Episode 13 is up and ready for downloading.

This week we discuss a lesbian teacher in BC, who has lost her job at a Catholic private school. As well, the new synthetic life form that was created by a computer in the lab.

A special thanks goes to Josh Cwintal for editing this and future shows.

Feed is Here

Episode 12 is up.

Hey everyone,

We managed to get two episodes out for the month of March. Here are the links for the episode 12 stories.

Faith Based Addiction Recovery:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/03/08/man-religion-addictions-spirituality.html?ref=rss

Christian Youth Centre:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/02/24/mb-youth-christ-recreation-centre-winnipeg.html#ixzz0iHL9sSib

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/winnipeg_federal_government_to_fund_5.5_million_into_youth_for_christ_centr/

Keeping the faith? Not in Vancouver:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/85456302.html

Enjoy

Episode 11 of Northern Freethinkers is Up

Here are the story links for Episode 11 of Northern Freethinkers.

In this episode we discuss the one school board system for Ontario, Airport Security, and what to tell your children about faith.

Show:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/NorthernFreethinkers


Stories:

Want real savings? Merge the education systems
Feb 17, 2010
Leonard Baak
Chatham Daily News
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2451938

Muslims urged to avoid body scans
Islamic groups recommend travellers to U.S. choose pat-downs instead
Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/17/scanners-muslim.html

When Raising Children
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/holy-post/archive/2010/02/27/matt-gurney-when-raising-children-i-m-going-with-god.aspx

Episode 09

Hey Folks,

Episode 9 is now up on the feed.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/NorthernFreethinkers

Mike is now joining us as the third host for out bi-weekly(ish) podcast.

Here are the links to the articles we discussed in the episode.

http://www.thestar.com/article/266160 - Faith Forward

http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2287480 - Faith Based Prison Units

Episode 07 and Episode 08 of Northern Freethinkers are Up.

We missed the show notes for episode 07 and there are not to many for episode 08. Please leave me a comment or email us at northernfreethinkers@gmail.com if you would like a copy of them.

Cheers

Budget Car & Truck Rental in London Ontario. You are now on my shitlist.

No time like the present to start a shitlist and the first entry is going to Budget Car & Truck Rental in London, Ontario. I also hope owner Russ Urlin gives this a good read.

Me, my wife and our roommate rented a car for the the Thanksgiving weekend to go see some of the local sites and enjoy some turkey dinner. Car was nice, brand new Toyota Yaris with only 10km on it. So weekend was great and we returned the car at the time and date the contract indicated. We drove about 540km the entire weekend before we returned it.

Couple days go by, they were closed on the day we returned the vehicle and we deposited the keys in the return slot, we get the bill.

It is a little fishy, they billed us for another day and then tacked on around 200 more kilometers. My wife contacted them when she looked at the bill to get it corrected. Once we were able to show, based on the written contract the return date, the clerk did remove the extra day. She also emailed us a copy of their contract. My wife was then transferred to the owner/manager Russ Urlin. This guy was was extremely rude to my wife and later to me. He lied to me and told me that the mileage cost was for only 6 dollars, when I asked him to double check for me on his contract, I didn't know my wife had a copy at this point, he refused and after asking politely a few more times he hung up on me.

He also told my wife that they never make mistakes.

I did file a complaint with the BBB and here is the contact information they provide on their site:

Name:	BUDGET CAR & TRUCK RENTALS
Phone:	(519) 433-1701
Fax:	(519) 645-6473
Address:	519 York Street
	London, ON N6B 1R4
Original Business Start Date:	January 1967
Principal:	Russ Urlin, Owner
Customer Contact:	Russ Urlin, Owner
Type of Business:	Auto Renting & Leasing
BBB Accreditation:	This company is not a BBB Accredited business.

Their grade with the BBB is F. Never ever rent from this Budget location.

Militant Atheist

Northeern Freethinkers Episode 6 is out

Hey Everyone,

Episode 6 is now out.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/NorthernFreethinkers

Here are the links we talked about in the show, and others we didn't have time to get to.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadas-public-sphere-just-got-a-lot-more-messy-and-free/article1277210/

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/691637

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/faith/the-gay-debate-57602742.html

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/200909085345/Commentary/Editorial-When-rights-collide

http://www.canada.com/life/Calgary+brochure+raises+Muslim/1973575/story.html

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2009/09/19/research-finds-that-atheists-are-most-hated-and-distrusted-minority/

http://christianretailing.com/index.php/newsletter/latest-etailing/20072-darwins-origin-in-christian-stores-

http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/AP/story/1249325.html

http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/news-charles-darwin-film-finds-distributor-will-be-seen-in-u-s-r-1253828264

Thanks for listening and pass along the link to your friends or tell them to look us up in iTunes.

Official Podcast of the Canadian Secular Alliance

Northern Freethinkers is now the official podcast of the Canadian Secular Alliance and sponsored by the Centre for Inquiry Canada.

We are just finalizing our record date for episode 6 and will have Mike Evans on for a second time.

If you haven't done so yet, look us up on iTunes and write us a review.

Northern Freethinkers Episode 05

Episode 05 is out. We interview Justin Trottier from the Center for Inquiry Canada.