Manitoba’s former premier says it’s gonna be hard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the level required by the Copenhagen deal on climate change. Gary Doer, who is now an envoy to the U.S., said yesterday this would be a challenge and nobody should sugar coat it. But Doer also said he still has high hopes that both the U.S. and Canada can reduce emissions by 17 per cent in the next decade.
Premier Greg Selinger says he has no plans to slash any public service jobs, or impose unpaid Fridays on workers to cut the province’s hugh deficit. He says moderation will be help his NDP government tame, what will be the 2nd highest red ink stain on the province’s bottom line.
Another day, another day of damage control for Toyota. The Japanese automaker says there are design problems with the brakes in its latest model Prius. The brake issue is just adding to the Toyota’s woes, as it’s still reeling from the gas pedal recalls in 8 other models.
Guaranteed this one’s gonna cause a fight. The Harper government wants to cancel the week long breaks in March and April, which is normally meant for MP’s to spend time with their families. They’ve been under fire for proroguing Parliament until March 3rd. But now, they’re saying there’s too much work to do, so the March and April breaks should be tossed. The move however still needs the blessing of all of the other parties.
Remember that famous kids song, “Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree?” An Australian court thinks it sounds like the flute melody in Men at Work’s smash 80’s hit, “Down Under.” So, the judge has ruled the band did indeed copy the song, which was written some 70 years ago…and they must now pay up the publishing company who owns the original.
So, we first told you about this story yesterday. Should cat owners be allowed to pierce the ears of their kitten, just because some parents pierce the ears of their young children? Defence attorney’s for a Pennsylvania woman suggested they should…..that it would be wrong to hold cat owners to a higher standard. But, Holly Crawford was convicted yesterday anyway of animal cruelty for piercing the necks and ears of kittens and marketing them as gothic cats over the internet.
So, getting a little fed up with all the recent violence against Manitoba cabbies, the taxi cab industry is now looking at what they can do to stop these recent attacks. There’ve been a total of 6 incidents alone in the last few weeks, where drivers were either assaulted, robbed or had their cabs stolen. The taxicab board is now looking at security measures, like increasing the size of those driver shields.
