WARNING BILL 85: The Ontario Government is secretly pushing through “big brother” legislation – using RFID tags in Drivers Licenses to track your movements unencrypted

“The introduction of enhanced driver’s licenses, which appears to be a central focus of Bill 85, will lay the groundwork for a new and more extensive identity regime, the effects of which are not fully known,”
So what are they not telling Ontario citizens? PIPEDA and your privacy will not matter if Bill 85 is passed, [...]

Powell Endorsement of Obama

By Mark Halperin
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008

In one of the most important symbolic moments of the general election, former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced today that he is endorsing Barack Obama for president. Making his decision public on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” the long-time fixture in Republican administrations effectively reinforced the sense of momentum [...]

Two Cases of E.Coli in Chatham-Kent Linked to U.S. Outbreak

Dr. David Williams, Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health is issuing a public alert about two E. coli O157:H7 cases that are thought to be linked to iceberg lettuce that has been distributed in Ontario.
Test results show that two cases in Chatham-Kent are of the same strain of E. coli O157:H7 identified in 38 cases [...]

EU-Canada Free Trade Could Change U.S.-Canada Relations

Canada is moving toward a far-reaching free trade agreement with the European Union that advocates say will end a long-standing dependency on the U.S. market.
While the specifics of the agreement haven’t been discussed, Canadian and European officials could begin negotiating as soon as October 17, just three days after Canada’s federal election.
Canada’s Trade Minister, Michael [...]

How the Washington Mutual Takeover Will Affect Consumers

The government seized banking giant Washington Mutual last night and then sold some pieces of it to JPMorgan Chase for approximately $1.9 billion.
The failure of the Seattle-based bank Washington Mutual undermined confidence in a fresh clutch of US household names today, as investors digested the implications of the biggest collapse of a high-street bank on [...]

Geroge Bush blames the financial crisis substaintial foreign investment and a subsequent increase on bad consumer credit from greedy Wall Street bankers

 
 
A state of the afairs to squash fears amongst citizens in the United States of Amerca is sure to send ripple affects around the world; as we are all intertwined in this financial mess. President George Bush tonight spoke directly to U.S citizens, and candidly explained the situation in America. 
 

Housing prices that were valued more than [...]

Tech will suffer from financial meltdown

Sometimes you have to look around outside of your own personal sector and reflect on the world at large. If you haven’t noticed, our financial infrastructure is tumbling down around our ears. The U.S. agreed yesterday to bail out AIG at the cost of $85 billion. Just like Bear Sterns, AIG is “too big to [...]

Will Canada’s oil boom be an environmental bust? The new global wasteland?

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler — three-stories high, with tires twice as tall as the average man [...]

Propaganda – Do Americans really believe this stuff or is America just one strange place?

I was sent this clip and could not believe what I was seeing. We have seen some attack ads in the past from the Conservatives, however not to this extreme. I cannot believe that this is really and ad endorsed by the Republicans?  You hope that people do not vote based on propaganda or a [...]

Do you want President Palin? Censorship of books? 4000 year old Dinosaurs? Matt Damon makes his comments known…

Like a really bad Disney Movie. “I think there is a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be president. And I think that’s a really scary…” By the way, does anyone think Disney will sue for a copyright infringement?

Putin Accuses U.S. Over Georgia

By Nabi Abdullaev / Staff Writer
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of orchestrating the military conflict in Georgia in order to boost the chances of a U.S. presidential candidate.
In an interview that was to air on CNN late Thursday, Putin said Washington had encouraged Tbilisi to attack South Ossetia to give [...]

Xenophobic: Racism, prejudice and utter ignorance in Herouxville Quebec

Is Herouville simply a town stuck in another time? People in Canada like to say that American is more racist, however I beg to differ. America has a checkered past, but they have at least tried to “deal” with the issues to racism and prejudice. America has a constitution that promotes Liberty and Freedom. Someone [...]

Sen. Edward Kennedy has a brain tumor

BOSTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma, they said. Some [...]