World of Warcraft trading Cards in stock
Posted on January 18, 2010 - Filed Under Business, News, gaming, sale | Leave a Comment
Along with the hockey cards I also ordered a box of Scourgewar cards from the World of Warcraft trading card game. It’s similar to Magic: the Gathering but I haven’t had a chance to play it so far. The big draw for these cards are the loot cards that you can find in [...]
Read More..>>Open On New Year’s Day
Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under Business, News, This Town, shopping | Leave a Comment
In just a few days from today the year is coming to an end. Goodbye 2009 and Hello! 2010 – what would 2010 bring for us here in Yarmouth? As I am looking at some stuff at Baby jogger city select for a gift for a friend, I can’t help but wonder if [...]
Read More..>>It’s Always the Least Likely Ones
Posted on April 8, 2009 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
Read some surprising news on NovaNews this afternoon, they released the name of one of the guys busted nearby with a few pounds of weed. Unless there’s more than one J. Burgess in town he’s been a long time customer here, a decent one too, pays his late fees and buys the occasional game. [...]
Read More..>>Got an Opinion in Yarmouth? Too bad!
Posted on March 10, 2009 - Filed Under News, Ranting, This Town | Leave a Comment
I stopped buying the Vanguard over a year ago because I didn’t feel it was worth it. The ‘news’ is usually not that new and the only interesting thing were the Letters to the Editor. Most of the news that’s in the Vanguard also gets posted to their online website, NovaNewsNow (click on [...]
Read More..>>Be an Olympic Torchbearer
Posted on January 9, 2009 - Filed Under Entertainment, Health, Internet, Life, News | Leave a Comment
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of my day today was learning that Coca Cola is pumping 5 million bucks into it’s SOGO Active program in collaboration with ParticipACTION. The program is targeted at youths and teens in an effort to help them become more active.
As an added incentive to get more people interested [...]
So What Happened to John Watkins?
Posted on December 17, 2008 - Filed Under Life, News, This Town | Leave a Comment
2 weeks ago I read on both CJLS and Nova News that John Watkins was reported missing and the RCMP were asking for the public’s help in locating him. It was mentioned that he might be driving out west to find employment. If that was the case though wouldn’t he have at least [...]
Read More..>>Lobster Fishermen on Strike – Selling Own Product
Posted on December 2, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Yesterday I heard the news that the lobster fishermen are on strike because the price is so low. They’re trying to block shipments out of the area in an effort to get better rates. On the one hand I don’t feel sorry for them. Every year they complain, even when they were [...]
Read More..>>New Mercedes-Benz GLK Coming to Canada
Posted on October 25, 2008 - Filed Under Life, News, Travel, shopping | Leave a Comment
Now that our current car is almost paid for it’ll soon be time to shop around for a second car. With the lil’ monster in school and the wife unable to drive a stick shift it would be more convenient at times to have something she can drive. Of course after watching that [...]
Read More..>>War in Afghanistan Hits Home
Posted on September 29, 2008 - Filed Under Life, News | 1 Comment
It was a shock the other day when I learned that one of my oldest friends, a guy I’ve known since I was in grade 4, was injured in a recent Taliban ambush that left 3 more Canadian soldiers dead. Ken Power has been over there for just about 6 months now and was [...]
Read More..>>American Dollar Gaining Strength
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been keeping an eye on the American dollar since it was steadily rising for a few days in a row. It seems to have settled around the 1.06 mark which is about 6 cents more than it was worth during most of the summer. I held [...]
Read More..>>Game Console Price Drops Coming
Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, News, gaming | Leave a Comment
Lots of rumors flying around about some price drops coming next month. The Xbox 360 Pro 20gb has already dropped from $349 to $299 which is just $20 more than the Arcade bundle that only comes with a memory card. Next month however the Arcade system could be as low as $199. [...]
Read More..>>Pictures of the Hysterectomy
Posted on July 24, 2008 - Filed Under Health, Life, News | Leave a Comment
As most know by now, my wife had been in for an operation a month ago, followed up by an emergency surgery 10 days later due to some complications. She’s been back home for 2 weeks and getting better every day, but she isn’t coming in to the store very much so far. [...]
Read More..>>register.com Expanding
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
register.com, one of the biggest employers in our area, is getting set for a big expansion. Currently employing over 250 people full time in Yarmouth, plans are to add an additional 150 employees locally and also to open an office in the Halifax area. Another 200 jobs are expected to be created for [...]
Read More..>>Violent Beating in Yarmouth
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
A severe beating took place last night in an apartment at 15 Bond Street here in Yarmouth. Three suspects in their mid 20’s were taken into custody as the victim was rushed to hospital with skull fractures. Sources say that baseball bats were involved in the beating.
Update: The victim has been released from [...]
