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I find it's something of an improvement although the first thing I did was Google 'Make Win7 look more like XP'. Don't like how the Documents area is organised that'll be next to restructure.

In the back of my mind I was wondering why we were seeing warm & fuzzy stories about Natural Gas of late-and of course the usual suspects here, the halt, the lame, those many posters who can't think for themselves but love to parrot the party line (any party any time) were standing up on their strong hind legs and barking in unison in support of they knew not what. All along it was PR flacks in Toronto spoon feeding the media and softening up the masses for another environmental travesty-the long halted Mackenzie Gas Pipeline. Gas pipeline given thumbs-up VANCOUVER – After more than 30 years of often bitter debate, a federal panel has thrown its support behind a proposed $16.2 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from the western Arctic along the pristine Mackenzie River valley. "The Mackenzie Gas Project offers a unique opportunity to build a sustainable future in the Mackenzie Valley and Beaufort Delta regions," the seven-member Joint Review Panel said in its report released this afternoon. "The project itself, as long-term infrastructure, provides a key basis for future economic development," it added. Click Here to read how a pipeline can be called 'sustainable'

The Chavez clan has become filthy rich under his regime, if you followed the situation in the Spanish language media you'd know that.

Suicide rates are actually highest in spring-you can look it up if you like.

Such as the wrong fillings in your teeth! Seriously the people who write these stories have travelled very very little if at all.

I now see that Comrade Chavez wants to abolish Xmas presents and tell kids stories about Simon Bolivar instead! read this if you want a laugh

Chavez is no more indigenous than I am. In general terms the popular moniker El Mono refers to his jibbering and jabbering in the media-specifically Alo Presidente his radio programme. He's the sort of leader who gives Buffoons a bad name.

One theory I've read on why the USA hasn't taken down The Monkey is that for the present they still need Venezuelan crude. Long term there's a plan to wean themselves off the stuff, Canadian tar sands oil is a key part of that plan IIRC.

The one good thing Chavez did for me and he'll probably never learn about it but I'll share it with his fans/admirers here. He subsidises the food he sells to Trinidad & Tobago (right next door) so that I could buy quality Venezuelan cheese for less than 10% of what we pay for a similar product here-isn't that great good and kind of The Monkey? The others to benefit are of course Colombian farmers who are paid US funds/world prices by the Venezuelan Gubmint who have bankrupted/ripped off/helped destroy the Venezuelan agricultural sector yet who are still charged with the task of feeding the people of Venezuela. So there's Good News and there's Bad News but I got in a number of good feeds/wonderful cheese pizzas in T&T Thanks to The Monkey and his pathological pissing away of the future of Venezuela.

My guess is-given the ignorant even idiotic comment as quoted-that you have never been to Colombia and don't even speak the Spanish language. (I have and I do) To say you have NFC is to be polite. As your pal The Monkey runs out of petrodollars his friends-like Dominica and other political heavyweights-will desert his sinking ship like the rats they are.

Why do some people want the Govt to spend billions to duplicate what already exists, if there's a crisis then Propane is an answer. I drove a Propane burning half ton for 13+ years never a problem filling up anywhere in BC, tanks already exist even in remote locations, similar service options exist all across Canada and a guy I worked for drove to California and back in a Propane car with no problems. There's not quite a much kick from a Propane burning engine and they do run hot but every mechanical device has it's quirks.

Argus-you worry too much and should take a vacation from the Trailer Park where you've spent so much of your life.

In Colombia they refer to Chavez as El Mono, which means The Monkey.

A somewhat surprising move by a Govt that has had little success negotiating anything with First Nations here in what's popularly known as 'Indian Country'-the Haida are a notoriously argumentative domineering bunch. Queen Charlotte Islands renamed Haida Gwaii in historic deal B.C.'s Queen Charlotte Islands have officially been renamed Haida Gwaii as part of a historic reconciliation agreement between the province and the Haida Nation, Premier Gordon Campbell announced Friday in Vancouver. The modern native name for the group of more than 150 rugged islands off the province's north coast will appear on revised provincial maps and all other official provincial documents and presentations, the premier said. The archipelago was first named after one of the ships of British Captain George Dixon in 1778, who called his vessel Queen Charlotte after the wife of King George III. 'After a 100 years of conflict, we have set the ground for a more productive era of peace.'— Guujaaw, Haida Nation president Haida Gwaii was created as an alternative name for the islands to acknowledge the history of the Haida Nation as part of its land claim efforts in the 1980s. According to the Haida Gwaii Tourism Association, the name translates as "islands of the people" in the Haida language. The B.C. government later adopted the confusing name Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii. Carol Kulesha, the mayor of the Village of Queen Charlotte, a community at the south end of Graham Island, says she is pleased with the name change and hopes it will clear up any past confusion. "This is bringing us back up to more modern times," Kulesha said Friday. "This is what the islands are named; they're Haida Gwaii. The confusion is the fact that some maps say one thing, and other maps say another. So now, it's official, and that's great." Deal spells big changes While the name change will mean maps will have to be updated, the reconciliation agreement is expected to have more far reaching consequences for the First Nation, which has never signed a treaty with the Crown. "After 100 years of conflict, we have set the ground for a more productive era of peace," said Haida Nation president Guujaaw in a statement released after the protocol was signed. The agreement builds on the success of the Strategic Land Use Agreement signed between B.C. and the Haida in 2007. "We have already agreed to the care and protection of the land; and now, we develop processes for more responsible management," Guujaaw said. "This marks an opportunity to build a relationship on mutual trust and to design a model for a sustainable economy." The deal will create a unique joint management council that will make development decisions along with a process to resolve title disputes between Haida and the Crown. It also includes $10 million for the Haida to buy out forest tenures on the islands and revenue-sharing on future resource development in the region. The pristine islands are in the centre of B.C.'s vast offshore oil and gas fields, but development of those reserves remains under a federal moratorium. The deal is the second such agreement announced in as many days that establishes shared decision-making on land use and economic development opportunities between the province and B.C.'s First Nations. On Thursday, the province signed a similar reconciliation deal with six other coastal First Nations. It also granted environmental approval Thursday to the Naikun wind project, to be located in the Hecate Strait east of Haida Gwaii. The Haida Nation is a major stakeholder in the project.

This is news!!!! From Ukee do you mean? Or Campbell River? I never liked their organisation it was always about numbers and bee ess.

I grew up in the same part of the province, once on a car trip to the Chapleau area my Mother said "This is where they found Bill Barilko"

Plus the STV nuts were so stupid/had drunk so much Kool Aid they were phoning people on Election Day! I had a message from them on my answering machine when I got back from voting. they had NFI what they were doing was against electoral law.

I've eaten it as F&C here just as a curiosity it was OK nothing special we have so many better things to eat-Lucky Us!

I just voted NO to STV and I hope to never hear about that bull again in this lifetime.

The Canucks were outcoached/outplayed/outhustled and outclassed by a bunch of young players who wanted it more. Alain Vigneault isn't half the coach Joel Quenville is and it showed, Chicago outplayed Vancouver in the third period of every game except one.

A lot of work there and some fine eating for someone's pooch somewhere.

So how exactly does Craigslist make money? By charging $25 for job postings in six of its largest U.S. markets and $75 for job listings in San Francisco and by assessing a $10 fee for brokered apartment listings in New York City I had the numbers wrong and forgot about the job listings

You betcha!

Ruby, Ruby-when will you be mine!

They charge $100 for apartment rental adds in New York and San Francisco.