Archive for October, 2011
Spring Into Backyard Preparation
Preparing your backyard for spring can be a daunting task and many Canadians don’t know where to begin or what items are available to help make the job easier.
The backyard experts at Canadian Tire have put together the following tips to help Canadians prepare their backyard this season to make it the best it can be.
Preparing your lawn
Depression Fuels Workplace Worries
The current economy is enough to get anyone feeling down, but if you’re one of the estimated three million Canadians who will experience depression in their lifetime, it can be an especially troubling time.
According to a new survey, fifty-five per cent of working Canadians with depression are worried a decrease in their work performance may be misconstrued as a lack of interest in their job, and 73 per cent are worried they may be vulnerable to layoffs in the current economy – a valid concern given that many report leaving work early and spending an average of two hours per workday on non-work related things. The survey also found that at some point in their working career, 35 per cent of Canadians with depression have quit a job, 33 per cent have taken short-term disability leave and 25 per cent have lost a job.
“It is especially concerning when the impact of depression is resulting in life changing circumstances like losing your income because of a condition that can be managed,” said Paula Allen, Vice President Organizational Solutions, Shepell.fgi. “It’s imperative that employers engage in an open dialogue to help employees better manage emotional, physical and functional symptoms in the workplace.”
Drum Channel Live With Spookey Ruben And Adam Marcello
Do not forget to join Drum Channel LIVE here on Thursday, April 8th, at 6:00 pm PST, with Spookey Ruben and Adam Marcello and host Curt Bisquera. Do not miss this live show.
Spookey Ruben is an internationally recognized Canadian pop musician, composer and video director. Â He is highly regarded as a pioneer on the Canadian Alternative music scene. His successes began in the mid-nineties with many of his self-directed VideoFACT funded videos making it into high rotation on MuchMusic and MTV. Modes of Transportation Vol. 1′ (TVT Records) Spookey’s ‘home-made, playing all instruments’ debut album shot to the top of music critics top ten lists catapulting him into world-wide acclaim as a ‘mad-genius’ songwriter/producer in the league of Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren and Thomas Dolby.
His strong live performances both with band and solo-acoustic have taken him around the world (USA, Europe and Japan) sharing the stage with likes of The Flaming Lips and Ben Folds Five. Â More recently Spookey has become staff composer at L.A. based music house stimming and is also represented as a Film/TV composer by Arpix in Canada. With the launch of ‘Spookey Ruben’s Dizzy Playground’ (Divine Cardboard/Hi-Hat Films) a short film series which airs online at exclaim.ca + AUX.TV Spookey has created a special place for him to stretch his imagination with music, humor and fantasy. Â Guest starring in his shorts are notable musicians such as Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), John McEntire (Tortoise/The Sea and Cake) and Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins). Upcoming episodes incl. Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) and Leslie Feist (Feist). His newest album ‘Mechanical Royalty’ (Hi-Hat/Sonic Unyon) was just released in conjunction with a successful Cross Canada Tour in June 2009. Adam Marcello is also the drummer for Katy Perry and has also played with the likes of Ashley Simpson, Kenna, Lisa Loeb and Moby!
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