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Today is the last day in office Tony Blair. He was the British Prime Minister for 10 years.
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I’ve gotten to know my American capitals during my current job talking on the phone all day to Americans. I got ALL the questions right, many of them I already knew beforehand though, but still, I wonder how many Americans would get the Provincial Capitals of Canada Correct????
Here is a list of the Canadian Provinces and Territories, and the Capitals. . . . I’ve also included Canada, which has its own National capital. Can anyone match them up correctly??
Provinces & Territories
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland (and Labrador)
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Yukon Territory
- Canada
Capitals
- a) Iqaluit
- b) Fredericton
- c) Victoria
- d) Winnipeg
- e) Whitehorse
- f) Charlottetown
- g) St. John’s
- h) Ottawa
- i) Yellowknife
- j) Toronto
- k) Edmonton
- l) Quebec City
- m) Halifax
- n) Regina
The New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, plans on having all yellow taxis replaced with hybrid cars by 2012.? He released his plans today, and I must say I’m well impressed and hope other large cities take note.
The plan is to replace 1000 yellow cabs by 2008, with the rest (13 000 in total) being phased out by 2012.? NYC already has over 300 on the streets now, more than any other metropolitian city in the USA.?New York City law states that all commerical taxi cabs must be replaced every 5 years at max.
There are numerous and obvious benifits to this plan, but the negatives include cabs that are still not accessible to wheelchair and other handicaped riders and this scheme will also not govern call-for-hire cars (which moreso work in Brooklyn and Queens, opposed to the yellow cabs of Manhatten).
At the end of April I found a story about a child finding a condom in a McDonald’s Happy Meal?(thankfully not used). . . . now another child, this time an 8 year old from Illinois, has found a small bag of marijuana (with various drug paraphernalia)?in their happy meal.
Even though no one was hurt, in true American style, the family who received the ’special meal’ will probably sue McDonald’s.? This is even after the true ‘owner’ of the drugs was fired and arrested for drug possession.
Story below.
Today I was invited to a FaceBook group called “The Amazing Race:Canada” - the idea of this facebook group was to get as many Canadians to join, there are similar groups for Britian and the USA. The goal was to reach X amount of people in the group by a certain date, and ahead of the other countries participating.
On the ‘wall’ of the group, there was a link to the story below. It is ‘thank you’ to Canada, who is always a thankless participant in many of the world’s conflicts. Please take a moment to read it. Thank you.
Recently on Skywindows & on Juggling Cats both highlighted a farce Environment Canada Wildlife Federation video. . . .
And I thought I would defend my great land by poking fun at my neighbours to the south, and my friends in historic Virginia. . . .
Check out this page for more TALKING TO AMERICANS with Rick Mercer from the popular tv show This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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