Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.“One of Canada's most high-profile Olympic officials apologized Wednesday for unintentionally angering First Nations with comments that some interpreted as him...
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Al Purdy’s house, the one he built himself with the help of friend and poet Milton Acorn, is for sale. What can we do to ensure that another link to our literary heritage is not destroyed? Site on Facebook...
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Press Release - Farida Nekzad of Afghanistan and Sevgul Uludag of Cyprus Win Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women's Media Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: June 25, 2008 Washington, D.C. – An Afghan...
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List of Mass Graves at Residential Schools to be Issued this Thursday, April 10Monday, April 7, 2008 – 12:30 pm, PSTVancouver: A comprehensive list of mass graves of children at dozens of former Indian Residential Schools across Canada will be released to the media and...
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A testament of youthAfter
the suicide of Nicholas Heiney, her 23-year-old son, our correspondent
discovered his moving diaries and poems. They show maturity, insight
and a rare mystical quality, and are now to be published. Here she
introduces extracts from the book.More...
Strong earthquakes hits Canadian west coast region
Jan 5, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Two strong earthquakes both registering 6.5 on
the Moment Magnitude scale struck the western coast of Canada early
Saturday, with no reports of casualties or damage, US and...
Frozen Tsunami Waves in Antartica(note- I cannot prove these are 'actual' Tsunami waves but judge for yourselves..acadianrose)
The
annual mean temperature of Antarctica...
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By Noel Murray
July 9th, 2007
1. J.D. Salinger
Perhaps the most famous living recluse, author J.D. Salinger started
withdrawing from the public eye shortly after he moved to New Hampshire
in 1953, and had his retiring ways...
Marc the Litter Guy needed money to pay the rent but he didn't want to panhandle.
So the 30-year-old got some garbage bags and put a sign on his back saying he was cleaning the city for...
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The Canadian Press Published Wednesday May 30th, 2007
Appeared on page A4
A five-year-old New Brunswick boy will be taking to the skies over
Moncton today, flying a plane above the city to raise money for the
region's largest children's hospital.
Taj Reveen...
3 may 2007 - 17th World Press Freedom Day
Reporters Without Borders will mark the 17th World Press Freedom Day on
3 May, in partnership with the Cannes Film Festival, by publishing a
photo book devoted to one of the world’s top film-screening venues.
“The...
New York, April 25, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the recent arrest of Tran Khai
Thanh Thuy, an award-winning journalist and writer. Thuy was taken into
custody Saturday at her residence, where she was already being held
under house...
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