Friday, December 26, 2008
Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy
Old Man Winter, it turns out, is no friend of renewable energy.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on a journey to rediscover, rebuild and reinvent our own backyard.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Enough Rhetoric, Already
By Bruce JohnstoneDecember 6,
Now that Stephen Harper has got his "Get Out of Parliament Free'' card from Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, what will the PM do for the next six or seven weeks?
Will he use his reprieve from certain defeat in the House of Commons to mend fences with the opposition parties and seek their advice in building a new fiscal plan for Canada?
Will he open his heart and his door at 24 Sussex Dr. to new ideas and a new willingness to work towards the common goal of "peace, order and good government"?
Or will Harper continue to play his divisive game of divide and conquer and seek to drive a wedge between the opposition parties and a stake into the heart of the Liberal-NDP coalition?
Well, it's early yet and it is the festive season, so there's always hope that Harper will undergo a Scrooge-like conversion and emerge from this near-political-death experience a changed man.
Read More Here
Now that Stephen Harper has got his "Get Out of Parliament Free'' card from Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, what will the PM do for the next six or seven weeks?
Will he use his reprieve from certain defeat in the House of Commons to mend fences with the opposition parties and seek their advice in building a new fiscal plan for Canada?
Will he open his heart and his door at 24 Sussex Dr. to new ideas and a new willingness to work towards the common goal of "peace, order and good government"?
Or will Harper continue to play his divisive game of divide and conquer and seek to drive a wedge between the opposition parties and a stake into the heart of the Liberal-NDP coalition?
Well, it's early yet and it is the festive season, so there's always hope that Harper will undergo a Scrooge-like conversion and emerge from this near-political-death experience a changed man.
Read More Here
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Estevan Came Close To Being Preferred Site For Nuclear Power Plant
By Norm Park of The Mercury
According to the Saskatchewan government administration and Bruce Power officials, southeast Saskatchewan and the Estevan area in particular, was nearly selected as a preferred site to build a 1,000 megawatt nuclear powered electrical generating station.
The company released its feasibility study last week and it revealed that Estevan and area scored high on the desirability index but ultimately finished second behind a preferred location somewhere between North Battleford and Prince Albert in northwest Saskatchewan beginning sometime in 2011.
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Read More from Park HERE and reaction from Business Manager Neil Collins
Sask. Party likes nuclear pitch
According to the Saskatchewan government administration and Bruce Power officials, southeast Saskatchewan and the Estevan area in particular, was nearly selected as a preferred site to build a 1,000 megawatt nuclear powered electrical generating station.
The company released its feasibility study last week and it revealed that Estevan and area scored high on the desirability index but ultimately finished second behind a preferred location somewhere between North Battleford and Prince Albert in northwest Saskatchewan beginning sometime in 2011.
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Read More from Park HERE and reaction from Business Manager Neil Collins
Sask. Party likes nuclear pitch
When a Job Disappears, So Does the Health Care
By ROBERT PEAR Published: December 6, 2008
ASHLAND, Ohio — As jobless numbers reach levels not seen in 25 years, another crisis is unfolding for millions of people who lost their health insurance along with their jobs, joining the ranks of the uninsured.
The crisis is on display here. Starla D. Darling, 27, was pregnant when she learned that her insurance coverage was about to end. She rushed to the hospital, took a medication to induce labor and then had an emergency Caesarean section, in the hope that her Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan would pay for the delivery.
Read More From Pear HERE
ASHLAND, Ohio — As jobless numbers reach levels not seen in 25 years, another crisis is unfolding for millions of people who lost their health insurance along with their jobs, joining the ranks of the uninsured.
The crisis is on display here. Starla D. Darling, 27, was pregnant when she learned that her insurance coverage was about to end. She rushed to the hospital, took a medication to induce labor and then had an emergency Caesarean section, in the hope that her Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan would pay for the delivery.
Read More From Pear HERE
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