Hard to believe but, the city’s biggest hospital is now having to lock up some of its sanitizers. Apparently, more than 100 bags of the stuff are stolen from dispensers at HSC every month. Cops say people actually drink the stuff after adding some salt to it to separate out the alcohol.
Air Canada plans to lay off more maintenance workers in Winnipeg than originally thought. A union spokesperson says 330 people will be let go starting April 20th. Originally that number was supposed to be more like 265 layoffs.
A prosecutor says a city drug dealer who ran a one stop shop for addicts, should go to jail for 12 years. A judge found 30 year old Christian Basarowich guilty of setting up the lucrative business only weeks after he was spared a jail sentence on a previous drug conviction. Police caught Basarowich with a huge stash of cocaine, ecstasy, meth, mushrooms and pot, during a raid at a stash house he was renting.
A new report from the country’s budget watchdog, is warning that the aging population will turn an unprepared government’s finances upside down. The report says the number of taxpaying Canadians will shrink dramatically, meaning less money in the government’s wallet. The report goes on to say that in the next 30 years or so, there will be as many retired Canadians as there are people working.
Oooohh, tomorrow’s gonna be a big day for those who’ve followed the Tiger Woods saga. The golfer will apparently make his first public appearance and statement since his bizarre November car crash, and revelations of infidelity. Apparently though, at tomorrow’s press conference, his agent says no questions will be allowed. (however, no one knows if the ban includes cocktail waitresses !)
Officials at the Vancouver Olympics could only hope for some of the winter wallop that the eastern part of the country got yesterday. A major snowstorm hit the region, dumping up to 40 centimeters of snow in areas around Halifax and P.E.I.
Toyota is planning to place ads in various newspapers today, saying great companies learn from their mistakes. The automaker has recently recalled over 8 million vehicles to fix sticky gas pedals, floor mats and faulty brakes. And now, the U.S. says they are opening a formal investigation today into the 2009-2010, Corolla, which may have problems with its power steering.
Police are investigating a security breach at last week’s opening ceremonies for the winter games. They say a mentally unstable man with a crudely forged pass, got into Friday’s show at B.C. Place stadium. While in the V.I.P. section, he came within meters of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, before officers intercepted him. Police say he was no real threat and no charges will be laid.
