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SK Govt releases Restaurant Inspections Online

( Economy andMisc andnews )

The Government of Saskatchewan created a new web page that will allow people to look up restaurants and see their health inspection reports. The web page just launched today and as of right now it seems like it is just preliminary as not all restaurants seem to have reports available. If anyone sees a really [...]

Boycott Pharmacies Selling Tobacco!

( Misc andnews )

“Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada say pharmacies that sell cigarettes are profiting from death and disease” from today’s Leader Post. I think this makes a good case for boycotting ANY pharmacy that sells tobacco if there is another option available. For pharmacies to pretend to be “health” professionals is completely bogus if they are selling [...]

Stamps whine a way to win

( Misc andnews )

So after all their complaining, the Calgary Stampeders led largely by defence (ie not Burris) found a way to win a close 96th Grey Cup over Montreal.  Too bad, as Calgary complained all year about not getting recognition, threw stuff at fans, and took a lot of cheap shots and did a lot of hot [...]

Health Quality Council Hospital Ratings Online

( Misc andSchool )

“For the first time in Saskatchewan, official information about the quality of hospital care has been posted on the internet. The data, collected by the province’s Health Quality Council, covers a range of performance measures, from the cleanliness of washrooms to noises at night. Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital scored poorly in both those categories” From [...]

Goodale for Prime Minister?

( Misc )

Ralph Goodale should run for the Liberal leadership.  He is well respected, from Regina so gives instant credibility and voice to western Canada, was former finance minister with a boom during the last US economic down turn – so gives instant credibility on the economy, and is a strong, well spoken leader (more so than Dion, [...]

Riding by Riding Election Results

( Misc andSchool )

Neat link http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/Election_08/results find your riding

Saskatoon Median House Prices Falling

( Misc andSchool )

Saskatoon Median House Prices Continue Downward Trend As would be expected with continued slow local sales, falling oil prices, falling Potash Corp stocks the worst on the TSX and predictions of a Canadian wide housing correction, Saskatoon’s median house price has been progressively falling each month since June.  The median is a better measure of [...]

Conservatives new Teflon Party

( Misc andSchool )

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081014/election2008_election_main_081014/20081015?s_name=election2008 The Conservatives added moderately to their minority government, winning 143 seats in the October 14th federal election, 12 short of a majority.  Still, in many ways it was surprising they were able to obtain this, despite Harper denying the economy was in trouble, days before the biggest drop on the TSX in history, then [...]

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PotashCorp to continue to pull TSX downwards?

( Misc )

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/potash-under-attack-from-short-sellers-yeah-right/ “David Wolf, an economist at Merrill Lynch pointed out in an April report, there is more than 300 years worth of potash buried underground waiting to be dug up. The reason the supply has been so restricted in recent decades is because the mineral was such a dud that companies saw no reason to [...]