Tracking Rita and Gas Prices

This post has now been replaced by this later one. Please monitor the latest one instead… So, I heard (rumours) on the radio station I listen to (CFOX.com The FOX ROCKS!) today that Gas Prices in Nova Scotia and in parts of Ontario are spiking at $1.80 and $2.20/L in anticipation of Hurricane Rita. This …

The Rise of China and redirecting Softwood Lumber

China has been all over the economic news lately. They’re eating up “other peoples” (I use that term loosely) oil reserves and buying up refineries and pipelines. (though the UNoCAL bid fell through. They’re beneficiaries of the “outsourcing” scourge of the US and in turn selling their goods back at rock-bottom prices. It is clear …