This morning our Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with U.S. President Barack Obama in the oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss the economy, Canadian concerns about US protectionism plans among other things. This is a very important meeting for our country and you can read more about the meeting on the National Post web site at: ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 16, 2009
Well what a Monday of the Labor day long weekend for PGA golfer Steve Stricker as he won the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston coming in at minus 17. Steve Stricker has now overtaken Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup standings and is now #1 on the this list. 100 players started for the battle to win the Deutsche Bank Championship and Steve Stricker was ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 9, 2009
Today "CMHC" the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has reported that August 2009 housing starts are up in Canada compared to July 2009 and so this is great news for the British Columbia and Canadian economies. Read todays news release at the CMHC website at:
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/nere/2009/2009-09-09-0815.cfm The CMHC web site is a great place ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 9, 2009
United States President Barack Obama will speak to the US congress and the American public tonight with a speech about his plans to reform the US healthcare system. This very important speech will start at 5pm Pacific or 8pm Eastern and we be broadcast on ABC,CBS,CNN, NBC TV plus other broadcasters as well. Will these health care plans in the United States have any impact ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 9, 2009
Mr. Jim Balsillie Co-CEO of RIM the makers of the Blackeberry has increased his offer purchase to $242.5 million US dollars in his plan and dream of moving the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton, Ontario. You can goto the web site www.makeitseven.ca and put your support behind this bid to create a 7th NHL hockey team in Canada. Also you can read these two articles about Mr. ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 8, 2009
Well at last the NFL 2009/2010 football season starts on Thursday night September 10th, 2009 in Pittsburgh at Heinz Field when the Tennessee Titans take on the hometown Superbowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. This game starts at 8:30 pm Eastern / 5:30 pm Pacific and is broadcast in on NBC TV or you can also read about it at NBC sports www.nbcsports.com or on the NFL ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 8, 2009
Well yesterday was a huge day for all Vancouver Canuck hockey fans when goalie Roberto Luongo extended his contract for 12 years and $$$ 64 million dollars. This contract will run until the 2021-2022 NHL hockey season. This should give the Canucks the edge and hopefully a Stanley Cup or two or three. The Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup in ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 3, 2009
Well at last the new Canada Line Skytrain has opened. The new Canada Line runs from downtown Vancouver under False Creek and down Cambie Street to the Airport (YVR) and to Richmond Centre. This new line has 16 stations in Vancouver and Richmond and adds 19 km's of skytrain to the system. This is a great way to get to the Airport or to Richmond Centre and it is pretty fast as ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 3, 2009
Will Mr. Jim Balsillie get approval from a US Bankruptcy judge in Phoenix that would allow him to participate in the September 10th auction for the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes franchise ? Mr. Jim Balsillie is the Co-CEO of RIM Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry and has a dream to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton, Ontario. This would create the 7th NHL hockey ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 2, 2009
Well today Tuesday September 1st the BC Budget 2009 was released by Finance Minister Colin Hansen at the legislature in Victoria.
Downtown Victoria looking West towards the cruiseship terminal.
goto www.cbc.ca/bc/ , www.news1130.com, www.ctvbc.ca to read about this developing story on the British Columbia budget.
What will the result be on ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 1, 2009