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Evacuation in Toronto
by Ian B.
views: 29 | rating: 10 | comments: 7
August 10, 2008 12:15 PM EDT -- Thousands of people fled their homes in a residential neighbourhood of Toronto early Sunday following a series of explosions and a massive fire at a propane depot. - CBC News Tim and I got . . . more
Personality
by Ian B.
views: 49 | rating: 10 | comments: 17
September 09, 2008 07:53 PM EDT -- Personality is important in politics; indeed, it seems to be what I keep hearing about. I can see this a bit in the States, where the people vote for a president to be their leader for the next four years. . . . more
July 01, 2008 08:56 PM EDT -- CANADA DAY QUIZ So you think you know Canada?  Take this little QUIZ to find out how much you REALLY know ;-) Then come back and share your score    with us! . . . more
September 04, 2008 04:11 PM EDT -- Ok, so I have been following both the Republican and Democratic conventions (albeit somewhat half-attentively), and feeling a little bleary-eyed, and all convention'd out...   . . . more
In Flander's Fields
by Ian B.
views: 87 | rating: 10 | comments: 26
November 07, 2008 05:46 PM EST -- When I was in grade eight (that's eighth grade to my American cousins) I had one bear of a teacher for English. He was known across the school as the hardest teacher for the subject. I guess I would . . . more
July 02, 2008 04:46 PM EDT -- He's 85 years old and is Canada's most visible pro-choice activist. And despite his age and the decades behind his struggle, he remains as passionately committed to his controversial cause - ensuring . . . more
July 01, 2008 01:04 AM EDT -- Remembering Trudeau...  " Our hopes are high, our faith in the people is great, our courage is strong, and our dreams for this beautiful country will never die ." - Pierre Elliott . . . more
Flora MacDonald
by Ian B.
views: 29 | rating: 10 | comments: 11
October 26, 2008 03:04 PM EDT -- Last week the CBC did a piece on Flora MacDonald , a woman who (in the 1980s) was the first Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Canada, and one of the first female foreign ministers in the world. . . . more
Canada Votes, Too
by Ian B.
views: 35 | rating: 10 | comments: 19
September 07, 2008 09:41 AM EDT -- This is my first Canadian national election. I watched as our current prime minister, Mr. Harper, "asked" the Governor General (our representative for the Queen) to dissolve parliament, thus . . . more
More on Health Coverage
by Ian B.
views: 41 | rating: 10 | comments: 19
September 02, 2008 07:37 PM EDT -- Wow. I have to admit I was worried about posting my first article because so many of my discussions in the States that touched on Health Care always slammed the Canadian System. I remember when I first . . . more
 
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