copyranter (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Toronto sports radio station AM640 placed motion-sensor posters above some pissers inside the men's rooms at the Air Canada Centre, home of the awful Maple Leafs. The copy—" the crowd can't keep their eyes off his helmet "—is symbiotically awful. Why not install a few in the stalls, too? " He skates over the red line and dumps it in... " ( via ) Previous hockey ads :...
CalgaryGrit (Free subscription) | yesterday
I hate to toss up yet another by election post because we shouldn't read too much into them. So rather than look at the results, I'll just add a final word on voter turn-out. Here's where it was yesterday: Montmagny 36.6% Cumberland-Colchester 35.7% New Westminster Coquitlam 29.9% Hochelaga 22.3% The average turnout of 31.1% isn't much worse than the normal for by elections - since 1998, it's been...
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
An article in the National Post takes a look at how Canada's recent war dead in Afghanistan, and the Canadian Forces more generally, have roots in small towns like Nova Scotia's Truro . The bumper sticker on Robin and Paulette Tedford's red Ford pickup truck is as direct as they come. "If you don't stand behind our troops," it reads beneath a Canadian flag, "feel free to stand in front...
Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iconic Canadian Comedy Series to Receive Special Gemini Tributes The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada akin to the USA's Emmy Awards . The 24th annual Gemini Awards ceremony will take place this Saturday, November 14th at the Stampede Corral in Alberta, Canada and be broadcast live on Global and Showcase . In a press release released earlier today it was revealed...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Alberta faces tough choices over where new electricity transmission lines should be built, if at all By Jack M. Mintz L ast weekend, the Alberta Progressive Conservatives not only reviewed Premier Ed Stelmach’s leadership but also Bill 50, which would provide for the building of new transmission lines, including two north-south high-voltage direct current lines. Bill 50 is highly controversial...
Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, November 9. THE final evening of short course meter action at the Cascade Slingshot Speed Meet featured five more meet records including a pair from Lindsay Delmar. Delmar...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Source Gold Corp. (OTCBB: SRGL) has entered into an option agreement with Thunder Bay Minerals Inc., whereby Source Gold will earn a 50% interest in a contiguous block of mineral claims, known as the KRK West Claims, which cover approximately 15 square miles, and are located in the prolific Beardmore-Geraldton gold mining camp in the Thunder Bay Mining District of North...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Shaw Communications Inc. ("Shaw") (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR) announced today that it has closed its offering of C$650 million principal amount of 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2039. The senior notes were made available in Canada and the United States, under Shaw's previously filed shelf prospectus, pursuant to an agency agreement with TD Securities Inc. and...
Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, November 8. DURING the first night of short course meter action at the Cascade Slingshot Speed Meet held in Calgary, three meet records took a fall. Lindsay Delmar, 16, of...
The Torch (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Official news release (links added): Canadian and US Navies To Join For Annual Task Group Exercise Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Algonquin and Protecteur have departed Esquimalt Harbour for Southern California in order to participate in a Task Group Exercise (TGEX). They will join HMCS Calgary which has been on a three-month deployment to Central and South America since August 17 th . Algonquin,...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
As the rest of New York shakes the ticker tape out of its hair (congrats, Yanks), I bid you hello from Calgary, where the Rangers will be playing on "Hockey Night in Canada” for the fourth time already this season. And while the Rangers made their way over from Edmonton, I got a chance to catch up with an old Blueshirts Blog favorite, ex-Ranger and current Flame Freddy Sjostrom, who’s...
CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Alberta (3-0) 74, Winnipeg (0-3) 56 The Bears claim a solid road win at the Duckworth Center as Jamaal Bucknor gets 16 points and 7 boards while freshman Jordan Baker finishes with 15. The Bears led by 9 at 37-28 at halftime and extended the lead to 13 after three quarters. After a Wesmen run got the game back to within 9 early in the fourth quarter, Alberta quickly pushed away to their largest lead...
Daily Painters International Art Gallery (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
"Spirit Island Revisioned ", acrylic painting, 14 x 15" $675.00 framed, FREE S&H This is the last painting that I did at the Quiller workshop. My hope was that it would look like my work with just a touch of Steve's influence, and I think that I succeeded. It was great fun to paint, and went through several changes in focus since the original inception. My work with oils has made...
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live , 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio/Sirius 86 : Today's Guests: The Odds Our Friday show is always all about the live music experience , so today we'll take a close examination of our Bucky Awards Long List for the Best Live Artist in Canada. This is where a band will truly make it or break it on an independent level, and so that brings us to our...
Kempton - ideas Revolutionary (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Calgary filmmaker Matt Palmer’s new NFB video instalment of “Human cost of the economic crisis“. Posted in Calgary, Canada, Economics, NFB, Video
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aarkstore | 10/26/2009
Summary PetroWorth Resources Inc. (PetroWorth Resources) is a Canada based oil and gas company. It is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of onshore oil and natural gas properties in Eastern Canada. PetroWorth Resources conducts aggressive exploration drilling programs on these permitted properties, both in-house and through advantageous farm-in arrangements. It has secured 100% of the exploration...
aarkstore | 10/24/2009
Summary Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (Pembina) is an oil and gas service company. It is focused on energy infrastructure sector. The company is principally engaged in the services like pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and hub services for the oil and gas companies. The company is operating in the areas of Alberta and British Columbia in Western Canada. The company is headquartered at...
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