Calgary leads in median income, followed by Edmonton and Ottawa

According to the data derived from 2008 personal income-tax returns, Statistics Canada has found that Calgary led other metropolitan areas in median-family income. Calgary was followed by Edmonton and Ottawa-Gatineau. Calgary families earned $91,570 in 2008, well above the Canadian average of $68,860. Edmonton followed with family income of $88,190, and Ottawa-Gatineau was third with…

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Olympics Women’s Ice Hockey – Cigar beer and gold medal

Some time after they beat the United States 2-0 on Thursday, the Canadian women’s ice hockey team came back from the locker room and staged a party on ice. The party involved bottles of champagne, beer cans and cigars. Among others was 18-year-old superstar Marie-Philip Poulin, who was also drinking alcohol on the ice. The…

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5-months pregnant athlete in Olympics

Five and half months pregnant, 30 year-old, Kristie Moore, is one of the Team Canada curling team members competing in the Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver, Canada. She is the third pregnant athlete ever to compete in Olympic games. Ninety years ago, Swedish figure skater Magda Julin won a gold medal at the Antwerp…

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15 year old Sleeping Beauty – Louisa Ball (video)

Louisa Ball is a normal teen except for the ‘sleeping beauty sickness’. The 15-year-old girl sleeps for days at a time and cannot be woken. It is told that Louisa suffers from Kleine-Levin Syndrome, a disease with no cure that clears itself up after 8-12 years of suffering from it. The Once Louisa slept for…

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143-page love letter — to an imaginary lover

A bachelor, Harish Kondakkuli (30), of South India has written a 143-page long love letter. The problem is he is not in love so he had to write it to an imaginary lover to enter the Guinness Book of Records. The letter, in Kannada (local language), begins with ‘Preethiya Abhisarika’ (Dear Abhisarika) and ends with…

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Short, direct and interesting horoscope

I got it in email titled “The Happy Go Lucky One!!!” and it sure sounds convincing. Photo – Somaliland zoidac sign coins – a set of twelve copper-nickel 10 Shilling coins featuring the twelve sun signs of the “western” Zodiac. Each coin features a zodiac sign and figure, and is dated 2006. VIRGO – The…

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