Former Canadian Chief of Defence Staff has recently released his memoirs A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War. Hillier was a former Commander of ISAF in Kabul, a job now held by...
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Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, made landfall in Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday afternoon, causing much less damage than was originally predicted. Road floods and power outages topped the...
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Canada's jobless rate remained steady at 8.6% in July. Statistics Canada released the figures this morning. 45,000 jobs were lost, this didn't change he overall jobless rate as some people dropped out...
Air France flight heading for Paris, France, from Montreal, Canada, had to make an emergency stop late at night today in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada after one of the passengers on board passed away. The body of the man was unloaded from the plane at the airport. It is not...
Stewart Brenton, a southern Newfoundlander was convicted of drunk driving and had his license suspended for 99 years. The 47 year old Brenton can have his license back when he is 146. On top of the 99 year suspension, he also has to serve two years in jail for impaired...
The Ontario government is planning to bolster the province’s long-term energy stocks by refurbishing nuclear plants, and introducing additional gas-fired plants and wind turbines as part of...
"Bells at the largest church in Newfoundland and Labrador tolled Wednesday evening for the 17 people lost last week when an offshore oil helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean." The Roman Catholic Basilica of...
One of the world's longest charitable cycling events on behalf of childhood cancer is taking place this summer from June 13 to June 24, 2008. Gordon Drummond, 49 of Peace River, Alberta, is one of the 36 National...
opinion by stirmyoeufs | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 383 views | 11 recommendations | 4 comments
See recent news on this Canadian Helicopter tragedy - Newfoundland: Mourners Gather at Prayer Service Update March 18th:A multi-faith prayer service will be held this evening at the 154-year old Basilica...
See recent news on this Canadian helicopter tragedy - Newfoundland Helicopter Crash - Update. Update March 14th:Flags of provincial government buildings now fly at half-mast as the province mourns the 17...
It seems that people either love fish or consider it repugnant, but either way, one cannot ignore its important relevance to our diet. Speaking on a global scale, millions of people depend on our oceans for their...
opinion by Swan | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 623 views | 52 recommendations | 13 comments
"A group of local men braved dangerous broken ice and frigid waters in a fibreglass speedboat to rescue a small pod of dolphins and help them back to open water, the mayor of Seal Cove, N.L., said Thursday." "We...
Four dolphins are still stuck in ice in Newfoundland, and even though the Mayor has appealed for help, an official from the Federal Fisheries Department is only now on the scene to monitor the dolphins. He says...
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Dolphins have now been freed. Please see NP story 'Local Boys' in Speedboat Free Dolphins. Seal Cove, N.L. - The mayor of a small town in Newfoundland is pleading with the Federal Fisheries...