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GOT PAVEMENT?
by Mike MacLean

UN officials are warning of an unprecedented humanitarian disaster as prices double for wheat, rice and corn — the basics underlying our global food system. This global food crisis is now dominating the mainstream media of all political stripes from The Economist to The Globe and Mail to The Hamilton Spectator, with the latter advising us last weekend that “shopping for food here is going to become much more painful.”
Wheat prices jumped 77 per cent last year alone. [ more ]

perspective

WANT MORE CASH–EWS?
by Tamara Holmes

“If you don’t know what you’re worth, then you’re probably getting ripped off,” states Arend Hoveski flatly. “It’s the number one thing to remember when going into, or continuing working at a job.”
Hoveski knows his worth. He’s torn through 37 jobs in 28 months to find a gig that valued him by his own standards, and ended up — ironically — in human resources and talent scouting as a result. Having turned down jobs that ranged from $20,000 to $95,000 a year, he finally settled on a job that pays in the mid–range, and turned his chaotic employment search into a selling feature in order to land his plum title. [ more ]

letters to the editor

RANTS
by Tamara Holmes

Monday April 28, 1:39pm
Mexico, what’s going on with Mexico? They are either murdering you in the streets or they are throwing you into jail. I would rather go to Cuba.

Monday April 28, 5:45pm
What’s with the Hamilton thieves? They steal my brand new bike and leave the crappy old bike. Thanks but no thanks.

Monday April 28, 9:30pm
This is to the movie theatres: I know you have to raise your snack prices because people are sitting at home and downloading the movie but people are sitting at home and downloading the movie because you raised your snack prices too high. [ more ]

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