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POPSThe Greying of Canada Will there be a national strategy to cope with the massive numbers of aging Canadians or creation of a national home-care program for seniors? "The older we get, it seems, the longer we want to live – and, indeed, are living. Like almost every other developed country, Canada is greying, big-time, as the population bulge known as baby boomers closes in on senior status, with the first wave turning 65 in 2011. They will live longer than their forebears; not only has Canadian life expectancy doubled in the past century, to 82 for men and 85 for women, but many more of us will live to be 100." "I tell old people: you have to pay attention to what you like, what gives you pleasure. I love clothes. I love food. I still cut out recipes even though I can't cook any more. I love to read. If you love reading, you've got it for life. I'm grateful to my friends and my children. I know there are grand gardens around the city but I couldn't be happier with my little garden."
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POPSTravel Alberta To See These Unique Attractions! :roll: When you are making your vacation plans, check out what Alberta has to offer: "Alberta offers a rare treat for the seasoned globetrotter who's craving something new. A seemingly endless expanse of bitumen-laden sands — coupled with the powerful scent of oil from refineries wafting through the hazy air — makes Northern Alberta a truly one-of-a-kind destination. " "some of the unique attractions that await travelers to Alberta: Black sand beaches, toxic lakes and clearcut forests. Until now, this kind of vacation destination was merely the stuff of science fiction; but now, it can be experienced first-hand." Watch the video!
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POPSOpen Season on Canadian Water "What Canadians need to know is that this year, from March 2008 to March of 2009, eight lakes are going to be subject to being put on Schedule Two, which is just about every mine that is going ahead this year is looking around, looking for the nearest lake to dump its waste into.” Un. Frickin. Believable! :mad: Time for this government to fall! C'mon, Dion, DO SOMETHING!
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POPSOntario Frog Calls Beautiful music from Mother Nature: photos and calls of some of the frogs found in Ontario.
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POPSCanadian grocers not pulling tomatoes "Some Canadian producers, meanwhile, say they are seeing an increase in demand from U.S. buyers as U.S. health officials work to trace the source of the multi-state salmonella food poisoning outbreak. “We've been getting lots of calls from U.S. buyers looking to purchase our tomatoes,” said Maureen Sheehan, the marketing director for B.C. Hot House Foods Inc. “They know our product is safe.” Canadian retailers are also buying Canadian as they continue to stock tomatoes for their customers."
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POPSCanada exports asbestos...WTH? "Canada is the only developed nation still producing asbestos, called a deadly threat by the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Association for Cancer Research and many more health agencies."
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POPSNew Canandian National Park This is so exciting. We will have another beautiful space to preserve for future generations. I can't wait to be able to go up and see this.
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POPSRemember the Milkman? He's back You KNOW you're getting old when you can remember your milkman. When I was a kid in Winnipeg, Canada, our milkman's name was Scotty. I can't remember his horse's name. And yes, Scotty delivered milk with a horse drawn ice-cooled van.
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POPSCivil Disobedience = Tasering I wonder where America would be had the Civil Rights movement happened in 2007. Probably with unequal rights still. Everyone would have been tasered.
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POPSAn Embarrassed Canadian/American
As an American living in Canada, I am embarrassed by both of my countries for working in such an obstructionist fashion to sabotage the climate change conferences they attend. While it is true the former Liberal government made a lot of promises it did not keep, nor was it able to meet its Kyoto commitments, at least they recognized the problem. Finally, when Stephane Dion was made the minister of the environment, he started to do some marvelous work, but the government fell soon thereafter, not really giving him the time to make a difference and to get his plans in place. All that time, the Conservatives in opposition voted down every environmental bill, and referred to the Kyoto protocol as a "Socialist plot." Of course, now that the Canadian public has caught on to this issue, they are pretending to care while the constantly point to the Liberal's inaction rather than actually taking action to work with other countries to get plans moving. What a shame and a fraud.
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POPSCanadian Horror Story Terrrble terrible story. Can't believe he only got done for 2nd degree murder....so far. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/09/world/main3596322.shtml
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POPSNetbanging: Online Intimidation Another sinister use of the Social Web. From the article: "In Canada, "we've not quite devolved to the extent that we're seeing in the U.S., but we're not far behind. The Web is what it is. We're just a click behind," he says."
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POPSThe Selling Out of Canada's Polar Bears Now even the Nunavut people who offer up already beleaguered polar bears to "sport" hunters for the money are finally admitting that their polar bear population is declining...but they still won't agree that climate change is the cause of the decline. I suppose that it really is an inconvenient truth that they would rather not acknowledge. But rather than stop the hunting they are just reducing the quota of bears to be slaughtered. They are lobbying the US government to try to keep the polar bear off the endangered species list for economic reasons. So much for the myth of the noble savage! :mad:
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POPSSome Canadian Schools Wanna Sell Soap Does your child wanna go to MacDonald's Fun Meal High? Or perhaps Walmart's Smart Price Middle School? What kind of thinking is taking place in Ottawa these days? Public educational institutions should not be turned into gigantic commercial billboards for the sake of raising funds. Come on folks in Ottawa-Carleton, come up with something more sensible and realistic. Creativity is one thing, but this kind of thinking is just plain crass.
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POPSStanding Up to Conservative Bullying
Here's a bit more to explain the brinkmanship and absolutism: "Brinkmanship is being used to force the federal government to write a blank cheque for the pipeline, and indemnify Exxon against ecological disasters and further cost increases..." "Absolutism (Bush-style "you're either with us or you're with the terrorists" framing) is being used to bully Canada into committing to keep our troops in the midst of the anarchy and civil war in Afghanistan. The PR from the military is increasingly using the term 'enemy' to describe anyone in Afghanistan who opposes the continued presence of foreign troops in their country. The ideologically rabid Harper Conservative minority government routinely uses the "if you don't support our war, you don't support our troops" line to disparage anti-war groups. And today a military spokesman lambasted the Canadian media for daring to publicize opinion polls showing Canadians' strong opposition to the war, saying it was "demoralizing our troops".
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POPSCanadians paid Bill Clinton $2.5 million last year Great work if you can get it! :D Bill Clinton is such a popular, dynamic speaker that he can command huge fees for his speeches. When he spoke for 45 minutes at a fundraiser for Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center last March in Toronto, to over 1,750 people, he was paid $150K (US), while the event raised nearly $1.3-million (Canadian). So those who employ him get their money's worth.
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POPSGreen group hits at Canada over oil sands The increasing of greenhouse gases over the arctic is the surest way of setting off the methane bomb, an intense warming cycle ignited by the methane emitted rotting melted tundra. We are talking extreme folly here.
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