Recent content by Blackadder1916

And let's not forget this Nobel Peace Prize laureate and "leader of a notorious terrorist organisation" as described by the British Government who continued to refuse him a visa to enter the UK until the 1970s, only a few short years before he became the PM of Israel...

If you think that by becoming a resident elsewhere, you can avoid paying taxes on your pension, you have another think coming. And depending on the "chosen country", there may or may not be a tax treaty that acknowledges you've already paid to Canada. But be assured, especially with a CF...

A generation or two ago, if there had been had been such a slew of complaints from women, the counter-argument would have been because they were on their period.

Funny you bring that up. In some recent news, some locals got upset at the announcement that a military golf course will close. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/final-season-looming-for-petawawa-golf-club-1.6868220

That's the first reference to using tampons for nose bleeds that I've heard in the over forty years since I worked with ENT at NDMC. It was one of the more useful things I learned from the docs that could be easily translated to the field. That, and using a Foley as a temporary tamponade (see...

For those interested in the background to the dismissal of the Chestermere council members https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/6c2a14ab-70cd-49b7-8010-3d4e8f2f097e/resource/da940610-5203-4108-b171-2eddc01b5a85/download/ma-chestermere-dismissal-reasons-for-decision-2023-12.pdf

What goes around, comes around. Your example of a dysfunctional municipal council reminds me of the elected Calgary Board of Education that was so dysfunctional that the Learning Minister dissolved it in 1999 and appointed an official trustee to run the Calgary public schools. One of the...

If one was to view the exchanges between the two children Leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister, one would notice that the Speaker admonished the PM for the "spineless" comment and requested that he withdraw it and reframe his reply to the question. The PM did so. However, the...

They'll probably continue doing the same thing that they've been doing since the regiments were raised. Teaching the soldiers to ride. https://www.forces.net/services/army/eleven-things-know-about-household-cavalry-horses-parade#:~:text=8.,9. As for gender, at least the two legged members of...

https://www.calgary.ca/development/downtown-incentive.html

You are aware, aren't you, that you responded to a post that is twenty years old, written by an individual who was last on this site seventeen years ago?

Historically, the CAF was aware that OCdts are somewhat dim. In that light, all things are made clear if and when necessary. https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/training-wing/ocdt-joining-instructions

https://ntv.ca/state-of-emergency-rcmp-warn-of-uncontrolled-fire-near-explosive-material-in-happy-valley-goose-bay/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/happy-valley-goose-bay-explosion-fire-state-of-emergency-1.7179921