Online petition to help save National Archival Development Program

Please consider adding yours to the online petition created by archivist Heather Home at Make it Better - Write a Letter: Help save Canada's National Archival Development Program. If you're on the Facebook, you can also add this site as an app and recruit up to 16 friends to sign. The goal is 10,000 online signatures.

Guess the Giller contest from Scotiabank

If you're psychic and love a good read, have a go at the Guess the Giller contest sponsored by Scotiabank. It must be a popular contest as when I tried to cast my vote I got the error message "We are experiencing technical problems. Please try again later."

And the nominees are:


The Matter With Morris by David Bergen

Light Lifting by Alexander Macleod

This Cake is for the Party by Sarah Selecky

The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud

Annabel by Kathleen Winter

Hated Sales Tax (HST) Poll

Here's your chance to count yourself in or out on the issue of British Columbia's proposed Hated Sales Tax (HST).

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How about a new nickname for Vancouver?

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Digging for answers: take the RBCM hole poll

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Take the medal-counting poll for Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

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Probiotic yogurt bacteria invasion, take the 10 billion and counting poll

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