Month: April 2012
Calabogie post race report
So I finished my second race today and came in 12th! I didn’t achieve my goal of breaking into the top 10 but I was pleased with the result. Calabogie is a race car track and so there is no yellow line rule. I found it much easier to ride …
The right to die
I am a big fan of Terry Pratchett, he is a brilliant author and unfortunately ill with alzheimer’s. Mr. Pratchett is fighting for the right to die at a time of his own choosing. Before his mind has deteriorated to the point where he can no longer think for himself, he …
On the team!
So one of my goals this year was to make the road team for Lapdogs. The second goal was to race in an O-cup race. The first part almost didn’t happen but Michael Cranwell, the president of the Lapdogs went to bat for me and said it was okay …
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CBC Cuts
The CBC has just received another 115 million dollar budget cut in the latest federal government budget. Faced with this significant shortfall in funding the CBC is now in a position where it has to trim another 650 jobs. I think former CBC president Robert Rabinovitch put it best, “This …