For men and women in the working class, it sometimes easy to believe that most celebrities lead picture-perfect lives that revolve around: fame, fortune and the absence of tragedy or heartbreak. Terri Clark is one of many country artists whom proves this theory to be untrue. Though music is cl...

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Stephen Maher has been named national columnist for Postmedia News , starting there on August 22. He previously was Ottawa bureau chief for The Chronicle Herald of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where a replacement has not yet been named. Maher can be followed on Twitter at @stphnmaher . For f...

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Windsor, Ontario Emancipation Day Parade, August 1959. Last year the civic holiday held on the first Monday of August �" in various Canadian provinces and territories �" fell on Monday, August 2. On the same day the Toronto Star published an article arguing that: “Today is Simco...

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On Friday, errands and a meeting brought me to Queen Street West, an area of the city that brings up fond memories of art college days.  Usually I would rummage through antique shops and read as many crochet and knitting books as I can at Romni Wools , but I wasn’t having a very good day, ...

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...… it seems to have backfired. Sourced from TechDirt Related articles Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists (news. slashdot.o rg) Feds silence scientist over salmon study (canad a.com) Science that dare not speak its name (macle ans.ca) ; Is the Can...

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Howdy everyone, This coming Monday is B.C. Day, and Eh Plus is off for the holiday, so everyone can have fun this long weekend. What is B.C. Day? B.C. Day is a statutory holiday in the province of British Columbia every first Monday of August. This weekend, there are some events which are h...

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I decided to make a white squirrel for the plush swap I mentioned yesterday. I heard that Al McFluffytail the white squirrel has safety arrived in the UK! :D  Al is a distant (and crocheted) cousin of the legendary white squirrel, Whitey McRedeyes of Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto...

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It is a pleasure to return to the exquisitely sweet softness of central canada in mid-summer. While the month away in New Zealand and Australia for a series of speaking engagements , conferences and meetings with government, university and NGO representatives on matters of science, technol...

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It is spun in government press releases as a “first” for any jurisdiction in North America, an achievement that places British Columbia “on the leading edge” of efforts to combat climate change. But scratch the surface just a little and questions arise about the legitimacy of Environment M...

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