Good news from Ukraine last week. They will rerun the run-off (get that?) vote between the two candidates on Dec. 26. Canada is sending 500 observers to ensure a fair vote. It's been truly amazing watching the goings on in the Ukraine. I wonder if there has been, in the history of the world, a …
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Ever play "house" with a refrigerator box when you were a kid? Well, now you really CAN live in one! Some Australian researchers have constructed a house almost completely out of cardboard... and 100% recycleable! Granted, I don't think you'd want to build one of these things in Canada... slightly too cold and wet... but …
More and more.. it seems like there is real momentum behind this push for some sort of significant reform at the UN. Now we're hearing it from the Russians and Indians. As usual with world politics, change seems to be happening not for the betterment of humanity, but rather to change geopolitical influence. The BBC …
