Mark H.

Well, I should be able to tell my friend that he needs to have more than rye & coke at the bar, if he plans on being successful. See, my friend didn't have time to purchase anything else, but he didn't want anyone else doing it.

If there is another team Canada - Mark Methot will be on the blueline - you heard it here first

Great game! I'm sure even the naysayers can find a way to stomach it...

Karlssen and Methot were outstanding - on both ends of the ice

1. Other provinces: we are, on average $$ per annum, behind Alberta and ahead of BC and Sask. Overall, we fit right in the middle of the pack. 2. Private schools: they look at public sector collective agreements and pay the same wages or more, as well as giving similar benefits. I know this for a fact - I'm in a unique situation where I work for both public and private schools - the good ones pay the going rate or more. 3. Education grads who can't find teaching jobs: are you suggesting more of them would find work if wages were lower? Hardly the case - there are fewer teaching jobs because family size is shrinking. Also, I find it depends a great deal on the education program from which they graduated (eg. BU grads had a 94% hiring rate in 2016) and also the experience they acquire while they're in University. I advise teacher candidates to take more courses in summer, so they can spend a couple of terms working as an Educational Assistant, and work their tails off during their teaching placements. You have to do something to promote yourself - otherwise that degree is just a piece of paper. School Divisions have the luxury of hiring the cream of the crop. Oh and - be willing to work absolutely anywhere.

Oh sure, you can't cause crime sprees while you're behind bars, but jails do little or nothing to prevent further crime. That's a big part of the problem. I have police officer friends - 90% of the people they deal with are repeat offenders. More time behind bars isn't going to improve that, especially with most jails already full.

Even more common is the belief that tougher sentencing and more jails will solve any of that

Caint pound book learnin' into dem unruly boys heads...

Do you have actual numbers for the police? The last two teacher contracts averaged a 2.25% increase per year, which covered a period of 8 years. That isn't very much more than the rate of inflation. The next increase for all public workers has already been legislated - 1.75% over 4 years. Yep, they should be able to start fixing the streets any day now...

Indeed - he is marooned...

Murray made a huge difference tonight - especially when the Sens were pressing early

You just can't replace your best puck moving defenders when they go down - those guys are pure gold in today's hockey (see Karlsson, Erik) They can always march next year - the Caps have proven themselves irrelevant for once and for all.

Next you'll tell us you call him 'a good Mennonite boy' you having worked for Golden West & all...

They were supposed to remain Leafs fans after their city got its own team? Well ok then.

Just a regular water cooler yawn fest

Next game will be interesting - they seem to find ways but tonight they had nothing

I'm sure you could get help for all of that...

Tonight's game is as good as you'll see. Passing, speed, hits & goal tending

Disagree - their passing is second to none.

Awwwwww, life is hard. IMO, Letang being out should have been all the advantage the Caps needed - completely different team without him back there.

When a friend and I spent a weekend in TO, we ran into Paul Lapolice three different times - he was working for TSN at the time. After the Argos game at the hotel, the next day at the airport and then on the flight home. The third time we asked him if he was following us. His response: 'oh ****.' I also sat between Henry Burris and Forrest Hightower on a flight to Ottawa.

I'm not familiar with the organic farming industry, but I do know what it costs to raise beef. If grass fed beef could be produced for that price, no one would be running a feed lot - the grass fed people would be putting them right out of business, Honestly, there is probably not a thing wrong with the meat you purchased. It just bothers me when people are not completely honest with the consumer.

Sometimes there's a fear of natural selection, with one culture rising to the top. Also inevitable

The organic / natural food industry is relatively new and is subject to very few regulations - I haven't a clue who you'd complain to. I don't usually buy steak but a 15 ounce sirloin has got to be worth around 20 bucks at most grocery stores - good cuts of beef are worth $15 - $20 per pound these days. Grass fed beef at $10 / pound is bloody unlikely (pun intended) I'll tell you my pork story too. Back when we raised hogs (commercial operation) a guy who sold 'natural pork' would buy young hogs from us, at the age where they had all their immunizations (2) and whatever antibiotics they would get. He raised them to slaughter weight in a shed on straw out in the country, then butchered and sold them as 'natural meat, free from drugs & vaccines.' As soon as we found out what he was doing, our business with him was terminated. When something sounds to good to be true - it usually is.

It takes 2 - 3 years for a grass fed beef cow to reach market weight vs. 18 months in a feedlot. Also, you need about 15 - 20 acres of pasture to feed one cow for one year, 20 - 30 acres if it's a cow - calf pair. There's a reason why cows are raised in feed lots - it's cheaper and more efficient. You mostly all know I'm a Hutterite. We raise about 10 beef cattle per year for our own use. They're on pasture with one feeding of barley or oats per day and hay in the winter, plus a mineral supplement. We typically buy newly weaned calves (6 - 8 months old) and feed them for about another 1.5 to 2 years. We know farmers who raise grass fed beef on a larger scale and have a great deal of respect for them - it's a healthy and sustainable way to raise food, but it is very expensive. Delivering a large grass fed steak to your door for $9.99 is highly unlikely, and they would tell you that too.