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NEIL BOYD From Saturday's Globe and Mail March 7, 2009 at 12:00 AM EST In the late 1980s, I interviewed "Danny," a gang member convicted of first-degree murder. He told me that he and his accomplice had been trying to settle a dispute with a speed dealer in a small Ontario city. They had...

Living in Burnaby, BC, It doesn't surprise me that there are 4 BC cities in the top ten. What does surprise me is that Toronto has fallen out of the top ten. What is the crime like where you live? MacLeans SASKATOON WINNIPEG REGINA PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. EDMONTON CHILLIWACK, B.C. HALIFAX...

..only in America you say.... pity... If delivery specialists FedEx (NYSE: FDX) or United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) are looking for a new marketing angle, they might want to run with this story: It seems that a letter mailed from New Jersey to Oregon through the U.S. mail took 22 years to...

One of the basic tenents of a healthy society is a large middle class. As the poles of rich and poor get further apart, the middle class is also shrinking. i.e. there is a greater number of people who are desperately poor or filthy rich The United States no longer boasts anywhere near...

The numbers are in. Compared to the U.S., we work less, live longer, enjoy better health and have more sex. And get this: now we're wealthier too. MacLeans Magazine Meanwhile in Canada, not only are we wealthier, but we don't even have to work as hard to make that wealth. In 2004, the...

That "thud" you heard - Ronny Reagan rollin' in his grave Reuters March 5, 2009 at 11:04 AM EST BRUSSELS — The NATO alliance agreed on Thursday to resume formal ties with Russia suspended last year after Moscow's military thrust into Georgia, though it said differences still remained with...

Motion served on Terry Tremaine alleges he posted anti-Semitic, racist material online in contravention of cease-and-desist order issued by Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Globe and Mail Update March 5, 2009 at 2:58 PM EST A Regina mathematics professor with ultra-right leanings – Terry...

Chief executive received compensation valued at $14.9 million I guess Wagoner wants to get his "ching" before they show him the door DETROIT - General Motors Corp.’s auditors have raised “substantial doubt” about the troubled automaker’s ability to continue operations, and the company said...

The fat cats now keep almost 10% of profits for themselves, siphoning off money that could've boosted the share prices of the stocks you hold. And the worst of them may take much more Did a gang of greedy CEOs make off with your 401(k)? A surprising number of seasoned experts maintain they...

How about just exiling him to one of the many tin-pot dictatorship countries he helped keep afloat ... or should we just be happy that he's gone, never to return.. Today, the Senate judiciary committee will consider whether to create a "truth commission" to investigate alleged abuses and...

A Depression doesn't have to be Great — bread lines, rampant unemployment, a wipeout in the stock market. The economy can sink into a milder depression, the kind spelled with a lowercase "d." And it may be happening now. The trouble is, unlike recessions, which are easy to define, there are...

As the fiscal insanity of the last 8 yrs comes home to roost, we are left with millions of people who due to economic deprevation are forced into superhuman efforts JUST TO GET BY until the next day OXNARD, Calif. - Nine-year-old Daniel Valdez is absorbed in “The Swiss Family Robinson,” the...

More waffling and flip-flopping from Harpo. I guess he's become Obama's PR guy, but I'll give him an A- for honesty From Monday's Globe and Mail March 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM EST WASHINGTON — Canadian and other foreign armies can't defeat the Taliban, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in an...

What impact will a prolonged financial hardship cause say, 2-3 yrs down the road (it won't be over for another two yrs minimum) Some would say that there might even be an "economic civil war" before the "Great Recession" ends? Globe and Mail - Feb 23/09 Harvard author and financial...

The Canadian Arab Federation has come out with a hardline stance towards what they percieve as the current gov't stance vis-avis Arabs. They're funded by the gov't to the tune of $447,000 to further the economic integration of new Arabic immigrants into Canada. They chose to use their funded...

I don't know if anyone bothered to catch Rush Limbaugh's strident diatribe yesterday, but it was truely bizarre bordering on "black comedy" Is he the "de facto" candidate for the leadership of the RNC? Or is he the kingmaker for a Gingrich-Palin ticket in 2012 Regardless, If's he's leading...

The 2008–2009 Irish banking crisis is an ongoing situation in Ireland which has led to a number of financial institutions requiring government assistance and has subsequently led to a number of unexpected revelations about the private affairs of some banks. The December 2008 hidden loans...

Seem that there are quite a few bills showing up lately that are "fake" I precursor to the coming Depression? http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ci-rc/reports-rapports/cf/cf-2007-eng.pdf

Time Magazine If you are a firm believer in the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates' grim assessment last month of what lies in store for the U.S. might have made you shudder. "If we set ourselves the objective of creating some sort of Central Asian Valhalla over there, we will...

I guess that's when civilization REALLY started to get back on it's feet..... When the bars open. Maybe that's what they went over for in the first place... to get he place rockin' BAGHDAD - The American soldier stepped out of the Baghdad nightclub. In one hand, he clutched his weapon. In...