PEOPLE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS… ARE NOTING THE PASSING OF THE FOUNDER OF A MUSIC STORE IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK

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SOMETIMES.. INFLATION STARTS IN THE BACON AISLE..

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YOU MIGHT JUST BE GOING TO A STORE.. BECAUSE YOU THINK IT HAS THE LOWEST PRICES… AND NOT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES..

HOW’S THAT FOR A RETAIL PSYCOLOGY LESSON?

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REMEMBER THAT CANADIAN INTERNET AND CELLPHONE OUTAGE THAT AFFECTED CUSTOMERS OF ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS A WEEK OR TWO AGO?

WELL.. TODAY… OFFICIALS FROM THAT COMPANY WILL BE APPERAING BEFORE A PARLAMENTARY COMMITTEE IN OTTAWA TODAY.

TO PARAPHRASE THE OLD CLIP FROM CLASSIC TV… “YOU GOT SOME SPLAINING TO DO…”

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IS IT HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

GRANTED THIS IS NOT A LOCAL FEATURE.. IT’S INTENDED AS SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT TO A FAR WIDER AREA. BUT.. AT JUST BEFORE 1 EASTERN TIME… ON THIS FRIDAY, JULY 22ND…  NEW YORK IS 89.. CHICAGO IS 87.. ST LOUIS IS 92… BOSTON IS 88 AND DENVER IS 89 AND IT’S EARLIER IN THE DAY BY 2 HOURS THERE.  WELL YOU GET THE IDEA.. AND THERE’S GOOD CHANGE YOU DIDN’T NEED ME TO TELL YOU THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY’RE YOUR NUMBER. 

THAT BRINGS TO MIND YOUR POWER BILL AND WAYS OF MAKING IT LESS..

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MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS SPACE… I TRY TO KEEP WHAT’S IN HERE TO BE A BREAK FROM THE NEWS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD WITH THE HOPE YOU HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING NEW… OR AT THE VERY LEAST LAUGH..

BUT, IF YOU’RE IN THE MONTREAL AREA YOU LIKELY KNOW THIS ALREADY… 

DAVE FISHER… THE CJAD WEEKEND MORNING MAN FOR 32 YEARS… LEFT US YESTERDAY.

SOME THOUGHTS ON A MONTREAL RADIO LEGEND WHO DIED WAY TOO SOON AFTER RETIRING IN 2016…. IN A MOMENT

SO.. YOU GO TO THE MEAT, FISH, OR CHICKEN SECTION OF YOUR LOCAL GROCERY STORE… . AND WHILE YOU’VE SEEN THE POLYSTYRENE CUPS GO AWAY FROM YOUR COFFEE CUP YOU’RE HANDED WHILE TRAVELING…

YOU NOTICE YOU STILL SEE THAT… UNDER… THE MEAT… OR FISH.. .. CHICKEN.. OR PORK.. YOU BUY AT THE GROCERY STORE…

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WHAT IF THERE WERE ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY OF PACKAGING THAT STUFF?

A CANADIAN GROCERY STORE CHAIN HELD A COMPETITION FOR A NEW WAY… AN ONTARIO COMPANY WON IT.. AND SOON THAT… POLYSTYRENE WILL GO AWAY….  MORE IN A MINUTE.

IN SEPTEMBER 2021, JESSICA KALYNN ARRIVED IN DUBAI FOR A SIX-DAY TRIP.

HER BAGGAGE, HOWEVER, DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER.

SO… THE WOMAN FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA FILED A CLAIM WITH THE PROVINCE’S CIVIL RESOLUTION TRIBUNAL.

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NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ON.. NOTHING TO SEE HERE. 

JUST AN ARMADILLO IN CHICAGO!

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JIM THORPE, ONE OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN HISTORY AND THE VICTIM OF WHAT MANY CONSIDERED A CENTURY-OLD OLYMPIC INJUSTICE, HAS BEEN RESTORED AS THE SOLE WINNER OF THE DECATHLON AND PENTATHLON AT THE 1912 STOCKHOLM GAMES.

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