friday free for all!

Its Friday here and that means open-topic time with a cornucopia of links:

-Vancouver the most overtaxed place for business
-Hydro rates to jump 11% over 3 years
-"What is ordinary may change in the future"
-Another round of layoffs at Canfor.
-Canadian productivity growth at 'depressing levels'
-US Economic woes bode ill for Canada
-CMHC predicts higher prices in 2008
-US Credit rapidly drying up

What are you seeing out there? Post your news, links and anecdotes here!