2007-02-10 22:35:09 · 5 answers · asked by flashingsigns♥ 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It's cold. That murdering HO Karla Homolka had a baby (why can't people like HER drop dead?) and um, let's see...that's about it except for political ramblings in the news. There's the odd shooting at some crack party of course. Other than that people are going about their day to day business. *S*
2007-02-10 23:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The possibility of a federal election in the spring as well as one in Ontario are topics in hot discussion right now in Canada.
The possible polution of the Athabasca River while extracting oil from the Alberta Tar Sands is a hot topic right now. Although this large deposit of oil (second largest in the world) is important to countries driving cars, Canada is also anxious NOT to cause environmental havoc by poluting the waterways in the vicinity.
It will take great determination for the government to ensure this.
The trial of a man who killed 49 women and fed them to pigs, in British Columbia is taking a lot of space in the papers, although most readers wish it would go away. Such a henious crime is so distatesful that it is generally hoped for a swift conclusion.
Native son Conrad Black, who left Canadfa in order to be a member of the Beritish House of Lords is big in the news in Canada. He is being tried (in the U.S.) for misappropriating millions of dollars of a company of which he was chairman.
Another case of the dreaded MAD Cow Disease has just been reported in Canada. Sadly the fact that it was known for hundreds of years that cows were "herbivores" was ignored by greedy farmers and food manufacturers who decided that coes could be fattened by feeding them "animals" instead of grain. This was the cause of "Mad Cow" (trying to make a cow a "carnivore" and it has caused financial disaster in western Canada and the U.S.
Big news in Canada is that the acute shortage of nurses. 15000 nurses will retire soon leaving a real crisis in nursing care.
Another Catholic priest has been found guilty of many offenses toward young boys. These sad cases have rocked the foundations of the church who have had to pay millions in compensation to the victims.
These are just a few of the current topics. Canada is a vibrant and progressive country with exciting new developments every day.
2007-02-11 07:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arar's wife forced the prime minister to read an apology to her husband.
They took the 12 million dollars and kept on squawking.
2007-02-11 09:58:17 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
illegal public masturbation, i hear it has gotten very bad up there
2007-02-11 07:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by mexika_thug 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can I move there??
2007-02-11 07:17:41 · answer #5 · answered by bodie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋