Tag: canada
member name: Ian B (in Toronto)
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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 . . .
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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. . . .
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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 . . .
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December 03, 2008 09:46 PM EST --
We always hear that our vote is the most powerful part of being in a democracy. But I'm not sure it is. It also means knowing when a vote is not necessary, when it becomes something that hides the . . .
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November 01, 2009 02:55 PM EST --
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ended last night (Nov. 1 2009) in Canada and the U.S. It ended last week (Oct. 25, 2009) in most of Europe (where it is also known as Summer Time).
DST used to be the . . .
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November 05, 2008 10:59 PM EST --
Okay, okay, I have to admit I've always enjoyed taking pictures. These are a few from my new job at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. We had a pot-luck for Halloweeen, and people dressed up. . . .
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November 11, 2008 02:47 PM EST --
I'm expanding my variations of submissions, trying different kinds of writing, different subjects. I've seen all the different kinds of recipes appear on gather, and wondered what I could contribute. . . .
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September 15, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
It's been a busy week and I've not been on top of the election like I had intended. But there was something that happened in Toronto that struck my interest. It's been in all the news; a child . . .
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September 26, 2008 05:21 PM EDT --
I'm curious: has anyone else had this kind of experience? Just when you think things are at their worst, they make a sharp turn and are suddenly better than ever? It's happened several times to . . .
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December 26, 2008 09:56 AM EST --
What is Boxing Day? It would appear that Rob beat me to the answer , but that does not decrease the purpose behind this post. (It just illustrates that I like to sleep in on Boxing Day.)
This is the . . .
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February 17, 2009 05:47 PM EST --
It was several months ago now that my laptop had a fairly major issue: it gave up the ghost one afternoon and crashed irreparably. It was one of those awful experiences where I did not have a specifi . . .
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June 23, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
I have been intending on putting out a question like this for a bit. This is for those of you familiar with the differences between Canada and the States. What are some of the anomalies you notice? Things . . .
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August 20, 2008 09:16 PM EDT --
I'm reading a book about WWII... in these days when war is all around us (even though we may not perceive it directly) I figured it was a good idea to read some about other wars. Actually, . . .
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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. . . .
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December 05, 2008 10:18 PM EST --
When someone makes a comment on one of my posts and I respond, I like to send that comment to them. Once or twice, I've had further responses and a dialoge begins. In this case I actually spent . . .
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December 07, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
A milestone was passed for us here in Canada this week. Our 100th soldier was killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war on terror . The CBC did a tribute this morning, naming each one of them. . . .
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December 24, 2008 05:39 PM EST --
We don't have many Christmas traditions in our family; the kids are all grown now and time has shifted past us. However, there is one thing I do remember from when I was a kid that we are able . . .
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December 02, 2009 04:13 AM EST --
December 1st is World AIDS Day. It's been a “day” since 1987, when it was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to bring light to the difficulties associated with living with . . .
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December 03, 2009 06:32 AM EST --
Apparently this is going to be one of the last times that the Dead Sea Scrolls are sent to other parts of the world to be viewed and experienced; I was thus very glad to have the opportunity to see . . .
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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 . . .
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