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Note to Canadians: It's NOT a good idea to try to beat the US on everything!

Impudent rapscallion!

How dare you emply that I can't splell!

I think we agree that plasticity is greater in the young, less in the elderly.

The central story in Norman Doidge's "The Brain That Changes Itself" is a remarkable example of how the effects of age, or even of the damage resulting from stroke, can be mitigated by encouraging neuroplasticity.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070410/brain_doidge_070410/20070410?hub=Specials/

A psychiatrist whom I know, and who has been following Doidge's work closely, predicts that models of human neurological function, cognition and behaviour will be altered radically over the next twenty or thirty years as a result of ongoing research into neuroplasticity.

A quick Googling unearthed some interesting articles about "super strength" effects in humans:
"Mighty mouse" gene found in humans
Rare condition gives toddler super strength

This was all over the Canadian news last night, as they also want the passenger lists of any flights merely flying over American airspace, for example, Montreal to Mexico City. They were originally going to have this rule apply to domestic flights that happen to cross American airspace (which is common with a flight like Toronto to Vancouver), but have thankfully backed down. Oh yeah, and people now have 10 days to comment about these new rules.

kid dies from kissing someone that had peanut butter sandwich hours earlier

also google "fatal peanut allergy"

The danger is not with adults that can take care of themselves, but children that aren't 100% concious of the fatal or near fatal condition every minute of every day.

I'm sorry, but all men are born with an innate right to defend themselves from others and the government. You government takes away your innate rights. People are born with the right to life, liberty and to pursue their dreams and to property, so long as they do no deprive others of their right to live, liberty and property. All people have the right to speak freely, the internet you are using to try and advocate stripping my rights is far more free than your press, all people have the right to self defense against tyranny and crime, all people have the right against search and seizure without proper warrant, all people have the right to not self incriminate, and the right against double jeopardy, all people have the right to a jury of peers and a public speedy trial, and all people have the right to a punishment that is not cruel or unusual.

I'm sorry your horrible government cant enumerate rights for you. We believe, and have shown, that free people do thrive. Your government executes more people each year than are murdered in the USA, and your government is guilty of killing tens of millions.

Lets have a list of what PROC/China is up to of late:

The PRC Chinese government has murdered countless people:
"DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER"

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.TAB1.GIF

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.FIG1.GIF

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM

China tires recalled:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/26/business/26tire.php

The organising committee of Beijing's Olympic games has promised to investigate charges that official merchandise is being manufactured using child labour.

The PRC Chinese poison dog food:
http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20070523/chinese_protein_export_scandal-id -104033.html

The PRC Chinese poison toothpaste:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02toothpaste.html?ex=1181620800&en=d26dab8b 2bd85303&ei=5070

The PRC Chinese poison Children's Toys:
http://consumerist.com/consumer/chinese-poison-train/15-million-thomas--friends- toys-recalled-due-to-lead-paint-from-china-268658.php
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070614/thomas_recall_07061 4/20070614?hub=CTVNewsAt11
http://blogs.eastbayexpress.com/92510/2007/06/thomas_why_hath_thou_forsaken.php

Chinese Seafood Detained for Safety
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070628/D8Q239O00.html

CNN "The China Syndrome" Special on China's dire problems in keeping food clean:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2007/07/04/vause.china.syndrome.cnn

- Cow milk so inundated with antibiotics you can not make Yogurt from it.

- Pigs force-fed waste water.

- Lard made from separating fats from sewage.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2118920,00.html

China Jails 2 Protestant Church Leaders

The reasons behind the recent spate of problems with a technology invented by Sony more than a decade ago are complex and varied,

But Don Sadoway, a professor of Materials Chemistry at MIT who is an expert in advanced battery technologies, worries about off-shoring of a chemistry he asserts "needs to be treated with respect."

"I have 100% confidence in the Japanese battery manufacturers," he says. "And my guess is that they never had the problems they're seeing now when the same batteries were manufactured from start to finish in Japan."

• Here is a famous YouTube video of a Chery subcompact spectacularly failing a crash test in 2005.
  
• And another of the 2007 sedan Brilliance BS6 doing the same.
  
• A China Airlines jet blows up, and company officials paint the logo off of the wreckage.
  

And we Canadians are "supposedly" spying on the Americans too. Maybe the Chinese should emulate this: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20070507/spy_coin_070507/20070507

An obliquely related story; I bought a security webcam, wasn't happy with it, thought I did a factory reset, but I guess I didn't. When it was purchased, suddenly I was bombarded with emailed images from a strangers house :S The only ones who could track it down was the ISP Eastlink, who ignored my pleading for months.

Then CTV ran a story on it, and they magically found the customer, informed them, and the problem was solved. Amazing (and sad) how a bit of media attention will get the job done.

Link here with video.

Ironically, while CTV blurred out the new owner's images for their privacy, they clearly showed my email address on national TV. D'oh. My previously clean account has been getting a load of spam since then. (Who harvests email addresses for spam from TV segments??!?!?!?)

While cell phones might not be causing any problems with humans, there is some evidence (although the conclusions are by no means definitive, and may have been refuted since this article) that cellular phones are responsible for the recent bee disappearance (though I have also heard reports of it being linked to a (fungus?).

Where the hell is the Winnipeg location? Winnipeg is the Slurpee capital of the world. They deserve any sort of marketing scheme that 7/11 has.

Would it really be enforced? Hell, it seems you can do 2-3 times the legal speed limit, t-bone a taxi cab, kill the driver and get 12 months of FUCKING HOUSE ARREST here in Canada.

The judge said they didn't intend in killing the driver, so house arrest? Guess reckless disreguard for human life has no meaning to the canadian legal system :P

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20060125/street_race_060125/20060125

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/219249

So I guess we COULD download and use pirated material if we said we didn't intend on breaking the law while doing it?

Actually, there was a creation museum that opened in Alberta, Canada this week as well.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20070605/creation_museum_070605/20070605

Sadly parent is mostly right, as I witness myself.

I lived a few years in the US and in Canada. It should be noted that Native Americans are not the same in these two countries. In Canada they have no great support from the Canadian government (who yet spend over 100K $ per native every year). Natives in response take every possible mean to grab money. In recent years they are acting like unions more than anything, blocking trade routes, trains, menacing to place bombs on pipelines and the electric grid, and to use shotguns to get between the white man and his money.
Follow the link and see how Natives uses YouTube to disseminate methods to disrupt railway traffic.

Some are claiming territories from the Great Canadian North down to the Florida border, from the East coast to the Mid-west. Put together all native communities claim all of North-America, including part of Mexico.

As hinted by the parent some Native communities replaced others. Best example around here is the Mohawks, who disappeared (massacred by the white man aided by their native enemies). When the whole territory claim started; they miraculously re-appeared. Strangely their replacements can be traced back to other tribes that helped in their massacre in the first place.

Also of note, my experience is from Montreal, where Natives are living exactly on the border of the US, Quebec and Ontario. Some natives use their right to cross borders without questions to profit from all kinds of trafficking. Mostly tobacco but also drugs and firearms.

What angers me is that 50% lives in total poverty, compared to the worst developing countries by the UN. While the other 50% lives like millionaires, thanks to "leaders" involved in organized crime, forcing people to vote for them, keep most of government subsidies for themselves illegally. One "good" leader saw its house burned down by masked tribe members. The same masked members also kept Native police imprisoned into their own police station, shooting anything heading out. That's what we are dealing with.

This creates a spiral on non-confidence where Canadian citizens do not know who they can trust in the Native communities, blocking all new help initiatives. And this is fine for the corrupted; just keep shoveling money our way.

Eastern Canada is currently experiencing its thickest strongest ice in 30 years. Coast Guard officials I've spoken with say the ice severity follows a 30 year cycle and current conditions are the same as in the 1970s.

And they get me home safely after a blizzard when my roomate with his Festiva was stranded.

6 people died near here in February.

Don't tell me what kind of vehicle I don't need.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYs7AP8UPic
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/556944959vklPkJ
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20070110/storm_weather_070110/20070110?hub=Canad a (more were found dead later)

I've been hearing a lot of sensationalist stories lately about the death of music. Mostly because CD sales are falling. Maybe the large production companies will go away, but people have been making music long before the music producers, and they will be making music long after they are gone. Music isn't going anywhere. I've started listening to a lot of independant music lately, and it's a lot better than most of the mass produced big label bands. Granted I still like many big label bands, but I don't think I'd be starved for quality music if there was no big labels.

Be careful leaving your AP open for all to use. There was the case of the war driving pedophile in Toronto a few years ago. Dude was caught driving down the wrong side of the street, naked from the waist down, with his shit pulled out and a jar of handcream.

~~By now y'all heard how I got caught~~
~~playin' with my shit, but hold that thought~~
~~before you go dissin' the J-R-O-C~~
~~it could happen to you, cause it happened to me~~

J Roc from the Trailer Park Boys

How would they conduct the interview? By cell phone or email?

Thanks, I've already added a couple of those sites to my bookmarks, too bad they don't have RSS feeds. Ill look at some of the rest of them in a bit.

As for me, being Canadian, (but living in Europe) and using a lot of politics with my teaching (English teacher), I try and keep a diversified list. I'll try and list them more by theme than amount visited.

Canadian:
The CBC - Dissapointing RSS feed, they don't have too much/day, but it's always good to see what they have to say on Canadian politcs.
The Globe and Mail - The best site for at least a bit thoughtful Canadian news.
The CTV - OK, pulp, but once in awhile it's interesting to see what pulp has to say about things.
TSN - Sports, got to keep up with hockey and curling, none better.
Macleans - The Canadian equivalent of Time, some of their stuff is really great.

International:
The BBC - Probably the best English language news in the world, enough said.
The Guardian - Better analysis than the BBC, but not the sheer volume.
Al Jazeera - More balanced than what you'd think, at least the English version ... well, except for the editorial cartoons.
NY Times - Amazingly crummy RSS feed, seeing as it's one of the biggest newspapers in the US (but probably still better than the CBC).
Deutche Welle - Not the best site, either, but as I'm living in Germany ...

For actually thinking:
The Christian Science Monitor - I'm not religious, and except for a few things (see their "about us"), neither are they. What they are is the most balanced news in the US I've ever seen. They are thoughtful, honest and as far as I can see don't pander to any particular point of view.
Sign and Sight - This is only if you want to spend some time actually reading, as it's not meant for the masses. It takes articles by thinking people from across Europe and translates them into English.

Others: The Register - Tech news with a British sense of humour, and people think they are biased because of it.
Neil Gaiman's Blog - Not as interesting as it used to be, but I've learnt a lot about the book/publishing world through his blog.

Yes, I'm an information hound, and I like to see as many points of view as possible. I've tried fox news a couple of times, but most of the topics I'm interested in they've just taken things off the wire, so nothing new. What I also do is search google news when I find an article I want to get more points of view on. I don't use the service itself, but they are great for finding out who is saying what about a particular topic - you might even find a new angle that hadn't been said 100 times before.

I keep my router open so anyone can use it, because I feel its the right thing to do. I have unused resources, why shouldn't someone else get them?

Last year Dan Donnelle rented a U-Haul truck to move some furniture from Woodbridge to Toronto. The two rear wheels came flying off on Highway 400.

U-Haul's safety inspection failure rate was four times the industry average.

W-FIVE rented four U-Haul trucks. Not a single one passed the provincial safety standard.

"It's bad enough to have the driveshaft drop out onto the road, but if the seatbelt had been working I am pretty sure he would still be alive," Annis said.

Last year Dan Donnelle rented a U-Haul truck to move some furniture from Woodbridge to Toronto. The two rear wheels came flying off on Highway 400.

U-Haul's safety inspection failure rate was four times the industry average.

W-FIVE rented four U-Haul trucks. Not a single one passed the provincial safety standard.

"It's bad enough to have the driveshaft drop out onto the road, but if the seatbelt had been working I am pretty sure he would still be alive," Annis said.

Super Tonio?

• Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society...
• I don't know all the facts o-n Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans.
• I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.
• In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, don't feel particularly bad for many of these people. They don't feel bad about it themselves, as long as they're receiving generous social assistance and unemployment insurance.
• "I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians

Actually, after ex-Liberal Wajid Khan crossed the floor, and became a conservative, the balance of power is with the NDP, and not the liberals.

I would be very surprised if the NDP let this pass.

I recall the Liberals telling Bush NO (on both Iraq and missile "defence") repeatedly under great pressure from conservatives, with Stephen Harper even undermining our government and insulting Canadians over it. And surprise surprise, what was the first thing Harper did while in government? SURRENDER to the US over lumber, despite the fact that Canada won every decision, sending a BILLION canadian dollars to the US industry in order to pay them to end their illegal actions. Harper is the spineless Bush-ass-licking coward, the liberals stood up to him, keeping us out of the ridiculous Iraq quagmire and defending our interests rather then cow-towing to the republicans.

TORONTO -- Canadian children are being exposed to far too much violence in music lyrics, video games and on television and need to be protected by laws similar to those that restrict the sale of tobacco to minors, a coalition of teachers and parents said Wednesday.

The group called for age-based restrictions on music sales, similar to existing systems that prevent underaged consumers from obtaining inappropriate movies and video games. They also called for controls that would prevent radio and television stations from airing violent content before 9 p.m.

Not to mention the well documented use of open wireless networks to access illegal content.

From the article: Transit security official Mark Russell said the coin "a unique electronic signature" that only TTC turnstiles can recognize.

That's probably it. Someone got the new subway tokens to take home because they look so cool and got freaked out.

There are may coins in canada that get special stuff printed on them like the quater that you posted a link to. Here's a news article about a more recent quater that they released: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20060331/pink_coin_060331/20060331?hub=Health

It was released to increace awareness about breast cancer.

The entire reason they want the source code is to ensure that the US government can't arbitrarily disable their planes when they disagree with their use or conflict with US interests.

Yes, that would be brilliant. Assuming it even could do so, the US disabling equipment that it sold to another country would bode reallllly well for future arms sales, wouldn't it? To be able or willing to do it arbitrarily makes it even better.

A reasonable concern given the state of US politics, foreign policy, and state of the US moral compass.

And when did this state arrive? 2000? 1980? Never?

By the way, how are the Canadian troops doing in Afghanistan? I hope the Leopard tanks work out well.

'm sure no one camped out for a week for the Wii (like so many did for the PS3)

Today's victims, the lame excuse and the predictable response. Collective punishment is an abhorent war crime, it does not matter if the punishment was delivered via suicide belts or hellfire missles. No single group started this conflict but at this moment in time Israel has by far the best opportunity to stop it, they have chosen to escalate it instead.

wrong

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20051223/brainsize_intelligence_20051223/2005122 3?hub=SciTech/

Not Montreal, we get it on CTV up here.

Considering how the USA has basically renegged on NAFTA over the endless lumber spat with Canada, the USA has zero credibility when it comes to lecturing others on how they conduct their business.

For what it's worth, I think that proper remedy would be to:
1. Give the house back to the old man,
2. provide monetary compensation to the buyers,
3. strip the attorney that validated the transaction of his citizenship and forfeit all of his assets, to cover the price of reimbursing the victims, then promptly deport him.

I might also add:

4. the bank eats the mortgage and and fraud lawyer pays the costs. All costs to the old man are reimbursed including lost rent.

If the bank pays for it, then they will do a simple check like your drivers license and a background check. I doubt the fraudsters were 89 years old. Even if they were, there was slop in how this was handled.

I sure hope he finds a good lawyer and sues their asses off! Maybe the RCMP/OPP can follow the paper trail as I doubt it was paid in cash. But we are still waiting for the RCMP to do something with Ralph Goodale, see http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20051228/income_trust_investigation_051228/20051 228?s_name=election2006

This report was everywhere:

http://news.google.ca/news?q=goldfish%20dolphin

I dispute your claim that dolphins live in a "fully staffed spa of luxury.":

Meanwhile, it was a sad day at the aquarium on Wednesday. After 10 hours in labour, Hana the dolphin gave birth to a stillborn calf, according to The Canadian Press.

Staff at the aquarium did not know the 11-year-old dolphin was pregnant when the pair was brought from Japan, and only learned a few months ago.

Veteranarian David Huff told CP very few dolphins give birth in captivity so there is a lack of research in the area.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20060607/vancouver_dolphins_060607/

I'm not saying that in any way AOL users "deserved" this -- nobody does. No matter what or how much information you a company has about you, whether it be your net searches or how filthy your carpets are, you expect the company that holds this information to keep it private.

However, why in the world would you go with a company like AOL that has so many recorded existing problems that could be discovered with a modicum of research? Unfortunately, it seems much like U-Haul being one of/the biggest moving van rental companies despite all the bad press... It's a household name, so it has to be good, right?

Majority of places hit where Infrastructure, most of which it would of been impossible to fire a missile from (ever seen someone try to fire a missile in an active commercial airport?).

The majority? Maybe, I don't know. But Israel has indeed hit infrastructure, to prevent Hezbollah from easily moving around. It's war, after all.

Most of the targets hit in the first days of attacks where in areas that not only Hezbollah where not there but where also in parts of the country where it would of been impossible to fire a missile from simply because they don't have that range.

If they were infrastructure, then again, Israel would hit those targets to cripple Hezbollah's ability to move around.

Israel destroyed the roads around the cities, then the cities and then told civilains to get out (making it impossible to do so easily).

"The cities" we are talking about were Hezbollah strongholds, weren't they? And destroyed roads does not make it impossible to easily get out. It makes it difficult to move around cargo, but people could easily get out.

All the while shooting at people that did attempt to flee

I don't think that is the case.

and then declaring that anyone left in the city is clearly a terrorist (which mostly was the old/infirmed or people with children who couldn't flee).

These people could indeed flee. Children aren't tied to the ground, you know.

They have fired on and killed UN forces, despite being told there where no Hezbollah in the area of the attack.

That's funny, because according to one of the UN observers that were killed (in a report he wrote before the incident), Hezbollah had positions in and around their base.

In cases like Qana the refugees headed for that area BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HEZBOLLAH there.

Apparently there was. Why would they not be in Qana if they hide among civilians everywhere else?

The second a missile truck shows up in a populated area the locals flee and have been doing so for some time. IDF claimed Hezbollah where there but used days old footage to prove it and then only told the truth once they where pulled up on it.

They did? Source?

Hezbollahs initial rocket attack was in response to an attack by Israel first

Actually, what happened was that Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, and then Israel went after them. Hezbollah responded by bombing Israel. So Hezbollah dropped the first bombs over Israel.

and Hezbollah have been targetting military based areas.

Actually, they have been targeting civilian areas.

Israel have killed over 30 civilians for every one civilian killed in Israel. That is not factoring in the number of Hezbollah killed (which is quite low).

Yes, as I said, this tragedy is so much greater because Hezbollah purposely hides among civilians, to sacrifice them as involuntary "martyrs".

Saying that Hezbollah started this is a joke unless your memory only goes back a month. This has been going on for decades and Hezbollah initially was formed because of Israels initial attacks on Lebanon.

Why Hezbollah was formed isn't really relevant to the fact that this time around, Hezbollah started it all by bombing Israel. It wasn't until they started bombing that Israel was forced to respond.

You would also ignore the 1,000s of Lebnonese held in detention centres over the years i

There were no specific operational details. Here is the link

Quote from the letter one of the guys who were shot :

"What I can tell you is this: we have on a daily basis had numerous occasions where our position has come under direct or indirect fire from both artillery and aerial bombing. The closest artillery has landed within 2 meters of our position and the closest 1000 lb aerial bomb has landed 100 meters from our patrol base. This has not been deliberate targeting, but has rather been due to tactical necessity."

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20060718/mideast_lebanon_UN_060716/20060718/

If you really want to stick it to them, you might be able to get the local TV news to do a story on the practice (around here, Austin, TX, we have `[channel] 7 on your side' stories, where they go into detail about how somebody was being screwed and how the TV cameras made all the problems go away.

And since you're probably in BC this would mean talking to CTV's Consumer Reporter Olsen on your side and also CBC's Marketplace is doing a segment called Underdogs (note the "Calling all underdogs" contact info).

Bad publicity for Telus will be your best weapon and the quickest and cheapest route to a happy ending. Of course it might not hurt to record your phone conversation with the Telus reps.

Apparently it is Canada's quietest space and engineered that way to minimize vibration and acoustical noise.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20060523/reporters_harper_060523

I thought, the quietest place in Canada was Stephen Harper giving press release in Ottawa.

Safety and practicallity: ...There actually has been an incident in the past where a student has been killed while testing on a highway. I believe it was in Ontario and maybe by U of T but I'm not certain....

I remembered hearing about that when it happened. Something about wind knocking the car across a divided highway. Here's a link to the CTV version of the story: Solar car goes out of control; driver killed. Also, Google search that actually returns some results.

Ian

Actually, denmark had people in iraq, which would make you incorrect. However, you sir are totally ignorant if you think that denmark has no foreign policy.

There was a time when it was illegal to hide a runaway slave in the United States, for example.

And, in more recent times, some countries are trying to oppress minorities even today. While other countries are allowing all their citizens to be equal, not "equal-if-you're-not-gay".

Just pointing out that what seems evil to some people is something that other people will actively try to bring into legislation even in supposedly free countries like the USA and the UK.