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Edmonton Journal – Judge won’t stay licence suspensions for drivers building constitutional challenge
Judge won’t stay licence suspensions for drivers building constitutional challenge http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonton/Judge+stay+licence+suspensions+drivers+building/7987135/story.html …”Tyanna Jackson, 25, was charged in July 2012 after police woke her as she slept in her Pontiac Sunfire in the parking lot of her friend’s apartment building. The youth care worker had been drinking and decided to sleep in her car rather than…
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Calgary Herald – Braid: It’s a strange government that’s broke in the midst of plenty
Braid: It’s a strange government that’s broke in the midst of plenty Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Braid+strange+government+that+broke+midst+plenty/7987791/story.html#ixzz2LUTz3zHB Maybe the solution is easier than we think. A walk, skip and jump or hop if you will to the nearest Staples store for a brand new pencil sharpener instead of brand new shoes should do the trick – n’est…
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Calgary Herald – Drug overdose deaths in U.S. climb for 11th straight year
Drug overdose deaths in U.S. climb for 11th straight year Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Drug+overdose+deaths+climbed+11th+straight+year+driven+potent/7987535/story.html#ixzz2LUQHtMkd …””But at some point, people using these drugs are going to become more aware of the dangers,” he said.”… I don’t know the numbers but it would be interesting to see how many survived the onslaught of overdoses during the ’60’s from…
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Calgary Herald – Editorial: Fiscal fever It’s time to get serious about Alberta’s deficit
Editorial: Fiscal fever It’s time to get serious about Alberta’s deficit Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial+Fiscal+fever/7989107/story.html#ixzz2LUNnf9Ma With these kind of numbers in the red so quickly, does it not make sense to construct a full fledge state of the art pollution free refinery in Alberta and fetch top dollar for it’s carbon less emissions and carbon credits.…
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National Post – Two found dead in isolated Ottawa farmhouse in suspected murder-suicide
Two found dead in isolated Ottawa farmhouse in suspected murder-suicide http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/20/two-found-dead-in-isolated-ottawa-farmhouse-in-suspected-murder-suicide/ Phew – had to double check. Nope not guilty – didn’t do any installations in that area !
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National Post – Frustrated businessman challenges Chinese official to swim in polluted river in exchange for $32,000
Frustrated businessman challenges Chinese official to swim in polluted river in exchange for $32,000 http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/20/frustrated-businessman-challenges-chinese-official-to-swim-in-polluted-river-in-exchange-for-32000/ And here I was all these years worried about the City of Ottawa spilling it’s sewers and waste treatment facilities directly into the Ottawa River. All the while being fined by the Province of Ontario and only to turn around…
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Globe & Mail – Groups seek formal probe into Ottawa’s ‘muzzling’ of scientists
Groups seek formal probe into Ottawa’s ‘muzzling’ of scientists http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/groups-seek-formal-probe-into-ottawas-muzzling-of-scientists/article8878547/ “The Information Commissioner of Canada is being asked to launch a formal investigation into the federal government’s policy of controlling media access to scientists. The government has been under fire from a number of groups over the past few years for refusing to give federally…
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Globe & Mail – Health care to get a boost, but critics slam premium hikes
Health care to get a boost, but critics slam premium hikes http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/health-care-to-get-a-boost-but-critics-slam-premium-hikes/article8869591/ While I applaud many initiatives from the different provinces on how to handle health care costs, continually rising health premiums are like never ending gasoline prices at the pump without getting the promised gas mileage from the vehicle. It becomes a tug of…
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Globe & Mail – Gates: Microsoft made mistakes in early mobile strategy
Gates: Microsoft made mistakes in early mobile strategy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/gates-microsoft-made-mistakes-in-early-mobile-strategy/article8798988/ From Unix and terminals to Windows Stand Alone boxes back to the network and NET should have been indicative of change. But the biggest mis-step and cue in my humble personal opinion should have been CITRIX and then VMWare. That in itself should have said it…
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Globe & Mail – CORPORATE CULTURE Why do employees become nasty?
CORPORATE CULTURE Why do employees become nasty? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/why-do-employees-become-nasty/article8788581/ “There has been much discussion lately of the scandal at Stafford Hospital in the West Midlands of England, where patients were mistreated and death rates were high. Comments have focused on cost-cutting and managerial box-ticking, but few seem able to answer the most troubling question: What made…
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