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Manitoba & RCMP News

The Pas RCMP investigate collision resulting in major damage On April 19, 2015, at approximately 6:30pm, The Pas RCMP were dispatched to a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Fischer Avenue and 7th Street in The Pas, Manitoba.

Investigation revealed that a pickup truck was traveling south on Fischer Avenue, rounded the corner and approached the intersection near a local business, Ken’s Shell. As the pickup rounded the corner, it lost control and struck two traffic control signs, before striking a car occupied by two persons. The two occupants were treated on scene and released with minor injuries.

Police say that the pickup then fled the collision scene eastbound on 7th Street, after striking an utility pole. The vehicle sustained heavy front end damage and was abandoned by the driver two blocks east of the collision location. The driver had fled the scene.

RCMP report that alcohol is suspected to have been a factor in the collision and that the investigation is ongoing.

RCMP get assis tance from police dog in theft case On the morning of April 26, 2015, Dauphin RCMP received a complaint regarding a number of ATVs operating in and around the village of Ochre River, Manitoba.

Officers attended and were advised by witnesses that three suspects were last seen near the Ochre River bridge on Highway 5. Officers attended and with the assistance of the witnesses, located two ATVs hidden in some bushes. The officers could hear people running through the nearby bushes, so set up a perimeter to contain the individuals, while a Police Service Dog (PSD) team was called in.

Police Service Dog Eddie, at work tracking down suspects.

Prior to the arrival of the team, two male youths were arrested as they attempted to flee the area. Once the team arrived, a search was commenced for the third suspect. PSD Eddie tracked this suspect to a small island in the Ochre River.

The officers had to wade through the fast moving water in order to reach the island where the third suspect was located and arrested.

Three young males, ages 14, 15 and 16, appeared in court in Dauphin on Monday on

charges of possessing stolen property and have been remanded to May 13, 2015. All three are residents of the Sandy Bay First Nation.

Investigators recovered two ATVs and one motorcycle, all of which had recently been stolen from the Ochre River area.

RCMP nvestigating death of girl, 11, on Manitoba reserve as a homicide WINNIPEG - An 11-year-old girl on a northern Manitoba reserve appears to have been killed by someone, and not a bear as some people believed, RCMP said Friday.

The death of Teresa Robinson, whose remains were found on the Garden Hill First Nation Monday, is now considered a homicide.

"Her remains were disturbed by animals, but there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that animals played a role in her death," RCMP spokesperson Tara Seel said.

Seel said an autopsy was ongoing, the cause of death was not being released and RCMP would not confirm the timeline suggested by some residents of the fly-in community 500 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

Robinson was last seen leaving a birthday party on May 5, six days before she was reported missing to the RCMP. She was headed home but never made it, and her father thought she may have simply decided to sleep over at a friend's house, according to David Harper, grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.

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It was a few days later that a family member called the school and a community search was launched.

Border Report The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to share a sample of highlights from the border crossings in southern Manitoba.

Southern Manitoba officers continued to keep the country safe and secure by refusing entry to individuals with previous criminality.

Emerson, MB. - Officers refused entry to a 51-year-old male foreign national for previous criminality including an extortion conviction.

Officers at Emerson refused entry to a 34year-old U.S. male for three driving under the influence convictions, as well as a 34-year-old U.S. male for possession of methamphetamine.

The CBSA reminds travelers to truthfully declare all purchases regardless if exemptions may apply as there may be enforcement actions taken for undervaluing or not declaring purchases up to and including prosecution in a court of law.

Emerson, MB. - A Manitoba man importing a vehicle from the U.S. was fined for making a false declaration by undervaluing the vehicle by

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page 3 over $8,000. The man was issued a penalty of $2,293 for the false claim. Had he been truthful, he would have only paid $260 in duty and goods and services tax.

Emerson, MB. - A Winnipeg man declared that he had purchased a trailer for $5,000, but upon further examination, the man revealed he had paid over $9,600 for the trailer. The man was issued a penalty of $3,540 for undervaluation of the trailer, and upon payment was allowed to enter Canada with his goods.

Boissevain officers seized a switchblade from a returning Canadian, and officers at Windygates seized a stun gun from a U.S. man traveling with a companion on a fishing trip. Switchblades and stun guns are prohibited weapons in Canada. The travelers were allowed to proceed into Canada without the weapons.

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RCMP lay charges in officer-involved shooting Clayton Ewert, a 48-year-old Kemnay, Manitoba man, has been charged following a shooting incident where a West Traffic Services RCMP officer was shot. The officer’s injuries were nonlife threatening.

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Man, 75, arrested in Winnipeg hit-and-run death of Chris Nero Police unsure of whether drugs, alcohol played a factor in death of 22-year-old

Emerson, MB. - Officers arrested a 48-yearold male as he was the subject of an outstanding Manitoba-wide warrant for forgery. The Winnipeg Police Service attended and arrested the man who is charged with theft and forgery.

The CBSA would like to remind all travelers of the continued restrictions on importing poultry products. It is prohibited to import all raw poultry and all poultry products and by-products that are not fully cooked from certain U.S. states. This includes eggs and raw pet foods, sourced, processed, packaged or shipped from

with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of uttering threats to kill, two counts of assault and one count each of discharging a firearm with intent and using a firearm in the commission of the offence of attempted murder.

Ewert has been remanded into custody.

On May 15, 2015, at about 6:30pm, RCMP officers responded to a complaint of an assault at a local residence. Upon arrival, officers were threatened by Clayton Ewert before he fired a firearm at them, striking one of the officers. The male officer has since been released from hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.

RCMP report that Ewert has been charged

Winnipeg police have arrested a 75-year-old man in connection with the hit-and-run death of Chris Nero.

The 22-year-old man died after being hit by a vehicle on May 2. The driver left the scene.

Nero was found unconscious near Inkster Boulevard and Bunting Street around 11:30 p.m.

He was rushed to hospital in critical condition and died a short time later.

On May 9, police said they suspected the vehicle that struck and killed Nero was small and likely had a smashed front end. On Wednesday, police received a tip from someone about a car that fit that description.

"It was that that caused an individual who had contact with this fellow to go, 'you know what, that car wasn't like that, now all of a sudden it is, and that's suspicious,'" said Const. Eric Hofley, adding police had dozens of calls after releasing the description of the vehicle that killed Nero.

Police couldn't say whether the suspect was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. He has no history with the police.

The man was released on a promise to appear in court. He's facing charges for failing to stop at the scene of an accident involving death.

'Worst two and a half weeks of my life' "It was the worst two and a half weeks of my life," said Robyn Werner, Nero's mom.

Werner said her son was walking home with friends when he was hit. She's relieved charges have been laid. "[Police] told me it was a 75-year-old man who didn't see him and who panicked and left," said Werner. "I'll never have closure, but it helps to — now you can move on and heal," 2nd fatal hit and run in 5 months Nero's death was the second to have happened on Inkster Boulevard in the past five months, involving a driver hitting a pedestrian then leaving the scene.

Cody Joss, 21, died while trying to cross Inkster Boulevard near McGregor Street on Dec. 20, 2014. Police believe he was struck by a darkcoloured truck.

The driver still hasn't been found in that case.

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Aboriginal leader calls for indigenous education initiatives

Canada would be a better place if everyone had more knowledge about indigenous languages and cultures, aboriginal leader Wab Kinew told hundreds of education leaders in Whistler, British Columbia.

Kinew, who is a musician, journalist and University of Winnipeg vice-president for indigenous relations, was speaking at a national conference for school principals and vice-principals called Connecting Leaders: Inspiring Learning.

In an inspirational and moving presentation, Kinew said if the goal is to cultivate innovation in schools, students should be taught that there is more than one way to think.

“Shouldn’t we teach ... that there is a variety of world views?

Some of those new ways of thinking about problems should come from indigenous people,” he said.

He used Facebook as an example of a company that used an Aboriginal idea to drive its innovation.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, “thought of (the social media network) as a global potlatch”, Kinew said.

“This company has generated a huge amount of wealth, and some part of their innovation was created by learning about

aboriginal culture,” Kinew said.

Although this is often misunderstood, aboriginal learning was very systematized and formalized, Kinew said. “Our traditions are rich and complex and have a tremendous depth that I don’t think is really appreciated,” he said.

Research by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards shows that if aboriginal students had the same educational outcomes as other Canadians and the same access to employment, the Canadian economy would grow, tax revenue would grow, and government expenditures would shrink, Kinew said.

Long ago, a native leader proposed that the Europeans and the indigenous people should exchange children so they could learn about each others’ way of life and the two cultures could live in peace.

“Obviously, this vision was not fulfilled — only the native children were taken,” Kinew said. “Had this vision been realized, where would we be today? Would Canada look different? Yes.” He said the leader’s idea that education could be the foundation for living in peace and harmony should be a way forward for Canada today.

For example, Kinew said that in indigenous culture, “the chief should be the poorest one in the community.”

“What they’re saying is that if you want to be a leader, it’s not about you. If you want to be a leader, it should be about a life of service,” he said. “If someone in your community is hungry, you should give them your food. If someone in your community is

cold, you should give them your blanket.”

Kinew said if people grew up hearing this, their values and their moral compass would be vastly different. Other examples he gave were about how to deal with differences between people and how to protect the environment. He said Tatanka Iyotanke, known as Sitting Bull, said during the Indian Wars that “in order for there to be peace on these lands, it is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

“He’s saying that it is not necessary for us to be exactly alike to share the lands and live together,” Kinew said. “Reconciliation shouldn’t be a second chance at assimilation. ... We shouldn’t seek to humiliate our opponents. Really, the real goal should be reconciliation.”

Concerning the environment, he said globalized society views the natural world as subservient to man, while aboriginal culture says, “We don’t own the land, the land owns us.”

“Would we be in the same situation of environmental degradation if everyone in this country had learned the aboriginal way of life? I would suggest to you, probably not,” Kinew said.

Kinew began his presentation, which was introduced with a First Nations song and a presentation by high school students about murdered and missing aboriginal women, with a long passage in his native language.

“I always like to do that because Ojibway was the ... trade language of this country for hundreds of years, and yet now very few people can recognize it,” he said “For crying out loud, our country has an aboriginal name, yet who among us can properly explain the origins of that name? How can we claim to be Canadian if we

Greyhound bus shipments go missing, customers left out of pocket Single mom wants her possessions back lost during move, but Greyhound can't find them Two people are Going Public after they say thousands of dollars' worth of personal items disappeared from Greyhound buses.

When she packed up everything she owned along with her children to take a new job across the country, Lorena Curbelo knew it wouldn't be easy. But the single mom didn't expect the hardest part would be getting some of her belongings back from Greyhound.

Curbelo and her three children aged 12, 14 and 19 moved from Windsor, Ont., to Lethbridge, Alta., last September. She chose to ship everything using Greyhound because it was the least-expensive option.

When she showed up at the Lethbridge Greyhound depot to pick up her shipment, she said, she realized a

lot of it was missing. She asked a Greyhound employee what happened.

'Happens all the time' "She said, not to worry, this happens all the time … the boxes get taken from one bus to another, they get split apart. But don't worry about it, they end up getting to their destination," Curbelo told Go Public.

Curbelo said the Greyhound employee told her she had to sign for all the boxes she sent — even the missing ones — if she wanted to take anything home. She said her adult son and Greyhound employees witnessed that conversation.

The move to Alberta proved too much for her children, however, so a few months later, Curbelo moved back to Ontario, again using

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Wab Kinew can’t understand what the name our country means?”

Kinew talked about several initiatives at the University of Winnipeg that are acting as a pipeline for aboriginal children from the time they are toddlers until the time they enter university. For example, the university was perhaps the first in Canada to waive tu-

ition payments for former foster children. Beginning in 2016, the university will require all students to take a mandatory aboriginal studies course.

In another program, teenage girls learn about aboriginal culture and then teach their peers about it. In another, young children learn

Greyhound. And again, some of her belongings went missing.

"When your child has two pairs of underwear, and no school supplies, and no clothing and no socks and no shoes and no jackets. Then you find out you have no spoons and no knives and no plates … this is getting costly, buying everything over again," she said. Eight months after the first shipment, Curbelo is still waiting for her missing items. She said some of the boxes that did arrive were open and things were missing, including personal items with sentimental value that can't be replaced.

Curbelo's story seems familiar to Daniel Lombardi.

The 26-year-old's mother used Greyhound to ship him some boxes and his bike when he moved from London, Ont., to Calgary a couple of months ago.

Lombardi eventually received the boxes, which included all the accessories for his bike, a helmet and handlebars. But somewhere around Winnipeg, the bike itself went missing, according to Greyhound's online tracking system.

"A bike box is a big thing to lose," he said.

His attempts at communication with Greyhound, he said, went "poorly — very poorly in terms of the phone conversations. In the emails, everything has been pretty brief or gone unanswered."

'Got the runaround' She said the most frustrating part was dealing with Greyhound, which she said gave her the runaround.

"I tried for months to get someone to call me back, and everybody ignores me.… I've called the Greyhound bus stations, I have been on hold for over an hour, then I get hung up on … or told it's the wrong department," she said.

"I'm mad. I'm a very patient [person], but this is ridiculous."

Curbelo admits she did make mistakes by signing for boxes she didn't receive, declining insurance and not keeping track of how many boxes she shipped or what was in them.

Bike disappears somewhere near Winnipeg

Compensation lacking The company offered Lombardi $100 in compensation for the lost bike. But he turned it down, saying that didn't even cover the cost of shipping.

In Curbelo's case, she estimates she's suffered a loss of about $5,000.

"I don't want the money, I want my things.…I want my daughter's baby blanket.… these things I can't get back."

about science using aboriginal language and cultural teachings to interpret it.

Kinew’s father was a residential school student.

He said his father’s name was changed, he was abused, starved and lost his culture and language.

Not only that, but Kinew said he was part of an experiment in which additives were put in flour that was fed to the students.

“Think about what that says. That happened in this country, within living memory,” Kinew said. “We are in an era of truth and reconciliation. I like to turn that around and say, ‘No truth, no reconciliation.”

But today, Kinew’s sister is working on her PhD at Harvard, which shows that there are some very notable success stories in the aboriginal community.

“The socio-economic indicators, generally speaking, are grim, but there are some positive indicators. The education gap still exists, but there are now 27,000 indigenous students in post-secondary institutions so the ship is turning,” Kinew said. “(This) is the face of Aboriginal resurgence — young, educated, successful by any measure, but also deeply connected to Aboriginal culture, language and community.

Also predominantly female.”

Kinew said all Canadians should push for better outcomes for aboriginal students and want Canada “to be the greatest nation in the world — a nation in which every child can meet their potential bolstered by a fair and just education.”

After CBC contacted Greyhound, it apologized for the "inconvenience and frustration," saying it has launched a Canadawide search for some of the boxes Curbelo said are still missing.

"Our system shows that Ms. Curbelo received and signed for all of her packages that were shipped in September. However, we are diligently searching for packages from her March shipment, Lanesha Gipson wrote in an email to Go Public from Greyhound's head office in Texas.

Gipson said the company is also searching for Lombardi's bike.

Greyhound also agreed to increase compensation, offering Curbelo and Lombardi $100 of declared value for their shipments, a refund of their shipping costs and a $100 voucher for shipping or travel. Lombardi said he's happy with that offer.

Curbelo said the offer is insulting, because it doesn't begin to cover what it's costing her to replace everything Greyhound lost.

"If a customer does not purchase extra declared value, which is similar to insurance, we will reimburse a customer up to $100 in the event that any packages in their shipment are delayed or lost," Gipson said.

Last year, Greyhound made more than 1.8 million shipments to different parts of the country. The company said it doesn't track how many of those were lost.

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section, said Ottawa paramedic Ian Courville, who witnessed the grisly crash while travelling to work.

"I saw a bunch of cars hitting the brakes in front of me and then kind of a cloud of what appeared to be red in front of me," said Courville.

"Then I saw the bike there skidding across the fast lane and the guy, the motorcyclist was lying on the right side of the road there and I obviously saw the deer and saw what happened."?

"The deer didn't suffer much. He was split in half so he died instantly, I'm assuming," he said.

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About 24 suspicious packages from Asia sent to Canadian courthouses 'It looks like this is being done to create unrest, to create disruption,' says security expert.

Suspicious packages, with postmarks from Asia, continue to arrive at Canadian courthouses, with the latest reaching one in Nunavut, as police forces investigate.

The packages have police forces across the country investigating. However, authorities are releasing little information about what's inside them.

The Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit was evacuated after a suspicious package arrived. However, justice officials in the territory have only said it could be linked to others across the country.

Another package was discovered Thursday morning at a post office in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. It was addressed to the provincial court in the town.

Including Nunavut, a total of about two dozen packages have been intercepted en route to or received at courthouses in: Manitoba.

Nova Scotia.

Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Northwest Territories.

Also packages were received by Manitoba court buildings in Winnipeg, Brandon, Morden and Minnedosa. RCMP tested the contents and have said they contained no dangerous chemicals, but police have not revealed the contents.

On Monday, four front counter workers at the Amherst courthouse in Nova Scotia went to hospital complaining of nausea, dizziness and burning in the throat after an envelope sent from Hong Kong arrived. All employees were released from hospital.

The Law Courts building on Upper Water Street in Halifax was evacuated for a short time Tuesday afternoon. Halifax police officers with gas masks carried out a plastic container with an orange item inside. A day later, several suspicious packages prompted evacuations at several courthouses, government and office buildings across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Also Canada Post reported intercepting four suspicious packages destined for courthouses across that provinces with a fifth suspicious package delivered to a courthouse in Sydney, Cape Breton,

Deer hit in 'soft spot'

A hazardous materials team member prepares to enter the courthouse in Sydney, Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia after a suspicious package was found. Suspicious packages have been arriving at courthouses across Canada. which was evacuated.

A security expert doesn't believe the return address will lead investigators to whoever is sending the material.

David Hyde, who operates a security management, consulting and training company based in Ontario, told reporters: "Why are they targeting courthouses here? Could somebody have a grievance with the court system some how?

"It looks like this is being done to create unrest, to create disruption, and obviously it's succeeding to a certain degree."

If the packages are a scare tactic rather than an actual threat, tough decisions will have to be made, Hyde said.

"At what point do we stop evacuating every time a package shows up because we now know we've had 20 of them and they have been benign, although curious, or do we take other steps such as rerouting mail?"

Ottawa motorcyclist splits deer in half in highway collision Driver was 'very lucky' after hitting deer in soft mid-section.

A motorcyclist riding on Highway 417 in Ottawa was thrown from the bike after it cleaved through and killed a deer running across the highway.

An off-duty paramedic said the collision happened just before 6 a.m. ET Thursday in the westbound lanes of Highway 417 near Boundary Road, in the rural southeast of Ottawa.

The collision "literally split the deer in half," through its mid-

Courville pulled over along with other drivers to help the motorcylist, while others who had reflective safety vests in their vehicles directed traffic away from the collision and the body of the deer.

The 46-year-old motorcyclist ended up some 45 metres from the site of the collision, while the bike was another 45 metres down the road, said Courville.

A motorcycle lies on the side of Highway 417 in Ottawa after it struck and killed a deer.

The motorcyclist was alert as he was taken to the trauma centre of the Civic campus of the Ottawa hospital with non-life-threatening leg injuries.

Courville said the motorcycle hit the deer right at the end of the deer's ribcage and before the hip bones and the back legs.

"It's probably what saved him: the point of impact was at the soft spot of the deer," he said. "He was very lucky. It could have been a moose going across."

B.C. First Nation voters reject $1B for LNG project in 1st of 3 votes The first of three votes on a natural gas benefit offer worth over $1 billion has been unanimously rejected by a First Nation on British Columbia's northwest coast.

page 7 All of the more than 180 eligible voters at a meeting in Port Simpson stood up to oppose the plan to build a liquefied-naturalgas pipeline and terminal in their territory, said Lax Kw'alaams band member Malcolm Sampson.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, which is mostly owned by Malaysiabased oil and gas giant Petronas, has applied to build an export terminal on Lelu Island, just south of Prince Rupert at the head of the Skeena River.

Residents have raised concerns over the project's environmental impact, citing the site's problematic location and the threat it poses to the watershed.

"Why would you build an LNG plant right at the mouth of the Skeena River?" said Sampson, who spoke at Tuesday's meeting.

"There of all places."

Sampson said the $1.15-billion offer in benefits over 40 years was not discussed at all during the meeting, which took place in a school gym so packed that some band members had to stand outside.

"Too much was at stake to wipe out a whole river," said the father of eight and grandfather of 20. He described the atmosphere at the meeting, where both proponents and the band council made presentations, as "very tense."

Luanne Roth of the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation said an estimated 60 per cent of the Skeena estuary's eel grass is located immediately off Lelu Island, which she described as critical salmon habitat.

"It's in the worst place they could have chosen in the whole north coast," she said of the proposed LNG site.

Offered payments for 40 years Information posted on the band's website notes the proposal would provide an initial $27.8 million. Annual payments would then begin at nearly $13 million and end with $50.5 million in the 40th year.

The deal would provide 2,200 hectares of land in the Prince Rupert harbour area, worth about $108 million, and would promise jobs for qualified Tsimshian workers.

Further information on the site says that in exchange, Lelu Island and its traditional plants and medicines would be off limits to Lax Kw'alaams members. As many as 431 culturally modified trees could be destroyed if the deal goes ahead, it adds.

About 120 kilometres of the pipeline would rest on the seabed, which, the document says, could negatively impact fish and their habitat, alter access to traditional fishing grounds and contaminate seafood through dredging.

The remaining members of the 3,700-strong band will have an opportunity to vote following two information sessions in Prince Rupert and Vancouver over the coming week.

Two more votes Lax Kw'alaams Mayor Garry Reece said the band council would not comment on the outcome of the initial vote until members living outside of Port Simpson have had an opportunity to cast their ballots.

Pacific NorthWest LNG president Michael Culbert declined comment but thanked the Lax Kw'alaams council for the invitation to present to the community.

"Out of respect to the ongoing process overseen by mayor and council, it is premature and improper to comment further," Culbert said an email.

Port Simpson resident Donnie Wesley, who voted no on Tuesday, said his people wanted to send a clear message to the provincial and federal governments that his community takes environmental issues seriously.

"It was a proud moment for our people," said the lifelong fisherman. "We stood our ground."

Aliens are living among us, declares former high ranking politician who wants US to reveal UFO secrets A former Canadian defence minister has claimed that aliens are real and has accused world leaders of keeping their presence on Earth, a secret.

Paul Hellyer, who was the North American country's defence minister from 1963 to 1967, is now urging world powers to release what he believes to be hidden data about UFOs. The 91-year-old referenced a "New World Order" and the "cabal [secret political faction]" in his keynote speech at the University of Calgary on Saturday, 18 April as part of his Disclosure Canada tour, which calls for governments to open up their UFO files.

"Much of the media won't touch it," Hellyer told the crowd.

"So you just have to keep working away at it and we will get a critical mass and one day they will say, 'Mr. President or Mr. Prime Minister, we want the truth and we want it now because it affects our lives'," Hellyer said.

Hellyer first went public with aliens subject in 2005, becoming the first high ranking politician to do so. The same year he asked Canada to hold public hearings on extra terrestrials.

Five things you probably didn't know about the Canadian passport A Bowmanville, Ont. couple found out the hard way that just having a valid passport isn’t enough to get you out of the country.

Dallas Hill and Evan Bouckley were prevented from boarding a flight to Italy because Hill's passport was set to expire in July;

Canadians who are travelling to the Shengen area of European states need passports that will be valid for at least three months after they leave the region they're visiting. Some countries have even stricter passport authentication requirements.

Validity requirements aren’t the only things some Canadians don't know about their passports. Here are five more.

Royal prerogative Technically, your passport is granted by the Queen of Canada (which is different from the Queen of England, even though they’re the same person). A passport application can be denied simply by "royal prerogative," which was invoked famously when Omar Khadr applied for a passport in 2006. Fortunately, Charter rights mean such a denial is extremely rare.

No more tint As of May 9, tinted glasses aren’t allowed in passport photos, to ensure that the holder's eyes are "well defined and clear." Sorry, Bono.

It’s a popular prop for assassins James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King’s assassin, used a Canadian passport with the name Ramon George Sneya to elude the FBI in 1968. In 1940, Spaniard Ramon Mercader del Rio used a Canadian passport to travel to Mexico City, where he killed Leon Trotsky. In 1973, Mossad agents used false Canadian passports to kill a waiter in Norway suspected of being a terrorist operative.

Hidden images The new ePassports have a lot of eye-pleasing features, not the least of which are the illuminated images that come alive under a blacklight. Colours, flowers and even fireworks jump off the page when the passport is lit properly.

No autographs please, we’re children Contrary to the claims of some airlines and border agents, you shouldn’t have your child sign their passport unless they’re over 11 and the they meet the strict requirements of Passport Canada.

Parents should never sign for their children; it voids the passport.

Water supplies dwindling as First Nation scrambles to fix broken ferry SHOAL LAKE, Ont. - A reserve under one of Canada's longest boil-water advisories is scrambling to fix its broken ferry after being cut off from the outside world.

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continued from page 7 serve has no all-weather road and has been under a boil-water advisory for 17 years.

The community's only ferry failed a federal inspection last week and was taken out of service. Chief Erwin Redsky, who declared a state of emergency, says that without the aging vessel, people have no way to get groceries, water or immediate medical help.

"Everything from the delivery of water (to) health services are in jeopardy," he said Monday. "People are very, very frustrated and very inconvenienced. We've never experienced this before. We're trying to deal with it the best way we can."

A repair crew is looking at the ferry to see if it can be patched up enough to pass federal inspection later this week.

But even if the ferry is made seaworthy again, Redsky said it is only a stop-gap measure. Every year, people trying to get to their homes fall through the ice because there is no safe road.

Paramedics and home-care workers won't come into the community — either by ferry or on the ice — for safety reasons, he said.

"The long-term solution is, of course, a road — Freedom Road."

Glaciers are melting rapidly around the world, including in Canada, and human-caused climate change is now considered to be the main driver.

Thousands of glaciers in B.C. and Alberta are expected to lose 60 to 80 per cent of their combined volume compared to 2005, depending on how much CO2 gets added to the atmosphere between now and the end of the century.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May called the situation intolerable. She wants the federal government to immediately restore ferry service to the community and help build an all-weather road.

After a century, May suggested, the community deserves justice.

"Every community across Canada has a right to safe drinking water," she said in an interview. "But this situation, where they are both physically isolated and don't have safe drinking water, is appalling.

"It's scandalous." ***** Chief Erwin Redsky says the ferry has been repaired and is back in the water, but only in a limited capacity. Nonetheless, he said, it's a relief to everyone in the community, especially elders who had been moved when the ferry was pulled out of service.

"They're anxious to get home. A lot of community members are anxiously waiting for the official word," Redsky said Wednesday. "Any kind of service right now is huge. It's very, very critical that this ferry is allowed to operate, at least on a restricted-load basis, so we're very happy."

The community will be watching closely for leaks and the ferry will have to undergo extensive repairs in the fall, he said.

Western Canada glaciers will melt away B.C., Alberta glaciers will shrink 70% by 2100 Wonder what your favourite glacier to ski or hike will look like in 20 or 40 years? A new study makes detailed predictions about how the glaciers in B.C. and Alberta will melt and shrink between now and 2100.

Already, Clarke says, he has been working with B.C. Hydro to plan changes to hydroelectric power production in the future. Luckily, in B.C., climate change is expected to increase rainfall, which is expected to largely make up for the loss of the glacier meltwater.

"The main change for them is the timing of water delivery to the reservoirs."

Other parts of the world may not be so lucky, and similar mod-

Decker Glacier at Whistler in July 2006 and August 2014.

Many of the glaciers in the Rockies will disappear altogether, predicts the new study published Monday in Nature Geoscience.

In the Interior and Rockies regions, "ice area and volume losses will exceed 90 per cent," except in the most optimistic climate change scenario considered, it says. Glaciers in coastal northwestern British Columbia are expected to "survive in a diminished state."

But the most valuable information coming out of the new study is the details, says lead author Garry Clarke, professor emeritus of glaciology at the University of British Columbia.

Previous studies mainly focused on the amount of snow that would replenish the glaciers each year and the net melting over time as the climate warms.

Clarke's study goes into how glaciers will flow and break up, and where their water will go under four climate scenarios considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its Fifth Assessment Report in 2014.

"It's essentially a resource that people can use if someone wants a glacier ski resort somewhere in the Rockies and they wonder what it might be like 50 years from now," said Clarke.

Hydroelectric impact The details of how the glaciers will melt may also have an impact on hydroelectric production on glacier-fed rivers, as well as agriculture that relies on the water for irrigation, alpine tourism, and resource development, including forestry, the paper says.

els may be crucial to help them plan for drier times.

There will be other impacts in Canada as well, including the near-disappearance of the Columbia Icefield, a major tourist attraction in Jasper National Park. It's visited by millions of people each year aboard convoys of special snow coaches. It's also an important source of snow and ice melt for the Athabasca, Saskatchewan and Columbia river basins.

The Columbia Icefield's biggest glacier, the Athabasca, is currently losing more than five metres of ice a year.

The new model shows that by 2100, under a best-case scenario where the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere peaks at just 490 parts per million (it's currently close to 400 ppm), the icefield will be reduced to multiple small patches. But if CO2 emissions grow to 1,370 ppm, it will have shrunk to almost nothing by 2100.

Clarke hopes the value in the study isn't just directly practical, but will also help people better understand the consequences of climate change and motivate them to take action against a problem he describes as urgent and "dead serious."

"If you look and say, 'Here's a glacier that you ski on right now and here's what it will look like 20, 30, 50 years in the future' and they can see the consequences, I think it's a stronger message. It works a little bit more viscerally for people that are not scientists."

More complicated than imagined The study took 10 years of work. In collaboration with re-

page 9 searchers at the University of Iceland, the University of Victoria, the University of Northern British Columbia, he incorporated the "flow physics" of ice and snow into a computer model of western Canada and its glaciers.

"It was much more complicated than we even imagined," Clarke recalled.

When the starting point for the model was 2,000 years ago, it accurately predicted what the glaciers look like today.

"Then we subject them to the climate of the future and we see what happens to them," Clarke said.

He thinks now that the technique has been worked out, it would be useful to apply it to other parts of the world — something he's interested in helping out with.

But he doesn't personally want to lead another study like this.

"It's a bit depressing to actually be calculating losses the whole time," he said. "I didn't get into science to be that kind of person."

Even if he wanted to, the funding might be hard to come by — as it is, he thinks even the current study "would be pretty hard to put together now." That's because it started a decade ago and was funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, which was launched under Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien and not renewed by Stephen Harper's Conservative government when its funds ran out in 2011.

Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.

As it turned out, surgeons there could not reattach the finger.

But it's what happened the next day that convinced Germaniuk he should go public.

Told to figure out how to get home "The nurse came into the room and said to me, 'How are you getting home?' I thought she was making a joke," he said.

"I said, 'Lookit, I was working outside at my house yesterday and I had work clothes on. I had no wallet, I had no ID, I had no health card, I had nothing in my pants. [Now] here I am in Winnipeg, and you're asking me to go home. What am I to do?'

"And she said, 'It's up to you.'"

Patient airlifted to hospital out of province - discharged with no money and ID

Ontario patients regularly left stranded What happened to Germaniuk may seem unusual, but Natalie Mehra from the Ontario Health Coalition said patients are regularly left to make their own way home.

Mehra said part of the problem is that Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre regularly operates over capacity.

It often has to fly patients to Manitoba or the U.S. for care they should be able to receive closer to home.

"To be sending them off to another province or another country is a failure of our health-care system. It's shocking. This has happened for far too long," she said.

"And to leave patients then, discharge them from the hospital with no way home but for them to figure it out, is just wrong," said Mehra.

Ontario travel grant Ontario offers a travel grant program to patients in the northern part of the province. But Mehra said patients are still left to find their own way home. Once home, they have to apply to get their money back.

Both Thunder Bay and Winnipeg hospital officials point to problems in the system.

"Most of the questions, in fact, even the patient's complaint, refer to flaws and policy gaps in the system," said Chisholm Pothier from the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

According to Pothier, last year 1,146 patients were treated outside the region. More than 300 were treated in Manitoba or other provinces. But he said the vast majority, 91 per cent, were treated at the Thunder Bay hospital.

After two of his fingers were severed in a woodworking accident, Vic Germaniuk says he was left to make the 700-kilometre trip home from hospital with no money or identification.

Now the Ontario man has decided to go public after discovering he is not the only person who has been left stranded far from home by the health-care system.

Germaniuk calls it a "stupid accident." On Oct. 14, 2013, his glove got caught in the blade of a saw while he worked on his rural Ontario property in Kaministiquia, outside Thunder Bay. Two fingers on his left hand were cut off.

"It was awful … you realize that, my body is now going to be changed for ever.… All this stuff goes through your head within seconds," Germaniuk said.

Despite the shock, he decided to look for his severed fingers in the grass. He found one.

Not a benefit under Canada Health Act

Drove to Thunder Bay Germaniuk then drove 45 minutes to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, arriving at the emergency department with a blood-soaked towel over his hand and carrying one finger in a plastic bag.

He said the medical care he received was excellent, but because the hospital was over capacity, the decision was made to fly him almost 700 kilometres across the provincial border to the Health

vincing his credit company to allow him to charge a $98 Greyhound bus ticket for the 10-hour trip home.

A stranger who was visiting the hospital and overheard his story gave Germaniuk $20 to buy food for the trip.

"I was traumatized first from the accident … I was trying to deal with that, so to have the nurse say just get out of the hospital this afternoon … I was just devastated of course," he said.

After learning about Germaniuk's story through media, Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario's health minister, said he is "very concerned" and has ordered his ministry to look into what went wrong.

The Winnipeg hospital offered taxi fare to either the airport or a bus terminal.

Germaniuk spent the next couple of hours on the phone con-

Melissa Hoft with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said patient travel policies are set by provincial health ministries, not by individual hospitals, and differ from province to province.

"Transportation home from a hospital after being discharged is not an insured benefit under the Canada Health Act," she said.

Because Germaniuk is not a Manitoba resident, it was up to Ontario to get him home.

Ontario's Ministry of Health told Go Public there is a system in place to get patients who have been shipped out of province for medical care home again.

The ambulance service can be used, but only if a doctor decides it is medically necessary.

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News Headlines From Around the Carbon dioxide global levels surpass daunting milestone

In March, entire globe reached CO2 levels not seen in about 2 million years Global levels of carbon dioxide, the most prevalent heat-trapping gas, have passed a daunting milestone, U.S. federal scientists say.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says in March, the global monthly average for carbon dioxide hit 400.83 parts per million. That is the first month in modern records that the entire globe broke 400 ppm, reaching levels that haven't been seen in about two million years.

"It's both disturbing and daunting," said NOAA chief greenhouse gas scientist Pieter Tans. "Daunting from the standpoint on how hard it is to slow this down."

He said it is disturbing because it is happening at a pace so fast that it seems like an explosion compared to Earth's slow-moving natural changes.

Carbon dioxide isn't just higher, it is increasing at a record pace, 100 times faster than natural rises in the past, Tans said.

Pushed by the burning of coal, oil and gas, global carbon dioxide is 18 per cent higher than it was in 1980, when NOAA first calculated a worldwide average. In 35 years, carbon dioxide levels rose 61 parts per million. In pre-human times, it took about 6,000 years for carbon dioxide to rise about 80 parts per million, Tans said.

Monthly levels fluctuate with the season, peaking in May and then decreasing as plants absorb carbon dioxide. But they are increasing on a year-to-year basis.

Levels are also higher in the Northern Hemisphere because that's where carbon dioxide is being spewed by power plants and vehicles, Tans said.

The first time levels passed the 400 ppm milestone was for just a few weeks in the Arctic in 2012. Last year the monthly Northern Hemisphere average measured in Hawaii exceeded 400 and now the global average has as well, said James Butler, head of NOAA's global monitoring division.

Great white shark strikes a stunning pose for Australian filmmaker Australian filmmaker Dave Riggs posted a photo of a great white shark on his Facebook page. In the image, the shark is breaking the water’s surface just feet from a camera, its intimidating jaw wide open.

Riggs, who was part of a documentary crew filming footage of the Neptune Islands off South Australia, told Goldfields-Esperance that, despite what may appear on camera, the shark was not launching an attack. It was simply checking out its surroundings.

“She was around 15 foot long, and wasn’t being aggressive, believe it or not, but certainly looks like it in the image,” Riggs said.

“But that’s how they assess their surroundings.”

On Facebook, Riggs emphasized the need to protect sharks, not fear them: “This is how a great white ‘sniffs’…it looks frightening but this…it really is…the last dinosaur…WE MUST PROTECT this magnificent creature!!!!”

“They’re basically very curious, any vessels that pull up in the

but we have to learn how to live with them.”

In October of last year, New Jersey art teacher Amanda Brewer took a similar photo from a shark-diving cage off South Africa while she was volunteering with the eco-tourism and research group White Shark Africa.

The shark “came out of nowhere and just kind of lunged out of the water, and I just happened to have had my GoPro in the exact right place at the exact right time. It really was just luck,” Brewer told GrindTV. Her photo went viral.

“This photo has gotten so much recognition and most has been incredibly positive. Now, people are talking about the sharks. Now we educate. That’s how you make a difference. If nothing else, we’ve gotten a few more shark warriors on board and we’ve explained our case to a few people who only two days ago didn’t care about it at all,” she said of the attention her photo got online.

Brand-name companies' secret Luxembourg tax deals revealed Filmmaker Dave Riggs captured this incredible photo off the coast of Australia.

Landlocked European duchy a “magical fairyland” for global corporations seeking to slash their tax bills.

Some firms have enjoyed effective tax rates of less than 1 percent on the profits they’ve shuffled into Luxembourg.

Amanda Brewer's incredible shark photo. location, the sharks will come and have a look,” Riggs told reporters. “I just felt obliged to post it I guess, because it’s real…it’s not being aggressive, it was not attempting to kill anyone, it was just very curious.”

"We’re endeavouring to encourage everyone to appreciate our place in this environment, this isn’t our planet, we need to co-exist,” he said of his film crew.

"What would the ocean be without these big beasts? They’re scary and they’re freaky, and there are fatal altercations occasionally,

Pepsi, IKEA, FedEx and hundreds of other international companies have secured secret deals from Luxembourg, allowing many of them to slash their global tax bills while maintaining little presence in the tiny Western European duchy, leaked documents show.

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USA Freightliner Inspiration self-driving truck OK'd to drive on Nevada highways A self-driving tractor-trailer now has approval to drive on some public highways in the U.S.

Keep a safe distance from other vehicles.

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The driver must take over when exiting the highway or when driving on smaller roads.

The American Dream is Dead The "American Dream" is nothing more than a mirage.

After crunching the numbers, that's the depressing conclusion of economist Gregory Clark of the University of California, Davis.

"The status of your children, your grandchildren, your greatgrandchildren, (and) your great-great grandchildren will be quite closely related to your average status now," Clark says, "The truth is that the American Dream was always an illusion."

And thanks to stagnant wages and the skyrocketing cost of essentials, Clark's stark assertion becomes more apparent each day.

In fact, the percentage of Americans who identify themselves as middle class has fallen a remarkable 9%, from 53% in 2008 to just 44% today.

And despite a record setting stock market, improving your status your life isn't getting any easier. Actually, it's getting even tougher.

In fact, here are the five biggest hurdles keeping you from a better future:

Hurdle #1: Jaw-Dropping Health Care Costs The Freightliner Inspiration, developed by Daimler Trucks North America, has received a licence from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to operate on public roads in the state, the company announced Tuesday.

Average out-of-pocket health care costs for a family of four covered by employer-sponsored health plans rose a whopping 85% between 2000 and 2012. Compared to our peers, Americans currently pay about twice as much per capita on healthcare with an average cost per capita of $8,745. In 1980, the same cost per capita was $1,110.

Hurdle #2: The Out of Control Cost of a Diploma From 2000 to 2012, college tuition and fees almost doubled, jumping 86%. But that's just a drop in the bucket. Since 1978, college tuition and fees have increased by a whopping 1,120%. Today, 70% of students borrow to go to college and take on an average of $33,000 in student loans. At $1.2 trillion, student loan debt in the U.S. now exceeds the amount of credit card debt Americans hold.

The truck took part in its ceremonial first drive in autonomous mode at a ceremony at the Hoover Dam. The driver can hand over full control of the truck when traffic and other conditions allow it.

The truck uses sensors and computers to: Help it drive within the speed limit.

Stay in its lane.

Hurdle #4: The Woes of Owning "Home Sweet Home" The cost of homeownership for four-member families jumped 28% in the past 12 years, which probably explains why mortgages fell to a 17-year low earlier this year. According to one recent survey, 52% of all Americans cannot even afford the house that they are living in right now.

Hurdle # 5: Savings... Forget About It Rising costs, coupled with lower savings rates paint a dire picture for the average American family. Only 48% of all Americans can immediately come up with $400 in emergency cash without borrowing it or selling something. And 36% of Americans do not have a single penny saved for retirement.

But the Truth is, the Biggest Hurdle is Now Headed Down the Pike…

A well-connected Washington, D.C. insider recently issued a major warning that could dramatically affect ALL U.S. citizens, but would hit everyday Americans particularly hard.

His name is Jim Rickards and he's a financial market advisor to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees the CIA, the NSA, and 14 other U.S. intelligence agencies.

And with his knowledge about the inner workings of the government, the economy, and the U.S. banking system, he sees some big, major international and domestic changes ahead for the United States.

Hurdle #3: Nauseating Child Care Costs Child care costs have gone so high – an average of 37% in the past 12 years – that they exceed typical costs for renting a home in every single state. A new study by Child Care Aware reports that child care costs increased eight times faster than family income during 2012. Annual costs are now higher than yearly tuition at an in-state, public college in 35 states. Ouch.

In fact, what he's predicting just might be the final nail in the coffin of the middle class.

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The world currently consumes 20 trillion kWh of energy annually Enough energy to power a single family home for 1.8 billion years or supply energy to a nuclear power plant for 2,300 years (or launch the Falcon 9 rocket seventeen million times).

Of all the fossil fuel consumed in the United States, one third is used in transportation and another third goes to electricity production. The US electric power sector alone produces over 2,000 million metric tons of CO2 which is like burning 225 billion gallons of gas. The EPA says it would require 1.6 billion acres of US forest to negate the environmental damage.

What if we could move the electricity grid off of fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources?

Once we’re able to rely on renewable energy sources for our power consumption, the top 50% of the dirtiest power generation resources could retire early. We would have a cleaner, smaller, and more resilient energy grid.

Today, Tesla introduces Tesla Energy, a suite of batteries for homes, businesses, and utilities fostering a clean energy ecosystem and helping wean the world off fossil fuels.

Tesla is not just an automotive company, it’s an energy innovation company. Tesla Energy is a critical step in this mission to enable zero emission power generation.

With Tesla Energy, Tesla is amplifying its efforts to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels to a sustainable energy future with Tesla batteries, enabling homes, business, and utilities to store sustainable and renewable energy to manage power demand, provide backup power and increase grid resilience.

Tesla is already working with utilities and other renewable power partners around the world to deploy storage on the grid to improve resiliency and cleanliness of the grid as a whole.

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Highlighted Powerwall Distribution Partners Treehouse TreeHouse, a sustainable home improvement store, is collaborating with Tesla to sell Powerwall. “For the first time, running your home on a battery will be affordable and easy,” says TreeHouse co-founder and president Jason Ballard. “I think in the near future, having a battery in your home will be as normal as having a water heater or a dishwasher.” Ballard added, “This just takes us one step closer to being able to power homes completely without the use of fossil fuels.”

Fronius Fronius and Tesla have partnered on a global level to offer Powerwall in combination with the Fronius Symo Hybrid inverter as a seamless solution for residential PV systems. For new PV installations, homeowners can use the Fronius inverter to operate both the PV and Powerwall, which reduces the overall system cost. For homeowners that already have solar PV, the Fronius inverter can be added to the system (AC coupled) or replace the existing inverter (DC coupled), and the Fronius solution will function with any type of solar energy system. This makes the Fronius plus Tesla solution a highly flexible solution across the globe.

Fronius is a leading inverter manufacturer in the global market, with nearly 1 million inverters installed worldwide. Fronius is known for both innovation and high quality, with 1,008 active

patents and 23 years of solar experience. Its products are exported through 22 international Fronius subsidiaries and sales partners/representatives in over 60 countries. The company is a multi-industry leader in the fields of energy storage, battery charging, and welding technology. Fronius and Tesla are pleased to expand a current successful relationship into the realm of energy storage.

SolarEdge SolarEdge, a leader in the global PV inverter market, and Tesla partnered for the joint development of a PV storage and backup power solution for the worldwide residential solar market.

Building on SolarEdge’s proven DC optimized inverter proven and Tesla's leading automotive-grade battery technology, the solution will require only a single SolarEdge inverter to manage both PV and storage functions. The system is designed for efficient, outdoor installation and includes remote monitoring and troubleshooting to keep operations and maintenance costs low.

Founded in 2006, SolarEdge provides an intelligent inverter solution that has changed the way power is harvested and managed in solar photovoltaic systems. The SolarEdge DC optimized inverter system maximizes power generation at the individual PV module-level while lowering the cost of energy produced by the solar PV system. Since beginning commercial shipments in 2010, SolarEdge has shipped more than 1.3 Gigawatt (‘‘GW’’) of its DC optimized inverter systems, including over 220,000 inverters, its products have been installed in PV systems in more than 73 countries, and more than 100,000 systems are monitored in its cloudbased monitoring portal.

Green Mountain Power At Green Mountain Power we are thrilled to bring Tesla’s innovative home battery storage to Vermont as part of a radical transformation of how energy is generated and used to empower customers to save money and increase reliability and resiliency.

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Tesla’s energy storage allows businesses to capture the full potential of their facility’s solar arrays by storing excess generation for later use and delivering solar power at all times. Tesla Energy for Businesses anticipates and discharges stored power during a facility’s times of highest usage, reducing the demand charge component of the energy energy bills.

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Highlighted Tesla Energy Businesses Amazon Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a robust, fully featured technology infrastructure platform in the cloud comprised of a broad set of compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services from data center locations in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Ireland, Japan, and Singapore. More than a million customers, including fast-growing startups, large enterprises, and government agencies across 190 countries, rely on AWS services to innovate quickly, lower IT costs, and scale applications globally. To serve these customers, AWS is committed to operating in the most environmentally friendly way possible. In addition to the environmental benefits inherently associated with running applications in the cloud, AWS has a longterm commitment to achieve 100% renewable energy usage for its global infrastructure footprint. Today, three AWS Regions are 100% carbon-neutral, including US West (Oregon), EU (Frankfurt), and AWS GovCloud (US).

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Experiment shows medical doctors to be glorified

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

Here’s some fascinating news in the world of medicine that really shows the drug racket -- the huge prescription drug scam taking place in USA and other countries today. Researchers sent a group of people, who said they saw the drug Paxil in a TV advertisement, into doctors’ offices. Many of these patients didn't even show signs of depression, but when they named the drug, 50 percent were diagnosed as having depression, and 55 percent were given a prescription for the exact prescription drug they named.

In fact, it turns out that when people named Paxil, they were more than five times as likely to be given a prescription for it than someone who didn't name it. This simple experiment demonstrates how many doctors are puppets of the pharmaceutical industry; they're glorified drug dealers.

I've been saying this for years, as have many others in the natural health community, but now this experiment clearly demonstrates it. Medical doctors claim to be scientifically trained. They claim to be rational people. They say that everything's a formula, so people are only given prescriptions that are medically necessary.

But when a patient comes in and mentions the name of a drug, all that rationality and all that so-called scientific thinking gets thrown out the window. Over half the time, the doctor's just going to write out a prescription for the exact drug that the patient named, whether or not it is medically necessary.

In other words, the whole system of prescription drugs and using doctors is a giant con. When pharmaceutical companies run these advertisements directly to consumers, they know these consumers are going to go to their doctor and name the drug, resulting in a sale of that drug. And that's why direct-to-consumer advertising -- drug advertising on television, magazines, and so on -- remains legal. It was illegal, but the FDA legalized it in 1997 to generate profits for the drug companies that the FDA seems sworn to protect. Since then, the drug industry and prescriptions have boomed. Now we have more than 40 percent of the population on prescriptions, nearly all of which are medically unnecessary.

Prescription drugs by themselves are a giant sham, because none of them treat the underlying causes of ill health. They only

mask the symptoms of disease, or try to interfere with the body's basic biochemistry. And the real story on these prescription drugs isn't being told, because these pharmaceutical companies are funding billions and billions of dollars each year in media advertising.

They're controlling the budgets of these media companies by running so many ads. Because of this, the media companies out there don't want to say anything bad about these prescription drugs.

And so the message out there continues to be, "Take more drugs! Look, here's a miracle drug for cancer; here's a miracle drug for erectile dysfunction; here's a miracle drug for sinus congestion, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure..." They just name one thing after another. They run the ads, the patients hear the drug name, they run into their doctors' offices to request the drug, and they get a prescription. What a con!

And it's a brilliant con, because it involves so many different parties. The FDA makes sure these ads remain legal, and that the drug companies generate all sorts of profits. The FDA even makes sure dangerous drugs stay on the market even when they're killing people.

And there are doctors who are trained at medical schools infiltrated by the drug companies. When doctors train for four years, they basically study some anatomy and physiology and then, of course, drugs, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. They learn how to diagnose diseases and think of them all as being chemical disorders that can be treated through pharmacology and prescription drugs.

The drug companies practically run many of these medical schools.

Glorified drug dealers And now, experiments like this one reveal most general practitioner doctors as the glorified drug dealers that they are. They just

write prescriptions for anyone who walks through the door. And that's really sad, because I know that's not the intention of many of these doctors, but the difficult and fascinating thing is that even doctors don't realize when they're being influenced. Patients certainly don't realize it. Consumers are heavily influenced by TV advertising, yet if you survey 1,000 consumers and ask them if they're being influenced, over 900 will say, "No, we're not being influenced at all". They'll say, "I make my own rational decisions about what to buy or what not to buy, based on my own information. I don't pay attention to ads." And yet, study after study shows that ads actually work. Patients buy the products advertised and request prescriptions for advertised pharmaceuticals in their doctors' offices. Stated flatly, patients aren't aware that they're being influenced and neither are doctors.

Drug companies exploit this seduction, this form of influence, to create demand for products in the minds of consumers, and then to make sure these consumers go to their doctors' offices and request those products, thus generating sales.

How the drug machine really operates And of course the pharmacists are all involved in this; they're just filling out the orders. They're like the little machine grinders in this whole system, this whole con of organized medicine. Somebody’s actually got to fill the bottles and dispense the pills, and that's what the pharmacists do. And somebody's got to write their prescriptions, that's what the doctors do. Somebody's got to act like they're providing an education on health, and that's what the medical schools do. Somebody's got to provide the so-called scientific evidence that provides some sort of justification for all of this, and

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that's what the medical journals do, and of course, they're largely funded by the drug companies. Finally, someone has to give all this the stamp of government approval, and that's what the FDA does.

So this whole sham, this whole drug racket, has many different players, most of whom are highly-paid professionals and smart people. Wouldn't it be great if they actually did something productive for society, rather than writing dangerous, highly toxic prescriptions out to people... rather than impairing the long-term health of our population to generate billions of dollars in profits for the pharmaceutical companies? Wouldn't it be great if all these smart people did something useful? Instead, they're just part of the drug racket, part of the system of organized medicine that masquerades as "scientific medicine."

Where's the science in scientific medicine?

I find the circular logic involved in all this fascinating, because we've again shown how the prescribing behavior of doctors is not rational. When a patient names a drug, all that training, rationality, and scientific thought just gets thrown out the window in favor of circular logic. For example, the organized medical community claims that all drugs approved by the FDA are scientifically sound.

It's science-based medicine, because articles about those drugs have been published in the journals. And who edits those journals? Who are the gatekeepers who decide which articles get published and which ones don't? They are the doctors who are often on the payroll of drug companies. The drug companies fund the advertisements for the journals. And many of the FDA bureaucrats benefit financially, as they own stock options in these pharmaceutical companies.

Of course, the medical schools also rake in all sorts of money from doctors. So, what passes as organized or scientific medicine is actually whatever they say it is. It has no real scientific basis.

Most of these studies are distorted anyway. You've seen how the drug companies will run twelve different studies on their drug, six of which will come up with positive results and six with negative.

They bury the six that are bad and just show the six that are good.

Those are the studies they forward to the FDA and say, "Look! Our drug is proven!" And the FDA will say, "It sure is! Let's rubber stamp this drug for approval!"

And then the drug companies say, “Let's start bribing doctors and giving them free trips, vacations, and lunches and let’s send them checks for $10,000 as a 'consulting fee.'" "Let's get those doctors to prescribe all of these drugs." And that's how the system works. It's all circular reasoning. There is no real science happening. The whole thing is a giant charade.

To top it off, the real healing efforts in alternative medicine are routinely discredited by organized medicine. These healers are using herbal medicine with over 2,500 years of proven clinical use and millions of hours of clinical experience. I'm talking about traditional Chinese medicine, Western herbs, Ayurvedic medicine, acupuncture, massage therapy, homeopathy and other modalities in the alternative medicine realm. Organized medicine says "Those

aren't proven -- only our stuff is proven. Your stuff is not proven."

But of course, all their stuff is the circular reasoning I was talking about. They dismiss everything outside of the corrupt system that generates profits for them.

Organized medicine is a lot like a cult You see, scientific medicine is whatever the high priests of organized medicine deem it to be. This is why I've often described organized medicine as a cult; it is not science. True scientists ask nature what's going on. They try to find out how the universe really works. A true scientist is a humble person, a humble student, and a curious servant of nature. A true scientist runs experiments, or asks questions and tries to get nature to provide some answers.

But modern doctors, medical researchers, drug company executives, and FDA bureaucrats think they've conquered nature.

They have egos so big it's amazing they can walk through doors.

They think they are better than nature. They think they can overtake the nature of your body, overriding the chemistry. They think they can run your immune system, or that they can declare war on your body, attacking it with chemotherapy, radiation and other highly toxic therapies. They think they're smarter than nature.

They think they can take a plant out of nature, synthesize a molecule, and make it better. And then they can patent it and own the intellectual property, suing anybody else who tries to create the same molecule, even though nature has been creating the natural version of that molecule for eons. This is what the people in organized medicine think. They think they're the smartest people in the universe -smarter than Mother Nature, smarter than God. And in fact, they're going to play God with your body using weird, freaky gene therapy experiments. They're putting human genes into plants now, trying to clone everything under the sun. They think they are God.

Real scientists are humble Now a real scientist, as I said, is a humble servant of nature. A true scientist is curious and wants to find out how things work, and a true scientist, by the way, does not have a predefined set of filters in place that automatically reject new ideas. When Burzynski developed the antineoplastons for cancer therapies, a new therapy for actually curing cancer, organized medicine, if it had been scientific, should have welcomed his work with open arms. They should have said, "Thank God! Someone has come along with a cure for cancer. Thank God someone has some new theories." But no; they vilified him.

They turned him into a criminal. The FDA pursued him, sued him, oppressed him, and ostracized him from medicine. They've tried to suppress his work. Why? He had real solutions. If they have a cure for cancer, what would that mean for all the anti-cancer drugs out there? Think how many people would lose their jobs if there were a cure for cancer.

Some people would say that our national economy depends on cancer, and it depends on having all these chronic diseases. Gotta

have diabetes; otherwise, what's going to happen to all these people employed in the medical community? What about all these nurses, pharmacists, doctors, researchers, people in the nonprofits, publishers, and drug company executives? What will they do for jobs if all these diseases are cured?

Some people would say it would be a national security issue, because if you cure these diseases, then suddenly the economy changes. Suddenly you've got a lot of people out of work. And so, I believe the organized medical system doesn't want cures for these diseases. In fact, they have gone out of their way to vilify these cures, to filter them out or to discredit them. They don't want cures for these diseases; they want drugs to manage them. They want a patient who has to buy a pill today, tomorrow, and every day, for the rest of his life, because that generates profits. They don't want something to cure that patient, sending him away healthy and happy and never in need of more drugs, surgeries, or imaging tests.

Just like crack dealers, they want somebody who's addicted to their drugs. They want somebody who's going to smoke that crack every day for the rest of their lives.

Pharmaceutical companies are the same way. They want somebody who's stuck on their drugs, who depends on them. That's why you often read about "disease management" in organized medicine’s literature. “Disease management” is even used in reference to chronic stress, which is a big killer. It depletes antioxidants, raises blood pressure, is bad for your cardiovascular health, and even promotes cancer. But when those in organized medicine talk about stress, they often use the term "stress management." Let's manage your stress, so that you can have a little bit of stress each and every day. And you still depend on us to manage it.

I prefer to teach people how to ELIMINATE stress, to be stress free. Same thing with diseases. Doctors say there's no cure for diabetes. I say hogwash! There are many cures for diabetes. Adultonset type 2 diabetes is one of the easiest diseases to reverse, and I mean completely reverse, through diet, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. You don't need a single drug to treat that disease. Cancer is much the same way. It is one of the easiest diseases to reverse, as long as it hasn't got so advanced that the patient's own immune system is completely shot. Your body has already reversed cancer 1,000 times or more in your lifetime; your immune system gets rid of cancer cells all the time. If you're diagnosed with cancer, it's because your immune system failed. If that happens, curing your cancer really just involves reminding your immune system how to do its job and giving it the nutritional tools that it needs to heal itself.

Why doctors hate the internet So the overall theme to all of this is of course that organized medicine is a giant scam. The defenders of that system are really frustrated today, because experiments like this reveal that doctors just prescribe whatever patients name. Patients will get prescripcontinued on page 34

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Parents treating epileptic girl with marijuana oil want the treatment to be legal

THORNHILL, Ont. - Gwenevere Repetski turns three next month and she is finally able to crawl, a milestone her parents thought they would never see.

She was just an infant when she was diagnosed with epilepsy, a debilitating neurological disorder that has left her developmentally delayed.

"She was kind of like a bag of Jell-O," says her mother, Reagan Repetski.

When she was two years old, she could hardly roll over when she was placed on her back, adds her father, Alex.

Sitting in the living room of their Thornhill, Ont., home, the Repetskis recall their stressful and emotional journey in search of a treatment for Gwen. The first drug she was prescribed — Sabril — only managed to control her seizures for about a month. The next one was a steroid called ACTH, which her parents say caused her to gain half her body weight in three weeks.

Disappointed at the lack of treatment options, Alex reduced his work hours and dove down the research rabbit hole. That's when he first read articles online about the success some people said they were having in reducing epileptic seizures with cannabidiol, one of several active cannabinoids found in the marijuana plant.

Cannabidiol, or CBD, doesn't cause a high and, when mixed with an oil, has been widely touted as a potential therapy for hard-to-treat forms of epilepsy. But many doctors say there's little medical evidence yet to show if the compound is effective or even safe.

Dr. Orrin Devinsky, a researcher at New York University's Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, has done a safety study on the use of an extract of cannabidiol.

Devinsky looked at the daily seizure logs of 137 patients, most of them children, who took a drug called Epidiolex — a purified form of CBD — for three months.

The number of seizures decreased by an average of 54 per cent from the beginning of the study to the end, Devinsky reported last month at an American Academy of Neurology conference.

"These results are of great interest, especially for the children and their parents who have been searching for an answer for these debilitating seizures," Devinsky said at the conference.

However, he cautioned that there's no way to

tell how much of the seizure reduction was due to the placebo effect in which the person's condition improves because they expect the drug to work.

Similar research by Dr. Kevin Chapman of the University of Colorado recently raised similar questions. Chapman checked records of 58 young patients who used various types of CBD oils and found less than a third reported a significant seizure drop.

Richard Wennberg, a neurologist at Toronto Western Hospital and a professor at the University of Toronto, agrees that the placebo effect is higher in epilepsy trials compared to many other treatment trials.

"I'm open-minded, but hugely skeptical," Wennberg says of the supposed miracle marijuana-based drug for epilepsy, a condition that affects one in 100 Canadians.

Epilepsy is complicated and sometimes a drug works, he says, but then it stops and the seizures return. Sometimes the seizures stop naturally, but come back. Sometimes they stop forever.

"It's like playing whack-a-mole," he says.

People are desperate for an effective treatment and, Wennberg says, that points to failure in drug development.

"No more than 50 per cent of people with epilepsy have their seizures fully controlled with medications now," he says. "There is a huge need for something better."

Alex Repetski says research and drug approvals take a long time -- time his daughter doesn't have.

Back in mid-2013, encouraged by what he learned during his research, Repetski tried to convince Gwen's doctors to treat her with marijuana, but they refused. He even considered moving his family to Colorado, one of 11 U.S. states that allows limited access to some cannabidiol-containing products.

One of those products has become known as Charlotte's Web, named after a five-year-old wheelchair-bound girl who had an incurable form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. Charlotte, whose story has been widely reported around the world, had to be fed through a tube while suffering 50 seizures a day.

According to reports, her seizures were dramatically reduced after she started using oil extracted from a strain of marijuana developed by

five Colorado brothers, the Stanleys. Several years later, the reports say, Charlotte has only one or two seizures a month.

While extracting oil from marijuana is illegal in Canada, new legislation allows the development of the medical marijuana industry. Under the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations, federal authorization to possess medicinal pot for patients shifts from Health Canada to physicians.

After the new law went into effect in March 2014, the Repetskis asked several doctors to authorize the use of pot for their daughter. One of them agreed.

There was still one problem: Gwen was a young child and couldn't smoke or vapourize the pot, so her father learned how to make marijuana oil in his kitchen. He then sent the oil to a lab for testing before giving it to his daughter three times a day.

She hasn't had a seizure since, he says.

"We saw a massive improvement — now she's crawling and feeding herself," he says with a broad smile. She even says "mama" and "dada."

Gwen's last electroencephalogram in January showed no epileptic brain activity, Alex says.

One of Gwen's doctors is also impressed.

"Since she started, I have seen a remarkable improvement," says the doctor who does not want his name published for fear he'll be deluged by people requesting prescriptions for pot.

One of the girl's physiotherapists, Bernadette Connor, says she's also seen "dramatic improvement" in Gwen's motor development and her spatial awareness since the girl started using marijuana oil.

Repetski knows that what he's doing for his child is illegal. Before going public with his story, he sought advice from his friend, criminal lawyer Daniel Brown.

Brown explains that Gwen's doctor signed an exemption allowing the girl to take marijuana, but there are strict rules surrounding that exemption.

"As soon as he converts it to a different form,

such as oil, the exemption no longer applies."

That leaves the Repetskis in possession of marijuana and, since they give it to their daughter, they are trafficking it, Brown says.

It's unlikely police would charge Alex Repetski, says Brown, but he agrees it's still a risk. If that happens, Brown says he would defend his friend in court by arguing the charges are unconstitutional.

A similar case is currently before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Owen Smith, of Victoria, was charged with trafficking for selling marijuana oil and cannabisinfused cookies — instead of just dried marijuana — to those with medical marijuana exemptions.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge said the regulations violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a decision that was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to weigh in, and a decision has yet to come.

A Health Canada spokesman says the processing of marijuana into other products, including marijuana oil, falls outside of the scope of the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.

Sean Upton says the regulations simply mean the only thing available is dried marijuana.

"In theory, maybe Health Canada could possibly do something about somebody busting it down, but I don't think so," Upton said.

"Look, there are a lot of parents who are doing this with nobody trying to stop them."

The Repetskis hope the laws will eventually change to allow parents with children like Gwen to legally access medical marijuana oil.

Alex Repetski is such a believer in the treatment that he now works for MedReleaf, the company that sells him Gwen's marijuana.

Back in their home, Gwen bounces from toy to toy in the family's living room. The floor is covered with thick black gym mats for her protection.

"Hopefully, if she remains seizure-free, she can keep getting better and better," says her father.

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The Ontario sex-ed debate: Catching up with Canada or hidden agenda?

The protest against a new sex-education program in Ontario schools continues with no sign the provincial government is ready to revisit the controversial curriculum.

Parents opposed to the new curriculum on cultural and religious grounds are staging a boycott, pulling their children out of school and holding rallies. The protest is centred mainly in Metro Toronto, where CBC News reported more than 40,000 kids were absent on Monday.

Andrew Morrison, a spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of Education, said pockets of absences have been reported in other communities, including London, Windsor and Ottawa, but had no figures.

Not everyone opposed to the new program is keeping their children out for the whole week.

“Today we’re not doing protest,” Christine Liu of the recently formed Parents Alliance of Ontario, told Media News on Tuesday. “Among the Chinese community we’re only doing protests for one day but we will do protests in September in a bigger scope.

Chinese-Canadians may be back in stronger numbers in September if the Liberal government doesn’t alter the curriculum to reflect parents’ concerns, she said.

That seems unlikely since Premier Kathleen Wynne and Education Minister Liz Sandals have backed the revised program.

Still, the intensity of the opposition, which included one Torontoarea school that was nearly empty, must have come as a surprise.

Many opponents believe the government is trying to impose a perspective on sexuality that’s at odds with parents’ wishes.

One protest leader, speaking with reporters, compared it to Canada’s assimilationist policies towards First Nations decades ago.

Proponents of the revised curriculum argue the changes merely bring Ontario in line with those in other provinces.

“In many respects, in fact, the new Ontario curriculum is simply catching up to what is being taught in other parts of Canada,” Alex McKay, executive-director of the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, said in an interview.

New Ontario sex-ed program looks at dangers of sexting The only area where Ontario has pushed ahead, said McKay, is in adding discussions about the dangers of sexting (sending nude and sexually explicit images via smartphone) and on the issue of consenting to sex, both of which are handled “in a developmentally appropriate manner.”

Sexuality-related topics are woven through Ontario’s 240-page health and physical education curriculum, which has not been revised in 16 years, said Chris Markham, executive director of Ophea, a not-

for-profit group that promotes the teaching of healthy active living.

“Ontario’s curriculum is the oldest in all of Canada,” said Markham, adding the revised program was adopted “without issue” by the province’s public and Catholic school boards.

The 2015 revisions “essentially bring us into line with the expectations in other provinces,” he said. “Probably the one area that we’re leading over other provinces is with respect to the issues around consent and how that’s managed, and mental health as well.”

That’s not what has catalyzed opposition to the new curriculum. The most contentious aspects, summarized in a parent’s guide put out by the ministry, appear to be the age at which some topics are introduced.

For example, between Grade 1 and Grade 3, students are expected to learn the names of body parts, including their genitals.

“But a six-year-old can’t understand what a vulva is without picture, a diagram or touching and feeling himself,” Lynn Jackson, a protest leader, complained to reporters. “So what’s the relevance of this?”

As the children approach puberty in the topics include masturbation, oral and anal sex, gender identity and same-sex relationships. McKay said the subjects are introduced in an age-appropriate manner as part of broader discussions.

For instance, he said, same-sex relationships come up in Grade 3 as an example of diversity within the community, like skin colour, religion and culture.

“So when people say oh, children are being taught homosexuality in Grade 3, that’s actually what’s being taught, it’s just using

sexual orientation as an example of differences within the community,” said McKay.

Discussion of sex practices aim to highlight risks The same goes for discussions of sexual practices, which are covered to highlight their risks and as a counterpoint to sexual material kids can easily access online, he said.

“It’s done at a time where nearly all kids will have heard of the practices, have a basic understanding of what they are but may be unaware of the risks that are associated with them,” said McKay. Markham said polling Ophea has done show Ontario parents support updating the curriculum.

“It’s a small minority of parents who fundamentally disagree that any sexual health education should be taught within schools and that’s essentially what we’re dealing with,” he said.

But it doesn’t seem quite that black and white.

Many of the rallies have featured parents belonging to groups who do indeed oppose detailed discussion of sexuality in schools based on their religious or cultural beliefs.

But Liu said she is not opposed to sex education in principle.

This curriculum doesn’t sufficiently address the health risks of multiple sexual partners, which is the most important thing that our education system has to tell our children,” she said. “This is just one example why this curriculum has not been drafted in a responsible way.”

The program has been tailored selectively “just to protect a certain group of people’s rights.”

Jackson also has no objection to basic sex-ed.

“I was raised in a school where I learned about the stages of growth of a baby in a womb,” she said. “The boys went in one room and we stayed in another and we learned sexual stuff.”

What’s going to be taught now, though, “it’s not information, it’s indoctrination.”

“They did this years ago with the aboriginals,’ Jackson went on. “They put their kids and forcibly assimilated them into western culture. Well, that’s what’s happening. These kids are being told your parents are homophobic if they don’t agree and they’re outdated.”

Objections said to take sex-ed elements out of context Those attitudes frustrate sex-ed advocates like Markham, who believes opponents are taking elements of the curriculum out of context and using them to stir up anger.

“I think there has been a deliberate attempt to misinform the public or misinform certain segments of the population around what’s in the curriculum,” he said. “ And that’s really dangerous.”

Opponents argue that talking to kids about sex, even at the Grade 6 level, will encourage them to try it but studies show the opposite is true, said Markham.

Young teens who’ve taken sex-ed courses delay sexual activity, he said.

Not according to Jackson, who said she’s seen numbers suggesting it leads to an increase in teen pregnancy.

“I don’t have the statistics but I’ve heard them and I believe them because they came with numbers,” she said.

Parents with fundamental objections to some or all of the sex-ed material can legally remove their children from those classes, said Markham, though he said few have in the past. Not so, said Liu. For example, she said, classes covering sexual orientation and gender identity are mandatory.

Regardless, said Jackson, opting out is an illusion anyway. The right is not entrenched in the Education Act, despite what the minister told opponents, she said. Instead, it depends on school administrators.

“Parents are being told by their principals we don’t have staff to supervise your kids,” she said. “I’m sorry, this is a human rights issue, they have to stay in class.”

Morrison, the ministry spokesman, could not say whether the Sandals would meet with the protesters.

Jackson said she doubted a meeting would be useful, given the reception a delegation said they got from Wynne at a meeting late last month.

“There seems to be a determination to ignore parents, as they did with the aboriginal people, and take on this attitude you will be assimilated, we know what’s best for you,” she said.

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He projects as much as a 50 per cent drop in house prices to match current income levels.

As for who may be in the toughest position?

"That would be people who bought recently," he said. "Those in the Generation X group, between 31 and 54, who, in my research, I discovered they have the highest exposure to real estate and the highest household debt levels, as well as the smallest amount of savings" in tax-free savings accounts, mutual funds and the stock market.

The Economist magazine estimates Canada’s housing prices overvalued by 35% When Hilliard MacBeth sees construction cranes rising above condos across Canada, the bearish housing analyst thinks: seven per cent.

That's the percentage of gross domestic product represented by Canada's annual investment in housing, or roughly $120 billion of $1.8 trillion in GDP. However, in light of a recent Economist magazine analysis that tracked Canada's housing prices as being overvalued by 35 per cent, MacBeth says it's clear the world is forecasting grim tidings for Canadian real estate.

In fact, if the Economist's figures are any indication, experts warn, Canada could be facing the kind of devastation the U.S. went through when its housing bubble burst in 2006.

"Our bubble is bigger," says MacBeth, author of When the Bubble Bursts: Surviving the Canadian Real Estate Crash, noting U.S. investment in housing topped out at six per cent of GDP before the crash.

"At seven per cent, our exposure as a percentage of total economic activity is higher, and then we've got this nationwide obsession with buying homes and condos," he said from Edmonton.

The Economist isn't alone in its assessment. Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz suggested in December that the country's housing market could be overvalued by as much as 30 per cent.

The ratings agency Fitch and the International Monetary Fund also warned about overvaluation of Canadian properties.

According to MacBeth, those best positioned to weather a possible market correction would be debt-free millennials — those between the ages of 18 and 34 — still looking to buy

Longtime homeowners 'in good shape' "If they haven't bought yet, their best strategy is to save up more for a down payment, and wait for the housing bubble to burst," he said.

MacBeth also feels that those homeowners belonging to the baby boom generation, those between the ages of 55 and 69, "should be in good shape," so long as they've accrued healthy home equity over the years.

Sales still hot Canadian home sales climbed 4.1 per cent in March from February, according to statistics released last month by the Canadian Real Estate Association.

Canadian housing prices have also risen steeply over the past decade, with the hot markets of Toronto and Vancouver seeing increases of 7.8 per cent and 7.1 per cent respectively in the past year alone.

The average MLS home price index, which tracks inflation trends in the real estate sector, grew 4.95 per cent year-over-year last month. The national average sale price also rose 9.4 per cent year-over-year in March.

CREA's president, Pauline Aunger characterized the recent bout of low mortgage rates as "good news for affordability," but these low rates are also driving up demand and pushing up housing values, analysts say.

Current promotional rates are as low as 2.74 per cent on a five-year fixed mortgage.

Toronto real-estate broker Barry Lebow still remembers when rates soared to 21 per cent in 1981.

"That was nuts," he said. "But you want to know something? People still bought and sold houses."

Lebow believes a market correction now would be traumatic.

"I'm in the business and it scares me," he said. "We've got a huge percentage of the population that has never seen a downturn in real estate, including a good percentage of real estate agents. When a downturn comes, it'll be like gravity has been revealed."

in Owen Sound, Ont., shares some of the concerns raised by The Economist, even if he disagreed with the magazine's methodology.

"Prices at record multiples of incomes with rates butting up against the zero … is concerning, as is record household debt levels," Rabidoux said.Inflated costs for buying today's homes, mixed with low interest rates, spells trouble in Canada, especially as residential investment is at the levels matching the housing downturns in the 1970s and 1980s, he said.

Meanwhile, he pointed out that employment in construction as a percentage of total employment is at record highs, "meaning any downturn in housing would be felt acutely across the economy and labour market."

For its part, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has a rosier outlook.

The Crown corporation maintains Canada's homes are only "modestly" overvalued on average, with prices outpacing income increases by about three per cent.

CMHC's chief economist Bob Dugan classified Canada's housing market as "low risk" overall for a market correction.

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continued from page 19 tions for whatever drugs they mention. Doctors hate the internet, too, by the way. They think that patients who get information online are dangerous, because people shouldn't educate themselves.

Doctors think all online health information should be censored, approved by the FDA. They think that you shouldn't be able to talk about health, disease treatment, or drugs online. It's dangerous for people to have too much information, don't you know. A little bit of book burning would go right along with that.

But the whole system is a sham, and, by the way, it is failing.

It is on its way out. Organized medicine will soon be history, because patients are realizing that it doesn't work. They are figuring out that taking a lot of prescription drugs multiplies their risk of death, and they are also realizing that prescription drugs don't really help them in any significant way. Yes, they might mask symptoms on a temporary basis, but they don't make anyone fundamentally healthier over the long term. In fact, people are discovering that they feel terrible when they take these drugs. They feel more fatigued; they start having brain fog; their muscles hurt; then they have side effects to treat with more prescription drugs. It's just a cascading set of symptoms and drugs, which is good for profits in the pharmaceutical industry, but doesn't help people.

The FDA and crimes against humanity People are also realizing that the FDA is highly corrupt. The FDA actually sat down, looked at Vioxx and the Cox-2 class of drugs, all of these arthritis painkillers, and said, "We realize they've killed about 60,000 people in this country alone, but they're still safe." Imagine that! The FDA essentially sat down and said, "You know what? Not enough people are dead yet to pull this drug off the market." And they actually said, "Let's give the drug makers the okay to put these Cox-2 inhibitors back on the market." Meanwhile, people are dying of heart attacks and strokes in huge numbers, but the FDA says, "No, not enough. Not enough people dead yet."

I guess the body count has to really get huge before the FDA says something's dangerous. I don't know; 60,000 people sounds like a lot of people dead to me, especially since the Bush administration started a second war in Iraq over the deaths of far fewer people than that. Where's the war on Big Pharma and the FDA who are collectively killing 100,000+ Americans and Canadians each year?

I often compare this atrocity to the Vietnam War. We lost about 50,000 Americans in it. This means that one class of prescription drugs all by itself has killed more Americans than the entire Vietnam War. And yet, the FDA says, "Oh, it's safe. It's safe!" Well, apparently it's more dangerous than being shot at on the battlefield.

But that's safe enough for the FDA.

How many North Americans have to die?

I often wonder what the threshold is here. Do we have to have a chemical holocaust in this country before the FDA wants to do something to protect people? I mean, how many people have to die before we ban drug advertising on television. How many peo-

ple? The body count keeps adding up each and every day, but the machine keeps on running, and all of organized medicineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defenders keep on defending it. They say, "Oh yeah. Come on in. Get your drugs. We'll write them out for you. Go to your pharmacist, and get them prescribed for you. Keep taking them every day.

What, do you have a pain? Here's another drug.

Do you feel down? Oh! We've got a drug for that too. That's right. Oh, you feel nervous in front of people? Have trouble speaking in public? We have a drug for that, and bring in your kids too! We have drugs for them. They have trouble learning or concentrating? Are they too playful? We can 'tone down' that creativity and learning ability. We can keep them under control. Oh, yeah! Bring your husband in too; we have stuff for him. Stuff for his prostate, and give him a little bit of Viagra. We have prescriptions for everything!"

Smart people are ditching conventional medicine Who uses prescription drugs today? I'll tell you who. People who don't know any better. In contrast, people who are informed about health -- intelligent, welleducated, smart people -- are turning to natural medicine, natural health. They're focusing on their foods and on avoiding the toxins in the food supply. They're avoiding dangerous personal care products, artificial fragrances, deodorants containing aluminum, and shampoos with unnatural ingredients.

They are engaging in physical exercise, body movement, cardiovascular training, strength training, tai chi, Pilates, martial arts, and swimming - you name it. And they're exercising their brains by turning off the television and engaging in creative activities.

Even game playing with friends is good for your brain. Crossword puzzles are a great exercise. These are the things that well-educated people are doing.

This is what the healthy people in our society have figured out works. It's all about the foods; it's all about the exercise. It's getting natural sunlight on your skin, drinking fresh water, and avoiding all those consumer products the corporations want you to buy.

They want you to buy the soft drinks, the snack chips, the homogenized milk products, all those sweets and candies, drugs, cosmetics, personal care products, perfumes and colognes, air fresheners, carpet cleaners, and dryer sheets. Boy, they want you to buy that stuff! But none of that stuff makes you healthy; in fact, most of it gives you disease.

Only uneducated people will rely on prescription drugs Soon, organized medicine will be relegated only to those extremely uneducated people in society. It's going to be the low-in-

come, low-education people who turn to organized medicine. This is the same crowd, by the way, that smokes a lot of cigarettes and buys a lot of brand name foods. People with low wages tend to have a lot of chronic diseases, and are the ones who are stuck in the system of organized medicine. Unfortunately, and I often mention this, these are the people that we need to help the most. It's difficult to do that, as it's hard to educate people who often aren't really open to new ideas. They just want to know if they're covered by health insurance, and that's it. They don't really want to learn about what to eat and what not to eat.

The dark history of modern medicine But the future of medicine is in disease prevention, healing modalities, and energetic medicine -- phototherapy, electromedicine, vibrational nutrition, homeopathy, and so on. The future of medicine is in true healing. And I believe that in the future, people will look back at the time period we're in right now and be amazed.

They'll say, "How could these people have just poisoned the entire population with chemicals, and even advertised them on TV!?

How could people even call themselves doctors when all they did was write prescription drugs for people? They're just drug dealers.

How dare they even call themselves doctors? And how could the medical schools not even teach nutrition? How could it be?!"

Foods and nutrition are the foundation of health, yet doctors are being given virtually no education whatsoever in this area.

I tell you, future historians will look back at this time and they will think we were absolutely nuts. They will think we were crazy.

They will think we were off our rockers to poison the entire pop-

page 35 ulation through our food supply, and then try to mask the symptoms of that through more poison called "prescription drugs." The whole system is absurd.

So I say the game is up. The whole system is a fraud. We now know it, thanks to the internet, to some really creative studies coming out, to the statistics, and to people like Dr. David Graham -the FDA’s chief drug safety scientist who has been willing to stand up and tell the truth about these dangerous Cox-2 inhibitors.

Thanks to people like that, we now know the truth. We know the FDA is corrupt. We know the drug companies are out to exploit every American citizen just to make a profit, no matter how many people are killed. We know that doctors are just glorified drug dealers, and we know that medical schools are nothing but pre-training for glorified drug dealing. It's all a sad joke!

Why would you want to be an old-school anyway?

People like Dr. Andrew Weil are trying to make changes out there. He's more effective in the medical community than a guy like me, as I just tend to anger all the doctors. But he actually works with them, because he's an MD; he can help doctors transition from old school medicine to new school medicine. I really admire his work. He's doing a fantastic job, and he can speak the language of general practitioners. He knows how to talk to MDs in their language. I don't, and I don't try to. I think MDs are irrelevant because naturopathic physicians are the future. I think MDs should go out and change their careers. Go to Bastyr University and get a real education in health. MDs, you’re on the way out.

We need a nation where the smartest people -- the professionals, the pharmacists, the doctors, the researchers, and so on -- actually engage in things that help people, not things that hurt people.

I mean, it should be common sense, right? Shouldn’t our smartest people be thinking about ways to actually help people be healthier instead of just keeping them diseased and on drugs for the rest of their lives? I think so.

Join the natural health community If you're reading this, chances are that you already know most of this. You're already taking care of your health in a way that far exceeds what most people are doing. You have probably already experienced some of the benefits of natural health, or maybe you've experienced some of the negative side effects of prescription drugs and are ready to make a change now. Well, I say, "Welcome to the light side of the force!" Things are good over here. We are healthier.

We're happier. We have good, solid self-esteem without huge egos.

We feel comfortable about who we are, and we can help heal others around us by sharing information about what really works. We know when to say no to the drug companies, the doctors, or the pharmaceutical companies. We know how to be skeptical consumers.

So I encourage you to keep investigating, and keep investing in yourself. Keep learning more about health, nutrition, and wellness. And don't follow your doctor's advice if he or she says all of this is useless and discourage you from learning on your own. Fire

that doctor and find yourself a new one. Work with a doctor who encourages you to educate yourself. Work with a doctor who takes the time to sit down and talk to you about lifestyle changes that can make a difference. Work with a doctor who can help you get off of prescription drugs to return to normal, healthy body function.

And there are many doctors out there like that.

Again, I don't mean to paint every doctor into the same corner; just because they have the initials MD after their names, it doesn't mean they're complete idiots when it comes to health. Many doctors actually do understand health, and in fact, most of the people I admire out there, those who are the real pioneers in natural health, started out as MDs. Some of the best authors are MDs. So examine doctors with caution. Make sure they know something beyond medical school because medical school's a joke. It's what they learned outside of medical school that really matters.

And it's also how they're willing to work with you. Are they willing to communicate? Do they listen to you? Did they ask you good questions? Do they really have compassion for you, and do they really seem to have an interest in your health outcome, rather than just getting you out of the office so they can see the next patient?

You have a choice, and I encourage you to exercise that choice.

About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal. He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and the environment, and he is well known as the creator of popular downloadable preparedness programs on financial collapse, emergency food storage, wilderness survival and home defense skills. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams co-founded NaturalNews.com, a natural health video sharing site that has now grown in popularity. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NaturalNews email subscriptions. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide.

His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Northern Echo or its staff.

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American shakedown: Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your money U.S. police are operating a co-ordinated scheme to seize as much of the public’s cash as they can On its official website, the Canadian government informs its citizens that “there is no limit to the amount of money that you may legally take into or out of the United States.” Nonetheless, it adds, banking in the U.S. can be difficult for non-residents, so Canadians shouldn’t carry large amounts of cash.

That last bit is excellent advice, but for an entirely different reason than the one Ottawa cites.

There’s a shakedown going on in the U.S., and the perps are in uniform.

Across America, law enforcement officers — from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters — are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can; “hand over fist,” to use the words of one police trainer.

Roadside seizure It usually starts on the road somewhere. An officer pulls you over for some minor infraction — changing lanes without proper signalling, following the car ahead too closely, straddling lanes.

The offence is irrelevant.

Then the police officer wants to chat, asking questions about where you’re going, or where you came from, and why. He’ll peer into your car, then perhaps ask permission to search it, citing the need for vigilance against terrorist weaponry or drugs.

What he’s really looking for, though, is money.

And if you were foolish (or intimidated) enough to have consented to the search, and you’re carrying any significant amount of cash, you are now likely to lose it.

The officer will probably produce a waiver, saying that if you just sign over the money then the whole matter will just disappear, and you’ll be able to go on your way.

Refuse to sign it, and he may take the cash anyway, proclaiming it the probable proceeds of drugs or some other crime.

Either way, you almost certainly won’t be charged with anything; the objective is to take your money, not burden the system.

You’ll have the right to seek its return in court, but of course that will mean big lawyer’s fees, and legally documenting exactly where the money came from. You will need to prove you are not a drug dealer or a terrorist.

It might take a year or two. And several trips back to the jurisdiction where you were pulled over. Sorry.

In places like Tijuana, police don’t make any pretense about this sort of thing. Here in the U.S., though, it’s dressed up in terms like “interdiction and forfeiture,” or “the equitable sharing program.”

Authorities claim it’s legal, but some prosecutors and judges have called it what it is: abuse.

In any case, it’s a nasty American reality.

Powers and justifications Seizing suspected drug money has been legal here for decades, but after 9/11 police acquired a whole new set of powers and justifications. And they set about using them for profit.

The Washington Post reported that in the past 13 years, there have been 61,998 cash seizures on roadways and elsewhere without use of search warrants.

The total haul: $2.5 billion, divided pretty much equally between the U.S. government and state and local authorities (hence the Kafkaesque “equitable sharing” euphemism).

Half of the seizures, according to the Post, were below $8,800.

Only a sixth of those who had money taken from them pursued its return.

Some, no doubt, were indeed drug dealers or money launderers and just walked away from the money. Others just couldn’t spare the expense and time of going to court.

The (minority) church leaders who were carrying nearly $30,000 from their Baltimore parishioners to carry out church activities in North Carolina and El Salvador.

The young college grad with no criminal record on his way to a job interview out West who was relieved of $2,500 lent to him by his dad for the trip.

News outlets here have reported many such abuses over the years. But the Washington Post’s latest investigation exposes money-grabbing as big business.

It involves a nationwide network of enforcement agencies (except in the few states that have banned it) that operates with the help of a vast private intelligence service called “Black Asphalt” (police forces pay an enrolment fee of $19.95). The network uses consultants and trainers who either charge fees or operate on contingency, keeping a percentage of cash seized by their police pupils.

Police forces use the money to finance their departmental budgets, sometimes spending it on luxury vehicles, first-class tickets to conferences, and lavish quarters. They regard the money as rightfully theirs. One prosecutor used seized cash to defend herself against a lawsuit brought by people whose cash she seized.

It’s just human nature, really.

Give police the legal ability to take someone’s money, and to claim it’s in the national interest, and then tell them they can keep a nice chunk of it, and what other result could there be?

Travel advice

In the U.S., a cash-grab by police and government is dressed up in terms like “interdiction and forfeiture,” or “the equitable sharing program.”

Of those who did, though, nearly half got their money back, a statistic that fairly screams about the legitimacy of the seizures.

So does another fact: In many cases, authorities offer half the money back – money they’d claimed was proceeds of crime. And when they do issue a cheque, they almost always insist their victim sign a legal release promising never to sue.

It would also appear police like to target minorities, who tend to be cooperative and less likely to hire a lawyer.

Civil rights advocates have documented all sorts of outright legal theft: The (minority) businessman from Georgia who was relieved of $75,000 he’d raised from relatives to buy a restaurant in Louisiana.

So, for any law-abiding Canadian thinking about an American road trip, here’s some non-official advice: Avoid long chats if you’re pulled over. Answer questions politely and concisely, then persistently ask if you

are free to go.

Don’t leave litter on the vehicle floor, especially energy drink cans.

Don’t use air or breath fresheners; they could be interpreted as an attempt to mask the smell of drugs.

Don’t be too talkative. Don’t be too quiet. Try not to wear expensive designer clothes. Don’t have tinted windows.

And for heaven’s sake, don’t consent to a search if you are carrying a big roll of legitimate cash.

As the Canadian government notes, there is no law against carrying it here or any legal limit on how much you can carry. But if you’re on an American roadway with a full wallet, in the eyes of thousands of cash-hungry cops you’re a rolling ATM.

page 37 The Poker Game A rabbi, a minister, and a priest were playing poker when the police raided the game.

Turning to the priest, the lead police officer said, "Father Murphy, were you gambling?"

Turning his eyes to heaven, the priest whispered, "Lord, forgive me for what I am about to do."

To the police officer, he then said, "No, officer; I was not gambling."

The officer then asked the minister, "Pastor Johnson, were you gambling?"

Again, after an appeal to heaven, the minister replied, "No, officer; I was not gambling."

Turning to the rabbi, the officer again asked, "Rabbi Goldstein, were you gambling?"

Shrugging his shoulders, the rabbi replied, "With whom?"

Interfaith Seminar I went to a mixed religion seminar.

The Christian Priest came, laid his hands on my hand and said, "By the will of Jesus Christ, you will walk today!"

I smiled and told him I was not paralysed.

The Rabbi came, laid his hands on my hand and said, "By the will of God Almighty, you will walk today!"

I was less amused when I told him there was nothing wrong with me.

The Mullah came, took my hands and said, "Insha Allah, you will walk today!"

I snapped at him, "There's nothing wrong with me."

The Buddhist Monk came, held my hands and said, "By the will of The Great Buddha, you will walk today!"

I rudely told him there was nothing wrong with me.

After the sermons, I stepped outside and found my car had been stolen.

Hiding Out! A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not rung in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with a main computer, he phoned the employee's home number and was greeted with a child's whisper, "Hello?"

"Is your Daddy home?" he asked.

"Yes," whispered the small voice.

"May I speak to him?"

The child whispered, "No." Surprised and wanting to talk to an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mummy there?"

"Yes." "Well may I speak to her, then?"

Again the small voice whispered,"No." Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, "Is anybody else there?"

"Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman."

Wondering what the police would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak to the policeman?"

"No, he's busy," whispered the child.

"Busy doing what?"

"Talking to Mummy and Daddy and the Fireman," came the whispered reply.

Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background coming down the phone, the boss asked, "What's that noise?"

"A helicopter," answered the whispering voice.

"What,s going on there?" demanded the boss, now really apprehensive.

Again, whispering, the child answered, "The search team has just landed a helicopter."

Alarmed, concerned, and a little frustrated, the boss asked, "What are they searching for?"

Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle...

"ME!"

Practical Demonstration A Little kid was having a problem with his homework.

Dad, he asked, "What is the difference between anger and exasperation?"

"Well, son," said his father, "I'll give you a practical demonstration."

His father picked up the phone and dialled a number.

"Hello," said a voice at the other end.

"Hello," said his father. "Is Melvin there?"

"There is no one called Melvin here!" the voice replied. "Why don't you look up numbers before you dial them?"

"You see?" said kid's father. "That man was not at all happy with our call. Now watch this!"'

He then dialled the number again, and says, "Hello, is Melvin there?"

"Now look here!" the voice said angrily. "I told you there is no Melvin here! You have got a lot of nerve calling again!"

"Did you hear that?" kid's father asked. "That was anger. Now, I will show you what exasperation is!"

He dialled once again. And on hearing the voice at the other end, he said, "Hello! This is Melvin. Have there been any calls for me?"

Lawyers Don't Lie A lawyer had a wife and 12 children and needed to move as his rental agreement was coming to an end for the home where he lived but was having difficulty in finding a new home.

When he said he had 12 children, no one would rent a home to him because they knew that the children would destroy the home.

He could not say that he had no children, he could not lie, after all, lawyers can not and do not lie. So, he had an idea : he sent his wife for a walk to the cemetery with 11 children. He took the remaining one with him to see homes with the Real Estate Agent.

He liked one of the homes and the agent asked, "How many children do you have ?"

He answered, "12 children."

The agent asked, "Where are the others ?"

The lawyer answered, with a sad look, "They are in the cemetery with their mother."

And that's the way he was able to rent a home for his family

without lying.

MORAL: It is not necessary to lie, one only has to choose the right words. Lawyers don't lie ...they are creative ....

The Haircut A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to when they could discuss his use of the car.

His father said he'd make a deal with his son, "You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your Bible a little and get your hair cut. Then we'll talk about the car."

The boy thought about that for a moment, decided he'd settle for the offer and they agreed on it.

After about six weeks his father said, "Son, you've brought your grades up and I've observed that you have been studying your Bible, but I'm disappointed you haven't had your hair cut." The boy said, "You know, Dad, I've been thinking about that, and I've noticed in my studies of the Bible that Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long hair, and there's even strong evidence that Jesus had long hair."

Love the Dad's reply!

"Did you also notice that they all walked everywhere they went?"

Stupid Hunters A couple of hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head.

The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services.

He gasps to the operator, "My friend is dead! What can I do?"

The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, "Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line.

He says, "OK, now what?"

Once and Only Once A sale representative stops at a small manufacturing plant. He presents a box of cigars to the manager as a gift.

"No, thanks," says the plant manager. "I tried smoking a cigar once, but I didn't like it."

The sales rep shows his display case and then, hoping to clinch a sale, offers to take the manager out for a round of drinks.

"No, thanks," the plant manager replies. "You know, I tried alcohol once, but didn't like it.

Then the salesman glances out the office window and sees a golf course.

"I suppose you play golf," says the salesman. "I'd like to invite you to be a guest at my club."

"That's kind of you, but no, thanks," the manager says. "I played golf once, but I didn't like it."

Just then a young man enters the office.

"Let me introduce my son, Mike," says the plant manager.

"Let me guess," the salesman replies. "An only child?"

Horoscope Aries

(March 21 - April 19) You’re finally looking at situations with an eye to business, so you’ll now be willing to spend money to make money, however, you’ll need to be ready for a few raised eyebrows in your family and friends zone. Trust your instincts and have faith in decisions you make. You’ve got the gift of the gab and could talk anyone in, or out, of anything, ultimately helping you in your quest for success. Be upfront, be open but don’t be shy. Push ahead, you can make it all happen!

Leo

(July 23 - August 22)

Professional matters seem to be going in the right direction.

You’re flavour of June and you cant seem to put a foot wrong this month, so others will be drawn to you like bees to a honey pot. Use your fan club to help you with the more menial tedious tasks you hate. They won’t mind and neither will you, not surprisingly.

Yes you’re a team player, and yes you prefer to work to someone else’s rules as it removes any responsibility for decisions that need to be made.

Sagittarius

(Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) You seem restless and agitated, so if there’s nothing urgent to do on your agenda, seek out something, anything, just to keep you busy. Side step petty annoying rules and regulations that you feel are pointless, or you’ll work yourself into a frenzy for nothing.

Try new ways of looking at life and the opportunities that are out there. Be careful what you say in partnerships as the other party may get the wrong idea of what you actually mean. Also be sure, you have got your facts straight?

Taurus

(April 20 - May 20) Have another look at those extravagant plans you made in the not to distant past, and take another look at how you can resurrect them and make them work, perhaps with a smaller budget. Remain optimistic and anything is possible. Others will be glad to help. You’re more optimistic than most, so you never let anything or anyone hold you back, or hold you down, and month of June is no exception Keep a happy balance between work and home.

Virgo

(August 23 - Sep. 22)

June Gemini

(May 21 - June 21) Your confidence is building again and your powers of attraction will be coming to the fore again, which in turn lets you make a positive impact on everyone you meet. You’re making great headway at work and home now and will look to the future with hope. You’ve an arsenal of ambition that you’d like to realise, but it’ll be your creative thoughts and actions that will light up your world in June. Keep your ego under control.

No one likes a show off.

Libra

(Sep. 23 - Oct. 23)

Your career and professional life seems to be going into orbit right now, and it shows in you renewed confidence in your dealings with others. But, you need to start believing you’re in the midst of a lucky period, and do things to make the most of it.

Success doesn’t depend on gambling you’ve decided, but in backing your own hunches which is more about intuition than taking a real chance.

You’re the one to watch. Worrying about the future doesn’t help.

Although you’re known to be a peace loving sign, there’s nothing you like more than a good argument, but only if you hold all the cards and you have the power to call a halt.

Don’t be tempted to argue this month as the odds aren’t stacked in your favour this time. Strong emotions might come to the surface unexpectedly and take you by surprise, but you need to ask yourself if you’re simply over reacting to a situation you’d never have envisaged.

Capricorn

Aquarius

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Not everything will go according to plan in June so expect some hiccups when things don’t run smoothly. Be prepared to adapt plans.

The strong influence of someone close helps you bring things to a successful conclusion. Also, be quick in your thinking and positive and dynamic in your responses. Cut through red tape and don’t look back for anything or anyone. Something has to change. Get rid of old deadwood and move forward. Watch your money.

(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Taking risks with money wouldn’t be the most prudent thing you could do this month, so don’t part with your cash until you know exactly what you’re getting into. Stick to what you know and don’t be cajoled. If friends are moody make them laugh.

It always works. Your plans can be flexible when needs be, but stick to what you’re good at for as long as you can. Take change slowly. Go out on a limb socially and you could meet someone new who thinks you’re great.

Cancer

(June 22 - July 22) It will be via friendships that you’ll get some rewarding experiences this month, so give yourself a shake and get out of the house. It’s not exactly a bustling metropolis that you live in, but with your imagination you could conjure up some fun things to do with friends. Don’t be afraid to express yourself. When talking or discussing subjects close to your heart you have the courage of your convictions, people like that about you, so don’t be afraid to impart how you feel.

Scorpio

(Oct. 24 - Nov. 21) Be prepared for some interruptions while still keeping your eye on the ball. Don’t allow idle gossip to distract you. Also try not to make sweeping changes in your life. Let everyone get used to your agendas slowly and they’ll be more willing to accept your ideas. It’s only by letting go and expressing yourself creatively that others will get to see the real you. The end of the month brings good news over money matters. Try to boost your confidence. Be yourself and be charming.

Pisces

(Feb. 19 - March 20) You certainly cant complain about how life is going, as there seems to be something different happening every day these days, but you still seem to be yearning for something more. Seek out the best possibilities and let go of any negative ones. If you allow worrying situations into your life, they’ll stay there.

Banish them as soon as you can. Listen carefully to what’s being said before shooting off an opinion. You’ll learn more by saying nothing.

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