Here's a couple of videos from CBC News that you might want to check out - related to blood alcohol limits.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&zone=canada&site=cbc.news.ca&clipid=1479398348
http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&zone=canada&site=cbc.news.ca&clipid=1596057235
http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&zone=canada&site=cbc.news.ca&clipid=1701502364
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
First MARKED Blog Response
Hi Everyone.
Thank you all for your interesting comments about where you have travelled or lived and a comparison of prices between Calgary and the other location. Some of you have been to some VERY interesting places.
Below is my first blog posting that will be marked. For how your blog response will be marked, see our webCT page, resources, and BLOG MARKS.
I WILL BE POSTING 3 BLOGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER - YOU MUST ANSWER ANY 2.
If you choose to address this blog, you should respond by February 03 - 4pm. Your blog response is worth 5% of your course mark. After the end date, no further blog responses will be marked.
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Not long ago, the Government of British Columbia introduced a new blood alcohol limit. Sanctions can be imposed if the driver has a blood alcohol content of .05. This is a change from the previous .08 blood alcohol limit. (See the Government of BC website: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/impaired-driving/index.htm ) Do you think the legal alcohol limit should be reduced in Alberta as well? What would be the economic benefits and/or drawbacks? Who would benefit? Who would be harmed? What would be the social benefits and/or drawbacks? Remember, keep your response short and concise.
Thank you all for your interesting comments about where you have travelled or lived and a comparison of prices between Calgary and the other location. Some of you have been to some VERY interesting places.
Below is my first blog posting that will be marked. For how your blog response will be marked, see our webCT page, resources, and BLOG MARKS.
I WILL BE POSTING 3 BLOGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER - YOU MUST ANSWER ANY 2.
If you choose to address this blog, you should respond by February 03 - 4pm. Your blog response is worth 5% of your course mark. After the end date, no further blog responses will be marked.
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Not long ago, the Government of British Columbia introduced a new blood alcohol limit. Sanctions can be imposed if the driver has a blood alcohol content of .05. This is a change from the previous .08 blood alcohol limit. (See the Government of BC website: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/impaired-driving/index.htm ) Do you think the legal alcohol limit should be reduced in Alberta as well? What would be the economic benefits and/or drawbacks? Who would benefit? Who would be harmed? What would be the social benefits and/or drawbacks? Remember, keep your response short and concise.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Comment on your first blog
Whow! Alot of you have really been travelling the world. You did an excellent job on the first blog. I do want to hear from the rest of you though. Don't forget to take a look-see at what everyone has posted. It is SO interesting the observations that some of you have made about these foreign cities and foreign countries and the prices of things.
I spent the summer in Greece and fell in LOVE with the islands. There were so many interesting places (Paradise Beach Mykonos - for those of you who have been there - you know what I mean) but the MOST interesting place was seeing the Caldera in Santorini.
The ocean is as blue as the picture. The Caldera is the edge of a volcano. The cliff where this church is located must be about 1000 feet off the water. The houses are built right on the cliff. Just beautiful.
I didn't find the prices much different than in Canada - clothing costs were similar as were food costs. Probably because everywhere we went was for tourists.
I spent the summer in Greece and fell in LOVE with the islands. There were so many interesting places (Paradise Beach Mykonos - for those of you who have been there - you know what I mean) but the MOST interesting place was seeing the Caldera in Santorini.
I didn't find the prices much different than in Canada - clothing costs were similar as were food costs. Probably because everywhere we went was for tourists.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Our First Blog!
Hello everyone. So this is our first blog. There are no marks given for this blog but I just want to get you started to see how it works.
Remember that what you post can be seen by everyone. Please do not use any language that would not be considered acceptable for a post-secondary student. Try to think like an economist when you address the blog questions. That is, feel free to use economic terminology or relate your answer to a topic discussed in class. Use your imagination as well.
Please respond to the following questions:
1. Name a city or country that you have visited that you found to be very interesting.
2. Tell us what it is about that city or country that was the MOST interesting.
3. If you purchased anything in that city or country, how do prices compare for items between Calgary and the city or country you visited? Think about the price of gas, price of houses, food prices, restaurant prices, beer prices, whatever you like.
4. Do you think it would be more or less expensive to live in that city or country than in Calgary?
Keep your answer short - about 1 paragraph.
Remember that what you post can be seen by everyone. Please do not use any language that would not be considered acceptable for a post-secondary student. Try to think like an economist when you address the blog questions. That is, feel free to use economic terminology or relate your answer to a topic discussed in class. Use your imagination as well.
Please respond to the following questions:
1. Name a city or country that you have visited that you found to be very interesting.
2. Tell us what it is about that city or country that was the MOST interesting.
3. If you purchased anything in that city or country, how do prices compare for items between Calgary and the city or country you visited? Think about the price of gas, price of houses, food prices, restaurant prices, beer prices, whatever you like.
4. Do you think it would be more or less expensive to live in that city or country than in Calgary?
Keep your answer short - about 1 paragraph.
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