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nice! good for him/her!
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Mm, bargain at 25c. 
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wishing me death..how nice
But not out of character I suppose
[i]that's,[/i] no class at all
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Dean at Enchante hair salon should be avoided at all cost. Just stay away....
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I heard they're getting 3% of the 7% they're asking for. Sad day. I've heard of several paramedics talking of leaving to go drive trucks for an extra $5/hr, because all they need is the class 1 DL.
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[b][size="3"]Eight years @$8.00[/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]This week marked the Eighth Anniversary of BCs last minimum wage increase. It also marks the BC Liberals introduction of the $6.00 training wage for new workers.[/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]Learn more about whats being said about BCs frozen minimum wage:[/size][/b]
[b][url="http://www.theprovince.com/business/minimum+wage+turns+eight/2171927/story.html"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]B.C.'s $8 minimum wage turns eight.--Low-wage workers being 'left behind,' says B.C. Federation of Labour[/color][/size][/url][/b]
[b][size="3"]The Province - BC's $8.00 an hour minimum wage turned eight on Sunday, and the B.C. Federation of Labour says eight is enough.[/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]The labour group marked the "disgraceful" anniversary by handing out stickers and signing petitions asking for higher wages.[/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]And the Fed's Young Workers Committee took to Vancouver's downtown with some street theatre, by taking up position in key corners of the city and "freezing" in poses to spread the word. [url="http://www.theprovince.com/business/minimum+wage+turns+eight/2171927/story.html"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size][/b]
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[b][url="http://www.theprovince.com/business/Time+hike+minimum+wage/2175293/story.html"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]Editorial: Time to hike B.C. minimum wage[/color][/size][/url][/b]
[b][size="3"]The Province - For eight years, the minimum wage in British Columbia has stayed at $8 an hour. It is time for that to change.[/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]The British Columbia business community argues that a recession is not the time to tack on the cost of increased wages. That may be true. But if a recession is not the time to add to the minimum wage, when is the time? Is a period of booming economic prosperity the time? Apparently not, since we enjoyed remarkable growth in this province for most of the decade, yet the minimum wage didn't move a cent. [url="http://www.theprovince.com/business/Time+hike+minimum+wage/2175293/story.html"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size][/b]
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[b][url="http://www.cfax1070.com/newsstory.php?newsId=11172"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]B.C. Federation of Labour calling for thaw on minimum wage freeze on its 8th anniversary.[/color][/size][/url][/b]
[b][size="3"]CFAX 1070 - He's calling it a disgrace -- this from the President of the B.C. Federation of Labour about the fact that it has been eight years since BC raised its minimum wage. [url="http://www.cfax1070.com/newsstory.php?newsId=11172"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size][/b]
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[b][url="http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx/Story.aspx?ID=1160341"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]Eight years of Eight bucks[/color][/size][/url][/b]
[b][size="3"]CKNW - Sunday marks eight years since BC last increased the minimum wage.
Minimum wage in this province has been the lowest in Canada since September 1st when New Brunswick increased its minimum wage to $8.25. [url="http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx/Story.aspx?ID=1160341"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size]
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[b][url="http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091101/bc_minimum_wage_091101/20091101/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]B.C.'s minimum wage: Eight years of $8[/color][/size][/url] [/b]
[b][size="3"][i]ctvbc.ca-[/i]Young workers held a rally in downtown Vancouver Sunday to protest the provincial government's minimum wage. [/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]Sunday marked eight years since BC raised its minimum wage. The province's $8 an hour minimum wage is the lowest in the country. [url="http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091101/bc_minimum_wage_091101/20091101/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size][/b]
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[b][url="http://www.news1130.com/more.jsp?content=20091101_174243_7732"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]Eight years at eight bucks an hour[/color][/size][/url][/b]
[b][size="3"]BRITISH COLUMBIA (News1130) - The cost of living continues to increase, yet the minimum wage has stayed at eight bucks an hour for the last eight years in BC. [url="http://www.news1130.com/more.jsp?content=20091101_174243_7732"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size][/b]
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[b][url="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/02/jonathon-narvey-make-the-minimum-wage-irrelevant.aspx"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]Make the minimum wage irrelevant[/color][/size][/url][/b]
[b][size="3"]It's pretty clear that BC is trailing the pack when it comes to minimum wage. At [url="http://canadaonline.about.com/library/bl/blminwage.htm"][color="#0000ff"]$8 per hour[/color][/url] , we're dead last across Canada. That's a shame and it needs to change. But ideally, BC's business class and political leadership will be able to set a foundation where it's essentially irrelevant. [i] [/i][url="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/02/jonathon-narvey-make-the-minimum-wage-irrelevant.aspx"][i][color="#0000ff"]Read more.[/color][/i][/url][/size]
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[b][size="3"]How can you help?[/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]1.[/size] [/b][b][size="3"]Ask a friend or family member to sign our petition or print off a copy and take it to your workplace, school, minor hockey game, or book club. To find more information [url="http://bcfed.ca/issues/minimum_wage"][color="#0000ff"]click here.[/color][/url][/size][/b]
[b][size="3"]2.[/size] [/b][b][url="http://leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-7.htm"][size="3"][color="#0000ff"]Write to your MLA[/color][/size] [/url][/b][b][size="3"]and let her or him know that you support a $10 minimum wage.
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This guy is f'n hilarious
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijsZDKyGqmY[/media]
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They spent Billions on these games and could not even get the ticketing system to work.
Who is running the ticketing program? The 3 stooges?
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Muslims blame Fort Hood shooting on... Guy Fawkes Day
http://blog.beliefnet.com/cityofbrass/2009/11/fort-hood-shooting-on-guy-fawk.html
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I would like to know what happen to the Woodward's Christmas displays I know they were displayed in 2007 at Canada Place but not sure if they are still being shown during Christmas, if so where and not why not? I recall them at Woodwards when I was a child 48 years ago when my mother worked for the Woodwards downtown. I now have a son and would like to show him the wonderful displays that made Christmas that more special.
thank you
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R8 are lame they are only make 420HP
now if you had a lambo murcielago you would be a man
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posted 55 minutes and 38 seconds ago, with 5 replies. | read more...
I was infected with LSAS.BLASTER.KEYLOGGER while browsing not logged in. Can't say for certain where it came from, it's a shared computer with several other people.
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A major headline for the National Post. The subject of which I raised just the other day..
Enjoy
[font="Georgia"][size="6"]Who Fights For Canada?
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[ It would have been nice if it read .."Who fights,defends and dies for Canada?"
heads-up Jackals...MJCD, RealVermin, SSM, Eurethra, and dworm
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2197081"]http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2197081
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHA-gDtVpic[/media]
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the guy shouldn't be here working illegally.Immigrants should only come here through the proper channels. Its a risk you take if you want to do things the illegal way![img]http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/140.gif[/img]
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This has been amusing...its kinda like telling the ole paranoid schizoid..."Listen Doc, just because you're not paranoid, it doesn't mean that they ain't watchin."
posted 54 minutes and 47 seconds ago, with 89 replies. | read more...
Q107 Classic Rock Weekend - Beatles Classic Rock Weekend
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.[url="http://bocci.ca"] Lighting & Furniture[/url]
Not clothes, but fashion in home lighting and furnishings.
Some beautiful stuff - love the flush electric plugs
And right here is Vancouver.
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[quote name='DocWatson' date='07 November 2009 - 09:54 AM' timestamp='1257616456' post='4158633']
The media didn't reckon on the public's reaction this swiftly. It's taken them by surprise the amount of information they have out there. The media were caught with their panities down. Joe Peep was smarter than they thought. Now they are saying there's too much hype..the very media that's driven it all along/with the WHO & Margaret Chan!!!!...
[font="Garamond"][size="6"][i]LOL, [color="#4b0082"]That's rich![/color][/i][/size][/font]
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Yeah your information about Doctor Margaret Chan is based on your nutbar racist Dickhead Watson. You continuous promote your racist nutbar Jesuit/Chinese/Rothschild conspiracy theory that no one in their right mind believes in. Of course, Dickhead Watson ignores that fact that Doctor Margaret Chan got her medical degree from Canada, and she was awarded the the Order of British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II for her medical work.
Yeah right, the media hype is increasing the use of ICU. There are more people going to ICU for H1N1 problems. This is much more than any seasonal flu.
ICU admissions up for flu-related illness
Last Updated: Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 10:26 PM ET
Flu activity is three times higher this week than last week, Canada's chief public health officer said Thursday.
The higher activity is based on admissions to hospitals and intensive care units, as well as the number of regions reporting widespread flu, Dr. David Butler-Jones told a news conference in Ottawa.
"We expect to hear of more illness and deaths in the coming weeks as we go further into the second wave," Butler-Jones said Thursday.
The key measure is ICU admissions, he said.
[url="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/05/h1n1-canada.html"]http://www.cbc.ca/he...1n1-canada.html[/url]
Critically Ill Swine Flu Patients Spend Weeks in Intensive Care
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By Jason Gale
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu sufferers who developed life-threatening complications during the pandemic’s initial wave in Ireland occupied intensive-care beds for weeks, pointing to a potential area of strain from any winter surge in cases.
Nineteen patients with the new H1N1 virus admitted to intensive care units from April 28 to Oct. 3 stayed an average of 25 days, Irish health officials said in a study yesterday. More than half were still in ICU on Oct. 13, when the study was being prepared, marking one patient’s 62nd day of critical care.
The findings show how H1N1 is stretching medical services even as the majority of patients recover within days and the number of deaths has so far been a fraction of the seasonal-flu toll. In Australia and New Zealand, where epidemics peaked in July and August, the virus drove a 15-fold increase in intensive care admissions for viral lung inflammation, especially among pregnant women, the obese and people with chronic lung disease.
“Some patients have an extremely protracted ICU stay, with a number of current patients in ICU in excess of 60 days,” wrote Jennifer Martin, a doctor with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in Dublin, and colleagues in the study, which was published in the journal Eurosurveillance.
From late April to early October, 205 confirmed H1N1 patients were hospitalized in Ireland, with 9 percent admitted to an intensive-care unit, the authors said. Four of the hospitalized patients died.
Chronic respiratory disease was the most common risk factor in ICU admissions, followed by chronic neurological disease, asthma and severe obesity, they said.
Long stays in ICU may reflect a lack in smaller hospitals of so-called high-dependency units, or HDUs, where patients who no longer require intensive care are monitored more closely than in regular wards, the authors said.
“This will impact on ICU and HDU resources as the pandemic progresses,” they said.
[url="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aYB46_tucEGo"]http://www.bloomberg...id=aYB46_tucEGo[/url]
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the recent boat of legit tamil refugees should be welcomed into canadian society. they are being persecuted by sri lankan. if they go back, they will be killed by sri lankan and tortured. we must accept all refugees that come to canada. but notice which canadians don't want refugees? WHITE canadians. i think it is racism in white ppl
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