Negotiations have resumed between unionized Canada Border Services Agency workers and the federal government. It comes just days after union reps announced that members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. Among other things, employees are seeking better protections against what...
READ MOREYou probably had one of his many inventions. Ron Popeil, the iconic American TV pitchman has died at age 86. He hawked his many products for his company Ronco, some that he created, and came up with the language of the big sell, common on many late night ads and infomercials. He sold everything...
READ MORESadness in the music world as ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill passed away at age 72, in his sleep. The group’s guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard shared the news on Facebook. Hill was a member in a number of different bands before forming ZZ Top in 1969. He rocked that iconic ZZ Top...
READ MOREMore help from the East coast in the battle against forest fires in northwestern Ontario. Eight forest fire fighting personnel from Newfoundland and Labrador will join other personnel from Atlantic Canada already on site. Seven other forest firefighters from the province are nearing an end to...
READ MOREMore help from the East coast in the battle against forest fires in northwestern Ontario. Eight forest fire fighting personnel from Newfoundland and Labrador will join other personnel from Atlantic Canada already on site. Seven other forest firefighters from the province are nearing an end to...
READ MORETomorrow is the first every Canadian Music T-Shirt Day! It’s kind of a two-fold idea: support your Canadian artists by showing them some love on social media, and if you have the means, make a donation to the Unison Fund which helps out artists in -Canada suffering from the effects of not being...
READ MOREAbout 10 years ago, a few friends of mine introduced me to this really cool thing about looking up into the sky at a particular time and seeing a ‘bright, white light flying across the sky’. I didn’t think it was a big deal at the time, as I thought it was just shooting stars. Turns out…it’s the...
READ MOREOhhhhhh we got some doozies this week… Have you heard the new Walker Hayes ditty yet? It’s fun… and fancy.
READ MOREDisappointment and disheartened is how Rainbow Collective of Thunder Bay President Jason Veltri feels to a proposed amendment to a report looking at banning conversion therapy. The amendment Monday was put forward by McKellar Ward Councillor Brian Hamilton, and would have seen the report not go...
READ MOREDisappointment and disheartened is how Rainbow Collective of Thunder Bay President Jason Veltri feels to a proposed amendment to a report looking at banning conversion therapy. The amendment Monday was put forward by McKellar Ward Councillor Brian Hamilton, and would have seen the report not go...
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