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Albertans Or Industry Alberta Government Must Choose
In September of '06 I wrote a submission to the Oilsands Consultation Committee and posted it on my blog. Now the committee has released their final report. You can download it as a 2.5 MB PDF file here.Make your way to section 3, starting on page 33, for a list of non-consensus actions that were recommended but will very likely not be implemented. Observe how the industry and government representatives often side against the majority of the other panel members.The general feeling is that we need to slow down.
American moves to Canada reach record high
The number of Americans admitted to Canada last year reached a 30-year-high, with a 20 per cent increase over the previous year and nearly double the number that arrived in 2000.
GCO Succeeds in Getting Coweta County to Issue Temporary
When a GCO member was unable to get a temporary renewal GFL from Coweta County when he applied for a renewal GFL, he contacted GCO. The probate judge refused to issue the temporary because the member had received his previous license from another county. GCO convinced the county attorney that there was no legal basis [...]
Carroll County Repeals Restrictive Firearms Discharge Ordinance
Carroll County repealed its restrictive firearms discharge ordinance yesterday. See previous news item here. Accordingly, GCO is cancelling its appearance before the commission on August 7, 2007.
Bring 'em Home, Jimbo!
Waterloo's resident billionaire Jim Balsillie has purchased an NHL team - the unfortunately named Predators - from Nashville. It is all we were hoping for and more - not some venerable old team like the Penguins, but an upstart outfit from a town that couldn't care less about hockey.We have done absolutely none of the heavy lifting, but we're rooting for having our team moved back to Waterloo where it belongs... pronto. We even have some names in mind - howsabout "The Grand"? "The Loons"? "The Great Blue"? The enigmatic "Bento Box"? Or what about "The Diaspora" (check out the Predator roster; over half the team's Canadian).In a great stroke of luck, it even looks like the Predator team colors are gold and black...
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