The Sputnik // Thursday October 13 3 Keeping up with current events is important, but life can get pret- ty stressful and sometimes it’s best to just ignore the world and relax. Here are three off-bea t stories to help you do just that. First, an interesting tale of a German woman who has spent the past 15 years living without money. It began when she opened a pawn shop where people, particularly the homeless, could swap possessions or services. Over time, she began to realize she was dis- satised with her life and began to rely more on trading her skills and possessions for what she needed. Now she lives entirely without money , carrying her possessions in a rucksack and trading her skills for room and board. Bordering on the alarming, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort has announced that it will be giving away $25,000 worth of plastic surgery as a prize. The promotion is being given out as a loyalty bonus to the winner of a player’s card contest. The casino will allow the winner to choose whatever procedur es they want; from liposuc- tion to breast implants, so long as the total cost doesn’t exceed the prize pool. Just plain ridiculous. A Swedish man heard a strange noise com- ing from his vacationing neighbours’ garden. When he went to investigate, he found a moose stuck in his neighbours’ apple tree. The moose had been eating the apples, which had fermented. This caused the moose to become intoxicated and eventually lodge itself Whacky News Matt Mente News Editor The polls are in and Ontario has once again elected the Liberal party to lead Pro- vincial Parliament. Voting took place on Oct. 6 and at the end of the day the Liber- als won the provincial election for the third consecutive time. Change was evident in the results though. The Liberals secured 53 seats, coming up one short of a majority government. The Progressive Conser- vatives secured 37 seats, a much closer second than in pervious years and with 17 seats the NDP nearly doubled their presence in provincial parliament. Running on a plat- form which included cre- ating jobs, cutting tuition, and reducing bills, leader Dalton McGuinty and the Liberals saw their sup- port agging. His administration has had issues with pub- lic trust ever since he broke a promise not to raise taxes after the 2003 election. Despite these hiccups McGuinty is once again Ontario’s premier, only the second Liberal to receive the position three times consecu- tively. In an election which had a record low voter turnout of 48.3 per cent, the Liberals nished with 17 fewer seats than they had previously won. A large number of those seats went to the NDP who hold a record high 17 seats for the party . This is reective of the large increase in popularity the NDP saw during the recent federal election, most of which occured in Quebec but some of which was also felt in Ontario. The rest of the seats that the Liberals lost went to Tim Hudak and the Conservatives. Running on a platform of reduced expens- es and senior support, the PC Party man- aged to deprive the Liberals of a majority government but failed to take the election. This was Hudak’s rst election as the party leader. Hudak has been a member of the PC Party for a number of years and his wife served as a senior advisor to Mike Harris. His views on abortion and prison inmate labour were quite controversial throughout the election campaign. The NDP were also led through this election by a rst time party leader. Andrea Horwath has been a member of the provincial NDP party since 2004, when her victory in a by-election resulted in the NDP holding enough seats to regain of- cial party status. Horwath became leader of the Ontario NDPs in 2009. Brantfords election mirrored that of the province. After a remarkably clean and amicable campaign from all candidates, Liberal in- cumbent Dave Levac has held onto his seat by a narrow margin against Conservative Michael St. Amant. Levac took the riding with just over one thousand more votes than that of St. Amant. NDP candidate Brian Van Tilborg brought up a respectable third with 10,948 votes and the Green Party’s Ken Burns trailed in fourth place with 957 votes. Candidates Martin Sitko, Daniel Hock - ley, Rob Ferguson, and Dustin Jenner all came within 110 votes of one another straddling 200. Placing last was John Turmel with a meagre 87 votes. Incumbent Levac has held the position of Brant MPP since 1999. Since that time he has placed a strong focus on educa- tion, due in no small part to his background as a teacher and principal in the Brantford area. Levac has generally followed party policy and is a strong supporter of tuition cuts. Levac did spark some controversy during the campaign when he twice misspoke during a televised de- bate and indicated that the Liberals had plans to implement a carbon tax, something they have long denied. Conservatives were quick to jump on this slip but Liberals maintained that it was a simple accident. Voters will now have to wait and see whether or not Liberals will enforce a carbon tax and how they will follow through on their campaign promises, particularly those related to job creation and tuition Election Wrap-Up: Liberals win Brant, minority Matt Mente News Editor Dalton McGuinty will return for a third term as Ontario Premier. ( Photo provided by Ontario Liberal Party)
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The Sputnik // Thursday October 13 3
Keeping up with current events is important, but life can get pret-ty stressful and sometimes it’s best to just ignore the world and relax.Here are three off-beat stories to help you do just that.
First, an interesting tale of a German woman who has spent the
past 15 years living without money. It began when she opened apawn shop where people, particularly the homeless, could swap
possessions or services. Over time, she began to realize she was dis-satised with her life and began to rely more on trading her skillsand possessions for what she needed. Now she lives entirely without
money, carrying her possessions in a rucksack and trading her skillsfor room and board.
Bordering on the alarming, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort
has announced that it will be giving away $25,000 worth of plasticsurgery as a prize. The promotion is being given out as a loyalty
bonus to the winner of a player’s card contest. The casino will allowthe winner to choose whatever procedures they want; from liposuc-tion to breast implants, so long as the total cost doesn’t exceed the
prize pool.
Just plain ridiculous. A Swedish man heard a strange noise com-
ing from his vacationing neighbours’ garden. When he went to
investigate, he found a moose stuck in his neighbours’ apple tree.The moose had been eating the apples, which had fermented. Thiscaused the moose to become intoxicated and eventually lodge itself
in the tree. After authorities freed the drunken moose it wandered back into the garden where it proceeded to fall asleep.
Whacky NewsMatt MenteNews Editor
The polls are in and Ontario has onceagain elected the Liberal party to lead Pro-
vincial Parliament. Voting took place onOct. 6 and at the end of the day the Liber-als won the provincial election for the third
consecutive time.Change was evident
in the results though. The
Liberals secured 53 seats,coming up one short of a majority government.
The Progressive Conser-vatives secured 37 seats, amuch closer second than
in pervious years andwith 17 seats the NDP
nearly doubled theirpresence in provincialparliament.
Running on a plat-
form which included cre-ating jobs, cutting tuition,and reducing bills, leader
Dalton McGuinty and theLiberals saw their sup-port agging.
His administrationhas had issues with pub-lic trust ever since he
broke a promise not toraise taxes after the 2003election. Despite these
hiccups McGuinty is onceagain Ontario’s premier,only the second Liberal
to receive the position three times consecu-tively.
In an election which had a record low
voter turnout of 48.3 per cent, the Liberalsnished with 17 fewer seats than they hadpreviously won. A large number of those
seats went to the NDP who hold a recordhigh 17 seats for the party. This is reective
of the large increase in popularity the NDPsaw during the recent federal election,
most of which occured in Quebec but someof which was also felt in Ontario.
The rest of the seats that the Liberals lost
went to Tim Hudak and the Conservatives.Running on a platform of reduced expens-es and senior support, the PC Party man-
aged to deprive the Liberals of a majoritygovernment but failed to take the election.This was Hudak’s rst election as the party
leader. Hudak has been a member of the PCParty for a number of years and his wifeserved as a senior advisor to Mike Harris.
His views on abortion and prison inmatelabour were quite controversial throughout
the election campaign.The NDP were also led through this
election by a rst time party leader.Andrea Horwath has been a member of
the provincial NDP party since 2004, when
her victory in a by-election resulted in theNDP holding enough seats to regain of-cial party status. Horwath became leader of
the Ontario NDPs in 2009.Brantfords election mirrored that of the
province.
After a remarkably clean and amicablecampaign from all candidates, Liberal in-cumbent Dave Levac has held onto his seat
by a narrow margin against ConservativeMichael St. Amant.
Levac took the riding with just over onethousand more votes than that of St. Amant.
NDP candidate Brian Van Tilborg broughtup a respectable third with 10,948 votesand the Green Party’s Ken Burns trailed in
fourth place with 957 votes.Candidates Martin Sitko, Daniel Hock -
ley, Rob Ferguson, and Dustin Jenner all
came within 110 votes of one another straddling200. Placing last was John
Turmel with a meagre 87votes.
Incumbent Levac has
held the position of BrantMPP since 1999. Sincethat time he has placed
a strong focus on educa-tion, due in no small part
to his background as ateacher and principal inthe Brantford area.
Levac has generally
followed party policyand is a strong supporterof tuition cuts. Levac did
spark some controversyduring the campaignwhen he twice misspoke
during a televised de- bate and indicated thatthe Liberals had plans to
implement a carbon tax,something they have longdenied.
Conservatives werequick to jump on this slip
but Liberals maintained
that it was a simple accident. Voters willnow have to wait and see whether or notLiberals will enforce a carbon tax and how
they will follow through on their campaignpromises, particularly those related to jobcreation and tuition
Election Wrap-Up: Liberals win Brant, minorityMatt MenteNews Editor
Dalton McGuinty will return for a third term as Ontario Premier. (Photo provided by Ontario Liberal Party)
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