Michaelle Jean new Governor General of Canada

My apologies for yesterdays outage.. trouble with the Internet provider. Michaelle (pronounced, MeekaEl) Jean (soft-g “gon” silent-n) was sworn in yesterday as Canadas’ Governor General. She took over the position from Adrienne Clarkson. For those not familiar, the Governor General is the Official representative of the Monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) in Canada. She gives Royal …

EU3 brush off Russian pressure, sets up Iran for UNSC

It looks like Iran is headed for referral to the United Nations Security Council. After rumours that the Russians and Chinese were throwing up big walls to the EU3 referring Iran directly to the UNSC for their behaviour around nuclear issues, a document has now been submitted to the IAEA board that directly indicates Irans …

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This post has now been replaced by this later one.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 …