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Canine hero wins a chance at immortality
Cloning: good thing or bad thing? Read on." Poor old Trakr. Once hailed as a hero, the retired Halifax police dog can no longer use the hind legs that pushed him through the ruins of the World Trade Center as he sniffed for survivors. His hearing has faded and, at 15, his dog...Canada Day Fireworks
I'd taken the ferry over to Halifax, Nova Scotia and picked out a nice spot on a set of stairs so that I could have an area to lay my camera down. I needed a flat surface to take long shutter-speed pictures on, since...
Canada celebrates its 141st birthday
People all across Canada celebrated how wonderful it is to be Canadian yesterday - either by taking part in firework displays, having a bar-b-que, becoming a citizen and being sworn in, and remembering what makes... Did British double agent Kim Philby murder Polish war hero General Sikorski?
" General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the leader of Poland's wartime government in exile, died 65 years ago this month when his plane plunged into the sea off Gibraltar. A British inquiry in 1943 found that the crash... Number of new houses being built plummets nearly 60%
UK: Until mortgages become more affordable and available there will be less houses being built even with the Governments target of 2m new homes by 2016. Thousands of builders are being laid off as the housing slump starts to bite in earnest..."The number of new houses being... Thousands return home after Nova Scotia fire
Nearly 5,000 Nova Scotia residents are heading home after a brush fire near Halifax had them evacuate their homes over the weekend. Firefighters say the blaze is under control, and they're still investigating the... Fire pushes 3,000 people out of homes near Halifax
New Update, Halifax: 3,000 Nova Scotia residents evacuated their homes as 6 major fires are currently underway in Nova Scotia. Power outage affecting another 8,100 homes where the blaze damaged a transmission line,... Leonard Brody heading East
NowPublic's own Len Brody is heading to Halifax." Leonard Brody is Co-Founder and CEO of NowPublic. NowPublic is one of the pioneers in citizen-generated news and is quickly becoming one of the largest news agencies... NS Prisoners Strike: Smoking Mad Over Tobacco Ban
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPrisoners on Strike? When people go on strike it is usually a stoppage of what they do for a living against their employer!What will Prisoners do on Strike? Stop Committing... CDN Forces Struggling For Talent
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA sad state of affairs when "Serving ones Country" is eclipsed by the "Almighty Buck".The unemployed and especially those unemployed with a skill or trade who say they... Housing market: House prices dropping £500 a week
Houses are losing almost £500 of their value a week according to a leading survey which has painted the bleakest picture yet for the property market. Dalai Lama envoys to go to China
Just ahead of Olympic games to start China has agreed to host a meeting with envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader. The talk would begin on Saturday."Envoys of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are... UK house prices ~ largest drop since 1992
Affordable for some but unobtainable for the majority...Bank of England cuts interest rates to 5pc."House prices across the nation saw the largest monthly fall since 1992 last month, according to Halifax, prompting... Hip to be square...dancing
To me this sounds great: it's snob-free, intergenerational, and just about anyone can do it. As the article titillatingly concludes, "flirtation and contact without consequence.""Across the country, the traditional...
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