Many charities are complaining that it’s impossible to sent supplies to Haiti right now. Well that makes sense as that is what every relief organization and government agency has been saying repeatedly. More than three weeks after the earthquake, donated goods are accumulating at small charities, sitting in shipping limbo because of costs and a [...]
February, 2010:
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The federal Tories take control of Anders’ riding association :: Apparently the federal Tories are trying to support Rob Anders, the MP who once called Nelson Mandela a terrorist. I have never understood the loyalty that Conservatives have towards Anders who doesn’t even have a following on his own riding executive. Calgary Grit has more. [...]
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Jim Kelly joking around about his four Super Bowl losses 10 Products that BOOMED during the recession :: Hyundai, Coleman camping products, and universal remotes all make the list. Flickr is quietly becoming home to the web’s largest collection of historical images. The U.S. National Archives just joined the Commons. The van makes a comeback [...]
How does Saskatoon’s snow clearing budget stack up to other cities?
From the Star Phoenix’s City Hall Notebook There has been a lot of discussion since the weekend storm comparing Saskatoon to other cities in Canada. I used 2006 census data (of municipalities, not greater metro areas) and the long-term snowfall data from Environment Canada and compared it to the most recent snowbudgets for some major [...]
We need to cut back
Back during the Devine era, I listened to Grant Devine give an impassioned speech about the deficit. The point was “yes we have a deficit but where do we cut back. You can’t close hospitals, you can’t have crumbling highways, you can’t cut essential services”. At the time the speech stuck with me (obviously as [...]
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Anyone want to give an over/under on Jay Cutler wanting out of Chicago now that Mike Martz has been named his O.C. Some 400 giant squid have shown up along the Orange County coast in Southern California since Friday. Some are as large as 4 feet long, and 60 pounds. At a laundromat in Brooklyn, [...]
