David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Attentive readers of this blog will remember the sceptical eye cast at a poll of Guelph voters taken by a Winnipeg company last summer in the midst of what was just a byelection there. That poll showed that it was going to be a Liberal win in a cakewalk. Well, ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
When Iceland's President, ENTITY ERROR: Ó is not recognizedlafur Ragnar Grimsson, came to Winnipeg last year to open an office for Landsbanki, one of the country's largest banks, he hailed it as the start of a new business relationship between Iceland and Canada.
Can You See the Sunset from the Southside? (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
From the start of the soulful stomp of “Mighty Storm” and on through the rest of the album, you know that Fast Paced World ain’t typical. This, their third album form Sugar Hill Records, Winnipeg, Canada’s The Duhks combine folk, Worldbeat, Appalachian bluegrass, zydeco, R&B soul, and Celtic music into a hodge-podge tapestry of disparate influences. It is (however) the sultry vocals of new singer...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Gordon Reykdal lives in Edmonton but he is keenly watching the crisis unfolding in Iceland.Mr. Reykdal, whose great grandparents immigrated to Canada from Iceland in 1907, has an account in the Winnipeg office of one of the banks affected, Landsbanki, and he heads the Icelandic-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
the old bill (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
How much bigger could it get really. Sadly I wasn't a delegate to this year's Mid-Canada Snow Conference and Trade Show, but from there comes the news that Winnipeg has been selected for the prestigious Award of Excellence for Snow...
TheForce.Net (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
October 11 & 12 in Winnipeg, Canada
Canadian Medicine (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A round-up of Canadian health news, from coast to coast to coast and beyond, for Tuesday, October 7. Wait times in Canada have dropped, a new Fraser Institute study reveals. [ Winnipeg Free Press ] But they're still embarrassingly long. [ Ottawa Citizen ] The full report is available here (PDF). [ news release ] There are more hospital admissions for appendicitis on days with high concentrations of...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
# 2362 While this article, which appeared on Friday in Canadian Transportation & Logistics , serves as a reminder/notification to those in the transportation industry of a symposium called Reposition 2008 to be held Nov 5-7 in Winnipeg, it also reminds the rest of us that the dangers of a pandemic are not limited to catching the virus. Supply chain issues may sound boring and arcane, but when it is...
Footprints (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
I got a few of men’s striped tshirt from the thrift store from our last trip to Winnipeg. They are cheap, this particular one was $4 i think. Striped fabric are quite expensive but then again everything is more expensive in Canada anyway. I figured I should sew a ton before we leave since I will [...]
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
DAVID SUZIKI is an environmentalist. He looks like a cross between David Ballamy, Rolf Harris and Burt Kwouk. He’s on tour. He’s on the road: Winnipeg Sun columnist Tom Brodbeck tells us: I notice David Suzuki himself didn’t “walk the talk” when he did his 40-city, rock star tour of Canada last year. Remember that one? The chief frog [...]
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
A city committee has flushed an attempt to ban the sale of bottled water at municipal facilities.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (MARKET WIRE) Gossan Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE: GSS)(FRANKFURT/FREIVERKEHR XETRA:GSR) has retained Hatch of Montreal, Canada, to provide engineering process support for the Inwood Magnesium Project The agreement covers a 5-phase work program culminating with the opening of a Certificate of Authorization file with the Manitoba government for construction and environmental approvals...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (MARKET WIRE) Kane Biotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE: KNE), a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms, is pleased to announce the Company has been selected as one of Canada's Top 10(TM) Emerging Life Sciences companies. Winners will gather on October 7th at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa to meet local and regional...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (MARKET WIRE) DiaMedica Inc. (TSX VENTURE: DMA), a drug discovery and development company focused on novel treatments for Type 2 diabetes has been selected as a winner of the 2009 annual Canada's Top 10(TM) Competition (www.topcanadiancompanies.ca), an award the Company was honoured with in 2008. Winners will gather on October 7th at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa to...
Devin Johnston (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Download ( MP4 ) Today I cast my ballot by mail for the incumbent New Democrat MP Irene Mathyssen . In order to do so, I had to take a bus to a part of Winnipeg I had never been to before. I was having trouble finding the Elections Canada office. I did, however, find the campaign headquarters of Shelly Glover , the Conservative candidate for Saint Boniface. Her office was very helpful in giving me...
