Only 37.4 per cent of voters ages 18 to 24 cast ballots in .....

Only 37.4 per cent of voters ages 18 to 24 cast ballots in the 2008 federal election. Turnout by young voters has been dropping steadily since the 1960s, when about seven in 10 of those eligible to vote for the first time went to the polls.

from: www.timescolonist.com
Article:
Elections Canada takes aim at disengaged young Canadians

More than 80 per cent of Facebook users think Zuckerberg’s....

More than 80 per cent of Facebook users think Zuckerberg’s site poses the greatest security risk of any social-networking site, a poll by online security monitors Sophos. com reported last week.

The Toronto Star
Article: Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page hacked

Canada is no stranger to Twitter, routinely ....

Canada is no stranger to Twitter, routinely making it to the top five most popular “tweeting” countries in the world.

Globe and Mail
Article: Where Twitter addicts go to play

Study found that thin women are paid significantly more......

Study found that thin women are paid significantly more than their average-size counterparts, while heavier women make less. Skinnier-than-average men, on the other hand, cash smaller paycheques than their average-weight peers.

Postmedia News
Full Story: OttawaCitizen.com
Title: Thinner people earn heavier paycheques: Research

Canadian retail sales showed surprising resilience...

Canadian retail sales showed surprising resilience in November and posted their biggest gain in eight months, beating analysts’ expectations and boosting optimism about the strength of the economy.

Full article at the Ottawacitizen.com
Canadian retail sales show surprising strength

Only 15 per cent of Canadian....

Only 15 per cent of Canadian adults and 7 per cent of young people get the recommended amount of exercise, a new Statistics Canada report reveals.

Nearly half of Canadians don't believe health claims....

Nearly half of Canadians don't believe health claims on food products, according to an nationwide Ipsos Reid survey

Research commississioned by the Canadian Lottery industry estimates.....

Research commississioned by the Canadian Lottery industry estimates that more than 74millions is spend each years in Atlantic Canada on illegal internet gambling.

The hand off to 2011 for sales activity in...

The hand off to 2011 for sales activity in the fourth quarter suggests that the continuation of low interest rates will further support the housing market.

The Globe and Mail

Peu à peu, toutefois, la réalité de la mort s'impose....

Peu à peu, toutefois, la réalité de la mort s'impose. Les rangs des fantômes virtuels grossissent à mesure que les internautes prennent de l'âge. On estime que, des 500 millions d'utilisateurs Facebook dans le monde, 1,5 million sont morts l'an dernier. Cela fait trois à la minute.

Cyberpresse.ca
l'article: Les fantômes de Facebook

food prices will be a clear source of upward pressure....

While more muted in Canada, food prices will be a clear source of upward pressure later this year on the CPI. In November, the food component of the CPI was up just 1.4 per cent year over year. However, the Bank of Canada’s commodity price index has seen ag prices jump 30 per cent year over year (although end-December levels were 7 per cent below the July/08 weekly peak).”

Douglas Porter
Quote taken from the Globe and Mail
Story: Why food prices in Canada are about to head higher

À environ 150$ le transport ambulancier, ces pertes signifient....

À environ 150$ le transport ambulancier, ces pertes signifient qu'environ 2 usagers sur 10, ou 20% de la clientèle, n'acquittent pas leur facture. (transport ambulancier)

Cyberpresse.ca
Des millions perdus dans les transports en ambulance

New Brunswick is the third-most industrialized province in the country...

New Brunswick is the third-most industrialized province in the country, so the manufacturing sector is really a foundation of the provincial economy.

David Plante

The number of people who have died in residential fires are.....

The number of people who have died in residential fires are on the rise in Atlantic provinces.

The total of 33 in 2010 was more than double the numbers of fire-related deaths in 2009.

Three in 10 Canadians said they will go to church for Christmas....

Three in 10 Canadians said they will go to church for Christmas, down 18 points from three years ago. Atlantic Canadians were the most likely to say they would go to church at 45 per cent, followed by residents of the prairies at about 36 per cent.

Source: The Gazette
www.montrealgazette.com

Saint John as the worst city in Canada for fiscal transparency....

A new online database comparing the finances of Canadian municipalities has ranked Saint John as the worst city in Canada for fiscal transparency....The database pegs Saint John as the least transparent city in Canada, mostly because the city did not make its 2009 audited financial statments public.

Source: Telegraph Journal
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

L'industrie forestière Du Nouveau-Brunswick

L'industrie forestière est l'un des secteurs économiques les plus importants au Nouveau-Brunswick; plus de 20 000 personnes y travaillaient directement ou
indirectement en 2008, et il représente presque cinq pour cent du produit intérieur brut réel de la province.

Source: Province du Nouveau-Brunswick

Souvenez-vous que durant une....

Souvenez-vous que durant une présentation, une personne ne retiendra que 25% de l'information présenté.

75 per cent of social media users across Canada.....

75 per cent of social media users across Canada check their email, text messages and social networking sites first thing before they get out of bed in the morning and last thing before they go to sleep at night.

Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

We Are Overweights

New Brunswick is the most obese province in Canada. Almost 30 per cent of the population is overweight compared to the national average of about 18 per cent.

Source: Telegraph Journal
Thursday, November 18, 2010