We had tons of snow yesterday and last night. When I woke up, everything was covered with severe snow. I shovelled, and shovelled and there's still too much snow outside. Gotta go shovel the rest, so I can get to church tomorrow.  

Sooooo tired these days. I had to go to Arborg for almost a week. Server migration takes so long, and the client was getting impatient waiting for the server to be back up to normal. So much for Christmas spirit. I still don't know if the problem was my fault or just the bad luck. On the way back home, stopped by the site where I had an accident. Thank God for his protective hand. J will have an interview with immigration officer in late January. The light at the end of tunnel is in sight. 

Royal Canadian Mint. This is where the coins are made. Weather was real nice yesterday (plus 4), but today, it's quite cold. It's at -24 right now.  

It's Christmas season. J and A went to the CRI christmas party in Transcona. On the way home, we spotted this decorated truck. A took a quick U-turn and got the truck.  

Only in Canada

ATM gives customers Canadian Tire money

Last Updated Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:37:29 EST

MONCTON - A CIBC cash machine started dispensing Canadian Tire money at a mall outside of Moncton, N.B.

Kayla Peters, 16, said she was shocked when she withdrew $60 on Nov. 29. She received two $20 bills and two $2 bills in Canadian Tire money.

"I just stood there for a second wondering what I should do, but then I heard some other people talking about it and it turned out I wasn't the only one."

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce officials say four people have been reimbursed for the mistake.

"It clearly must have come in from maybe some of our business customers who package up their own cash," said Rob McLeod, spokesperson for the bank. "We're still tracking down exactly what the source was."

McLeod says CIBC has confiscated the fake money as part of its investigation.

The ATM spat out 11 Canadian Tire bills in denominations ranging from 10 cents to $2.

"It appears to be a very isolated incident," said McLeod.

It's the second recent embarrassment to involve CIBC. Last week, a junkyard owner in West Virginia revealed he was suing CIBC because it failed to stop faxing him private financial information about its clients.

The bank said it knew about the problem and thought it had been fixed in 2002. CIBC has ordered its employees to stop using the bank's internal fax system to send customer information between offices.

Written by CBC News Online staff