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It’s old news now, but that’s the only version of the New York Times we get in St. Catharines: Old. The Thursday December 16th issue of the New York Times had a two page ad paid for by the spreadfirefox.com community, myself included. We all know I’m an advocate for Firefox and Open Source development… Continue Reading 1 1/2 Million Readers see the name Matt Clare

Tommy Douglas, has won The Greatest Canadian competition. Who’d have thought I’d vote with the majority of Canadians? The other good news is that George Stromboloupolous, Douglas’ advocate and from MuchMusic and 102.1 The Edge is now part of the CBC and hosting a show called ‘The Hour’. Good news all around. So, in honour… Continue Reading Tommy Douglas, Greatest Canadian

Ralph Goodale announced today that Canada’s surplus is projected to be $8.9-billion. Here’s how The Globe And Mail has tracked the federal surplus/deficit over the years. 1991-92 -$32.3 1992-93 -$39 1993-94 -$38.5 1994-95 -$36.6 1995-96 -$30 1996-97 -$8.6 1997-98 $2.1 1998-99 $2.8 1999-00 $13.1 2000-01 $20.2 2001-02 $7 2002-03 $6.9 2003-04 $9 In one my… Continue Reading Ralph Goodale announces $9.1-billion surplus for 2003-2004

The pundits are saying that now that the 1994 co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Yasser Arafat, is dead the peace process can start up again. Yitzhack Rabin , former Prime Minister of Israel and one of the 1994 co-winners was shot by one of his own people at a peace rally. Now if someone… Continue Reading Peace in the middle east no longer obstructed by peace makers