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For those of us who couldn’t be in Ottawa for our nation’s biggest July 1st Canada Day party, take a look at the spectacular fireworks and fun on Parliament Hill last night.  It was Canada’s 142nd birthday! E-N-J-O-Y !!!
Wishing Happy Canada Day and our thanks to “bavesisabe” for posting this video (Parts I and II).

Happy Canada Day, everyone!  Join in the celebrations happening all across this great land of ours, from coast to coast to coast . . . have a piece of cake, too! And to our visitors,  enjoy your travels in Canada!
Here’s some nostalgia . . .  this video is the old signoff from CBC (Canadian Broadcasting [...]

Thursday, June 25, 2009: Michael Jackson, age 50, collapsed from cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles and was rushed to UCLA Medical Center, where doctors were unable to revive him.  His sudden death has shocked the world!
Michael Jackson was to stage a comeback with 50 sold-out concerts at London’s O2 Arena, beginning [...]

On June 19 visitors to the Pegasus Mail site was greeted with the following message.

“Welcome to the Pegasus Mail and Mercury home web page
As of June 2009, development of Pegasus Mail and Mercury has ceased.
Sites who have current licenses carrying support obligations will be fully supported until those obligations expire. We will be looking at [...]

The first official portrait of Bo, America’s First Dog, was released by The White House last week. Furthermore, Bo has his own baseball card! Dressed in his formal tuxedo “black-and-white” fur, Bo fits right in. Bo added class to that South Lawn at The White House. Watch for dignitaries scheduling their photo ops with Bo.
Bo [...]

We live in an ever-changing world. Nothing illustrates this better than two recent events in China. Of these two incidents, one was extensively reported upon while the other was almost totally ignored by the Western press.
Let’s start with the one that gained the attention of the West, the Green Dam Youth Escort software filter. The [...]

On April 17, 2009, lots and lots of people worldwide, without their knowledge, suddenly became Canadian citizens. How did this happened, you ask. It’s all due to a change in Canada’s citizenship laws. For those who haven’t heard and should know, the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website said:
“A new law amending the Citizenship Act came [...]

At the end of May the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) released its 2009 fiscal year report. It was reported that the fund’s value has shrunk by 24 percent. With the current market condition, this is not unexpected. However, what created an uproar inside the House of Commons in Ottawa was the revelation that the CPP [...]

It has been reported that the Chinese government is planning to introduce a list of 8,000 Chinese-language characters that they recommend be used for everyday purposes, including textbooks, documents, and names for newborn babies. This was first reported by the Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News. This report, however, was quickly denied by Li Yuming, an official [...]