Truemors
GM cancels shift at Oshawa, about 700 workers to be laid off, CAW says
Another blow to Ontario's economy:" TORONTO - General Motors Canada will temporarily lay off the third shift at its Oshawa car plant starting the first week of February, the Canadian Auto Workers said Thursday... 
Health care workers to be compensated for Gordon Campbell's contract-breaking...
"More than 7,000 health-care workers will receive an average $9,500 each before Christmas as compensation for being laid off after the B.C. government contracted out their jobs. The payments are part of a $75-million settlement negotiated among the government and health... 
Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now
"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...
jaw dropping
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping price tag -- a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering...
Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines
One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their... 
Sreesanth recovers, almost..
"Sreesanth has recovered from the side strain that laid him low after the Indian Premier League and, though still suffering from a stiff back, is said to be targeting the India A game against New Zealand A in Chennai on September 21 for his return to national duty. Sreesanth...Mexico to dismiss 400 corrupt police officials
In a major crackdown against corruption Mexican government has decided to boot out 400 corrupt police officers. These officers were posted along the Ciudad Juarez border which is notorious for drug trafficiking. "Some 400 corrupt police officers will be laid off in the...
Eggstrordinary! The egg that is FOUR times the normal size
"Teenage poultry farmer Dean Sambers was stunned when one of his hens laid a gigantic egg - weighing a staggering four times as much as a normal one.The 16-year-old could hardly believe his eyes when he looked in...
What the world looks like naked: The amazing image of Earth's geology laid bare
"This amazing image reveals what our world looks like when it is stripped bare - shorn of all its plants, topsoil, water and man-made structures. Along with other never-seen-before images of the Earth, the...Nepalese police release officers
Protesting against the poor quality food and ill treatment policemen in Nepal have taken their own officers for few days but now they have been released after not getting any response from government."Seven senior policemen who were taken hostage by junior officers in Nepal...
'Four die' in S Lanka bus attack
Suspected Tamil rebels have killed 4 bus passengers and wounded many others bus passengers. "At least four people have been killed and 25 others wounded when gunmen ambushed a crowded passenger bus in Sri Lanka,...
Women at Pakistan's Red Mosque vow 'babies for jihad'
About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar...
Archaeologists find remains of Washington's boyhood home
"From Eric Marrapodi CNN Washington Bureau FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock...
Meez Finally Launches Virtual World
You caught me. I like hanging out on the 'net as a break from work, and yes, I use Meez. Now the avatar maker has created virtual communities with a great deal of functionality, including your own "Roomz"...
Honour Killings: Brother charged in Muslims Sister's Death
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Canada once again has another tragedy on it's hand over Culture, in what seems to be a long standing clash of cultures in which dozens of women are murdered by family...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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