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Recent problems with protesters interferring with the tradition of the Olympic torch relay because of China’s occupation of Tibet and its weak record on human rights have caused a public relations nightmare for the country as it prepares to host this summer’s Olympics. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were supposed to provide a [...]
I was scanning the news and came across an article on Reuters site that intrigued me. It was titled “Most Canadians would fail own citizenship test“. As a Canadian I thought this was interesting.
But before I could write this post blasting Canadians I figured I better do a test or 2 and see how [...]
Another year and another failing grade for Canada’s children and youth.
The 2007 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is now out and it gives our kids a “D”. This is the third annual overview of physical activity levels of Canada’s young people. It is also the third straight year the grade [...]
Mrs. EB reminded me that today is an anniversary. Of what? The good old Canadian Loonie.
For those of you who don’t know what the Loonie is, it is what the Royal Canadian Mint replaced the old paper $1 bill with.
Why is it called a Loonie? Because the tail side of the coin bares [...]
CBC has finished it’s quest to find the Seven Wonders of Canada. I had posted how I thought that the Dempster Highway should be voted for but unfortunately it never made the list of 7. In fact in the online voting it placed 46/50. What do you people know anyway?
So are you interested in what the judges [...]
The Miss Universe pageant was on tonight. I sometimes watch it to see if I can pick who is going to win. It usually isn’t tough because if you pick USA and Venezuela as 2 of the final 5 then you are 40% there.
It is usually interesting to see the beginning of the show [...]
On CBC Radio they have a show called Sounds Like Canada where they talk to various people across our great country to give us a feel for other parts of Canada and lives of people in Canada.
A little while ago they asked Canadians to send in nominations for what they thought were the Seven [...]
Tonight we turned our TV over to CBC because there was nothing else really on other than repeats. It must be the first time I have ever tuned in CBC when hockey, football, the Olympics or some other sporting event wasn’t on. The reason tonight was the show Test the Nation: IQ. The show tests [...]
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