The price gap: Help! How much should I pay?

"Come, come, look look!" I always feel amused by these calls of the Chinese salespersons and vendors, and this being my second visit to China, I know exactly how much to quote/haggle/settle for or simply walk...

B.C. education assistants subsidize schools with thousands of unpaid hours

Vancouver Sun education reporter Janet Steffenhagen writes about a report that documents how education workers who support the most vulnerable students are often forced to work for free. "Special-education...

"I Shook Hands With Li" says Teen Who Bought the Bus Beheader's Laptop

It has been revealed that a Manitoba teenager shook hands with Greyhound Bus maniac Vince Li just hours before Li's heinous alleged crime.  "He seemed a straight, regular guy" the teen said.   " ...

Call for sharia rules in English law

Law is a shifting thing and all country's laws change over the years with changes in moral and cultural thinking. Societies move on but many feel it would be a change too early and too far to incorporate...

Hagersville protest halts Caledonia talks

"Talks to settle the Caledonia, Ont. land dispute came to a halt Wednesday after government negotiators left the bargaining table in protest of another native occupation. Ontario's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs...

City Council Gets Its Cumupance

"Gee I could have told ya this would happen. 13% sounds fine! City employees want their pay hikes to match those taken by councillors"

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