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I used Kubuntu but took it off to try XUbuntu but I like the KDE desktop so much I I am using it with XUbuntu. I think the Ubuntu family is one of the best Linux distros out there. A new one twice a year. They seem to have a stable 'staff' so to speak. I used to use Kanotix but the developers had a ...

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Two books suggest why Stephane Dion could be a serious threat in the next election The more I learn about Stephane Dion, the more I think it would be dumb of the Conservatives to underestimate him. I know, according to the punditocracy, the federal Liberal leader is a dud-man-walking. But they also...

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Alberta's Progressive Conservatives suffered a political blow Tuesday night, losing a byelection in the affluent Calgary riding once held by former premier Ralph Klein. In one of two byelections, Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins defeated Progressive Conservative rival Brian Heninger in the central ...

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KC never supported NHL last time (KC Scouts who became Colorado Rockies who then became NJ Devils)and I do not think Vegas would support NHL either.

The NHL should move the weak teams in the southern US to Seattle, Portland, Winnipeg before they try Kansas City again.

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Tories fall 3 points behind the Liberals: poll A new poll suggests the federal Conservatives have fallen three percentage points behind the Liberals in popular support, still within the survey's margin of error but a trend the Harper government would no doubt like to reverse. The poll by Decima Res...

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Opposition MPs are accusing the federal Conservatives of playing childish games and employing bullying tactics to shut down debate at committees and force Parliament into a state of gridlock. Conservatives have been blocking votes and motions by opposition members by filibustering in the Senate as ...

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How stupid of the NFL. Pot is not exactly a performance enhancing drug.

I can never figure out why Americans get wound up about Marijuana anyways.

I wonder if he will come back to Canada to play? But he was a flop here and I guess the bigger field was too hard on him....

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Buffalo vs The Ducks in the Stanley Cup final.

Ottawa will choke as usual I think.

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Canadians aren’t buying Environment Minister John Baird’s dire warnings that honouring the Kyoto protocol would lead to a deep economic recession or that his new plan to crack down on industrial pollution is the toughest in the world, a new poll has revealed. The survey, conducted by Ipsos Reid fro...

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The Canucks did not even try. They suck. It is always next year with these clowns.

I would of thought San Jose was going to win but they have just collapsed.

If I were to bet now i would say a Detroit/Buffalo final.

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Anaheim vs Vancouver - Vancouver in 6

Detroit vs San Jose - San Jose in 7

Buffalo vs N.Y. Rangers - Buffalo in 6

New Jersey vs Ottawa - NJ in 6

Luongo will carry Vancouver to glory this spring. :)

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If an election were held today, the poll indicates the Conservatives would win about 36% of the popular vote, with the Liberals close behind at 33%, the New Democrats with 16%, the Bloc Quebecois 10%, and the Green Party 6%. I think Harpers numbers will only go down from here on out. :) Read whole ...

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My Predictions: Well I see the Canucks lucked out. They finished 6th in their confrence but get the 3rd seed because they won their division. They get to play the 6th seed Dallas who finished with 2 more points than the Canucks. Vancouver Canucks VS Dallas Stars - Canucks in 7 Anaheim Ducks VS Minni...

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Change cellphone carriers, keep your phone number. Local wireless number portability arrives in Canada on Wednesday. That means millions of consumers and businesses can switch service providers without worrying about having to change numbers. It won't matter if the change is between landline and ce...

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An infant in Hamilton, Ont. has been taken to hospital after reportedly being stabbed in the chest during an incident Tuesday morning. Police and emergency crews responded to a 911 call from an apartment building in the Sanford Avenue North and Wilson Street area of Hamilton late Tuesday morning. A...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper doled out more of the federal government’s $1.5-billion environmental fund Tuesday, giving almost $200 million to British Columbia projects such as a so-called ”hydrogen highway” of recharging stations for fuel cells. Harper made the announcement at the Hydrogen and Fu...

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Unreasonably high security and rent fees at Canadian airports are gouging travellers and airlines alike, the head of an international aviation organization says. Giovanni Bisignani, CEO of the International Air Transport Association, which represents 250 airports around the world, told a Vancouver ...

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Alberta's government wants to make it easier to opt out of medicare with legislation that will allow people to opt out of the public health-care system for up to three years at a time. The opposition parties said the changes show Premier Ed Stelmach's government's priorities are misplaced, but a sp...

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Fewer than half of Grade 9 students eat breakfast on a daily basis, according to a new study that confirms adolescents are filling up on junk food rather than recommended portions of fruits and vegetables. The study by researchers at the University of Guelph reported that fewer than one-quarter of ...

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The government has signalled that there simply isn't enough room in the budget to include the measure that would allow Canadian couples to split their total income between them in order to minimize taxation. "To do income splitting would be about $5 billion and it doesn't appear we have the fi...

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Liberal Leader Kevin Taft says Alberta's Tory government is in for a rough ride in the legislature in the first sitting since Ralph Klein retired as premier. Taft says the Tories have no one close to Klein in terms of popularity. He says Premier Ed Stelmach simply doesn't have the "political c...

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A gasoline shortage that has left many Ontario filling stations out of fuel has spread to Quebec, sending pump prices higher. At least 10 Montreal area Esso gas stations and one in Sherbrooke reported shortages on Monday. With shortages in supply now cropping up in Quebec, some fuel companies are t...

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Seniors in Canada are set to become even more diverse as a group with "millions of baby boomers knocking on the door," a report released Tuesday says. In A Portrait of Seniors in Canada, Statistics Canada says what it means to be a senior could change in important ways when members of the...

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An Ontario agency meant to help victims of crime and their families financially instead treats them "like rats in a maze," a scathing report released yesterday said. Ombudsman Andre Marin highlighted two London cases to show how staff at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board drown vict...

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Harper furious with Dion A riled Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused his Grit rival Stephane Dion of committing electoral suicide last night by voting against anti-terror measures originally brought in by his own party. "Any party that doesn't take the national security of Canadians seriousl...

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The B.C. government wants to tap into your wallet to power a new energy initiative. The province's new energy plan includes a $25-million Innovative Clean Energy Fund to encourage development of clean and efficient technologies in electricity, transportation, and the oil and gas sectors. However, t...

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Donating an old cellphone will go a long distance in helping the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. The food bank strengthened its partnership with Rogers Wireless, announcing an extension of the current Phones For Food program yesterday. Customers can now mail old mobiles to a recycling plant in...

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The Canadian Parliament voted Tuesday to end two anti-terrorism measures adopted after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, one that allowed for preventive arrests and another that permitted forced testimony. The ruling conservative government wanted to extend the provisions in the country's ...

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Thanks. ;)

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Colts 35
Bears 18

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How many can say the Prime Minister of Canada was your matchmaker? John Weissenberger and Angela Tu-Weissenberger definitely can. Mr. Weissenberger, who was recently hired as the new chief of staff to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley (Haldimand-Norfolk, Ont.) is Prime Minister Step...

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Where did everyone go?

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Opposition politicians expressed surprise and concern Thursday following a television report of a secret plan for Canada to dramatically expand its oil sands exports to the U.S. Radio-Canada reported Wednesday evening that it had obtained the minutes of a secret meeting between American and Alberta...

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For most of us, ethics begins with doing what's right and telling the truth. For Stephen Harper, they often end in a conundrum. Even before wisely dropping the "Promise made, promise kept" mantra foolishly borrowed from Paul Martin, the Prime Minister misplaced his moral compass in a ques...

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So much for their vow to clean up government, opponents say The Conservatives are coming under fire from the opposition for making a host of patronage appointments instead of waiting for a more transparent system to be set up. "You can't keep dining out on the fact that you've cleaned governme...

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Lapierre was expected to leave, and Khan always a Tory, Liberal leader says as he presses on with recruitment drive Lapierre was expected to leave, and Khan always a Tory, Liberal leader says as he presses on with recruitment drive Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion has lost two MPs in the past seven day...

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The Harper government has shown so little interest in women's issues that provinces have decided to meet on their own to plot a national strategy without bothering to invite federal Status of Women Minister Bev Oda. The snub follows two recent federal-provincial meetings on women's issues at which ...

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The Conservative cabinet minister in charge of helping the world's poor spent more than $4,000 for a fill-in chauffeur while her regular driver was off for 11 days, Sun Media has learned. Documents released through Access to Information show Quebec's Josee Verner, the minister of international deve...

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Canadians will be given a chance this spring to weigh in on the latest floor-crossing MP or any other matter relating to the country's democratic peculiarities. No, a federal election has not yet been called. The Conservative government indicated Tuesday it wants to begin public consultations by Ma...

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Canada's new environment minister paid a visit to wind- ravaged Stanley Park yesterday and said the devastation should serve as a "wake-up call." John Baird chose to make Vancouver his first official stop since being appointed environment minister last week because he "just had to se...

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Conservatives best wake up

Alberta Tories lose Klein's old riding in byelection

Tories fall 3 points behind the Liberals: poll

Tory delays, stall tactics hinder Parliament, opposition cla

Tories lose their edge

Poll may cool election talk

Phone number portability comes tomorrow

Stabbed Ontario infant in serious condition

Harper dishes out more eco-cash

Canadian airport security fees 'skyway robbery,'

Alberta to make it easier to opt out of medicare

Fewer than half of Gr. 9 students eat breakfast

Tories back away from income splitting: report

Taft says Alta. Tories will scramble without Klein

Gasoline shortage spreads to Quebec

Boomers to reshape what it means to be a senior: StatsCan

Crime victims treated like 'rats'

Green plan taps wallet

Donate your old cell phone for charity

Canada ends two more measures against terror

Finley hires PM's best friend to help out on immigration fil

Whoa! Where is everyone?

Secret Canada - U.S. oil plan concerns opposition leaders

A year later, PM's promises not worth much

Tories criticized for host of patronage appointments

Dion shrugs off lost MPs/Harper says defections prove appeal

Stay Away Bev!

'Poor' minister driven to spend

Ottawa to launch electoral reform survey

If a tree falls in the forest...will politicians hear it?