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pretty harsh fine though no?!?!




Woman charged in breast milk assault
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


OWENSBORO, Ky. — A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her.

WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her.

The woman now faces a felony charge of third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at $10,000.

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starting with Hydro:


VANCOUVER — BC Hydro is proposing to increase electricity rates by a total of 9.11 per cent this year.



The Crown corporation says in its 2010-2011 service plan that it seeks a basic rate increase of 6.11 per cent to cover costs to upgrade its system, as well as increase the profit the provincial government collects from Hydro operations.



Hydro also proposes to increase its so-called “rate rider,” which is used to smooth out the turbulence in its year-to-year revenue and expenses, to 4.0 per cent from one per cent.



Hydro will apply this month to the British Columbia Utilities Commission for approval for the increase.



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Canadian women's giant slalom snowboarder....

I think this Spring is THE time to do it... so long as you don't need to buy another house as part of the plan:


OTTAWA — With new mortgage rules, a new harmonized sales tax in some provinces and the possibility of higher interest rates all set to kick in this summer, Canadian home buyers are on a tear and it is only going to get busier leading up to this summer, according to the Re/Max Market Trends Report 2010 released Wednesday.



The report, which examined real estate trends in 16 markets across the country, found that unusually strong activity in January — traditionally one of the quietest months of the year — has led to a sharp decline in active listings in 81 per cent of markets surveyed. Too many buyers and not enough homes will probably be the main problem in coming months, according to the report.



Markets experiencing the tightest inventory levels include Toronto (-41 per cent), Kitchener-Waterloo (-33 per cent), Ottawa (-30 per cent), Victoria (-30 per cent) and Greater Vancouver (-27 per cent), which also had some of the highest year-over-year sales gains.



The highest year-over-year sales gains were reported in Greater Vancouver (152 per cent), Kelowna (121 per cent), Greater Toronto (87 per cent), Victoria (69 per cent), Hamilton-Burlington (58 per cent), London-St. Thomas (55 per cent) and Calgary (47 per cent), the report said.



Western Canada dominated the list of centres with the greatest increases in price, with Victoria home prices jumping 25.5 per cent in January compared with the same month a year before. Kelowna jumped 22 per cent and Greater Vancouver rose 19.5 per cent. St. John's saw an increase of 23 per cent and Toronto rose 19 per cent.



"While home ownership is still within reach in many major centres, levels are slipping. There is a growing sense, on both sides of the fence, that the time to act is now," Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president at Re/Max of Western Canada said in a release.



With the Harmonized Sales Tax, which will add more tax to home buying in two of the biggest and most squeezed markets — Ontario and B.C. — set to start July 1, and the Bank of Canada's record-low interest rates expected to rise around the same time, that pace of growth could slow dramatically in the second half of 2010. Last week, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty also said starting April 19 all borrowers must meet standards for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage, even if the buyer wants a variable rate mortgage, among other mortgage rule changes.