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'Canada Post customer requests apology, free stamp, over snowed-in mailbox'

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/new-brunswick/canada-post-mail-snow-1.3928731Canada Post customer requests apology, free stamp, over snowed-in mailboxGot mail? Ted Boothroyd didn't get any last week. The Fredericton resident, who lives in the Rose...

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'FedEx - Good News and Bad News on January Shopping'

FedEx - Good News and Bad News on January Shopping http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y17/m01/i12/s02

Cute Story from US Boards - Amazon Echo

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/7/14200210/amazon-alexa-tech-news-anchor-order-dollhouse

Incoming parcels 'Out For Delivery' for two consecutive days in Winnipeg

I realize that with the stat holidays, Canada Post may be running late this week but I've had eight incoming parcels marked 'Out For Delivery' for two consecutive days now in Winnipeg. (I have a LOT of birthdays in my family immediately after Christm...

'Mail-forwarding fraud complaints jump more than 700% in 2016'

Mail-forwarding fraud complaints jump more than 700% in 2016 Canadians might want to check their mailboxes closely this year to make sure everything is showing up.Complaints of mail-forwarding fraud for 2016 are more than seven times higher than for ...

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The truth regarding the Keystone pipeline

So - you thought opposition to the Keystone Pipeline was pure and noble and environmentally based..!?!.............. check this out I’m surprised it has taken this long to for the public to connect the dots – the Wall St. Journal has often written of...

CSIS and the SIRC

With the new anti-terror bill ( Bill C-51, known as the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015 ) have many expressing concerns about CSIS oversight. The new proposed bill would give CSIS expanded powers without any expanded oversight. In 2012 the Gov't eliminated ...

An interesting article regarding a Fraud scheme Triangulation and Amazon

I was reading on .com and they posted this article http://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Something-fishy-w-invoice-on-item-I-bought/m-p/23538993#U23538993 http://www.doit.wisc.edu/news/triangulation-the-latest-ebay-auction-fraud/

Is there a lawyer in house

Would a will made by a notary public be watertight as a lawyer? I'm guessing better to get it checked by a lawyer to be safe then sorry.

Justin to take away income splitting IF ...................................

New LPC radio adsWe’re setting the record straight on the Conservative income splitting scheme.Listen and share →http://goo.gl/ycEA4rTuff for JT to take it away when he's not in power and would be political suicide if and when he were for it becomes ...

Execs Hit JACKPOT With Ebay Moolah!

http://fortune.com/2015/01/14/ebay-executive-pay-paypal/

What happened to ebay.ca?

What happened to ebay.ca? I use to purchase hundreds of items from ebay.ca but now I have pretty muchmoved all my purchasing to Amazon. Prices are way too high and a lot of the time I can order direct from the manufactureror from a local dealer for l...

Canada Post import processing fee rises to $9.95 from $8.50

Canada Post has collected duties and taxes on behalf of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for many years, and is paid for this service through a handling fee charged to customers. As of August 18, 2012, this handling fee will rise from $8.50 t...

It looks like Canada Post has raised their rates for shipping to U.S. and overseas

Just back for the Post Office. Prices have increase for Light Packet & Small Packet to U.S. and overseas

Link to old 2002-2005 eBay News Chatter Newsletter

I was cleaning up my bookmarks in my browser and checking if they worked. I came across this old eBay community "The Chatter Newsletter" list of issues from 2002 to 2005. Some eBay "old-timers" might find it interesting as well as newer members. http...

A conversation with God

A guy said to God, "God, is it true that to you a billion years is like a second?"God said yes.The guy said, "God, is it true that to you a billion dollars is like a penny?"God said yes.The guy said, "God, can I have a penny?"God said, "Sure, just a ...

Wynne caught between a rock and a hard place

Bought the teachers vote for 468 million, now faced with tough union negotiations and no more $$$ plus a 10 billion Ontario deficit.Will she bend again?

Possible Huge Job Cuts at eBay Coming in 2015

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-weighing-massive-job-cuts-223138879.html eBay could lay off thousands of employees in the early half of 2015 as plans its spinoff, Dow Jones reported Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The cuts ...

Who is the Richest Man in the World?

The answer may surprise you: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/who-is-the-richest-man-in-the-world-171802118.html

Abacus Data poll finds the Tories ahead of the Liberals

Nationally, the Conservatives now sit at 34 per cent support among committed voters, with the Liberals at 33 per cent, a narrow lead within the margin of error, according to the poll released Tuesday.Half the country now thinks Canada is headed in th...

Is there a banker in house

It's time for some to renew gic, when a gic is linked to the stock market,, should the principal guaranteed clause be in writing somewhere before we sign on dotted line.... Thanks for any help I know banker says it is, should we see it somewhere in w...

In the News: eBay CEO’s Exit Payoff: $23M

http://www.pymnts.com/news/2014/ebay-ceos-exit-payoff-23m/#.VJhkrcIAA US$ 23,000,000.00 If someone had told me about that "golden parachute" I may have applied for the job a long time ago.

It is better to give then to receive

All I want for Christmas if for Pitney Bowes to go bankrupt........... Think of the wonderful gift that would be for the entire EBay community.

Harper Government takes back $1.13 billion from veterans

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada has returned $1.13 billion to the federal treasury in unspent funds since the Conservatives came to power in 2006 — cash that critics say should have gone towards improved benefits and services. Full article: http://w...

Lima call for climate action

Listening to Liz May on CBC just another broken record blaming Harper for failed talks as if he holds the worlds solution. And so next year in Paris looking like the same, talk with no action. Lima climate conference tensions may bring storm clouds t...

Teachers vote in favour of strike action

Ontario elementary teachers vote in favour of strike action ahead of bargaining Will Wynne bow to their demands? You bet for they voted her in and now it's payback time! TORONTO - The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario has voted overwhelmingl...

My New Business Card

The new business cards arrived today: http://pierrelebel.com/pics/canada/BusinessCard.jpg My eBay store will be closing next week.

Oil Investors at Brink of Losing Trillions of Dollars in Assets -Bloomberg

All sorts of financial and investment heavies weighing the risk of unburnable carbon becoming stranded assets. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-02/oil-investors-may-be-running-off-a-cliff-they-can-t-see.html Germany's biggest utility spinning of...

A reminder to Canada - the price of goods are going up on Jan.1

The feds are raising the tariffs on items from 72 countries on Jan.1, 2015 which will raise the price of goods to consumers from toothbrushes to I pads to bikes. Probably from 3-6%. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/price-gap-help-could-be-cancelled-ou...

Commentary on Ferguson and the Police Profession

I received this from a friend of mine who happens to be a retired Police Officer. Every cop in America knows one thing – it could have been him.Or her.It could have been him or her, instead of Darren Wilson, who pulled that trigger on Michael Brown.O...