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“Why do they bother to have the elections at all,” voters once observed when they looked at their newspapers the morning after a vote. Those were the days when election polling was uncannily accurate. Was an election really necessary or would a sample size of 1,125 do the trick? Now, after another ‘shocking’ election result, […]
Golden Girl Finance featured a Human Rights Watch report on its Friday Stocktail this week that reveals, “tobacco farms across the US are using children as young as age 7 to assist in tobacco harvesting, exposing them to nicotine, pesticides and extreme heat.” That same Friday Stocktail also filled YWG in on the latest GMO legislation in the U.S., […]
That Farley Mowat’s death and a beached whale in Newfoundland made national headlines at the same time last week caused Your Working Girl to sit up and take notice. She admits to being in a bit of a mood lately. Living in a city governed by a petulant junkie mayor, watching the most progressive provincial budget […]
The 2014 Academy Awards will probably be best remembered for the selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with host Ellen Degeneres, Brange, Jennifer, Meryl, Jared, Cate and the beautiful Lupita Nyong’o. It was the selfie that crashed Twitter™, a picture re-tweeted more than three million times. Holy smokes. According to website digitaltrend.com, Oscars™ sponsor Samsung, ever […]
It’s sad to meet and fall in love with a man when you are in the process of reading his obituary. So it was for Your Working Girl and Robert W. Wilson, a gay, atheist, short-sell specialist, well-known known for his philanthropy. A masterful mass of contradiction, Mr. Wilson contributed an estimated $600 million […]
For the last 10 days, Neil Young has waged a blistering attack on the Alberta oilsands development. It’s a thrashing that’s left the Canadian oil industry and the governments that support it sputtering with indignation. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers played the snooty card. “Mr. Young may represent that rock stars don’t need oil, […]
You, Gentle Reader, be the judge. You’ve seen the Rob Ford Steak Queen video with the mayor showing off his dialect capabilities. Here’s a sub-titled version in case you couldn’t get it all by ear. (Your Working girl only prays His Honour doesn’t start rolling with Newfoundlanders.) Now check out Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black. […]
Much has happened in 2013 and lots of it is a bit quirky. Here are a few things Your Working Girl would like to take note of. The Grant Officer of the Year Award John Cook – Gawker.com For not making the easy call. Cook researched well-deserving community groups to find a home for the […]
The votes are in. The dye has been cast. There’s no going back. Just before the holidays, Your Working Girl took note that Pathways to Education has appointed a new CEO. And the direction the Board of Directors intends to take could not be clearer. Incoming top executive, Vivian Prokop, most recently finished a 10-year […]
Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats Ralph Picco Merchant Navy. Canadian Born: 1894 Died: 1 November 1940 (46) Roster information listed for Ralph Picco Ship Type Rank / role Attacked on Boat Empire Bison Steam merchant Able Seaman 1 Nov 1940 (+) U-124 Personal information Son of Robert and Mary Jane Picco, of […]
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