Two thirds of the world's polar bear population live in Canada's north. Researchers living and working in the north have evidence that polar bears are becoming smaller in size and are mal-nourished as global warming destroys their habitat. And now the US government has delayed a decision to place the bear on the Endangered Species List. The world ( Read more... )

On dreary, rainy weekend mornings such as these it's nice to putter around the house while listening to CBC radio. Go! with host Brent Bambury was great this morning. He interviewed and did a retrospective of Jimmy Webb's long and amazing songwriting career. I had no idea Webb had written so many songs I remember hearing on the radio when I was a ( Read more... )

CBC Radio has been playing this enchanting song, Dreamer by Jenn Grant, and its been in my head throughout the Summer.
Listen to Dreamer by Jenn Grant here.

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How about that Canadian dollar. Just a fraction under parity with the US dollar. But will we see that translate to cheaper books and magazines for example, or any other consumer items?

Last night CBC's Fifth Estate aired The Lies That Led To War. It is a must see and can be d/l at CBC's site HEREThere's a part where Bob McKeown questions American columnist Ann Coulter about weapons of mass destruction and Iraq. Well, talk about getting defensive, Coulter looked as though she just might leap across and do some physical harm to ( Read more... )

Filled with the buzz like every other good Canadian I watched CBC's new sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie last night and was not disappointed. Little Mosque is about a Muslim community in the fictional rural town of Mercy in Saskatchewan and life with townfolk. If that doesn't set up all kinds of potential for humour ( Read more... )

I heard one of the authors of The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived interviewed the other day about the list. I, along with one of the radio hosts, was shocked that Homer Simpson didn't make the list. Maybe I've been living under my rock too well because there were a couple names on the list unfamiliar to me. I did get a kick out of ( Read more... )

Bugs me to bits that the new season of Nip Tuck aired last tonight on US channels, yet CTV hasn't even given a start date in Canada. I want my Dr. Christian Troy fix. Someone might like to see Julian's cover pic on The Advocate.

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In good news, Rick Mercer is back writing his blog. A few quotes stolen from his blog today:

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Pick a random number between 1 and 100 and enter it here

Heard the guy interviewed on Freestyle radio yesterday so I thought why not. Once you enter a number the next page asks a few questions as to why you picked the number, no big deal. The last page answers questions about his research.

It's been raining all week. It's going to rain all weekend. Must be that time for the annual Children's Festival in the park.
It rains every year for the Festival like some curse.

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One of these days when/if I get another dog I'm going to teach it to read. CBC radio interviewed Bonnie Bergin about her book Teach Your Dog to Read. Bergin uses ( Read more... )

Freestyle radio had a story on this person who started with one red paperclip and continually traded up. So far he's swapped a pen, a skiddoo, a van, and many other items, now he has one day with Alice Cooper to swap. His goal is a house. Well, that's one way. Hey, I have a shiny marble I found in the garden. Any trades? I thought so.

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