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 [...]
Mooney for Mayor ‘08
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
Phil Mooney has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the position of Yarmouth Mayor and so far things are looking very positive for him. I was invited to join the official facebook group about a week ago and when I first joined there were only a dozen members, as of right now [...]
Read More..>>MORE Money?!
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
Now the Y’arc (Yarmouth Arts Regional Centre) needswants a new building, their current facility is getting very old and outdated. They’ve called for a public meeting on May 5, 2008 to discuss this. They needwant 8 million to build the new facility. At least they’ve been doing their own fund raising over [...]
Read More..>>Charitable Events for Charitable People
Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, Life, News | Leave a Comment
Those living in or visiting New York are certainly not lacking in entertainment options. For a calender of Charity Events, check out Charity Happenings. It’s a great and comprehensive list of all the current and upcoming charitable events. The service is provided for free whether you’re a member of the public or [...]
Read More..>>HowTo.fm
Posted on February 2, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, News, review | Leave a Comment
New kid on the block? Well, not really new, but relatively unheard of. A new site which allows users to submit original tutorials and how to articles, and then offers that content to webmasters who can freely publish the articles on their websites.
A place like this is great for both writers and publishers because [...]
Wanting to Move, but Where?
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News, This Town | Leave a Comment
So, we’ve been in this location for two years already and have one year left on the lease, but we’re considering moving again. Business downtown just isn’t what it used to be, at least not for us. Since Ideally something a little smaller that’s cheaper on rent and cheaper on heat. We [...]
Read More..>>GST Being Lowered Again
Posted on December 27, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment
Canadian shoppers are getting a break again in the form of a minor sales tax cut. The Goods & Service Tax (GST) will be dropped from 6% to 5% as of January 1, 2008. For us Nova Scotians, this means an overall sales tax (HST) of 13% down from 14%.
This means for people [...]
Staples is the Culprit?
Posted on December 19, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News, This Town | 1 Comment
Had a funny question from a customer tonight as he was buying a new computer game. “So, are you guys planning to be around for a while?” Strange I though, maybe it’s his first time here, so I replied that we’ve been in business for 8 years and don’t plan on going anywhere. After that [...]
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