(KABUL, AFGHANISTAN) - A combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a drug cache during a routine patrol in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, today. The cache consisted of approximately 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of opium. The security force destroyed all the drugs on site without incident.
(OTTAWA, ON) - The City of Ottawa has opened its 55 approved sledding hills. Approved sledding hill locations and safety tips are listed here. The ice pad located in front of Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive is also open for skating. To learn more about outdoor rinks in your community, please call 613-580-2590 or visit. [...]
By Ben Eisen (WINNIPEG, MB) – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released the fourth annual Canada Health Consumer Index (CHCI). The index ranks health care system performance from the perspective of the consumer in each province by assessing the extent to which they are meeting the needs of health care users. The CHCI [...]
(FOREST, ON) – On January 16 two Lambton Shores Predators will have their opportunity to showcase their skills at the GOJHL Top Prospects game. Congratulations to Kyle Brothers and Adam Arsenault on being selected to play in the Top Prospects game in LaSalle. “We are very proud of Kyle and Adam and they are deserving of [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – While some armchair economists may be elasticity challenged, others in the group are pretty good readers. Instead of tea leaves they scan a variety of newspapers and news reports and after seeing what they have been seeing are starting to question the need for a new border crossing in [...]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Police were called to Value Village when someone accidentally donated the cremated remains of a loved one. They were safely returned to a family member. A man was charged by police when he was found driving along the road while dragging a snowmobile behind his vehicle without a trailer…in May. Calls involving [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – Almost ten million people visited Ontario’s provincial parks in 2011 – an increase of 50,000 visitors from the year before. A number of Ontario Parks remain open during the winter season, offering a variety of snow-filled activities for children of all ages, such as cross-country skiing, skating, snowshoeing and winter camping. Most [...]
I read an interesting definition of the “Big Lie” in the New York Times the other day: “So this is how the Big Lie works. You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility. You find an ally whose background suggests that he’s an “expert”; out of thin air, he devises “data.” You [...]
You may not have seen these stories; BORDER MYTHS DESTROYED Let’s build a new Peace Bridge in Buffalo/Fort Erie. NOT! My goodness, once the facts are known the need for a second bridge for capacity purposes there seems silly too: “Border delays rare, says new report The first comprehensive study of bridge and customs data [...]
(LANGLEY, BC) – Just after 9pm on December 26, 2011 the Langley RCMP responded to a shots fired call in the 9100 block of 207 St. in Langley. Langley RCMP attended along with the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) and located an injured and unresponsive 38 year old male bleeding in his driveway. BCAS pronounced this [...]
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