Contributor ReportsGates in Canada to discuss Afghanistan
Source: The Frontier Post
Halifax :: Canada | updated Sun Nov 22 01:40:43 -0800 2009 | travel-news
As the Obama administration wrestles over its new Afghanistan strategy, the domestic debate is having far-reaching implications for the United States' ties with its allies in the war...Gates was in Canada on Friday as part of an effort to strengthen...
Three-vehicle collision in Ajax sends Pickering woman to hospital
Source: Ajax Pickering News Advertiser
Toronto :: Canada | updated Sat Nov 21 12:35:54 -0800 2009 | travel-news
A Pickering senior was airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in Toronto with life-threatening injuries after a multi-vehicle collision in Ajax on Friday. The 83-year-old woman was driving a white Dodge Stratus when she collided with a grey Ford F250...
Travers: It's not Somalia, but it's same story in so many ways
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated Sat Nov 21 09:20:19 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Rick Hillier, Canada's former chief of defence staff, says Afghanistan can't be compared to 1990s Somalia scandal. R ick Hillier, one of the powerful figures at the epicentre of the prisoner torture storm, has a revealing quirk. Question what happened...
Hundreds of sheep dead after truck crash
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Victoria :: Canada | updated Thu Nov 19 20:46:48 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Victoria Police Sergeant Nick Buenin, says it was a mess when police arrived on the scene with 550 dead sheep and another 200 live sheep wandering around. Police, State Emergency Service workers, staff from the Department of Primary Industries and...
'Catastrophic' warning tangle as fire danger looms
Source: The Age
Victoria :: Canada | updated Fri Nov 20 05:28:56 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Victorians this week faced the worst fire conditions since Black Saturday, while South Australia and New South Wales were issued with the nation's first "catastrophic" warnings, but behind the scenes debate about the new warning system continued. The Mallee and...
Seal meat on the menu
Posted by: prabirghose
Ottawa :: Canada | updated Sat Nov 21 18:04:11 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Is there anyone out there who knows how to prepare delicious dishes from seal meat? If the answer is in the affirmative, he (or she) could contact the Canadian Government. The Parliamentary Restaurant in Ottawa plans to serve seal meat...
ReachMan set alight saved by passers-by
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Victoria :: Canada | updated Thu Nov 19 00:18:00 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Two passers-by dragged the man into the nearby Ovens River to extinguish the flames. A 42-year-old woman is in custody and being questioned by police.
Organic waste headed for landfill
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Halifax :: Canada | updated Wed Nov 18 22:37:52 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Fighting the swine flu pandemic could put Nova Scotia's biggest health authority in a $2.5-million deficit by the end of the year, officials said Wednesday. A third person with swine flu in Nova Scotia has died. Deputy sheriffs use pepper...
Mayor to take over executive committee: report
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Quebec :: Canada | updated Mon Nov 16 09:41:46 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Public health authorities in Quebec opened new vaccination centres Monday, including a mega-clinic at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, to keep up with popular demand for inoculation. Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay is considering naming himself as chair of the...
Smithers in a new Sunday snow
Posted by:
slydog 
Smithers :: Canada | updated Sat Nov 21 17:40:27 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The snow has fallen for keeps in the British Columbia mountain town of Smithers. The skiing and winter outdoor enthusiasts are excited. Drivers look depressed. Ravens are worried. I went for a afternoon stroll with my camera to capture some...
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