“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
When asked about record-high child-poverty rates in B.C. and what his government could do about it, Canadian Industry Minister James Moore,[Scrooge], replied: “Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? Is that always the government’s job to be there to serve people their breakfast?”
Tim Hortons: Extracting the jelly from the doughnuts
A Tim Hortons franchise in Fernie B.C. has been accused of demanding cash repayment of overtime wages from its temporary foreign employees.
Revealing the secrets of the “Sunshine Breakfast”
A Canadian naval engineer has been accused of sending classified information to China on Canadian shipbuilding and marine strategy.
The Guilt [free?] Diet
A Chinese businessman opens a restaurant where customers pay as little or as much as they want, if at all.
Pat Pimm: Backing the wrong horse
The B.C Agriculture Minister is rebuked for pressuring the independent Agricultural Land Commission to allow the development of a rodeo ground, race track and parking lot on high-quality farmland.
End of a checkered career?
New forensic evidence shows that Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned
“For Beer-hold, I bring you glad tidings!”
Many churches, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, are endorsing Beer services such as”Beer and Hymns”,”Theology on Tap” and “Church-in-a-pub”, as a way to attract new members
Master-Chien?
A Black Lab in Washington turned on the stove when reaching for food and caused an apartment fire.
Ku-Clucks Clan
McDonald’s drops Alberta egg-supplier “KuKu Farms” after hidden camera film footage revealed egregious animal cruelty practices
“Roll” models?
A “Pediatrics” study criticizes pro athletes such as Serena Williams who are paid big fees to endorse junk food sending mixed messages to kids.
