In the news...

Strange... what a totally different lifestyle:

SWAZILAND'S KING SAYS 'I DO' FOR THE 11TH TIME
The king of Swaziland has taken an 11th wife and has lined up two other teenage girls to marry.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/30/SwaziKing_050530.html

U.S. LIVING BEYOND MEANS, DODGE WARNS
Bank of Canada governor David Dodge offered a bankerly rebuke to the United States on Monday for its borrow-and-spendthrift ways, which he suggested are a threat to world economic stability.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/05/30/dodge-warning050530.html

An ounce of prevention:

N.B. PLAN FOR FREE DIABETES SUPPLIES LAUDED
An Opposition politician is applauding New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord for his government's decision to provide free medical supplies to people with diabetes.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/30/diabetes050530.html

Yikes! I'm glad I'm not a patient of his:

NURSES AT AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL HID PATIENTS FROM 'DR. E. COLI'
A hearing is underway in Australia looking into the deaths of dozens of patients linked to a doctor who was previously barred from performing surgery in the United States.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/30/DrDeath_050530.html

Whadda-ya-know, root beer is good for you

SASKATOON STUDENT WINS AWARD FOR WORK ON ROOT BEER ANTI-CANCER AGENT
A Grade 11 student from Saskatchewan has won a national science award for her investigation into how root beer could one day be a cure for cancer.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/05/30/root050530.html

I guess that's why I don't like root beer. ;)