To Be or Not to BEE

Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril

Maple Leaf blames ethanol for losses

Thats a new reason why Toronto will miss the playoffs. Afterall if Maple Leaf foods can't make a profit how can the Maple Leafs make the playoffs. :)

The Canadian Beaver

Which is better the beaver or the hawk? One animal preys on others were as the other stays busy and out of trouble. The national animals of the USA and Canada are quite fitting to each respective nation. Anyways for more impressive facts about the beaver go to this website.

Just think if it wasn't for the beaver North America may never have been settled. Afterall the ambition of the fur trade brought most of the Europeans to a land bitterly cold in the winter and sometimes too hot in the summer :).

Pennies to be nickled and dimed out?

According to a Desjardins Group said in a research report Canadians would be better off without the penny. They claim that of the 30 billion pennies issued since 1908 almost 10 billion are in childrens piggy banks or at the bottom of some body of water.

Today on the news Prime Minister Harper said that his only attachment to the penny was as a long time coin collector, which could mean the penny could be dropped out of circulation.

Whatever will happen to the saying a "penny saved is a penny earned"? They'll have to change it to a dime saved is a dime earned?

They claim that prices won't be adversly affected. Amounts coming to 3 or 4 cents wil be rounded up to 5 cents and amounts at 1 or 2 cents will be rounded down to 0. The Canadian consumers will pay for it in the long run as I would imagine that most prices would raise because of this action.

Just think if a large corporation made purchases of one billion dollars which every 100 dollars was increased by 2 cents the gross cost would be $200,000 increase (due to two cent increases). Who said a few pennies aren't worth anything.

Harper to pick judges by ideology!

Its almost comical hearing the Liberals complain about this. Its not like they didn't try to stack the federal superior courts when they were in power. The liberal leaders complaint would be like the Democrat house leader complaining that President Bush isn't appointing enough Democrats to the Supreme Court. Only in Canada, would the opposition except to have the power to rule.

Splitting Up Familes part of Government Budget?

The proposed family income tax splitting will save a family on average around $1000-2000 in taxes each year. But the tax cut in favour of families will depend heavily on the fate of the finance ministers economic report. If its in the next budget, Harper will be betting on a spring election. If the Conservatives can hold off until the Fall, I think they'll save the tax cutting measure until then (give the Canadian voters something to think about... The conservative party who gives tax cuts versis the liberal party who spends your tax dollars).

Student Finds $10,000

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NASA Looses Moon Walk Taps

I bet NASA officials are asking themselves "how could you loose the original documentation of the 1969 moon walk?

It gives the conspiracy theorist some leverage in claiming that there was no moon walk. Oh well I guess the lack of the original footage will mean that other nations like China or Russia can claim to have landed on the moon first (if they ever get there).