The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Ottawa - A Statistics Canada report says growth in internet use has slowed because most people likely to use computers are already plugged in. At least one person in 64 per cent of households regularly surfed the net in 2003, either at home or at work, school or a public access site such as a library, said the agency's Household Internet Use Survey. A total of 6.7 million households owned a computer with internet connections, amounting to 55 per cent of the total of 12.3 million households. That's up from 51 per cent in 2002. Even among households with lower incomes, computers are common. About 45 per cent of homes with incomes between $24,000 and $40,000 had an internet-capable computer in 2003. That's up 13 per cent from the year before. Winnipeg - The Manitoba government has dropped its objections to paying for abortions done at a privately run, non-profit clinic. On July 1, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority began to pay for abortions at Jane's Clinic, formerly the Morgentaler clinic. Manitoba has been one of the last provinces to pay for abortions at private clinics. Langley, B.C. - American bullfrogs as big as chickens are multiplying rapidly in British Columbia, causing headaches for homeowners and environmentalists trying to control the population. The frogs were imported into the province in the 1930s to supply restaurants with gourmet frogs' legs.
