'Survivorman' show fan dies testing survival skills in Ontario bush

By Colin Perkel (CP) – Mar 4, 2010

TORONTO — An outdoors enthusiast and avid fan of TV's "Survivorman" who apparently succumbed to the cold during an excursion into the Ontario bush loved the survivalist challenge but was not rash, those close to him said Thursday.

One friend, Barbara Ellis, said Richard Code's hobby might have been a response to an arthritic condition and chronic fatigue syndrome that often laid him up for days at a time.

"Maybe he felt when he was sick and he felt kind of helpless that way he could challenge the outdoors," said Ellis, who said Code was like a son to her.

"He just loved the challenge."

Provincial police found Code, 41, northeast of Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday.

He had left his Toronto home early last Thursday for what was to be a four-day excursion into the bush, hitchhiking to his camp even though he had money for the bus.

While autopsy results were not known, police told his brother in Kitchener, Ont., that it appeared Code died of hypothermia.

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Canadian dollar likely to trump US greenback: experts

OTTAWA (AFP) – The Canadian dollar, or loonie as it is affectionately called here, is likely to soar above parity with the US greenback this year, experts at a Canadian bank said Wednesday.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada (CIBC) chief economist Avery Shenfeld said the Canadian dollar had already gained several cents in recent weeks as the market firms up expectations of an interest rate hike in July.

If as expected, the central bank "is out in front of the US Federal Reserve by a couple of quarters" in raising interest rates, the Canadian dollar could reach 1.02 dollars versus the US dollar by September, before dipping back to 0.97 dollars by year end," Shenfeld said.

The Bank of Canada has maintained its key lending rate at a historic low of 0.25 percent since April 2009 to help bolster a fragile economic recovery, but is widely expected to review its position mid-year.

'Sovereign Citizens' Claim Immunity From Ind., Federal Law

Fed up and fired up, an increasing number of Indiana residents who have lost confidence in the government are going to extreme measures to claim they are "sovereign citizens."

By doing so, residents contend that they no longer have to pay taxes, claiming their homes as embassies and using identification cards that show them as diplomats, 6News' Rafael Sanchez reported.

Indiana authorities call such proclamations both illegitimate and illegal. About 10 people every month ask the state to put a seal on a document so that they can claim freedom from taxes.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: I always hear people say, "when are people going to wake up?", or "The general public is too dumb to see what's going on around them". While it's easy to dismiss or write off large groups of people when they don't necessarily show your level of concern about some particular issue, it important to show support when they do.

DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION SUBMITS ORDER FOR POLICE SHOTGUNS

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to purchase twenty-seven (27) REMINGTON BRAND MODEL 870 POLICE 12/14P MOD GRWC XS4 KXCS SF. RAMAC #24587 GAUGE: 12 BARREL: 14" - PARKERIZED CHOKE: MODIFIED SIGHTS: GHOST RING REAR WILSON COMBAT; FRONT - XS CONTOUR BEAD SIGHT STOCK: KNOXX REDUCE RECOIL ADJUSTABLE STOCK FORE-END: SPEEDFEED SPORT-SOLID - 14" LOP are designated as the only shotguns authorized for ED based on compatibility with ED existing shotgun inventory, certified armor and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts.

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