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Southern Storm Chasers Find “Last Frontier” On Canadian Prairies

It’s been a pretty wild year for storms on the Prairies with lots of attention from so-called “storm chasers” who, ironically, make the storms even more prevalent by

How A Pro-Life Conservative Christian American Learned To Love Canadian-Style Socialized Healthcare

Short answer: She experienced it firsthand. You know, one of the biggest mysteries in my life (not really) is wondering how every western society on earth can have

Medicare Is A Part of Us

Former Saskatchewan Premier and Healthcare Commission Chair, Roy Romanow celebrates Canada Day with a column in the Globe & Mail on perhaps our most cherished Canadian institution. Compared

Friday Fun Link – World Map of the Most Popular Web Sites In Every Country

Interesting to see which sites are most popular in non-North American/Western European countries.

Friday Fun Link – Save a Library By Burning Books?

Brilliant! (via MetaFilter with a h/t to the colleague who sent it to me at the exact same moment!)

Obama Comes Out

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to officially come out in support of gay marriage (not “civil unions” aka the semantic wankery that gets

Music Monday – “When all is said and done/We’re not the first to be here/There’s nothing new underneath the sun.”

A co-worker told me about this really cool Nashville-based, jazz-funk band called “Here Come The Mummies” who apparently play in costume to hide the fact that they’re all

Top Ten Dying/Booming Industries

Unfortunately, a lot of the Top 10 dying industries have a direct connection to libraries whether it’s DVD’s, newspapers or recordable media. On the other hand, a lot

State of America’s Libraries 2012 Report

Well worth a read. (h/t to ALA Think Tank via Jessamyn)

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