MaxPower
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The BCAA survey found that “50% of BC drivers have reduced the amount of driving they do in an average week to compensate for higher fuel prices”.
To me, a member of the baby boom echo, I barely use the healthcare system right now, but do I want it to be around when I’m 50 or 60?
Bashing Air Canada is a national hobby, if not just for the customer service but also for their appalling lack of business know-how.
Any Black Sheep in the Family?
You are not caught on camera and there are no witnesses. You may have left fingerprints, but you aren’t worried.
Get people who want to be on TV (for free), buy them plane tickets and give them a hundred American dollars and you have it..
The Turks & Caicos islands would like to be annexed by Canada and they have been waiting for it to happen since 1988!
Are you a serious executive who wants a futuristic lunch sack and has no time for 80’s retro-chic? The ‘Silver Orb Lunch Box Tote’ may be just what you need to cure the PB&J blues. Or try out the NYC kitsch look with your own ‘Chinese Take-Out’ Lunch box/Bag – you’ll swear you’re in an episode of Friends!
I suggest that the ability to present differing viewpoints is a hallmark of an open society, but that shouldn’t give journalists a free pass to make up ‘facts’ that they think may possibly, in some sense be correct..
I watched this movie from the cozy confines of 35,000 feet, on a flight that was two hours late due to weather and mechanical difficulties. What would adequately describe my state of mind? Bored – and in need of distraction, SeaBiscuit was it. It was either that or re-read the in-flight magazine. Starring Toby Maguire …
Normal people living normal lives will be able to enhance their psychological well-being by popping a ‘chill pill’. You can have one personality for your work life – concentrated and business-like – and another for Friday and Saturday night..
Ontario Science Centre (Toronto)
Kids going ape
The Ontario Science Centre advertises ‘Discover how much fun science can be’ and it definitely delivers, to a point. The OSC is a classic example of ‘hands on’ learning, and how to make science ‘fun’. Of course you can tell from this description already that the OSC’s target market is children probably …
Royal Onatrio Museum (Toronto)
In spite of suffering from a slight case of museum fatigue, the intrepid reporters from R4NT made their way to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) at about 3 o’clock on a Saturday. It was very crowded around the ROM as there were crews setting up for the Santa Claus parade which was going to take …
Digital Camera: Sony CyberShot DSC-P10
I’ve entered the world of digital photography! Oh I know what you’re thinking, how could the chic and incredibly trendy Nixon only getting a digicam now? What can I say, I was a first mover with the whole CD burning craze but have been slow on the digital photography revolution. Actually, I …
I can, and have, made a strong case in the past that the democratically elected government of Canada doesn’t speak for a majority of the population so how could an appointed ex-CBC journalist who has made a career of hobnobbing with the cultural literati speak for the average Canadian?
When Does The Man Stick it to The Man?
Canada owns the Americans on per capita immigration numbers and that’s something I’m suitably proud of..
The Six Best Museums in London
Not everyone has the chance to go to London; however, everyone should try to go at least once if only for the museums. London has over 200 museums which attract over 30 million people to visit them every year.
Accordingly I have put together a handy package of information regarding each of the major museums in …