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Brooke Henderson and her Sister win the  Canadian LPGA Event. The 20 yr. old and her 26 yr. old sister caddie from  Smith Falls, Ontario. 

If you have Bell Internet Service they have  included a "Free" install of McAfee protection. For years this anti-virus software had mediocre results but it has updated recently and now included in the top "10" with some features the same  rating as Kaspersky. The down side if any that it may slow your computer as it checks out whatever you have been doing. It is worth about $25.00  if you were comparing antivirus protection. P.S. I have not noticed any slowdown of our 2 computers after install.

                                                     

The Creation of Canada Day July 1, 1867  : The  British North America Act  (today known as the  Constitution Act, 1867 ) created Canada. June 20, 1868  : Governor General  Lord Monck  signs a proclamation that requests all Her Majesty’s subjects across Canada to celebrate July 1. 1879  : A federal law makes July 1 a statutory holiday as the “anniversary of Confederation,” which is later called “ Dominion Day .” October 27, 1982  : July 1, “Dominion Day” officially becomes Canada Day.

It won’t be long before the Ontario Liberals start blaming the Progressive Conservatives for the financial mess they’ve left us in after 15 years in power. You can already see it happening in some smug media commentary, gleefully predicting Premier-designate Doug Ford and the PCs are going to be a disaster. In reality, outgoing premier Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals are the disaster — and they have created massive fiscal problems that will take decades, if ever, to correct. Today, let’s examine the biggest financial train wreck the Liberals have left us to address — the skyrocketing cost of electricity due to the idiotic way they blundered into green energy. According to a report by Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office, the per-unit cost of solar power to Ontario ratepayers as the Liberals leave office is a staggering $480 per megawatt hour (MWh), wind $173/MWh, biofuels $131/MWh.That compares to $69/MWh for nuclear power and $58/MWh for hydro.(Hat tip to Jeffrey Simpso...

NAFTA The question on the mind of every CEO, union leader, politician, investor, auto worker and trade lawyer—indeed, anyone with a stake in NAFTA’s survival—is what next? For more than 20 years, NAFTA has been a source of economic growth for the world’s largest trading bloc. Most economists view the free trade deal as a net positive for the three nations. In a speech in August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada’s economy is 2.5 per cent larger every year than it would be without NAFTA: “It is as if Canada has been receiving a $20-billion cheque each year since NAFTA was ratified.” It’s safe to say that companies with the heaviest exposure to the U.S. will be hit hardest and fastest. “Canadian exporters would really get hammered in the capital markets,” Lee says. “When markets are uncertain, you err on the side of caution. What would the market do to those companies? They wouldn’t know how much of their sales would be going down. I can’t predict a ...

The cost to fill up a vehicle jumped to $1.36 a litre($6.12 a gal.)  this week at most North Bay gas stations. The price of fuel was a hot topic at the Tory meet and greet free breakfast event held at The Grande Wednesday morning. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford told the crowd of more than 200 people that the price of gas is “absolutely ridiculous” and the elimination of the carbon tax will reduce the price by about 4.5 cents per litre. Eliminating the carbon tax is one of Ford's many campaign promises. “The price of gas effects every single thing that moves from Point A to Point B,” he said. “We're going to get rid of the worst tax there is – the carbon tax.” The Liberals controversial cap-and-trade program started on Jan.1,2017 and is aimed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from Ontario homes and businesses. The tax is estimated to cost the average Ontario household about $13 more per month to fuel a car and heat a hom...