A few days ago, on a Hamilton TV channel a news presenter mentioned that he saw a robin.

Today, I saw one here in Waterloo. The first one this season.

Spring is near ...

More signs of spring ...

Today, I saw a small flock of starlings.

Definite sign of spring today ...

It is only March 2nd, with lots of snow on the ground, below zero temperatures are still around, and some more snow yet to fall ...

But signs of springs are already here ...

When I woke up, I heard a male American Goldfinch singing at the top of the tall evergreen in the backyard.

The Ottawa Citizen has an article (mirrored here) about the "culture of impunity" within Canada's security officials.

As reported by the Ottawa Citizen, Momin Khawaja was convicted of several charges and acquitted from the major one: aiding a terrorist ring in targeting London England.

The trial was under Canada's Anti-terror Law, quickly enacted after the 9/11 attacks in the USA.

I don't think that Khawaja is innocent, given all the evidence, included an ex-fiance from Dubai.

Here are some thoughts on the 2008 federal elections in Canada:

Finally, the largest Canadian CDMA mobile phone providers are realizing that GSM is the world standard and that they have to provide it in order to compete with Rogers, the sole provider of GSM in the country.

Can this be due to the iPhone effect? As well as Google's Android?

Via CBC.

Halifax officials ordered a 78 year old woman to paint her home, or face a fine.

Renowned Canadian activist and author Naomi Klein's web site runs Drupal 5.x.

Klein's fame started with her book: No Logo, and she continues her activism with The Shock Doctrine.

The site displays the "powered by Drupal" badge prominently.

A UBS Investment Research report based on industry rumors says that Bell and Telus are moving from CDMA to "GSM like" technology.