Well, what a surprise – NS Power is looking to increase rates by another 6.5% in January. Sound familiar? It should. Rates increased last year by a whopping 9.4%. In fact, over the past ten years, rates have increased on average nearly 5% per year. These increases are always justified by citing increased fuel costs, [...]
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I can’t remember what I was up to during Earth Hour last year, but this year I made sure to participate. At first, I was worried about the timing since we were having a little get-together, but we ended up playing Cranium by candlelight and it was really fun. Now, I know that Earth Hour [...]
It is a very exciting time in U.S. politics, and in turn, the world. U.S. voters have voted for change. They have voted for someone with vision, someone who is eloquent and well-spoken, someone who is educated, and someone who will be a positive force in the world. They have also voted in the first [...]
The Eagles in Moncton
13Feb08Halifax has lost out on another huge concert bid. This time, it’s The Eagles. The winning bidder? Supposedly Donald K Donald with his $4mil bid to lure the band to Moncton. I heard the news on ATV News @ 6 – it was the leading story! I quickly jumped on the net and booked a [...]
November 5th: The day the writers went away. In what felt like a time when TV was actually quite watchable some nights, the bottom fell out and we’ve been inundated with terrible, terrible filler material and even more reality TV. We don’t watch a tonne of TV, but we’ve essentially watched none of it since [...]
VW Routan
06Feb08So this is the new Volkswagen minivan, the Routan. It has been developed in partnership with Chrysler, and indeed it is mostly a Chrysler minivan re-badged as a veedub. It’s got some nice looks (much better than the Chryslers), and VW is looking to offer it at around $25k. I’m a bit torn. I always [...]
