Tag: Staff
Tempest over a Timbit
The Tim Hortons cashier who gave a Timbit to a fussy child and was fired for it, has been rehired today.Seemed like a silly idea to fire someone over that anyway."Nicole Lilliman, 27, said she was fired Wednesday for...
Visitors leaving flowers for spider monkeys at Va...
Visitors to the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove are leaving cards and flowers for the two spider monkeys - Jocko who was killed, and Mia who is believed to have been taken. Police have no information on the...
Only Gandhi and Shah Rukh Khan did it in Paris!
"He will be unveiled in the presence of Albert Einstein, Charles De Gaulle, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Jackson, John Paul II, Elvis Presley and Alfred Hitchcock at France's Grevin Museum in Paris, Monday, April 28,...
Obama team remains unshaken and unstirred - Polit...
"Jim Margolis, Obama's media consultant, said he had planned to take a pass on the presidential race in 2008. His first candidate, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, dropped out, and he had a rocky experience on Kerry's 2004 campaign. But he ended up on the same plane one day...
London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday
I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen...
Strike at oil refinery under way, Panic in Scotland
People in Scotland are scrambling to tank up fuel after 1200 staff working at Grangemouth Oil refinery went on strike in a long standing pension row. Garages have already started rationing and even increased prices amidst the fear of shortages. In the meantime...
Geopolitics of Peak Oil
Why would the US be topping up their strategic oil reserves at at time when prices are at all time highs? "A few weeks ago, I highlighted the fact that the US Government was topping off the strategic...
England marks St George's Day
English people everywhere will be flying the St. George's Cross proudly today, as this marks the accepted day that Saint George died in 303 AD. The day is also recognized in Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria,...
Fighting for Clean Water, Clean Air: the Walk to ...
We had no money, no backing. We just followed Aninishabe writer Al Hunter's vision, and Walt Bressette's sacred Eagle staff, and we walked the staff around Lake Superior. This journey sent warriors of many types,...
Canada's Arctic Sovereignty: "Say It with TNT"
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Race for Space saw Russia and the Americans pulling out all the stops to claim Space as their own. Canada is doing the same in claiming the Arctic's...
Somali Journalists Freed
Five radio journalists were arrested yesterday as Somali police shut down their station over coverage of a battle in Mogadishu; the government was apparently "annoyed" by their description of the event, which stated that the Somali police were defeated. "The Radio Voice...
Blue Rodeo Show Begets New Noise Policy
Not that I don't feel bad for the staff's ringing eardrums, but there is something rather amusing about a Blue Rodeo show in PEI being the cause for a venue to have to review its noise policy.I mean, it's Blue Rodeo....
UN Staff among survivors of deadly plane crash in...
"Three UN staff members survived the plane crash that happened Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN spokesperson Michele Montas said.Montas told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York that according to the UN Mission there, seven passengers...
Coastguard staff strike over pay
The UK coastguard has gone on strike as of 7am this morning."Union members at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have gone on strike over pay levels.The Public and Commercial Services Union said about 700 of its...
U.S. Soldiers Under Stress, Suicides At Record Le...
As NowPublic has reported previously, not only have more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers been killed in the Iraq war, many of America's 'volunteer forces' are also committing suicide at record levels and suffering from...
