Strike Update: Week 12 is well underway and still no light at the end of the tunnel. I read in the local paper about some new trash mountains forming at the entrance to the CUPE union headquarters in Windsor....
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The firm is currently pitching its broadband packages at rural consumers, amid negotiations between government and mobile operators to deliver universal 2Mbit/s broadband. Not cheap, but better than nothing!!!!!! " A French firm plans to launch a satellite next year that it...
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CTV and A channels throughout Canada are hosting Open Houses on Saturday, May 23rd, to enable people to tour their facilities, meet some familiar CTV faces, and understand the important issues facing local television...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) made a preliminary analysis of the satellite images of the conflict zone in northern sri lanka and found the use of heavy weapons and removal of...
China is catching fast with the world. in its latest move china launched Compass satellite for its Global navigation system project.China is planning to make their own navigational system operational by 2015. " China successfully launched its second navigation satellite...
Toronto's Globe and Mail published an exclusive Monday night, on Beverly Giesbrecht, the Canadian being held held hostage by Taliban. They claim to have spoken to her briefly by satellite telephone today." “Please tell me what the Canadian embassy and the Pakistani...
By, Uwe Paschen. The Missile escalation of the Japanese Sea. Japan is to deploy the first ship-based long-range missile defence system, said Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo Yesterday. The...
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With space junk increasingly becoming an important problem for the functionality of the International Space Station (ISS) and commercial satellites circling the Earth’s orbit, Japanese space scientists came up...
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The Russians think the February collision could be an indication that the U.S. is capable of manipulating 'hostile satellites,' including their destruction, with a single command from a ground control center." MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - A collision between U.S. and...
Nasa is all set to launch its first mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) from space."The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will help pinpoint the key locations on our planet's surface where the gas...
Just when you think you understand what's going on a curve is thrown. "Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates' second largest member, stands to sign a multi-million dollar deal with Israel's ImageSat ...
This is very unusual. As far as I know this has not happened before. " The international space station does not appear to be threatened by the debris, they said, but it's not yet clear whether it poses a risk to...
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) declared today that batteries of Omid satellite are small and will be discharged after two months. Dr. Reza Taghipour, the president of ISA told the reporters that what we needed was...
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Iran is reported to have sent its first national satellite to the earth orbit. The satellite is called Omid (Hope) and was launched by a self-produced launcher called “Safir” (the envoy). “Hope” is a...
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It is beginning to look more and more likely that this volcano will erupt soon. " February 3, 2009—Volcanic smoke and gas from two new holes eat through snow and ice high on Alaska's Redoubt Volcano on...