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Tag Archives: Canada
Kitchener-Waterloo, Now With Only One Season
There is a long standing Canadian joke that goes something like this. There are two seasons in Canada, winter and construction. Things happen to a city when it gets big. It’s often said that the biggest cities never sleep. Well … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Politics, Wry
Tagged big cities never sleep, Canada, construction, high rise work continues in winter, K-W construction no longer halts in winter, Kitchener, Light Rail Transit, LRT, LRT work proceeds in winter, roofers continued in the winter, Waterloo, winter
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Possible Names for NHL Canadian Expansion Teams
Most Canadians are aware that Gary Bettman, the NHL commisioner is mostly against expansion into new Canadian markets. But I think I have a way to entice him. All we have to do is come up with wonderful names for … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged Big Dekes, Canada, expansion teams, Gary Bettman, Halifax, Hamilton, Hamilton Body Checkers, hockey, Hookers, Kitchener, Kitchener Five Holes, Les Phoque, London, London Little Dekes, Montreal, NHL, Nordiques, Quebec City, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Puckers, Winnipeg
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Eleventh Hour Evidence – and Santa
The five high Arctic nations are currently trying to divvy up the Arctic Ocean amongst themselves. These countries are Canada, Russia, the USA, Denmark (they own Greenland) and Norway. Here is an article showing Denmark’s latest gambit to claim seabed … Continue reading
Canada Stats: A New Ratio
Most Canadians have heard the following fact about living in Canada. 90 % of Canada’s Population lies within 200 miles of the American border. When your country stretches for thousands of miles further north, this is a significant statistic. I … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Mathematics, Wry
Tagged Alberta, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, Canada, Manitoba, New Brunswick, no sales tax, Ontario, Prairies, provinces, Quebec, Quebec is the outlier, Quebec was here before any US colonies, regions of Canada, Saskatchewan, the truth about Alberta and rats
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Science Leaks
Not only does Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper muzzle government scientists, but now in a strange new twist he has begun taking the limelight for their discoveries. One of the ships from the 1845 Franklin Expedition was found. The Franklin … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Science, Wry
Tagged Canada, climate change scientists muzzled by petro government, Franklin Expedition, Harper muzzles scientist, Harper slows science, Harper takes credit for scientific discoveries, Northwest passage, scienceleaks, Scienceleaks would have more teeth than Wikileaks, Stephen harper, the Arctic, top secret, transparency is important in science
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Doctors Over Lawyers
In Canada the length of copyright term for an author is the life of the author plus 50 years. I am going to assume this is the same term if the author sells the copyright to a corporation. If that … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Science, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged Angelina Jolie, author can sell their copyright in hopes of having their life extended by a corporation, Canada, copyright law, cryogenics, extending copyright, good for the author, how about a blanket ban on increasing copyright term, human hibernation, ignorant time travel, interstellar travel, J. K. Rowling, support doctors and PhDs instead of lawyers, suspended animation, time dilation
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Novel Writing Month Winner
I participated in National Novel Writing Month again this year. Last year some of you may remember I won the challenge of writing over 50 000 words in the month of November. I tried not to brag too much because … Continue reading
Is the UK a Suffix Snob?
Canada, Australia and New Zealand try so hard to look good to the United Kingdom. We go so far as to make the United Kingdom’s head of state our own head of state. How more obvious do you want us … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged Aussies, Australia, British, Canada, Canucks, Danish, English, Finnish, Greenland, Iceland, Irish, ish inhabitants, Kiwis, New Zealand, Norwegians, Poles, Polish, Queendom, Scottish, Spaniards, Spanish, Swedish, United Kingdom, Vikings, Welsh
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Mega Wall
The United States has built about a thousand kilometres of barriers along its border with Mexico. Mainly this wall is designed to keep out illegal immigrants. Some want it along the whole of the border with Mexico. Perhaps this is … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged a northern Texas, a wall might be economically viable, Alberta, Britain, Canada, China, Derby Line Vt., Detroit, Detroit is bankrupt, Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, hiding things can fascinate, less contempt from familiarity, Mexico, Niagara Falls, prohibition, Standstead Que., the Horseshoe Falls, the Roman Empire, the United States
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H. G. Wells, the Teenage Sidekick of the Father of Science Fiction
I saw Robert J. Sawyer give a lecture on TV Ontario a couple weeks ago. In it, he called Mary Shelley the progenitor of science fiction. No arguments there. He also said the spur of this entire article; he called … Continue reading