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I think they are beautiful Loc. They almost have a Georgia O'Keefe thing going for them.

From left to right; Brad Jacobs - Skip; Ryan Fry - Third; EJ Harnden - Second; Ryan Harnden - Lead. The photo was taken at the 2013 Brier where the Northern Ontario rink won the right to wear the red jersey and represent Canada at the World's. And so far, they are doing a bang up job. Sitting...

Rock on Chris. "If all goes to plan this week, Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station when the current Commander, U.S. Astronaut Kevin Ford, heads home on Wednesday. While Hadfield is fond of calling the ISS, “the world’s space...

OTTAWA - Some prominent Alberta energy companies are among 10 major Canadian businesses that were selected in a new ranking of the planet's 100 most sustainable publicly-traded corporations by business publication, Corporate Knights. The annual list, released Wednesday in Switzerland by the...

Sorry, gopher...........this one really is on Obama. There are things going on that shouldn’t be going on. There are people getting away with things who shouldn’t be getting away with things. We all know that. And then there’s this interesting question: More than four years since the...

Premieres May 27, 2013 on PBS The most shameful and best-kept secret in the U.S. Military? The epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks. An American female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. A culture of privilege...

Good point, Walter..........hadn't thought of that - neither, apparently did the folks at NY Times. For some reason, known only to my subconscious mind, I took it for granted that the areas mentioned were on perma-frost - not ice. Could be way off base though.

Winter has come to the vast, northernmost reaches of Canada, the sparsely populated area surrounding the Arctic Circle historically characterized by severely cold weather. But these days refrigeration systems are needed to keep the ice cold at hockey arenas. It has been too warm for...

WHETHER streaming from the tailpipes of cars or the smokestacks of so many power plants and factories, carbon dioxide emissions keep growing around the globe. Now a Canadian company has developed a cleansing technology that may one day capture and remove some of this heat-trapping gas...

Came across this on Bill Moyers website. "On a summer night in early August, the earth below the Bayou Corne, located near a small residential community in Assumption, simply opened up and gave way. Several acres of swamp forest were swallowed up and replaced with a gaping sinkhole that...

"Sunday marked the seventh day of protests in India after medical student was raped Dec. 16 on a moving bus by several men, the latest in a series of violent crimes against women in northern India. The victim of the gang rape suffered severe intestinal injuries after being attacked with an...

REGINA — Eagle Keys, a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame who coached the Saskatchewan Roughriders to their first-ever Grey Cup championship, died Thursday in Burnaby, B.C. He was 89. Keys was an assistant coach with the Roughriders in 1964 before being promoted to head coach the...

One of my favorite times of the season when the international Junior games finally get underway. Canada played its first pre-tournie game against the Fins today and did not do well. They spent too much time in the penalty box, Subban was not stellar in goal and in general the team looked like...

A new, bowdlerized edition of Twas The Night Before Christmas that pulls the pipe from Santa’s mouth and drops all references to his smoking habit has sparked a backlash in Canada and reopened debate over whether it’s acceptable to apply modern mores to classics written in a different time...

Woke up this morning to find that it had frozen overnight........was so happy as I wouldn't have to bathe the doggies after taking them for their walks.........now the temp is rising and it looks like those baths will be in order again. Sheesh!

A band of prisoners responsible for enormous carnage — murders, rapes, vicious home invasions, kidnappings, beatings, bank robberies and the stabbing of a prison guard — is suing the Queen over their “awkward” and “uncomfortable” detention in prison. They complain that barber services are...

Happened to see this headline on MacLean's website today. As I look out my window while writing this, I have to wonder just how fitting it might be. The temp here today is +8 C, the snow is gone, the lake is almost ice free again and I was outside with the dogs in a light jacket. And yes...

ENGRAVED ON A NATION: WAR-TORN HISTORY OF '42 GREY CUP PLAYERS SHANE MCNEIL, TSN.CA STAFF A mission to reconstruct the history of the most heroic team to ever win the Grey Cup began with just one photograph. Twenty-six men jubilantly celebrate winning the top prize in Canadian...

Watching CTV, I happened catch Governor Rick Synder of Michigan speak in glowing terms of Canadian efforts in aid of a new link between Detroit and Windsor, namely the Ambassador Bridge. Long been seen as a bottleneck in the speedy flow of cross-border traffic, the Canadian government offered...

So, who is going to grow their 'stache to help raise money for Prostate Cancer? Anyone on the forum? Come on guys, it is for a great cause. Here's a few style ideas for you. :smile: Check it out. Movember Canada - Home