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Feature Article #1

Choice Hotels International Follow Up

The following is the follow up to this article: Choice Hotels = HUGE Customer Service Fail I am writing on behalf of the Chief Marketing Officer of Choice Hotels International. He has forwarded your comments to my attention. He has also asked me to review the issues you have raised and respond to you directly. [...]

Pat Williams | July 27th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #2

You Know You Wanna Be Canadian!

This is the best pro-Canadian video I’ve seen since the Molson’s I Am Canadian video! Catchy beat, funny and entertaining! Great job Julia and Andrew! Canadian Please Song & video produced by Julia Bentley & Andrew Gunadie Take some time to listen to more on MySpace! You won’t be disappointed! More great Canadian talent! HAPPY [...]

Pat Williams | June 30th, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Provincial Park Camping with Dad

Today is Father’s Day and in celebration of all the great things Dads do for their children, I thought I’d share my most memorable times with my father. Living in Ontario, we spent every summer camping. I have camped in many (if not all!) provincial and national parks in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British [...]

Pat Williams | June 21st, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

Becoming an American

“The land of plenty” “The land of the free” “The land of opportunity” As a citizen elsewhere in the world, I wondered “Can the United States be THAT incredible?” Living in Canada watching high taxes eating away at our income, we thought moving to the USA would be a sound financial investment. So when the [...]

Pat Williams | June 3rd, 2009 | Continued

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Music Raises Funds for Odd Squad

The Odd Squad is comprised of a group of Vancouver police officers who began filming on their beat in 1998. They’ve created a series of documentaries that began with “Through the Blue Lens” and continues to grow as they put a spotlight on addiction related issues and crimes. One of the founders, Al Arsenault, has [...]

Pat Williams | May 25th, 2009 | Continued

About this Site

The idea of this site was born in 1999, when I was teaching myself how to build web pages as a way to keep my mind stimulated while I waited for a United States work permit. Earlier that year, my husband’s company had transferred our family to the USA, and we arrived, starry eyed and [...]

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I Gotta Feeling LipDub

The following video was created on September 10th, 2009 in 2 hours and 15 minutes during Integration week by 172 students at the University of Quebec in Montreal. If Integration week is the same thing as what used to be called Frosh week, it sure looks a lot different than what I remember of Queens [...]

18Jul2010 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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New Politically Correct National Anthem

18Jul2010 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes Bruce Cockburn

“When the Sept.11 thing happened and all that’s followed it, I felt first of all what good are songs in a context like this? Everything I’d written to that point seemed kind of meaningless. But then better judgement took hold and I realized that now more than ever we need to engage in the sharing [...]

14Jan2010 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes Julie Payette

“I also remember Toronto as a place where I was able to pursue many of my personal interests, ranging from sports to cultural activities. One of my most marking memories (besides participating in the annual climbing of the CN Tower stairs) was the privilege of singing with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra throughout my entire stay.” [...]

18Dec2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Julie Payette

Born Oct. 20, 1963, Montreal, Quebec. Married to Francois Brissette of Montreal, Quebec

24Oct2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Canadarm

Although Canada has been involved with the space race since the beginning, nothing has made our national pride glow like watching the space shuttles and seeing the big letters CANADA written across the Canadarm. The Canadarm was fist launched into space on November 13, 1981 as part of Columbia. During that mission, the Canadarm successfully [...]

24Oct2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Julie Payette

NASA’s Julie Payette is accomplished in more than just space and engineering studies. She is a singer and pianist having performed with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra Chamber Choir, the Piacere Vocale in Basel, Switzerland, and with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Choir in Toronto, Canada. She plays the flute as well. She flies jets and competes [...]

24Oct2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Zal Yanovsky

Full name is Zalman Yanovsky Born in Toronto on December 19, 1944 Died just before his 58th birthday (December 14, 2002) of a heart attack. He and Richardson owned Chez Piggy and Pan Chancho bakery in Kingston, Ontario. Member of the Kingston Humane Society and regularly made donations. When he passed away his family requested [...]

24Oct2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Bruce Cockburn

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, May 27, 1945. His last name is pronounced Coe Burn. Maybe The Poet was used on a Miami Vice episode. The Bloor Street Viaduct mentioned in Anything Can Happen is a subway/car bridge that crosses high above the Don Valley River and Parkway. Honorary Chair of Friends of the Earth. Awarded [...]

24Oct2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Celine Dion

Born March 30, 1968, Charlemagne, Quebec. Angelil mortgaged his house to finance Celine’s first album. Won Eurovision song contest in Dublin Ireland in 1988. Her 2nd English album went platinum 6 times over in Canada. Has won more than 120 awards in Canada, the USA and Europe. She loves to golf. Owns a restaurant chain [...]

24Oct2009 | Pat Williams | View Comments | Continued
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