“Dogs know what to do with polls.” John Diefenbaker being punny. The only groups feeling worse than the NDP in the wake of the surprising Liberal election win must be all the pundits and pollsters. All their indicators and surveys showed there was to be a major change in the electoral makeup here in B.C. When the major upsets of 2013 are … [Read more...]
Looking below the surface
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” — Chinese Proverb. Seafood is easy to prepare, nutritious and delicious. It’s the second most consumed food source worldwide after cereals. But at current rates of catch, due to commercial fishing — fleets of super trawlers and commercial … [Read more...]
Failing grades
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought control.” — Pink Floyd. A university lecturer at Memorial University in St. John’s, Nfld. was wondering why he wasn’t getting through to his class so he decided to give them a simple geography, history and math quiz. His first year students were an embarrassing indictment of the … [Read more...]
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