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Excuse Me June 30th
 Posted 6/30/2009 6:00:00 AM
Well, so much for taking the stroll down the riverwalk, that which now officially qualifies as one of the major miscalculations by those who calculate such things as the rise and fall of the merging waters.
Would have been nice on Canada Day to gather at The Forks, celebrate the occasion and utilize functional walkways to take advantage of the river view and the serenities which flowing water instills.
Or better still , taking advantage of the docks at The Forks by boating down to the site, or hailing a water taxi to go cruising down the river on a holiday afternoon.
Excuse me, but why is it Winnipeg has such a difficult time taking advantage of what our rivers have to offer? The Forks has become a fabulous gathering point but unfortunately a good portion of it spends more time underwater than it does above water.
Waterfront Drive has ...
Excuse Me June 29
Posted 6/29/2009 8:00:00 AM
Talk about being caught betwixt and between….
The two major dailies in Calgary have refused to run an ad submitted by the Vancouver Humane Society calling for a ban on calf-roping, a staple event of the Calgary Stampede.
There are two surprises contained within here: The first being that in these trying economic times any daily would reject revenue.
The second surprise being the fact that while newspapers present opinions on any and all matters, strongly defending the right of free speech, they deny that to others.
Now Excuse Me, but understand this is all about biting the hand which feeds the newspapers. One of the, if not the biggest, events of the year in Calgary is its Stampede. Canadians, and tourists flock to Cowtown for the event and money flows freely through the streets. The newspapers are participators in this binge of largesse through advertising sales, promotion, and circulation....
Excuse Me June 26
Posted 6/26/2009 8:00:00 AM
I’m a semi-serious cyclist……Semi meaning I look the part, serious meaning a 30-kilometre ride a couple of times a week.
Used to ride in a pair of baggy shorts and a ragged t-shirt but discovered that you had to dress for the occasion if you wanted to be looked upon as a legit cyclist and invited out on excursions.
Started to look like Lance Armstrong after receiving a free shirt from a cycling partner who showed up asking me to wear one of his multi-colored stylish, hand-me-downs, indicating my thread-bare faded t-shirt didn’t fit the fashion.
Then it was the tight shorts, which act as a girdle, the gloves, the shoes, fitted helmet, and of course the heart rate monitor to measure and keep me within my fitness level. Then there’s the bike itself, and it’s amazing how light they are these days, not to mention price.
Cycling is not ...
Excuse Me June 25
Posted 6/25/2009 8:00:00 AM
Only in Winnipeg could they make passing the buck an art form.
Mayor Sammy has his nose out of joint for being left out of the mix, the councillors herd together to voice the same complaint heard year after year, after year, and then they go about doing absolutely nothing about anything.
City council drained it’s spleen yesterday as it tried to avoid responsibility by passing it off to the province, which, in turn, will pass it onward and upward, to the group down there in Ottawa.
This has become an annual ritual of crying over spilled milk.
Excuse me, but no one should be surprised the city has been left out of the “you kiss mine, and I’ll kiss your’s” relationship between the province and the feds.
This tantrum started the day Mayor Sammy heard about the government donation to the construction of a hockey complex out there alongside ...
Excuse Me June 24
Posted 6/24/2009 8:00:00 AM
You’ve got to be there….., walk in the same shoes….., see what a devastating effect it has upon the people …. to fully comprehend a decision , which, on the surface, borders ridiculous.
The knee jerk reaction to the nugget of information revealing hand sanitizers were held back from First Nations Reserves in Manitoba by Health Canada was astonishment.
But seeing what alcohol in any form does to people, communities, and most especially children , leads to a measure of understanding as to why a possible preventative measure was withheld.
So Excuse Me, let us not be so quick to cast aspersions upon those who held back hand sanitizers.
For starters, there’s a reason why alcohol based sanitizers were delayed at source. It was feared the substance would be ingested rather than used strictly to sanitize hands.
That’s how bad it is is on some the northern reserves…. There’s a ...
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