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William Markle Pecover – On Being Bombed in Britain

In the second of this series honouring Remembrance Day, my Great Grandfather William Markle Pecover submitted a very angry piece to Winnipeg’s daily Free Press Evening Bulletin, forerunner of the Winnipeg Free Press, which published the story on Sept. 22, 1917. ...

Remembering William Markle ‘Mark’ Pecover

We all have our stories of a family’s sacrifice in wars.  Mine is not very much different.  In 1914, the dominion of Canada was prevailed upon to ship nearly ten percent of its population across the Atlantic to pursue a fruitless and unnecessary war.  Ten...

Will 3G ever take off?

—— Forwarded Message From: Shiuman Ho Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:41:41 -0700 Let’s look at a back-of-envelope calculation of the ROI. If the carrier can magically come up with a millions subscribers for 3G services, each paying 45 pounds a month, then...