Recession Foods: Comfort for Your Wallet and Your Belly

In many ways I have been lucky during this economic melt down. In order to lose money, you had to have had some money to lose. Though I may have quit my job just as things started to really get bad in the US, the few...

Norwegian pays $81,200 for Markhor hunting in Pakistan

A Norwegian national, Oyvind Christensen, hunted a Kashmiri Markhor in Toshi area of Pakistan’s mountainous Chitral district after paying $81,200 for permit. Kashmiri Markhor is usually one-and-a-half-metre...

Canada Leads North America with Sustainable Communities

There's a brand new neighbourhood housed within Canada's borders: a solar-powered community, the first of its kind in North America.  52 homes in Okotoks, Alberta are powered by solar energy, which provides over...

Expansion of Health Clinics Shapes Bush Legacy

This is a good policy from President Bush.Such health clinics are needed.  While there are still problems in this area, at least there has been improvement. " Although the number of uninsured and the cost of...

Ajmal Kasab to confess live on TV: Report

"New Delhi, Dec 24: Apparently looking to call off Pakistan’s bluff in front of the international community, investigators are now looking at the possibility of a worldwide live broadcast of Ajmal Kasab’s...

Fil-Am Community Welcomes Christmas Season

Celebrations begin on December 16 with a series of nine pre-dawn Masses (Misa de Gallo) and continue through Three Kings Day on January 6. Misa de Gallo is a Spanish term that means "Mass of the Rooster" since...

The Wall-E Builder's Group Exceeds 2,400 Members!

With the release of Wall-E in November 2008, a renewed interest in the little guy has been sparked. The Wall-E Builder's Group is a group of builder's who started as a Google Group in October of 2007 on the founders (Jawa Lunk) birthday. The group had nothing more to start...

Tonight Care To Live Member / Prostate Cancer Patient, Ted Girgus, on Radio

Link to webcasthttp://www.mrfivestar.com/patient_power_stream.asxYou can catch the replay here when it goes up.http://www.patientpower.info/...tails.asp?dateid= 12/10/2008&webcastid=SCCA121008Tonight Care To Live...

A Tribe in Brazil Struggles at the Intersection of Drugs and Cultures

Under Brazilian laws, indigenous people are not culpable, if not acculturated they are not subject of prosecution. Brazil understands that its laws are not applicable to civilizations that are not able to understand...

Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions

"- Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get a patient arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. The law approved by voters...

Divorce Widget, Assess Your Divorce Risk thanks to Divorce 360

Another day, another niche, well that niche is quite big actually, is it bigger than the boomers group, not sure.If your marriage is on the rocks or already tanked, there is a home for you called Divorce 360.They combine real life stories with community tools and also offer a...

Canadian Fireball Remains Found

"University of Calgary researchers reported last Friday that they have found the remains of the meteor that streaked through Canadian skies in November The remains of the 10-ton meteor were densely strewn over a...

Serial Complainer Found Not Guilty

UPDATE Tuesday, November 25, 2008A DISABLED man who had been threatened by youths then used racially derogatory words while speaking to the police has been found not guilty of making offensive phone calls. " John Spare, 59, who is profoundly deaf, used derogatory terms to...

Big donations to B.C. Liberals linked to bingo industry

Under the "O" -- obfuscation."Private bingo hall and community gaming centre interests appear to have contributed $269,711 to the provincial Liberals between 2002 and 2007. But almost none of those donations were...

Hundreds protest theater's support of Prop. 8

The protests do continue against those who supported Proposition 8.  More is to be expected, beyond doubt.""No dollars for hate!"That's what protesters chanted as they marched up and down the street outside...

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