As I patiently watch curling on TSN while waiting for the habs/flyers game to come on(I suppose I could watch in french on RDS), I am starting to wonder why curling still has separate tournaments for men and women. Is there any reason why both sexes can’t compete in the same division in this sport? I suppose [...]
Archive for February, 2009
When 2 Become 1
Posted in Sports, tagged Curling, Danica Patrick, Hayley Wickenheiser, Manon Rheaume, Michelle Wie, TSN on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sens Make a Move
Posted in Sports, tagged Carrie Underwood, Chris Campoli, Dean McAmmond, Hillary Duff, Islanders, Mike Comrie, Mike Fisher, Sens on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the Sens addressed a need for a “puck moving defensemen” and picked up another former Sen in Mike Comrie. Mike was a great addition to the Sens when they made their run to the finals in 2007 and has always expressed interest in coming back. The question with Mike is whether he’ll fit into [...]
Criss Crossed
Posted in Automobiles, Canadian Politics, tagged Bus Strike, City of Ottawa, OC Transpo on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As everyone in Ottawa knows, the impact of a public transit strike is huge. So many people had to drastically alter their lives and the timing couldn’t have been worse for retailers given the current recession. However, it’s not my place to place blame for the extended strike as I am not privy to the entire situation.
One [...]
Changing My Tune
Posted in American Politics, Canadian Politics, Health Care Systems, tagged French Health Care System, George Bush, Health Care, Stephen Harper on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Don’t you hate it whenever the subject of publicly funded health care is brought up on one of our American friends news broadcasts, someone always screams communism. It seems they’ve all been programmed to fear any and all types of socialism. To some of them, a step in that direction is one step away from [...]
