In the news...

I'm a little behind, but here goes.

I don't buy it:

COMING SOON TO A BARBECUE NEAR YOU: A WARMER, FUNNIER STEPHEN HARPER
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will hit the festival and barbecue circuit across Canada this summer to persuade voters he's a nice, warm guy with a good sense of humour.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/15/harper-image050615.html

Like we need more TV:

BOOB TUBE ON BUSES?
A Winnipeg man believes television advertising could be the key to pumping more funds into the city's struggling transit system.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_transit-20050615

Kids... don't sniff!

PARENTS WARNED OF 'DUSTING' SOLVENT ABUSE
Parents are being warned that some young teens may be inhaling computer duster products, an extremely dangerous method of getting high.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/06/16/huffing-dusting050616.html

My kind of "vandalism":

WINNIPEG GARDENERS SNEAK FLOWERS ONTO PUBLIC STREETS
Guerrilla gardeners are launching an attack on Winnipeg's downtown, filling empty city planters with blooms to try to cut down on urban ugliness.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/17/guerrilla-gardeners050617.html

Fun history:

ANCIENT GLASS MAKING SITE DISCOVERED IN EGYPT
Ancient Egyptians made glass out of raw materials more than 3,000 years ago, say archeologists working in the eastern Nile delta.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/06/17/glass-Egypt050617.html

Stupid "science":

COMPANY SEEKS TO SELL HEART DRUG TO BLACKS ONLY
A drug company should be able to market a heart failure drug to blacks only, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Thursday.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/06/16/race-medicine050616.html

(It's not the skin colour that's affecting the medication... find out what it is, and market to *that* group!)

This happens every year... parents, WATCH YOUR KIDS!:

BOY DROWNS IN WINNIPEG POOL
A nine-year-old boy drowned in a pool in a Winnipeg apartment building Thursday evening.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_drowning-20050617