The teacher strike here in BC has recently started and it sure is loud and chaotic in certain high traffic areas here. For those who are not entirely aware of this labor strike, one of the reasons why it is a little more controversial than a typical strike is that recently a law was passed […]
Today while browsing the Internet I read about a sales event located in Henrico County near Richmond, Virginia where there were about 1000 used laptops selling for about $50 each. This was one of those first-come first-serve sales and not surprisingly there was a large crowd waiting to get their hands on one. The laptops […]
Looks like issues revolving around identity theft are going to be a big buzz for awhile with all that news about people’s personal information being stolen from various banks. Just today, I was watching a news segment on how identity theft affects people both emotionally and financially. It’s pretty staggering when you see how easy […]
Recently there seems to be a large influx of lawsuits being thrown around for what looks like to me as an attempt from certain individuals looking to make some easy money by taking advantage of the system that is normally in place to protect people. Most recently is that case I have been reading where […]
Seems like every news publication and medium that I am reading now has some kind of headline relating to the Terri Schiavo ordeal. For those who don’t know, it’s about a women who has been living for over a decade in a “vegetable” state due to a cardiac arrest. She is unable to take care […]
Today I was in Future Shop , a consumer electronics store, and noticed that there was a lady who was trying to return a DVD movie as she wanted a refund. She did not have a receipt and mentioned that it had been over two months since she bought the item. The reason she wanted […]