Goofball Of The Month: Myriam Bedard

This month's goofball is Myriam Bedard; for allegedly violating a child custody agreement with her ex-husband, the child's biological father.

Canada swore out an arrest warrant against Bedard on Dec. 8 after her former husband alleged she had taken their daughter away from Quebec City without his permission, violating a joint custody agreement. Police have so far refused to divulge any details of their investigation, which started in October after an initial complaint from Paquet (ex-husband).
Bedard, a native of Loretteville, near Quebec City, is no stranger to controversy despite winning the hearts of Canadians with her gold-medal wins in the biathlon at the Lillehammer, Norway, Winter Olympics in 1994, and a bronze medal at the 1992 games in Albertville, France.
She sued, and settled out of court, when Wrigley Canada Inc. ran an ad featuring an altered photo of her that she said made her look masculine. Bedard tussled with Biathlon Canada over training and endorsements. But she started really raising eyebrows with charges during the federal sponsorship scandal. Bedard said she was forced from her Via Rail job because of questions she raised about inflated payments to Quebec ad firms.

Now everyone's presumed innocent until proven guilty. But that doesn't mean you're not a goofball.

Congratulations Myriam Bedard you're the Goofball of the Month for December 2006.




P.S. I don't know if the goofball of the month will continue in 2007. I have other things in mind. So stay tuned. Peace.

Alberta's new Premier

I guess they call him honest Ed Stelmach. He's the new Alberta Premier. He replaces Ralph Klein's length reign. I'm actually pretty happy it was Ed Stelmach who beat out front runners Jim Dinning and Ted Morton. Jim Dinning I didn't like it how he would switch from working in the public to working in the private sectors. Always moving in and out when it would serve his purpose. I feared Ted Morton would get power. First he's American born, secondly he a hardcore reform party type.
In related news, I'm actually pleased Stephane Dion won the federal Liberal Party race. He was my first choice. If one of those guys was going to be Prime Minister, I'm glad it's him.

The political scene is going to be very interesting in 2007. As two parties who have had power for eons, have new leaders.