When the first cell in one of Brenda Rosenthal’s ovaries mutated and turned cancerous, she felt no symptoms. The telltale pains or lumps that signal cancer were still months, if not years, away. But there were signs, sparks thrown off by the tumor that had begun to smolder in her belly. As more cells were [...]
Members of the RCMP are calling for backup from friends of the Force and ordinary Canadians through a new public campaign at www.callforbackup.ca. Recently, the Harper government took the unprecedented step of rolling back RCMP wages. This site was created to enable the public, RCMP members and friends of the Force to contact the Harper government [...]
It may not feel this way for everyone but, by and large, Canadian families will finish 2008 in much better financial shape than families in many other parts of the world, including the United States. Indeed, the Canadian consumer almost single-handedly sustained the Canadian economy for much of the year, a function of employment [...]
The 100 Mile Market in Meaford is a small grocery store bringing together local producers with local consumers. Foods on offer include organic grains, flours and cereals from Grass Roots Organic in Desboro, apples from Barbetta Orchards in Meaford, and local naturally raised beef, lamb, pork, free range chicken, duck, turkey, elk, emu, fresh/smoked/frozen fish, [...]
It began with a general feeling that the economy, though struggling, would be fine. Then the mortgage crisis hit. Then the bottom fell out. Now, market players are in shock. “I do not have a hangover and I am in good spirits.” This is how the grey-haired, grin-inducing Ira Gluskin, a dean of wealth [...]
In October, shortly before the Swedish Academy awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature to the French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, its permanent secretary, Horace Engdahl, gave an interview to Associated Press. “There is powerful literature in all big cultures,” Engdahl declared. “But you can’t get away from the fact that Europe is [...]
Call it the “green team” or the “dream team.” Either way, President-elect Barack Obama’s choices to fill top science and environment-related posts in his new administration represent a remarkable assembly of talent. With his picks well in hand, Mr. Obama is positioned to reverse what many see as eight years of sluggish action in the [...]
AIR MOUNTAINS, Niger — Until last year, the only trigger Amoumoun Halil had pulled was the one on his livestock-vaccination gun. This spring, a battered Kalashnikov rifle rested uneasily on his shoulder. When he donned his stiff fatigues, his lopsided gait and smiling eyes stood out among his hard-faced guerrilla brethren. Niger Movement for [...]
www.meafordhall.ca January 24, 2009 Times:7:30pm – 9:00pm As winter settles in everyone looks forward to a time out from the snow and freezing temperatures. So mark January 24 or January 25 on your calendar to escape to a musical interlude at the Meaford Hall to hear the pleasant sounds created by the Two Pianos [...]
FOLLOWERS of the past year and a half’s financial misadventures have become inured to bucketfuls of red ink. Even so, the potential losses from the scam perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, a Wall Street veteran, are jaw-dropping. The $17 billion of investors’ funds that his firm supposedly held earlier this year have all but evaporated [...]
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to revive the economy through a job-creating public works plan on a scale unseen since the building program of the interstate highway system in the 1950s. He offered no price estimate for the grand plan, how the money might be divided or the effect on the [...]
“Canada’s politicians are on the verge of putting Governor-General Michaëlle Jean in an extremely unenviable position, forcing our non-partisan vice-regal representative to set a precedent in the middle of a political mess,” historian and constitutional expert Bob Beal writes in this online-exclusive explanatory piece. “If things unfold as they might, the Governor-General will have to [...]
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