Yesterday, it was all Mike, Mike, Mike but that was before the dollar fell off the counter and rolled onto the floor:  •  “The Canadian dollar dropped more than 1 cent in pre-New Year's Day trading Monday on concerns about the U.S. economy and unrest in the Middle East. The loonie tumbled 1.37 …

Stuff becomes me: I like it and I assimilate it. Every year I think that the stuff I was introduced to was the best stuff and then more stuff comes along and I realize that that is pretty damn good, too. Here is the best stuff of 2007:  •  Pear Juice: pear juice from South Africa in particular …

Jeesh - when they said that this would go on your permanent record, I had no idea it meant this:  •  “Borrowers who fail to return Queens Library books can be reported to a collection agency and to a credit bureau, with a damaged credit rating as a result — a tactic that so shocked one Far … read more »

Use them. I never take them off the car. They work when caught in torrential summer downpours, too.

...must not tell Newfie joke...  •  “Venezuela creates its own unique time zone on Sunday, putting the clock back half-an-hour on a permanent basis. President Hugo Chavez says that an earlier dawn means the performance of the country will improve, as more people will wake up in daylight. "I don't …

It's all so sad - bad service, unfreeing regulation, poor neighbourliness and a very short memory:  •  “The list of import duties listed on Industry Canada's website is hundreds of pages long. The section governing just shoes, a popular online purchase, and other footwear is 15 pages long. The …

Sick at home, I must have lost a few levels of my patience. Maybe it's the glimmer of green power now that Saskatchewan has won the Grey Cup, after the last time of which occurrence my Sask roomie at university gave us all a lifetime's worth of the various ways to display your bombastic Rider …

Being a Maritimer, this sort of thing is bigger than a blue moon, a cow jumping over the moon or hell freezing over:  •  “The legendary Irving family is moving to break up its $6-billion business empire as it struggles to accommodate the demands of new generations, thus ending a 125-year-old …

We need to get a handle on what is really happening here:  •  “The seemingly unstoppable Canadian dollar surged to its highest level yet Wednesday, topping 106.17 cents (U.S.). The record came just after 4 p.m., when official trading ended for the day. Officially, the dollar closed at 105.85 cents …