Johnny K. Soule

The Canadian Loonie has reached its latest high, climbing to 97.46 cents US. Currency strategists say their predictions are that the Loonie will once again surpass the American dollar by midyear 2010. However the higher the Loonie climbs the harder it makes it on the Canadian manufacturing and exporters industry. This industry was hit very hard by the recession because of the US trying to boost their economy by buying home goods and not continuing as much trade with Canada. But now that the L...

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O Canada, the song that brings Canadians to their feet, tears to their eyes and pride to a country of patriots. So why would we ever want to change that? The conservative government has raised the question that it may need re-examining and possibly a change. Politicians have been proposing a rewording of the anthem's third line, "in all thy sons command", since the 1990's, but every proposal has been shot down as political correctness run amok. The reason that government officials have reopen...

So earthquakes have been striking the glob at an alarming rate. First major quake hit Haiti only one month ago and now another huge quake has hit Chile pushing earth’s mass closer to its axis, speeding up the earth’s rotation. Scientists say that there is nothing to worry about and that we won’t be affected by the change because it is only fractions of a millisecond difference, on millionth of a second to be exact. It is so small that scientists would not even be able to measure it with...

    So the Olympics have come and gone. Now I know that I am not one to talk well on the Olympics because I do question a lot of its purpose. But I got to say as a Canadian, “ha ha ha team USA”, wow that feels good doesn’t it. Now just in case you are not Canadian or you somehow you missed Sunday night’s Gold medal game between Canada and the United States, Canada won gold with an overtime goal by “Syd the Kid Crosby” making the score 3-2. And of course it just had to be Crosby eh...

               So I have a friend that has just gotten out of a long distance relationship. He’s a tall good looking guy that has a sensitive side and is very respectful to women.  For me personally I feel that after a long relationship it is important not to dwell over what went wrong and to have good friends that will take you out and show you some fun so that you can remember how much fun it can be to be single.  So right now I’m sure you’ve noticed if you have read my other blogs th...

            Fate, destiny, coincidence, have you ever felt these ways?  Or maybe a better question would be to ask what are these terms and do they exist?  In the Webster’s Dictionary they define fate as being “the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : destiny”. Well I don’t know anything about that but I can tell you a story that has recently happened to me that made me feel this way. ...

    How much is a gold medal worth? Is it worth us letting people go hungry?  Is it worth sacrificing proper infrastructure or how about a child’s education?  The reason I ask these questions is because although I am a proud Canadian, I do realize that the billions of dollars spent on the Olympics could be used to inject our social systems with the money needed to compete with the rest of the world in what matters most.   How would you feel if we could have the lowest poverty rate in the wo...