Pollster accuracy questioned after federal election results
The opinion piece argues polls accurately predicted Liberals 39 percent Reform 19 percent Tories 24 percent NDP 11 percent BQ 9 percent. It defends poll usefulness and criticizes the 72 hour pre election ban as hypocritical while urging reader feedback to Alan Poirier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
Reform
Bloc Quebecois
Tories
NDP
Chretien
Alan
Apoirier
Telusplanet.net
Balance debate over lawn pesticides prompts call for education
The article argues against a lawn spraying ban in Canada, urging balanced choice and consumer education. It notes environmental groups push limits, cites 2,4-D safety assessments, and contrasts trained professionals with untrained homeowners while stressing informed decisions.
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Kitchener
Quebec
Canada
United States
Death Car urban legend tale circulates in Saskatchewan
A rumor from a Saskatchewan journalist recalls a dirt-cheap Cadillac linked to a self-inflicted death after a hunting trip. The car, found next spring with a lingering corpse odor, feeds the death car legend a motif of a friend of a friend and a mysterious blood stain.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Richard M. Corden
Michigan State University
Word origins and the posh myth flummoxed by lack of evidence
The piece questions the pirate tale of POSH meaning Port Out Starboard Home on Peninsular and Oriental steamship tickets. It notes no records show the stamp or SOPH counterpart and cites folk etymology as urban legend. Readers are invited to send comments to Don McGillivray in Ottawa.
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Britain
India
The
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co
Samuel Johnson
Don McGillivray
c/o
Southam News
Sparks Street
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada Day schedule unveiled with corporate sponsors
Ottawa NCC press conference outlines Canada Day activities on Parliament Hill with corporate backers including Canadian Tire VIA Rail and the Chicken Farmers of Canada. Beaudry notes a million dollar cost with taxpayers covering about two thirds. events feature Rod Voisin Tom Jackson Terri Clark and the Bare Naked Ladies.
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Parliament Hill
Beaudry
Rod Voisin
Tom Jackson
Terri Clark
The
Barenaked Ladies
Chicken Farmers of Canada
Canadian Tire
National Basketball Association
American Express
Adidas
James Naismith
Almonte
NCC
Naismith
VIA Rail
Canada
Charles Gordon
Ottawa Citizen
SouthamStar Network
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Bing
Stornaway
Southam Inc
Dunmore Road
S.E
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Michael J. Hertz
Gordon Wright Alan Poirier
Ron W. Turner
Kirk Freeman
Bill Hartley Perry D. Gagley
John Weimer
Southam Newspapers
Bley m
Cele
Southam
Marcel Beaudry
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