Posts Tagged as ‘girl guides’

April 30, 2009

Girl Guides of Canada on its deathbed and it’s killing me inside

When I heard the news that the Girl Guides of Canada have lost 40 percent of their members in the last ten years, I felt kind of sad.  It’s slightly hypocritical of me to mourn the death of this 100-year-old citizen building organization though.  I followed my older sister into Brownies (they didn’t have Sparks [...]

April 28, 2009

Girl Guides & eating disorders; Big Pharma busted in Ontario; female breadwinners on the rise; Cda to takeover GM?

Here are my picks for National News, written for air this morning on Take 5, CIUT 89.5 FM
Big Pharma bilks the system – but Ontario busts them for $34 million
The Ontario Health Ministry has busted some pharmacies, drug manufacturers and wholesalers for a scheme where they ordered more drugs than they needed so they [...]