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Steve Nash's Charity Classic cancelled

In a disappointing move, Steve Nash has cancelled his annual Charity Classic basketball game, which helps raise a ton of money for children in British Columbia and around the world. He cites 'lack of spectator...

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts five times

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since Sunday night, sending clouds of smoke and ash into the air. The ash fallout has not happened yet. As a safety precaution, Alaska Airlines had to cancel 19...

2009 Pemberton Festival is cancelled

The 2009 Pemberton Festival has been cancelled because organizers say they don't have enough time to stage a truly crowd-drawing event. Organizers have just recently secured a permission from B.C.'s Agricultural...

Maritime blizzard halts travel in Atlantic Canada

A New Year's winter blizzard has swept through the Maritimes in Atlantic Canada, and is causing some New Year's chaos for travelers. About 35 centimetres of snow has already been dumped in Halifax, so the airport...

Lipstick Jungle, My Own Worst Enemy Cancelled by NBC

More media cuts were made Thursday, as the fledgling television series Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy were both cancelled by NBC. "Multiple reliable sources have just confirmed that NBC has given the...

Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'

The botched opening  of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...

Bellway suffers 'avalanche' of cancelled sales

Britains house builder Bellway said the last two months had seen a 45% drop in sales over this time last year. With buyers wanting to wait and see what the Governments woolly approach over stamp duty would be,...

Blackouts hit thousands as generators fail

A blackout in the UK has left hundreds of people without power. A number of power stations have suddenyl shut down. The icnident is on a scale not seen for at least a decade according to one power company insider."Hundreds of thousands of people were hit by electricity...

Skydiver's world record attempt postponed

Fournier's project manager would not give the media any specific reason(s) why the jump was postponed. " The capsule was taken back into a hangar late Monday morning after the attempt was called off, The...

18th confirmed Measles case in Washington State

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A Eighteenth "18th" case of measles has been confirmed in Grant County in Eastern Washington, and "it's possible" some people in King County also may have been exposed. Officials can confirm all...

BA profits soar, boss refuses bonus

I'm sure every one you was caught up in the T5 disaster feels sorry for Mr Walsh losing out on his bonus."BA profits soar, boss refuses bonus The troubled opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5...

Canadian Labour Unions: Have given up the fight?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor More aptly put should be "The Death Knell of North American Labour Unions" are due partly by past greed for higher wages and benefits for it's workers. Greed...

Airline says Heathrow "worst in Europe"

Ouch! A harsh assessment of Heathrow by an American Airlines executive. Although I have to say, having used both BA's facilities and AA's facilities at Heathrow, I don't think it's Heathrow's fault that their...

Seagulls force kids' playtime to be cancelled

"A seagull, waiting to strikeHungry seagulls have forced playtime to be cancelled in Croatian schools after they started grabbing pupils' packed lunches. The protected species have resorted to scavenging owing to an explosion in their numbers. 'It is too dangerous for...

Early typhoon hits southern China

The first typhoon to hit China this year is causing mass evacuations and flight cancellations."More than 100,000 people had to be evacuated as Typhoon Neoguri battered China's southern province of Hainan.The typhoon - the first to threaten China this year - also left 3,000...

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