After becoming the butt of several internet jokes, Wisconsin Tourism Federation - WTF - has changed its name to Tourism Federation of Wisconsin.The federation has had the same name since its inception in 1979, but...
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This is the latest from Canada regarding Anti-Semitic attacks. Not promising." TORONTO – Anti-Semitism in Canada reached an all-time high last year, despite the government's efforts to combat the phenomenon,...
Canada Post has raised it's rates, effective Monday. The 100% price increase of thick envelopes is drawing criticism from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which says it opposes "arbitrary...
Who is running our cities in BC? And what can citizens do when governance of them seem to be spinning out of control? Do you think our un-elected city management staff have too much power, and along with our elected officials, tend to abuse the power of public office...
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"After winning India’s first individual gold in Olympics, the shooter gave credit to his father for the success. Abhinav said that the victory was more in spite of the system than because of it. This comment infuriated Digvijay Singh, the president of the Shooting...
The meltdown in the US financial sectory had dashed hope for thousands of people and now the latest data released in UK has also painted a grim picture. "The jobless rate in Britain rose by 0.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent in the three months to July as the number of...
FIFA, soccer's world governing body, has expelled Ethiopia from the 2010 World Cup after the country's football federation failed to resolve an internal power struggle."Fifa has previously suspended Ethiopia in July for failing to comply with a so-called roadmap that aimed to...
When Cuban taekwondo competitor Angel Matos was disqualified from the broze-medal match he reacted with a swift kick to the face of a referee prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to call for a life-time ban...
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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has voted in favour of approving a three-year deal with major Hollywood studios, that could impact similar negotiations in process with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which has been embroiled in difficult talks...
On the day of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins may have another pressing concern to deal with.According to a report in the Toronto Star, forward Evgeni Malkin has been offered multi-year contracts...
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"The days of the paper round, once a rite of passage into work for thousands of young people, appear to be numbered as pocket money increases mean they are too rich and lazy to get out of bed. Newsagents across the country, once inundated with schoolchildren keen...
This is an important item from the Iraqi people that unfortunately will undoubtedly be ignored by the major media. For this reason, I have included the whole letter ."Statement by Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions to 2008 Chevron and ExxonMobil Shareholder MeetingsMay 30, 2008...
Canadian students, in a rush to make sure that no one thinks they are not crazier than Sharon Stone came up with this."Toronto:Canadian women have launched a Panties for Peace! campaign to sendtheir undergarments to the Myanmar military junta to frighten it intoending...
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It is hard to believe that Lithuania beat Australia at rugby."The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the...
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