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Happy Janmashtami To My Bengali and East Indian Friends!
Janmashtami is celebrated today all over India, Bengal and cities outside of Asia where there are East Indian communities!
This video features the music of a young musician from Brooklyn, Akincana Krishna das, who has just finished a tour of Canada and the USA with the Vashnu Youth Tour!
Happy Janmashtami!
Hanky Panky - k.d. lang - Roots
Back in the day with k.d. lang - off of the album 'A Truly Western Experience' - 1984
Woman Charged With Sexual Assault On Mall Santa
"Police say a woman has been charged with sexual assault after a Santa at the Danbury Fair mall complained the woman groped him. "The security officer at the mall said Santa Claus has been sexually assaulted."
The Perils Of Being An 'Old Fart'
A social club in Devon has banned a 77-year-old man from breaking wind while indoors.
Is this what we have to look forward to in old age???
From the BBC
Slumlord Gets Jail Time From Supreme Court Of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada has reinstated the conviction of a Saskatoon landlord accused of falsifying smoke alarm records after a fatal fire. This should be a lesson to those who feel that their profits trump the safety of tenants.
Winds of Political Change Blowing On The Prairies
The two longest serving provincial governments in Canada are in Alberta where the Progressive Conservatives have been in power since 1971 and Saskatchewan where the New Democrats have held power since 1991.
Both provinces are in the midst of record development and growth as a result of the oil boom and instability in the worlds energy sector. Unlikely as it seems, there is change afoot in these two prosperous jurisdictions.
Saskatchewan NDP Government NEEDS Better Communications Staff
I am a New Democrat. I support them strongly. That is why when the Saskatchewan NDP Government announced a New Seniors Drug Plan in this springs provincial Budget, I was proud and pleased. The new Seniors Drug Plan ensures that no Senior Citizen will pay more then $15 per prescription. This is likely one of the most innovative improvements to the social safety net in Canada in many many years.
That's the good news.
Now the bad news.