuntney...we use louisanna hot pepper sauce :oops: :oops: :oops:
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    Favorite Snacks

    Actually I could barf right now :oops: :oops: my friend came over earlier with vegie pakora's...a big plate, and we ate the whole thing. 8O
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    fearful films

    8O 8O 8O Boo! so lets hear what was the scariest film you ever saw...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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    'Cuba Will Continue to Commit the Sin of Existing'

    by Fidel Castro Speech given by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba to a crowd of 1.3 million people at the International May Day Celebration in Revolution Square on May 1, 2005. Listen, hold on for just a bit longer, because today you will be lucky and I...
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    What are you reading now??

    That time again :P What are you reading right now?? Myself...well I am reading Huxley..the island...sent to me by a lil bird over across da pond.... :wink:
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    Weather

    Hey important and ocean...I hears you gots nuttin but rain rain rain...over there on the mainland...ehm...the sun is shining here in lotusland...me thinks I will wear cut offs over to yea old starbuck :lol: :lol: :lol: