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一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS- Rosie Macleman chosen as Canada's Olympic flag bearer

2016-08-04T10:02:00.003-07:00

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Full of Olympic fans gathered on Parliament Hill got to meet the Prime minister, but they were all there for the big announcement which Canadian athlete go carry the Maple Leaf in Rio next month.

“Rosie Maclean! Olympic gold medalist from London in 2012, competing trampoline again this year and representing Canada. “

Maclean was Canada’s only gold medalist in those games, now she is clearly ruled this new honor, leading Canada’s three hundred fourteen other athletes at the opening ceremony.

“Rosie! Rosie!”

“Standing here, going into my third games. I’m filled with so much prize and so much gratitude that towards even can begin to describe it.”

“For the 27 years’ old trampoline gymnast had the tough year getting to this point last summer at practice, she suffered concussion after hitting her head on the side of the trampoline. She recovered from that to compete and win gold at the Panan Games in front of her own home town crowd in Toronto. But then another hit the head, have to battling the headache, dizziness and lights sensitivity. Credits to coach’s and therapist are helping to her come back to competition.

“With the support of everyone around me, I was absolutely able to keep on pushing and there are definitely times when I didn’t know if this gonna to be possibilities.”

Canada’s Olympic chief Curt Hannett says, Maclean’s difficulties through make her those Olympics choice an excellent for flag bear.

“Her personal experience, her overcoming the diversity, injuries and concussions that had plain her, almost prevent her from compete at the 2015 Panan Games, where she shine so well. You know she just epitomize that you know what I think actually Canadians look for in their athletes.”

With flag waving tips from the Prime Minister Maclean got the practice the role she’ll play in two weeks.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS- Sidney Crosby brings Stanley Cup Home to N.S.

2016-07-25T10:06:00.002-07:00

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A huge welcome to celebrate Cole Harbour’s hometown hero. Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby’s hoisting the Stanley Cup. This is all about the triumph and the trophy. The community came out. Fans lined to the drive way into Cole Harbour Place. While he held the summer hockey camp, all doing their best to score a moment with Crosby and the Cup.

“I love Pittsburgh Penguins and I’m here to see Sidney Crosby.”

“And how do you feel about seeing the Stanley Cup?”

“So excited!”

“I’m going to make him sign this jursey.”

“If they win the cup. I said I promise you I bring you down the parade. So we are here today, enjoying the day and this is great for everyone.”

“And how do you feel about that, Brent? Are you excited?”

“Yah, I’m really happy to be here.”

“He is such a sincere, genuine, nice, good person. He does so much for the kids, the community and hospital.”

“It’s great for Canada, great for Nova Scotia and he’s class asset, love him.”

And the feeling is mutual.

“I would want come back to this. And there’s a definitely special feeling, felling the pride. You know, sense of our community here.”

This isn’t the first time Crosby brought the cup to Cole Harbour. The last time was in 2009 and this crowds hoping for more parades. The road getting here wasn’t easy. Crosby and the team had sluggish start to the season, but in the end they climb to the top.

“The season has lots of up and downs. You know, you sat together as the teams for, before each other through it. You know you can win when it’s all settled down. So that’s what we do.”

The second time, it seems is sweeter.

“A lot of guys don’t get the chance to play for the Stanley Cup. So I think this time around, I appreciate even more. I appreciate sites like this, an especial day.”

So for fans here.

“Yes, next year. I’m casting on it.”

They are hoping it’s not in another 7 years for Crosby Stanley Cup hat trick.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-“It makes me think that one day I can go to Wimbledon too” Milos Raonic’s young super fan

2016-07-18T13:41:00.000-07:00

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Summer Curtis, Summer’s father was actually Milos Raonic’s old coach. He taught him for about ten years and Summer during that time was able to meet him as well.

“What was Milos like?”

“He was extremely kind, he would play games with me sometimes. And when my Dad was giving him a lesson and he was fighting, sometimes I would get to go to watch him.”

“Did you ever beat him?”

“No, I never beat him.”

“What is it like now, having played against him and seen him all of those years to see him in this finals today?”

“It’s really incredible seeing like he was, when he was training to how he is now. It’s really awesome and incredible. Seeing how he made all the way to the Wimbledon finals.”

“How was inspiring his by his journey been in tennis for you.”

“His journey is extremely inspiring. He trained with my Dad and I trained with him now. So that’s really awesome and it makes me thinks that one day I can go to Wimbledon too.”

“Yah, you have big dreams and what do you think he’s doing for tennis in this country?”

“He has certainly a big impact on tennis here in Canada. Everyone is here to cheering for him and I know many of my Mom and Dad’s friends are also cheering for him. Texting them say congratulations and everyone is really excited here in Canada.”

“OK, well. Thank you so much for talking with us. That’s Summer Curtis, just one of many people here who knows Milos Raonic personally and are extra curious and excited to see how this game ends.

咖啡有点难

2016-07-15T15:55:00.000-07:00

来了加拿大这么多年，当有人问我 "Do you drink Coffee?" 我仍然会回答说："Not really"。虽然满大街的Starbucks多得就象上海当年的永和豆浆，办公室里的Coffee Machine永远安静得在那里Stand by。我从来就没有正真关注过咖啡这样东西。

昨天突然看到一个Email, Subject: New Coffee Machine 2nd Floor (TESTING)。接着就看到了一个有半人高的新Coffee Machine出现在了小厨房里。一个简单的触摸屏在中间,两个选项，Coffee Drinks和Hot Beverages。因为好奇我按了Hot Beverages, 然后就出现了vanila latte, vanilla mocha, long expresso ...

"咦?难道latte和mocha不是Coffee?"

上网Google-What's the difference between Latte and Mocha?

这是Google的结果

Latte: An espresso drink that consists of espresso, steamed milk, and foam. In a latte there is a greater percentage of steamed milk than foam.

Mocha: An espresso drink that consists of espresso, steamed milk, foam, and chocolate syrup.

还有一张图

所以Latte和mocha都是Espresso+Steamed Milk+something else。而且这张图上的都是。而Espresso，就是那杯小小的超苦超苦的浓缩咖啡。

于是开始挨个尝试各个品种，知道自己到底在喝什么，感觉真好。。。。。。

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Canada Post Strike

2016-07-11T14:08:00.003-07:00

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In the past, in many industries, workers in Canada could count on defined benefit pensions. In recent year, the shifting economy and fudging stock markets encourage many private employers to drop those plans. A change that by large hasn’t hit the federal government sector. Marion Pottalac, after 37 years at Canada post says she enjoys the security that comes with the defined benefit pensions. “It’s knowing that every month I have money coming to my bank account.”

Now with Canada post, our federal found corporation seeking to eliminate defined benefit pensions for new hirers. Some believe it’s the time to exam all federal pensions. “So if we look at that example, what you gonna potentially see is in all these defined benefit pensions, Canada post probably the most the example you think of the pensions the highest risk being on the tax payers. These defined benefit pension plans are very large that tax payers have to cover.” Labour is watching closely but so far expressing little concern that what is going on the Canada Post is the beginning of a large scale battle. “No other concord operations comes to the bargain table seeking to get rid of defined benefit plan. So this is very troubling in regarding to their strategy. So I’m at the lost to understand their strategy.”

“We are probably not going to see much for pushing defined contribution in the public sector.” This professor thinks Canada post is unique in a tough spot in trying to reduce pension obligations because email is taking over. “If you look Canada post, you think where is going to be in ten years? Probably is going to have fewer employees.” Still some worry Canada post show down quick starts something you believe that putting workers later. “I want to tell these young workers that the pension worth fighting for.” How much the fighting will be over pensions Canada post, how serious management there there is about getting rid of defined benefit pensions that still will be decided.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Denture Lawsuit

2010-09-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

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Class action lawsuit has just been filled in Canada over dental cream that hold force teeth in place. It’s ledge there’s enough zinc some creams cause brain damage. CBC’s Lisa Johnson has the details.

Amanda Deve’s remembered been healthy, able to job, ride a bike and work 12 hours a day, that end for her in May 2007.

“I was actually like I have a stroke. And it happened at work. And I lost all use of my voice and my wends, couldn’t walk or talk.”

For more than a year that she couldn’t walk or spend time with her grandkids. Treatment has helped he get back on the job, but her hands and voice still tremble and even the bright light from our TV interview triggered her symptoms.

“Just what a pain way, I had to stop.”

Deve’s blame her denture cream for making her sick. It contains zinc, which’s already been in the subjective several class action lawsuits in US.

“If you use fishing poly cream and other dental cream been diagnose with the zinc poisoning.”

This week the merchant law group filed class action lawsuit in three provinces including BC.

“We’ve been contacted by several hundred people. I think the estimation likely in the thousands of people that maybe effected.”

Now zinc is a mineral found in foods and lots of products. But it’s said high dose that can have serious side effects. The lawsuit claim the problem with these cream is that there’s no warning that contain zinc and no information on how much is safety use. Neither company will comment on the lawsuit. Classes make cline which make poly grain stop shipping product containing zinc last Feb. And when customers excessive zincing take would lead tingling, enormous and difficulty walking. Products in gamble makes fix dent which still contain zinc. The company says the product the safety use as directed as warning bout excessive use on some tooth.

“How’s your headache now?”

“Oh, it’s a lot better.”

Deve’s says the warning coming too late for her.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Skytrain Troubles

2010-09-12T15:37:00.000-07:00

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It was a rough morning commute today. Tens of thousands of commuters across metro Vancouver were late for work. After two sky train lines ground a hauled, official shut down on most of the system losing communication with the two trains. Here’s Debra Goble with what happened and why.

With school back in and most people’s summer vocation is just distant memory. The reality rush hour came back in, full forth this morning.

“Well, I’m not sure, if I’m going to make it anytime.”

It was just after 7:15, when the sky train went down, leaving tens of thousands of people scrambling to get where they were going.

“I’m from King George and I’m going to water front, but I have to like transfer here, so to other place.”

“I’m gonna be late for school.”

Extra buses were called in.

“I waited for like 15 minutes.”

“I say 45 minutes.”

For those already aboard, one of the 56 sky trains in service. It meant being stuck for anywhere between 2 and 30 minutes.

“Headache though and frustrating.”

“People get notorious?”

“Oh, no.”

It was a tough commute. All was because of a small piece of metal on the part of the track known as the loop.

“You see the thick wire running alone? That’s the loop and that communicates between train and the central computer. And what happened this morning is there was something in the railway didn’t belong there. It was picked up by the train and it took out one of those loops. When that happens the computer loses his contact with the train. And when that happens the automated system shuts down until we find out what the deal is with the train. Obviously, you don’t want trains bumping into each other.”

Translink says that didn’t and won’t ever happen because safety precautions like the one that was implemented today work. Still was about 4 hours before the sky train was completely back to normal.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Sick Postal Carriers

2010-08-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

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Their slogan is we deliver, but people are wondering where’s the mail. Workers at the Canada post brought a problem to our attention, mail is been held up because of staffing decision. Tim Weeks has the story.

While letter carriers were delivering the mail today, their Union was delivering a warning. It says Canada Post hasn’t been back filling workers become ill or take leave and Union says that means undelivered mail piles up.

“Non delivery has wrong unifications of the community of course. Cause people depends on GST cheques and family allowance cheques and various other correspondence and they depend on Canada post for that service.”

Canada post says it is a challenge dealing with the unplanned absent workers but the cooperation says if your cheque is in the mail, it will still get through.

“Definitely, if there are important mail items like that we’re getting them out. We’re taking you know the necessary matches to make sure that customer services is not jeopardize for important mail.”

However, the union said it has a growing list of ingrivence indicate that Canada post has not been covering rules adequately. They call it policy of non-delivery.

“Meeting customers expectation is nothing out of the ordinary for Canada post.”

Canada post says there’s no non-delivery policy, but official say with the growing use of email, the over all volume of mail has dropped and they’re trying to adjust the number of hours to work to match that but service they argue is been maintained.

“From where the items is coming from, that is either a 2,3 or 4 day delivery standard and we’re meeting those 96% of the time, either meeting or exceeding that number.”

The Union meanwhile says it’s been documenting several unstaff routs that and they say if the mail is been delayed it’s not just incontinence.

“Well in fact, Canada post Act states and its active legislation that if you intensively delay the mail, it maybe editable fines or resulting up to five years in prison.”

Canada post says if the customer don’t get the mail for a few days, it could be because nothing were sent to them.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Smoke Health Hazard

2010-08-22T15:41:00.000-07:00

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Well, where there’s a fire, there’s smoke and lots hazard. Drifting from British Columbia, halfway across the country, as Susana De silva reports. Those fire’s reign in BC raising health concerns through out the west.

These pictures were taking by a member of fire crews. He’s been all that first line for 22 days, providing first aid.

“Need go to bed, need get up and do it all over again. So you know, they’re amazing.”

With massive fires burning through the province. It’s going to take a lot more help to get them out. The government has announced more than 300 fire fighters are being brought in from Alberta and the North. Cruises were able to get back in the air today and the high winds have passed, leaving fire officials optimistic.

“It’s cooler outside, anyone in the area is definitely feeling that. I think temperature’s at time I were see was minus 2, in the past 24 hours. That’s good news for us.”

More than one thousand people have been ordered out of their homes. So far only 2 houses has been lost along with the handful of barns, but the smoke is affecting thousands more. In Calgary, Edmonton, as far east as Regina, smoke blinded the cities, leading the air quality advisories. Back in Lake Williams BC, only 8 kilometers from the huge fire, the smoke is also heavy.

“Well, pretty smoky.”

That smoke however isn’t stop children in William Lake from playing outside.

“This is being so smoky, you can’t even see that drive way.”

And concern is for those with lounge conditions or other illnesses. The hospital in Williams Lake closed most of its entrances to keep out the smoke and cancelled all elective procedures.

“I was going to get some blood work done.”

“What happened?”

“And they told me, wasn’t urgent. So to come back the next week, keep an eye on the weather.”

Fire official say with the cooler temperature and with no lighting in the forecast. They are optimistic, they can get better handle on the biggest fire threatening BC communities. But still there’s every little rain in the forecast, that’s truly what’s needed here now.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-New Housing Delays

2010-08-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

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The winter Olympic may ahead months ago, but the social housing units that at the athletes village remain empty. As Tim Week reports, aviks say bureaucracy red tapes is keeping those who need a home out.

Rather than a chaotic scene of hassle and bustle, the athlete village is more like a ghost town. Giant birds are perched at the center, to the people who are flocking to these sweets. 252 units were satisied for with social housing half to be subsidized and half to be let out the market rental, there are all sitting empty. When critics say that people who need that housing now.

“Truly frustrating seeing was meant to be really a central piece of Olympic Legacy, not be treated in the way that it should be.”

The city social housing units are to be managed by a none profit group, but housing organization say they haven’t see any request for proposals. One of the reasons for that is the question mark of the rentals. For those sweets, one bedroom will cost $1600 a month, a two bedroom for $1900 a month, and a four bedroom are rent for almost $2400 a month. Those units are supposed to be offer to health care and public safety workers first. The city calls it a priority focus. But that priority focus is creating complications between the city of Vancouver and BC housing. And that is resulting delays.

“There needs to be a movement from both organizations. We can’t have bureaucracy’s pointing each other. Bureaucratic aren’t gonna answer anything.”

Another groups began to discussions with city 7 years ago concerning the Olympic social housing. Aviks say the original promise of 20% of the village units for low cost of housing will eventually went down to 5%, just by sometimes workers protest. So sweets are still empty, the city is current taking names for the market housing and created a waiting list for a subsidized housing. The city says the talks are on the way to the BC housing to resolve the delays.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-1997 Pickton Incident

2010-08-06T11:23:00.000-07:00

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Could lives have been saved if the polices has acted differently in the Robert Pickton case. That debate has bean again after the lifting of the publication ban late yesterday. The decision is allow us to review that information the jury did not hear. Information that somebody may find disturbing. Tim Weeks reports.

He’s convicted of killing 6 women, charge with murdering another 20 and police believe in total Robert Pickton may have killed 49 women. But one women has escaped him back in 1997. A protester has been taken to pickton’s farm, testified he handcrafted and tried to kill her. She’s lash picked, throw and broke free, stumbles towards the highway where she was picked up and taken to hospital. Pickton was charged with attempted murder, but the charge was later state.

“Do you know why this charge was state?”

“I can’t comment on that.”

Someone wonder what might have happened has the charge may have been pursuit.

“They could save many lives, many, many lives. This would been all over with a time ago, and I still have my sister here.”

Lillian beaudoin, sister of Diana Water one of the women pickton charge with killing. Pickton was also investigated in the killing of Jean Dell, the name give to the woman was found in Mission. And investigator was link saw marks on it to cuts on three other sketch on the pickton’s farm. Searchers later found Jane Dell’s raven heel bone at the farm, mix with piles of dirt, animal bones and remaining of other women. She would’ve been the 27th women pickton was charge with murdering, but the judge excluded the evidence link to pickton’s saw, police believe Jean Dell look like this. But who she is remains mystery. Well the trial is on, people could see pickton and Juries will show the odds of his home. His bed was leapt hand cut, there’s a horse on the wall. But soon video tape interview will be released what pickton tell police when asked about all the murder women that he plan to reach 50, but he got sloppy. Lillian Beaudoin thought all victim deserve of hearing a court, and none of the murder charge should be state.

“It is not fair for the families, and it is not fair for the victims.”

She says she wants the full public inquired, Primer Gordon Campbell says they’ll make a decision on that soon.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Crash Victim Mourned

2010-08-05T10:36:00.000-07:00

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Well tributes to a much loved airdrie high school teacher are growing fast, Skye Mcgowan died in a weekend crash in terrace BC. That crash is surrounded in confusion, and that’s left many people who knew Skye Mcgowan is specially upset. The CBC’s Mary Katherine has the story.

There’s a lot of heart behind this class project. It started with one piece of Bristol board.

“When I first come to this school as a new student, he was kind of the one who was always in the haul way, always highfiving and saying hi, making sure you really feel welcome.”

That friendly teacher was 44 year old Skye Mcgowan or Mgow as some students called him.

“You believed when no one else dead, love and remember always.”

Those words could’ve also been written by Jordan Schaffland himself.

“A lot of times I feel like giving up and a lot of times I feel like, you know, why am I still here and has to be an importance of me being here, or I wouldn’t be here. So having been told not to give up, not just from anybody, but from a teacher who care so much.”

The false news that Mcgowan’s wife was also killed in the accident, started humming around Facebook and spread to at least one major newspaper.

“Finding out that it was in the news, that was the wrong information, a part just from Facebook, really make a lot of people upset.”

Reports also say Mcgowan’s son was driving the car. Christa Harriman called mutual friends to find out what happened.

“They said, no he was alone, his kids are young, they won’t driving him. His wife is alive, she’s been contacted with the teacher from the school here.”

A school students here say won’t be the same without Skye Mcgowan.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-River Runs Black

2010-08-04T11:31:00.000-07:00

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Things are going from bad to worse in British Columbia’s fire zone. It’s not just the growing number wild fires now around four hundreds, but get this, the water in rivers in southern BC is turning a murky black. Susana DA Silva’s site first hand. She joins us now from Lillooet.

Ina, many here in Lillooet say looks like something out of movie, a local river has turn black, likely cause by nearby forest fires and it caused a lot of concern. This is normally per steam blue water. So clean you can see every rock on the bottom.

“Oh, I’ve never seen a water like this before be in up here for 25 plus years.”

At 11 am, fisher man notice the water drastically changing color and pull there nets. Some noticing there were something wrong with the fish.

“Well, fish online and fish on net is struggling like crazy, but there are no struggle at all.”

This is an important tradition fishing area, for several unbridgenal communities.

“Well, my main concern is fire returned, it is possible be, but I like to verify myself.”

The worry is that today’s rain has cause toxic fire retarded and charge ground to run into the river. There are certainly a lot of that around, the jungle mountain fire covers more than 50 hundred hatra. Cruises are struggling to control it.

“Reach and confirm hot spot of black melting, all the area is about 50,000 feet inch off the main guard.”

But they aren’t easy to spot.

“Sometime you don’t even see the smoke occurred at that a time. There’ll be a little flys, flying around and that’s usually a sign of heat there. The bugs are hopping around the hot spots.”

Some relieve from arrived of the formal fire fighters from Alberta and Ontario. But now there’s another crisis to mending attention.

“There’s tons of fish, that’ll probably be, either been toxic poisoned or what I just don’t know.”

Fire officials are trying to confirm this is the result of run off from fires. The department of fish of ocean says, it is telling anyone to pull their nets from the water, the most people are, because they’re not willing to take any chances.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Pride Parade

2010-08-03T12:46:00.000-07:00

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It began as a peaceful protest march now Vancouver’s pride parade has exploded into a huge event, drug people from all walks of the life. Debra Gobal reports.

“Happy parade, it’s for everybody.”
“Pride means to be proud of exactly who you are and not trying to fit in a cookie cut mode.”
If you didn’t like lighten displays of the gay life style, Vancouver probably not the place to be Sunday afternoon. But if you were a little boy with 2 dads, it was the perfect place.
“This is Daddy.”
“This is Richard.”
Devon Rameriz Ling knows what’s to live in an untraditional family.
“It’s OK with me, but probably not sometime.”
“You know he is just 7 year old kid, but he has two dads as a gay and you know it’s just much part of who he is as the part of us.”
“Today is very special day for the parade.”
Specially, because this is all about acceptance.
“Happy parade!”
“It doesn’t need to recognize everybody wants to celebrate different ways our life and our city. That’s what gives our city the vibrancy.”
Back when this parade started with more of march to pickup their right. Now is for celebration.
“The best part is just total acceptance for everybody.”
“Being this year is liberation.”
“Let the hard thing coming out, and to see all these people who are just here, don’t really care. Hanging out and celebrating, it’s good.”
And more than a half million people have come and to do just that.
“I hope they feel believe and learn that people are all the same and that you know about inclusivity and about human rights.”
“Of course, it’s a family thing, you know, why not?”
It doesn’t’ really matter what kind of family you come from. For one little boy that is the best part.
“It was awesome.”

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Daycare Information

2010-07-30T10:45:00.000-07:00

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Parents looking for a childcare were often use recommendations from friends or people they meet on the play ground. Well, wouldn’t it be more efficient to gather those information on a website. That’s why one Vancouver mom decided to do. Theresa Lalonde has that story.

When Karen Yong Chester started to looking for daycare, she went online and was surprised at the lack of information.

“Besides the family and their friends, the school and the daycare is gonna be the most important influence on their lives.”

Chester reacted to the lack of information by creating her own website. The aim of this website is to take the chatting between parents on the play ground and the recreation center online. Theshortylist will offer the information on childcare, the number of children in daycares, teacher child ratio, for school, test scores, satisfaction surveys and other public data. The most important thing for Chester will be the parent input.

“And five them more new wants to description of the schools and daycares their children are going to.”

“When I moving to Canada, that wasn’t in my, who were something I thought I was gonna be struggling that much about daycare.”

“Prenon experience is one of the best way to figure out what parts doesn’t work.”

“It’s good for other parents to know what kinds of condition in daycares, because it’s hard to even find a spot to put your kids into a daycare.”

Critics say daycares and schools shouldn’t be reviewed like a restaurant, where parents can pick them apart.

“I think that the childcare is much more important than a plate of pasta. It far important to rely on an anonymous posting on a website.”

Chester says theshortylist won’t be a ranking site, there’ll be no stars given, just information and comment, so parents feel less glandered and anxious when making their choice. She says similar site exist in UK and US.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Novelty Suitcase Stickers

2010-07-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

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Couple of Vancouver entrepreneurs are feeling the power of the internet tonight. Sales of their luggage stickers are brisk, and here’s the weird part, the stickers were almost certainly get you question by airport security. Alan waterman explains.

When it comes to luggage, stickers have long created NV about places travelled. But Ryan Mccormick and Colin Hart come up with the serious stickers to get your bags unwanted attention. Well may looked like a wrapped open cases, seemingly revealing bags of cocaine or bundles of US bills are just photographs. The stickers were launched on their website just ten days ago, but the products has become the buzz of the internet. Sales of the shot into the thousands.

“It’s too large here in Vancouver just comes up some ideas, some one put on our website, takes us like two days to do that and suddenly you know we get a million visit on our website.

“We never, ever, ever thought of them, that it would take off like this.”

“We got sixty visitors yesterday from Kasicstan, I’ve no idea why.”

Just a bit fun, but would anyone actually be brave enough to take them into the airport?

“That’ll be a red flag. It’ll be my opinion.”

“I don’t think I properly get through security. I don’t know.”

“Not a bad idea.”

“Not a bad idea, which is real.”

“Ask those securities.”

But Ottawa doesn’t want anyone messing with security. A spokesman for transport minister John Baird states: Joking about potentially trafficking illegal substances, or worse, is not funny, and the government will use the full force of the law to ensure Canadians who travel by air are safe.”

But the company figures they are on safe legal browns.

“The three of us just been dined and bought the DVD box set of element be and a long order so we preparing a statement this afternoon.”

But also in a society, the company has a serious message for buyers.

“It’s not meant to be brought through security. Let’s be honest this’ll become sad if you want to do that.”

And surfer the rest of the security officials to see nothing laughfulable in these luggage stickers.

7月，最美的7月

2010-07-28T11:25:00.000-07:00

       漫长的冬天终于过去，可是今年的春天却依然阴冷、多雨。已经八个月没有工作了，感觉自己快废了，对将来只剩下彷徨。

        两年半前来到温哥华，给了自己半年时间，无法生存，就回国。当时同国内公司的关系还没有断掉，只要我回去，一切都会回到从前。到了温哥华就天天发简历，可是却一个电话也没有，到了第九天，终于接到一个电话要我去面试。
“简短得介绍你一下自己。”
“你为什么要来温哥华？”
“你希望的收入是多少？”
这是一家猎头在帮客户找员工。
“好的，明天就去上班吧。地址是。。。。。。”
        就这么容易，我找到了在温哥华的第一份工作。虽然是两个月的短期合同，但之后在这家公司，我又应聘到一个一年半的工作合同。就这样在这家公司我前前后后一共做了两年。之后，经济危机来了，我的合同并没有再延续。不过，离开工作的时候，我信心满满，有了两年的本地工作经验，怎么说我再找也会找到比这更好的工作。或者至少类似的工作总是能找到的。觉得在工作中，我最缺的还是英语，所以想利用这段休息时间好好补个缺，这样再就业我就可以再创辉煌。
        7月初从阿拉斯加回来，我就正儿八经开始找工作了。简历投出了无数，都石成大海。终于接到一个猎头电话，欣然而往。
“你在这里的工作经验非常有限啊！”
“我很难向我的客户推荐啊！”
“你考个试吧，大概两个小时。”
“考完试我再把你介绍给我们管短期工作的同事吧。”
我考完试，他们给我看了成绩，各项内容都在八十几分，他们说我很不错。只是之后就再没有接到他们的电话。
        上周又接到一个要我去面试的电话，这次终于是一个雇主。我去了，先同人事部的人谈了，然后也是考试，然后再是Controller, 最后又是CFO。CFO手里拿着我的简历和考卷，说，“你在这里的工作经验非常有限。你对这里的工作环境的了解也是有限的。”他翻了翻我的考卷，我看到右上角的99，他说：“这几张纸也不能说明什么。你把你的推荐人联系资料给我吧，我们联系一下再说吧。”就这样折腾了一个下午。走出公司的大门，我心里的是惆怅。把推荐人的联系方式发了过去，两天了，没有回音。于是我打电话去问。
“请问你们是不是已经联系过了我的推荐人？”
“噢，这个位置我们已经找到人选了。”
其实，早有心理准备。
“那请问是因为我哪里的不足。”
“噢，只是别人的经验比你更丰富一点。”
        在温哥华两年半，我多了自信、多了本地的工作经验、提高了语言水平，但是找工作却变得更难了。
         7月，美丽的7月，我的生活会更美丽吗？

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Important Questions

2010-07-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

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Well the debate continues in the nation’s Capital. We’re getting the first peak at the next year census. The national’s Duncan Mccue has a copy. Duncan.

Peter, some of those long form census questions may seems odd, perhaps intrusive. But turns out they do serve a purpose for municipal powerty, schools even health clinics. Here’s surprising medical news, scraping the long form censuses maybe has this to your health. That’s according to Vancouver’s chief medical officer.

“Because we use the data that collected with the census form to help plus plan programe to improve the health of the population.”

Health researchers take statistics about income, education and employment to built what they called adeprovation index. That allows them to target neighborhood, particularly low income one with proper health programmer. In Vancouver long form census data was resulted in school fitness classes or community gardens. Specially in poor neighborhoods where volunteer survey are less likely to be filled out.

“This question is about need many repairs, some people find that to be intrusive perhaps.”

“They may not realize housing is an important determine to health of the population and the individual of the population.”

“This will be a downloading of the cost to the city.”

City of Vancouver is also asking Ottawa to restate the long form census.”

“In favor of the motion and opposed that carries anomalously.”

The worry form city hall, Ottawa’s downloading cost to municipal tax payers for what the direct of city planning see as a critical information.

“Just about the everything reduced. Starts with census date, starts with good information and then we use that to make policy or good specific decision.”

Without it, municipality may have to pay for surveys to decide where to built community centers or ice rings or plan location for bike lanes and route for public transportation.

“Question 48, what time does this person usually leave home to go to work.”

“Oh, great example, because by knowing when people leave to go to work. We can plan our transportation system around, off peak trips.”

The Vancouver board of trade is also opposing Ottawa’s move to cut the long form. It says small business will surfer such as restaurants or plumbing stores, if they have to pay for information what now collected in the census.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Last Day Drag

2010-07-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

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Well bad news, Bob Nixon fans, we’ve seen the last Bob Nixon for a while. Every Sunday night at this time he files one of his cookie stories. Well now he is taking a year off and this is his final report.

So this is my last day at work. Go on vocation for a year. Don’t feel like working that hard. I wonder if other people who go on holidays feel this way. What better place to Canver’s opinion than this Stanley park totem poles. Almost everyone is on vocation. People come from all over.

“I don’t know how to send you an equation.”

Then there are some people who are retired. Others are school teachers. Their last day was slack. And some are just waiting for the US recession to end.

“I actually haven’t work for 7 month and so it’s taking a vacation from vacation. I don’t have to work very hard.”

But if they have a job, chances are on the last day of work they worked.

“Yes, I was so far an account, I was filing myclel and dropping jewery off for people. So, yes.”

“Yes, did I suppose to say my last day I took off, the day before that I worked my normal pace.”

And some people worked even on their vocation. But only one admitted that last day of work drags.

“But I did couple hours of work before we left. The day before I left, then I read a book and then I lay down and then, not a big worker.”

So the concerns are seems be that work is work, play is play and never the twin should meet. That’s how what happen with me today, I got nothing done.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Good Samaritan

2010-07-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

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(米饭：It's intesting to see how she responded when was asked "will you do it again?")

She stepped in to help a woman who was been assaulted by thieves. And that heroic action left her with serious injury herself. Meera Bains has that story.
Benita Anderson needed 8 staplers to her head when she try to help during a violent purse snatching. Today she’s been praised as a hero by the North Vancouver RCMP. Last Saturday mock beginning as a serious violence robbery. The first victim was the 74 year woman at a bus stop near marine drive in Capilano road. She ended up with a broken leg. The Female punched her twice on her face, knocking her to the ground and the male stolen her purse and run off. And two days later at marine drive and hambelton another woman was attacked. She was punched in the face by a female suspect, while a man try to steal her purse and then just moments later another attempted robbery. And it was during the third attack that Anderson decided to step in.
“I did hear some screaming and I came from behind the car and saw her tussling with somebody and then almost immediately pushed to the ground and they were kicking at her. And she was clenching her purse and there was a knot occasion over this purse which I guess this purse was still attached to her shoulder.”
She was slammed by a heavy bag containing which she says sound like food cans. When the couple took off, Anderson ran into the street for help. She was heavily bleeding from the head. A day later, investigators arrested the two people.
“Very quickly able to identify who was responsible for this and get them into the custody the following day.”
And would Anderson do it again?
“Their intention was to hurt both of us, quite badly they have no respect regard, but I, I don’t know what I was thinking. I’m not sure if I’ll do it again, oh, I would.”
27 years old, justin paltry and 36 year old, tammy condor are charged with assault and robbery. The appeal court is on Monday.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Fin du Tour

2010-07-23T11:05:00.000-07:00

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When the closing stages of the tour de France, some 350km’s of challenging to rain is ahead until Ryder cycle down the home stretch of the Sarkozy. And Victoria’s rider Hesjedal will be among those in the front pack chasing the yellow jersey. We’ve been following him through out the race. And Alan Waterman has this update.

“That was great performance by Hesjedal by four filled coming up to the finish line.”

Fourth place for one of the toughest stages in the tour de France. Now eight over all.

“It’s unreal, I mean, I feel good in the last part and just gave it everything.”

Ryder Hesjedal is throwing cycling fans with his cline through the rain in cycling most strategist event. His biking buddies gathering the local cycling shop for the last 17 days following their pilot in the orient chaman.

“On the edge of my seat, I loose my voice cause I screamed and feels really good to, you know, to know he is doing that well and everyone else cheer him on.”

Today the leaders rolled in just one minute and 27 seconds ahead of Hesjedal. Over all he is little more than over 9 minutes behind the top spot. And that’s saying something for someone from Canada. Country wide cyclists don’t exactly have the same development opportunities as their European counter parts.

“We were true new beats.”

Alex Stieda was the first north America to wear the yellow jersey when he headed the tour de France in 1986 as for Ryder Hesjedal in 2010.

“To do what he’s done with limited development as he had as a teenager is huge. No question about it.”

But the man who took over hesjedal’s development in his 20’s is not surprised.

“Because he had it, he’s just fond the opportunity to show what he got.”

“I feel really good. I feel like I can get stronger. So, you know, few more days and we’ll be real happy in Paris.”

There are three stages left, three days left for Ryder Hesjedal to retain or even improve pawn’s position and standing come home with Canada’s best tour de France finish in more than 20 years.

最幸福的时刻

2010-07-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

人生最幸福的时刻是听见宝宝“咯、咯、咯”得在梦中笑出声来!

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2010-07-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

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一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Bear attacks 2 campers in B.C.

2010-07-22T10:28:00.000-07:00

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A conservation officials on the other side of the country, on B.C. are searching for a young black bear on Vancouver Island. This animal attacked two men who were camping at the west end of Sproat Lake near Port Alberni. One of the survivors spoke with our Alan Waterman said he feels very lucky to be alive after all deal.

“He was in tent. I was a goner.”

Jay Vinden figures he is pretty lucky he and his fishing buddy spend its last four days in a remote camp about an hour west to Port Alberni. They see a young black bear nearby a couple of dozen times. Early Wednesday morning they saw the bear again.

“Hearing a snore and I was six inches face to face with a yelling black bear. The same bear. He took about two seconds to size me up and launch to my mid section, got me there and got me in my knee and then flipped me over with one hand like a pancake. And went for my head.”

The bear swept the patch of Vinden ‘s scale about 12 by 18 centimeters. And also clawed and chopped on his mid section before his partner Bruise Dodio distracted the bear. The bear started to attack Bruise. By that time, I got my life and went move to the snuff and way he went.”

Vinden was transported to Nanaimo Hospital, doctors are looking a possible plastic surgery. Dodio escaped to scratches. Back in the bush, conservation officers began track in the bear. Once located, it will be destroyed.

“For limit area, finding and suggesting that it’s a, it’s acting a predatory, none defensive, kind of behavior.”

The idea that the bear will be shot.

“That sad with me.”

“Why is that?”

The animal do what he does naturedly, has sense of doing for 40 million years. I was in history.”

Police say there are some lessons to be learned here.

“Know what to do and if you know there are wild life in the area, perhaps you should consider camping elsewhere.”

Despite of loss of scale and his prized pony tail, Jay Vinden says he’s not deterred, he’ll be back in the bush as soon as possible.

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-BC Lottery breach

2010-07-21T11:36:00.000-07:00

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BC lottery corporation is admitting today to a privacy breach that shutdown its online gaming site. Alan waterman has our top story tonight. Alan.

Tony, BC lottery corporation is under fire tonight with questions over that security breach cause by a online overload and that’s the only problem.

When BC lottery corporation went live with north America’s first online casino gambling site, its’ target was 100 million dollars of the online pie. But with the hours of the sites launch last Thursday, it was shutdown. The corporation admits a 134 accounts were compromise and a dozens people personal information was viewed from bank accounts to credit cards.

“There wasn’t just name and address, there was other information on the sites, such as password, security questions.”

BC’s privacy commissions wants customer credit reports monitored and she’s looking forward assurance from BCLC that all is fixed before the sites goes back online. Several IT computer experts think the sites was actually hacked or swamp by a competitor. BC lottery insist that isn’t the case.

“There has been none of that happen on the site, it is strictly volume.”

This criminal knowledge professor specializes the gambling issues and he has his doubts.

“It ‘s also the fair question to be asked whether or not this is a gadget that hasn’t been explored by online hackers.”

But the privacy breach is not the only problem facing BCLC, it’s also been fined by a federal watch doc. Under federal law all casino transactions greater than ten thousand must be reported as a save guard against money launching by criminals and territories organizations. The agency has just levied and fined $670,000 against BCLC. Corporations says the problem are clerical and software system that couldn’t communicate properly with the watch doc.

“Rather than going to another jurisdiction and using their system, we had the investment been made, we just need to walk through this and get the results in place.”

BC opposition politicians think a deeper look is needed.

“They’re now all issues seem to be compounding themselves about whether in fact this lottery corporation as working the way British Columbia expected to.”

So far it seems no signs of illegal transactions, but one customers of the online site contacted the CBC complaining that their BCLC account is now frozen and they can’t access the money to pay the bills.