Montreal Grand Prix

Shame on the Grand Prix organizers.  

The Grand Prix organizers released a schedule for the 2009 season and it did not include its normal stop in Montreal Canada.  No phone call, no email, they did not even have the courtesy to contact the city of Montreal to inform them that they no longer wanted to come to there great City. 

 

The Grand Prix in Montreal brings more than 300,000 fans to the area and puts over $80 Million Dollars into the Montreal Economy.  It is not only good for Canada and Montreal but it has also been good for the Grand Prix.  

What i find particularly shameful is that the Grand Prix has forgotten a city that was there for them when they were starting out.  Montreal has brought them a lot of money, and a lot of fans over the years.  And to just cut them out of it with no advanced notice or talks is disgusting in my books.

The Grand Prix has lost one fan for good, and has lost many many others i am sure.

KBS World

2 A.M. last night the CBC Late Night programming came on with a show i had never heard before.  It was called KBS World from South Korea.  It immediately caught my attention.  Abby Rhodes & Sarah Jun were the two hosts on air at the time.  There show was well put together and very informative, i will definitely be tuning in again.  Here are the links to there blogs if you care to check them out.  

http://abbyoff-air.blogspot.com/

http://kpopsarah.blogspot.com/

Here is a link to the radio station they were on last night, http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/

CBC Spark

CBC Radio, some times good, some times bad.  

A program came on the CBC Today called Spark, one of there story's caught my attention.  It was about Internet Use in Nunavut, its not the first time i have heard a story about Internet in the Far North and i am sure it wont be the last.  They went on to explain how there Internet service is not good, slow connections most of the time, and how they are unable to use YouTube and download movies, music, and things of that nature.  If you care to find out more about the story on Spark you can check it out here http://www.cbc.ca/spark/blog/2008/11/episode_53_november_12_15_2008.html

Personally i don't know why there is so much attention being made out of people in the North having poor Internet connections.  The sad fact is they are not alone, there are thousands if not millions of people in other more populated parts of Canada that only have access to DailUp, High Speed is not offered in many many parts of Southern Canada not just up North.  

I live in a rural part of New Brunswick Canada, and for 5 years now i have only been able to get DialUp, unless i want to fork out $60 a month for poor satellite Internet.  I have never heard any one on Radio or TV bring up the fact that people in these areas do not have access to HighSpeed Internet.  

It just strikes me as odd that so many people seem shocked that people in the Far North have slow Internet, yet no one seems to know or care that Millions of Canadians that are not in the Far North go through the same thing as the good people in Nunavut go through.  

I think once the rural towns in Southern Canada get rid of DialUp then the attention can be focused to Nunavut, there are a lot more people in need of affordable DSL in the South than there are in the far North.