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There is a price attached to annoying and delaying the courts. In Ken Peters' case, its a $31,000 fine for civil contempt of court. Here's the CP story carried on CTV.ca: Ont. reporter who wouldn't divulge source fined Canadian Press HAMILTON — A Hamilton Spectator reporter was fined $31,000 on Tuesday for refusing to identify [...]
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Moose Jaw, Sask. has Mac. Dryden, Ont. has Max. Check out this yarn from CBC Saskatchewan and decide who measures up as the mightiest tourist moose in the land! Personally, I think Dryden has a better claim on using a moose as a town mascot, The Jaw's name not withstanding. Dryden is in the Canadian Shield, [...]
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The NYT's David Brooks talks about the natalists, people into big families. They're Dubya's kind of people. He carried the 19 states with the highest white fertility rates. Read on: here is a little-known movement sweeping across the United States. The movement is “natalism.” All across the industrialized world, birthrates are falling – in Western [...]
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Sounds like the BBC's strategic thinkers want to shift resources from administration to programming by cutting 2,900 jobs — or is it 5,300, as the Guardian says? Read on: Thompson says BBC 'must keep up' Savings will be ploughed into BBC programmes and content BBC director general Mark Thompson has defended his decision to axe [...]
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