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Category Archives: News
New Airline Rules Regarding Delays
For those of you who haven’t been following along, there are some new airline rules going into affect regarding delays that force aircrafts to sit on the tarmac. There have been many documented cases of passengers being stuck on the … Continue reading
Paying For Content
This is actually kind of a sore spot, so I thought that I would touch upon it. The New York Times recently announced that they were going to start charging for content in 2011. Strangely enough, most people who grew … Continue reading
Contaminated Milk In Chilliwack
So, this is actually a timely story, given my recent efforts to purchase more local food. The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control has recently shut down a local Chilliwack company that produces raw (i.e. unpasteurized) milk due to contamination … Continue reading
The Tiger Woods Spectacle
For the most part, I don’t really keep up with celebrity gossip, and can’t remember the last time I paid any notice to any of those garbage magazines in the super markets. When I was down in Punta Cana, I … Continue reading
Entry #22 – Poor Whale
I posted a photo of a cruise ship this morning surrounded by the mountains: I was just reading the news though, and apparently that very same ship ended up killing a baby whale: What appears to be a baby minke … Continue reading
Bend Over, Harmonized Sales Tax Coming
British Columbia just announced that they are going to be switching to a harmonized sales tax model in July of next year. Basically, instead of having a provincial sales tax (PST) of 7%, and a goods and services tax (GST) … Continue reading
No Justice For Megan Meier
I wrote an article last year about a girl named Megan who committed suicide after a boy named Josh on MySpace told her that the world would be better off without her. The tragic element of that tale is that … Continue reading
Hastings Racetrack Forced To Close During Olympics
I just heard this on the news, and it’s the kind of thing that makes my blood boil. The Hastings Racetrack is being forced to close for a month during the Olympics due to security concerns by VANOC. Lots of … Continue reading
Ford Willing To Cut Executive Salaries to $1 – Updated
I just read this article which talks about how the executives at Ford are willing to cut their salaries to $1 if they receive money from the federal government. Wow, that’s nice of them. Notably absent in that entire article … Continue reading
WalMart Shoppers Trample Worker To Death
This is one of the most tragic things I’ve read in a very long time. Shoppers at a WalMart were so eager to get through the doors for today’s sale that they literally stomped one of the workers there to … Continue reading