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The Ontario government will begin entering homes looking for evidence of laws being broken. In order to ease the people of this province into this new reality, the process will be done in phases. First, only elderly gun owners will be expected to submit to a search. After that? Who knows? Once we've established that public safety trumps individual rights, it won't be too hard to extend this principle to anything that the government deems dangerous or risky. Or for that matter, to anything th
- Inspections of private homes to commence
Metro Vancouver Is A Piece Of Trash! Published December 7, 2007 Canada 1 Comment I mean: “Metro Vancouver” is a piece of trash, as a name. Because there is no “Metro Vancouver”. Here’s how things actually are: we have these various cities in the very very large hunk of real estate called “the Lower Mainland”, and some of them (Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, etc.) are what we call, collectively, “Greater Vancouver”. The City of Vancouver itself we simply call “Vancouver” — or “Van”, i
- "Metro Vancouver Is A Piece Of Trash!"
I received a message from a library discussion list this morning informing readers of an open house and call-in event at Minister Prentice’s constituency office tomorrow, Saturday December 8. The message notes that rumours are that the forthcoming copyright bill will resemble the US DMCA in some controversial respects. More information about the open house and call-in is available here.
- Opportunity to discuss forthcoming copyright bill with Minister Prentice tomorrow
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To find out more about this pig, please click here. By Peter McKenzie-Brown Canada is rich, big and cold, and we share two borders with the United States. Those four factors explain why we are the world’s energy pigs in the consumption of non-renewable energy, but they do not justify it. Only the United States comes close to our per capita annual energy consumption of more than 8,300 kilograms of crude oil equivalent. Lots of American energy consumption comes from nuclear-fuelled electricity,
- Why are Canadians the World's Energy Pigs?
"Health care experts say the numbers will force medical officials to examine their practices and improve patient care". Scarborough General Hospital has the highest rate of deaths in the Toronto area – and the third highest in Canada – according to a watershed report that made hospital death rates public last week. It's the first time in history that a report of this kind this has been done. The hospital with the lowest rate of deaths in the GTA is the University Health Network, which includes
- Scarborough General Hospital highest death rate in the GTA
RUSSIA 10 AUSTRALIA 7 La Russia ha sconfitto l'Australia 10-7 nella prima partita in programma ieri. E 'la prima vittoria del torneo per le russe, mentre l'Australia è ancora allaLeggi ancora | Pubblicato da calottina | Commenti Tags: usa , australia, olanda, setterosa, canada, olimpiadi, pallanuoto femminile, holiday cup
- Holiday Cup: seconda giornata
What’s Happening In The Automotive World? December 7, 2007 at 11:50 am | Fast Lane Linking - Posted by MattK | Add Your Comments The news coming from the world of automobiles is forever changing, with auto makers reporting new models, sales figures, mergers/acquisitions, you name it. Today I offer to you the following highlights: The U.S. Congress has passed legislation requiring automakers to raise corporate fleet standards by 40% to 35 mpg by 2020. The legislation also requires the nat
