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Canada has completed its nearly two-decade peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, where around 40,000 Canadian troops have served. The closing ceremony was held Monday at Camp Butmir in Sarajevo for the nine remaining Canadians. The first Canadians came as U.N. military observers in 1991. Canadian...

What do you know about wrongful dismissal, particularly in BC? I have a friend whom I believe was wrongfully dismissed from their job. Has anyone here been through this and if so ----- what did you do about it?

A Canada Post proposal to truck mail from Victoria to Vancouver for sorting and then bring it back here for delivery will lead to job losses and service delays on Vancouver Island, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers warned yesterday. Union spokesman John Bail urged the public and elected...

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Rescuers were scouring a remote mountain in the Rocky Mountains into the darkness Saturday night after an avalanche struck a large gathering of snowmobilers, killing at least one person and leaving an unknown number missing. RCMP said said a dozen people were injured in the...

As always - I hope this works. If it doesn't, it's on the Telus home page. The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has hailed BC Cancer Agency-led research as the Hodgkin’s lymphoma “breakthrough we have been looking for” because it can predict which patients can be cured and which ones...

I know it's a copy and paste but it's not that long of an article. OTTAWA - The federal government confirmed Friday it has struck a deal with Washington that would protect Canadian industry from Buy American provisions. International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan and Foreign Affairs Minister...

Recently, I had a customer come through my till very near closing time. I had watched her and her partner come through the doors about 15 minutes before closing time and groaned the usual groan that anyone does when people come in that late. They did a very quick shop. I believe we had already...

Just found out the tiny town I was born and raised in won Gamestown 2010. It's been a very very long time since I've lived there but we go back for family reunions (and burials) www.gamestown2010.ca

This is a really long article that I just chose some paragraphs from. I felt it was enough for a chat on the topic. Why do we allow government (I assume it's gov't) to permit farmers to add antibiotics to the daily food of the very animals we eat at mealtime. This has to be more destructive than...

I thought I would never forget how to do this but - I have for the moment at least and since it's driving me around the bend - I'm asking for immediate assistance. I believe it was Dexter who explained to me, how you "turn off" the touch pad on a lap top computer. Today my son used mine and he...

With all the news there has been over the past few years regarding fat kids or fat people, do you think there is much change? Each cashier seemed to have their own story to tell regarding people who went through their till. At this time of the year we all see and most of us buy, a bunch of junk...

Play the game. It seems to be true. Click on the link below. They (BC Hydro) do it every year, a minimum of five cents per card opened, no scam. Send it to all your friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbours... you get the idea :-) http://wwe5.bchydro.com/2009holiday/

If you don't give to a food bank I hope you will really consider it this year if you can. I realize that not everyone can and that's okay. I hope that people will give some of the extra little things that are not thought of often. This has come up in another thread but I thought a thread...

If you celebrate Christmas, what would you like to receive for a gift? What do you hope you don't get? We've just moved into a new home and with that comes many extra costs. I'd be very willing to kind of let the gift thing slide this year but my husband doesn't feel the same. So - since he...

YouTube - Mounties en masse I found this video very impressive. I sent it to a number of people who all wrote back saying how impressive they also found it. I was hesitant to add it to these forums but will give it a try hoping that it gets the good reviews it should. It's not just about the...

Blame the high cost of travelling to the Gulf Islands on the Islands Trust, not B.C. Ferries, a corporation official says. Islands Trust land-use policies are creating a scarcity of developable land, driving real estate prices up, pushing out young people and replacing them with retirees who...

Much of the city of Nanaimo was already on Google Earth in the sense of things like marking where gas lines were etc. Something I knew but had never taken the time to look at as I really don't have any reason to care about such things. Apparently now, the Google Street View has done Nanaimo...

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to bring in legislation to allow judges to impose what are essentially consecutive life sentences for multiple murderers. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Wednesday he wants to ensure that serial killers or repeat killers pay an appropriate price. "Life...

Apparently Ontario has banned the use of hand held cellular phones as of today. Word is that the BC Government will be doing the same at the end of January 2010. In my opinion, this law cannot take place fast enough. New legislation banning the use of hand-held cellular phones in vehicles is...

OTTAWA - Canada's largest-ever immunization campaign is about to get underway now that the federal government has approved the swine-flu vaccine. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq's office confirmed Wednesday an announcement would be made at 12:30 p.m. eastern time, allowing provinces and...