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Saskatoon’s population DROPS 2,000

( Misc andSchool )

Saskatoon’s population is down 2,000 since January 2007.  May help to explain the increase in housing inventory, from mere hundreds early this year, to almost 2,000 on MLS and Saskhouses combined today.  Saskatoon residents cashing out?  Moving to now CHEAPER Okanagan (okay the north part only) or Abbotsford to retire?  Or cashing out at peak, and moving [...]

Saskatchewan Tops in Crime … Again

( Misc andSchool )

“Among the provinces, Saskatchewan once again reported the highest overall crime rate as well as the highest violent crime rate [for 2007]“  Saskatoon led Canada in violent crime in 2006, likely to be Saskatoon or Regina again for 2007. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/07/17/statscan-crime.html

House Prices See First Quarterly Drop in 9 Years!

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http://creastats.crea.ca/natl/ http://www.teamfisher.com/blogs/norm_fisher/archive/2008/07/16/canadian-house-prices-see-first-quarterly-drop-in-nine-years-crea.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

Vacation Homes

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Take a look at this link if you want to see what the people in Dubai have for homes.  All homes in this area get beach front property, and with the weather in this part of the world they get to enjoy it all year round.

SaskTel to keep incoming Texts Free

( Misc )

Telus and Bell announced fees for incoming texts, Rogers likely to follow … Good old SaskTel to keep incoming texts free.  Way to stand up for us like normal.  Good to see that Telus is continuing to screw its customers.

Harper sues for “misappropriation of personality”

( Misc )

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has increased his $2.5-million libel suit against the Liberals by an extra million.  The additional money is for alleged “misappropriation of personality”.  This has led to such quality rebuttals as “Doesn’t he need a personality first?” and “What personality?” and “For implying he has a personality, when he clearly doesn’t”  http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/07/03/harper-suit.html#socialcomments