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Quebec Received 85% of Federal Funds for Canada Day Celebrations in 2008

Happy Canada Day! (or should I say: “Joyeux fête du Canada!” 😉)Or if that story doesn't float your canoe, Reddit has tons of Canuck-related stories in their Canada

First-Time Home Owners – 1975 vs. 2009

Here's a really good article I found on Reddit about the differences between the economic environment for baby boomers seeking to buy their first houses a generation ago

Music Monday – "Then Every Head Turned With Eyes That Dreamed of Being The One"

I wracked my brains trying to think of a unique Michael Jackson song or clip but I think I exhausted the one possibility on that the day the

Friday Fun Link – "This Bespells Doom" – Authors Signing Kindles (June 26, 2009)

If Jeff Bezos was smart, he'd have incorporated a stylus right into the design of the Kindle so authors could “sign” their digital books.  (Of course, maybe they

King of Pop Dies

There's tons of commentary all over the web after the news broke that Michael Jackson died today.  I don't have much to add but here's a couple random

Enabling Local Democracy at the Red Deer Public Library

I heard about this innovative library program during a presentation by Red Deer Public Library’s Director at CLA. For the last two municipal elections, that city’s library has

MetaFilter Has The Same Birthday As Me – Let's Party!

I don't hang out there as much as I used to but MetaFilter is still one of my favourite online communities – not least because the number of

Music Monday – "Scaramouche, scaramouche/Will you do the fandango?"

A unique version of the infamous Queen song featuring a comic doing 25 of the most annoying distinctive voices in popular music.  “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen

Fathers & Sons

I first posted this video last Christmas but I think today's a much more appropriate spot for it.  The underlying truth about Father's Day that I realised this

Five Things That Had The Biggest Impact in the 2009 Sask NDP Leadership Race (And Five That Didn't)

I'll still thinking about a post with my thoughts on some of the things the Meili campaign could've done differently to perhaps put themselves over the top.  But

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