Bonita Wauls can't control the stink bugs on her front porch. Wauls says "They're bigger and feistier than the first year, they're bolder." Trying common bug traps like fly paper, she had said that "they're so...
At 27,559ft in winds blowing above 20-knots a British doctor drops his trousers not out of any sexual need to expose his privates to the elements on the highest mountain in the world but in the name of medical...
I am so happy that our politicians are actually looking into these issues and making them a part of public discussion and policy. "Mayor Gregor Robertson and Coun. Andrea Reimer are promising they will make Vancouver ready for peak oil. “We have to address peak oil,”...
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A story of courage and determination. Juvenile diabetes and type two diabetes are both killers for which research must be continued to find a cure...This reporter has hiked some of the trails that this...
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Whistler Blackcomb represents everything that an avid boarder like myself could hope for. It has seemingly endless acreage, glaciers, a world renowned terrain park and on top of that a...
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As the value of the pound outside of the UK sinks, it appears that inflation within the country is falling as well. Inflation in th eUk fell at a record pace in October, data released today shows."Inflation tumbled at a record pace in October to 4.5 per cent, down from the...
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"Nortel could cut up to 5,000 jobs next week: analysts Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 8:48 AM ET Comments55Recommend32 Reuters, special to CBC News Nortel Networks Corp could shed between 3,000 and 5,000 jobs when it details its...
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The snow is falling and with some luck and a little help from mother nature the Sierra Nevada my have a good ski season.As I write this report the rain is falling here in Reno which means snow is falling in the...
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Uk home prices are continuing to plummet, causing a great amount of anxiety for the sector. House prices fell at a record rate this month in the UK."British house prices fell in October at their sharpest annual rate since records began in 1991, the Nationwide building society...
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"An angry war of words has broken out over free access to the summit of Mont Blanc after the death of eight climbers in an ice and rock avalanche on the Franco-Italian mountain. Jean-Mark Pelleix, the mayor of Saint-Gervais, a small...
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Just a few days ago an Italian climber lost his life and two others were rescued by a Pakistani military helicopter from the Nanga Parbat. The notorious mountain has probably swallowed up other ambitious climbers...
London stock exchange opened with deep correction after the news of fresh credit crunch. Investors mood are turned sombre with similar news from other European exchanges. "Fears of fresh losses in the financial...
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"Coastal Vietnam and southern China have been put on alert as tropical storm Neoguri is expected to make landfall later this week.Neoguri is the first tropical storm of the year and has developed before the official storm season begins. The typhoon season runs from May to...
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President Bush and two successive Popes seem to enjoy their regular, almost quarterly visits, leading some to believe perhaps President Bush is asking for absolution for past, present and future policies. ...