Rich

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It’s not to be a ****. How many companies closed down. How many people couldn’t work, lost their jobs that the government had to step in with that benefit. The Canadian government even called it a lockdown benefit. I’m not saying it was the wrong decision, not even saying it shouldn’t happen again if a variant comes out that it was way more contagious and / or deadly. But to say everyone impacted by those closures wasn’t in a lockdown because of what happened in Italy is just trying to word smith this. When people say they don’t want lockdowns again, it is what they experienced here in Canada. Not about something they didn’t experience.

Really? https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/designated-covid-19-lockdown-regions.html

I bit of mixing going on in this thread as mentioned. Antibiotics fight bacteria, not viruses. As for antibiotics in cows, from my understanding (and I'm not an expert here, so feel free to correct me here) they are used in cases when animals are in close quarters to prevent spread of disease, and there is some evidence that they also help cattle grow faster / bigger. Some of the issues with this, as Tracker mentioned, this is giving antibiotics as a prophylactic, meaning before an infection. When done like this, bacteria will mutate faster and gain immunity over the antibiotic which can also affect how resistant the antibiotics are for humans.

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The CFL doesn't officially share salaries. It is usually leaked. And I have the least amount of faith in the leaked CFL salaries compared to the other professional sports.

Also saw this tweet from the Jets, wow does Lowry look like a little kid in his early pictures

Here is to hoping that the new variants follow the typical patterns of being less deadly / severe in symptomns.

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It was deemed essential to avoid people having to go through withdrawals. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/alcohol-addiction-coronavirus-pandemic-1.5509686

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Didn't like Proulx when he first became a head referee, but IMO he has morphed into the best head ref the league has.

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Not pissed, just very confused from a thread that appeared to me to already have run its course.

If you want to put it to rest why the **** would you post in it when there has been one post in two months.. Apparently you still want to talk about this.

Not every day you get to throw 6 TDs in a game

Depending which source, the overall average car cost is also listed anywhere from 55 - 65k. The higher end skews things. Like most evolutions in cars, they start in the high end models and as the technology becomes cheaper and mass produced, they come down to lower end cars. Here is an interesting article on EV pricing and cheaper electric vehicles coming. Once you can get them around $30k Canadian with decent range (right now the cheaper models have reduced range), I think you will see them become more affordable to a larger percentage of the population.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gas-tax-manitoba-ndp-election-promise-1.6942451#:~:text=Ian Froese%2FCBC)-,Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew says his party would temporarily,litre in provincial fuel taxes. But he has also claimed he will balance the budget in their first term. Would have to hope inflation subsides to put the tax back, otherwise that's an extra couple hundred million to balance.