Universal City Gets "smart" :: The EDJE

"Last month saw the launching of the invasion by Mercedes Car Group, a Daimler AG Company of the “smart” Car here in Los Angeles. In a space that was once the longtime house of fashion for designer, Lane Davies,...

Wal-Mart to invest $1bn in Brazil

Under developmentAttack of the big box store "You will be assimilated" It says something when during scary economic times in the world a company lays out a Billion Dollar expenditure. " ...

Democrats adopt goal of health care guarantee

" Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.Obama, soon to be the...

America's Best Places to Live 2008

"Great jobs, schools, housing—these 10 small cities have all that and more Courtesy of City of Plymouth, Photo: Martha Johnston Plymouth's Medicine Lake at sunset Chances are, you love the corner of the nation your family calls home. And that’s exactly as it...

Urban farming takes root in Detroit - This might solve the world food price r...

Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...

Starbucks plans to close 600 U.S. stores, fire 12,000

I am quite surprised by this. Just yesterday while I was driving back from dinner, I saw two starbucks that I have not noticed before. In Vancouver it seems like Starbucks is more prevalent than ever, but I guess...

Picnic and Party Plates that Don't Trash Nature thanks to 'VerTerra'

How much garbage all our summer parties and picnics generate, god only knows?A little company that could, VerTerra (from New York) has come up with a solution inspired by India. They offer a line of plates, bowls, cups, and platters that they describe as "100% renewable and...

Confirming months of speculation, Apple has announced that it will begin ship...

I am really glad that I delayed my decision to purchase an iPhone. It was launched at $599 for an 8GB iPhone and then was reduced to $399The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries. The maximum price around the world is $199 USD. The 16GB version will...

BC. Northern Realty Board, Run By The Mentally Retarded

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSome will say, Mentally Retarded people are classed as Mentally Challenged.  I disagree, there is a BIG DIFFERENCE, because even the Mentally Challenged to their...

Homelessmess: Now Whose Fault is That?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMy Title Homeless"mess": Now Whose Fault is That? is more than appropriate as I place the Majority of the Blame on the Homeless themselves.  Why?  Well...

A Vancouver house is 35% dearer than Toronto's

"British Columbia's affordability conditions deteriorated across every housing segment at the end of 2007, and the province remained the least affordable province in Canada to purchase a home, according to the latest housing report released today by RBC Economics."

DTES Homeless: Sam Sullivan Singing That Familiar Tune, but with Feeling...

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Yesterday, Mayor Sam Sullivan "Singing that Same Old Tired Tune" on Aid for Homelessness, joins other Municipalities in placing blame squarely on Federal Government to...

Federal NDP’s No Whore like and Old Whore.

Perhaps Canada's 18th Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said it best during his scandal ridden reign,derided by the Lefty NDP, past, and present in the Schrieber Mulroney scandal today, Brian Mulroney once stated to the...

Nuclear power is "vital" to Britain

"Nuclear power is "vital" to Britain 11 January 2008 New nuclear power is at the heart of the UK government's low carbon energy white paper. Private companies were invited today to propose plans to build new reactors which the government said were low-carbon, affordable,...

'One Laptop per Child' Developer To Create $75 Version

Not to be undersold, Mary Lou Jepsen, the former CTO of the One Laptop per Child project (which intended to make a $100 laptop available to children in the developing world) is starting up a new company, Pixel Qi,...

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