Family Day - Holiday For Some, Just Another Day For Most
Mike WoodFeb 20 2012
Family Day was originally celebrated by Alberta in 1990, with the premier of Alberta at the time, Don Getty, having the third Monday of February proclaimed as Family Day. Getty is said to have...
created by Mike Wood | 1 year ago 117 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Well I woke up Sunday morning with no place to put my head it wouldn't hurt (oops I mean freeze). As I opened the door to let my dog out, I gazed at the thermometer, it was reading -43c or 45F. Even...
The CFIA has issued a warning of possible Salmonella contamination to Sprouts Alive Baby Onion Sprouts with a Best Before Date of September 4, 2009.The Alive Baby Onion Sprouts were sold in Alberta, but may also have been sold in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. "...
A soldier from the Big River First Nation in Saskatchewan, who served with the US Army was killed in Afghanistan last weekend. Corporal Darby Moon, 25 has fought with the US Army for four years according to...
Alberta is expected to run a 1.1 Billion Dollar deficit in Health Care this year. The Government has hired a Health Care Reorganizer, Mr. Duckett, from Australia to revamp our system. In the meantime...
Three men, David Fraser, James Fraser and Jeremy Rowlands, were arrested and fined $5,000CAD on Monday after posting a video of themselves shooting ducklings Youtube. The incident, which took place outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, generated an unprecedented public reaction...
created by Annina Bergman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 838 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Canada's jobless rate remained steady at 8.6% in July. Statistics Canada released the figures this morning. 45,000 jobs were lost, this didn't change he overall jobless rate as some people dropped out...
A Saskatchewan woman has been found not guilty of abandonment after leaving her newborn baby in a Walmart toilet April Halkett, 22, testified earlier in the trial that she felt sick while visiting the Walmart in Prince Albert. She visited the restroom and said she was...
created by stevesmys | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 228 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
The Monsanto Corporation wants to introduce it's genetically modified form of alfalfa into Canada. These crops are designed to work effectively with Monsanto's herbicide Roundup. If Monsanto is...
created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 754 views | 47 recommendations | 5 comments
Today I wore my burqua in public. I bought the thing last autumn on the internet. I wanted to see what it was like to wear one, and hoped also to find the courage to wear it in public. I...
created by anarkissed | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 3448 views | 73 recommendations | 13 comments
UPDATED March 20, 2009 LIST OF RECALLS.************************************ Since there are still daily recalled products continuing daily and are too many to post here, please go to the FDA website link...
One of the world's longest charitable cycling events on behalf of childhood cancer is taking place this summer from June 13 to June 24, 2008. Gordon Drummond, 49 of Peace River, Alberta, is one of the 36 National...
opinion by stirmyoeufs | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 745 views | 13 recommendations | 4 comments
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Finally a good idea whose time has come, though the Arctic would make a better prison setting for Gangsters to cool their heels permanently. " Canada's three westernmost provincial governments will consider whether it is possible to jointly build and...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 165 views | 16 recommendations | 2 comments
The CFIA has issued an alert for lean ground veal packaged by New Zealand Lamb, of Etobicoke Ontario. The veal may be contaminated by E. coli 157:H7. This is the strain of E. coli that causes what is...