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Forum: Quebec Topic: Michael Applebaum elected interim mayor of Montreal |
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:02 pm
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| http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Michael+Applebaum+elected+interim+mayor+Montreal/7560458/story.html Montreal's new independent interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, won his post with a two-vote margin among 63 city councillors on Friday, but he now faces a newly divided city council... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Veteran's Day |
| Jughead |
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:41 pm
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| The Veteran's Day ceremony this year in Ottawa will start at 10:30am. A memorial parade will originate from the Cartier Square Drill Hall and head to the War Memorial. Veterans, members of the armed forces, and dignataries will lay wreaths, and later a moment of silence will follow at 11:00am. The e... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: CIA Director Petraeus Resigns, Cites Extra-Marital Affair | |
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:56 pm
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| Good for him in resigning. After all he did break one of the 10 commandments. Commandment 6 (or 7 depending on the version) states "Thou shalt not commit adultery". That's a definite no-no for someone heading the most powerful intelligence agency in the world. A man of his stature should h... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: U.S.-Mexico border fence: Smugglers' SUV falls just inches s |
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:43 pm
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| Son-of-a-gun ... Yuma Arizona, I know that area quite well. All these antics still amaze me to this day. The time, money and effort that was wasted on this could have been spent on filing legal paperwork for the Mexicans who wanted to enter the U.S. Not to mention the money that was given to the smu... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Census 2011: Numbers seen as worrisome for future of French |
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:02 am
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Replies: 6
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| I found a cool map that contains the stats for Montreal representing those of us who only speak English. I am surprised, in that there are a lot more than I expected. Of course I'm aware that the West End/West Island section of Montreal has mainly English speakers, but the map also shows that some s... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Census 2011: Numbers seen as worrisome for future of French |
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:57 am
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| http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Editorial+2012+census+figures+good+news+French+English/7440750/story.html The data on language use in Montreal and the rest of Quebec offer at best thin gruel for French-language hardliners seeking justificatory evidence for restrictive and coerci... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Census 2011: Numbers seen as worrisome for future of French |
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:02 am
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| MONTREAL - New census data on the use of French in Quebec and especially Montreal are the continuation of a long and worrisome trend, French-language advocates say. Mario Beaulieu, president of the Movement Québec français, noted that the number of Quebecers who speak English at home is 29 per cent... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Winnipeg police chief touts prayer to help combat crime |
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:41 pm
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Replies: 145
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| In one of the divisions of the LAPD, we had a shift commander (Capitan)that was very religious yet generally kept it to himself. From time to time, at the scene of a particularly gruesome crime or accident, we saw him say a quick and somewhat silent prayer for the victims. His display of empathy, q... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Winnipeg police chief touts prayer to help combat crime |
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:27 pm
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Replies: 145
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| We should be thankful that we all live in a country where we can enjoy our freedoms. One of those freedoms is "Freedom of Religion". |
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Forum: Alberta Topic: questions before sponsoringwife & child |
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:37 pm
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Replies: 84
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| Woman, you got no one else to blame for that. You've spent donkey years in Canada and yet haven't applied for citizenship. Whadya waiting for or still unsure ? I'm not willing to give up my Dutch nationality. My wife's the same. After all these years, she still refuses to file for her Canadian Citi... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: How an online posting can cost you your job |
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:08 pm
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2Cdo 2Cdo: How about bragging about your excessive drinking and drug use?
I guess I shouldn't bring up my excessive eating habits on my facebook page. Getting fired because I eat a lot would surely suck. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Catholic school funding unconstitutional, T.O. woman argues |
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:57 pm
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Replies: 41
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| In Montreal, up till 1998, we had two publically funded religious based school boards. They were the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal and the Montreal Catholic School Commission. The Protestant School Board had mainly English language schools. The Catholic School Board had both English an... |
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Forum: Alberta Topic: questions before sponsoringwife & child |
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:23 pm
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| I don't think it is possible to sponsor your partner from abroad. The whole idea of sponsoring is to get them physically with you in Canada. Which means you should be IN Canada yourself too. It kinda defeats the purpose if you are not, no? I was living in the southern U.S. when I met my wife. We ma... |
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Forum: Quebec Topic: Retailers to fight Quebec's language police in court |
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:27 pm
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| Since this is about language they'll take it all the way to supreme court making as much noise as they can all the way, then use the not withstanding clause to over-ride Canadian Trademark and Copyright law citing Quebec is special, different, unique, fragile, bla bla bla. I'll bet you're right. Ho... |
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Forum: Quebec Topic: Retailers to fight Quebec's language police in court |
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:52 pm
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Replies: 20
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| http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/10/13/french-language-english-companies.html?cmp=rss Some of the world's largest retailers are fighting for the right to keep their identity intact after Quebec's French-language watchdog demanded they rework their brand names to fit... |
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