Man sends SMS from beneath rubble in Haiti Independent online | Ottawa - Canadian diplomats are racing to get help to a Canadian citizen trapped in the rubble in Haiti who managed to get a text message out to Ottawa, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Wednesday. | "We know exactly where that individual is," Cannon told reporters. | The victim managed to ...
Ottawa matching Canadians' Haiti donations CBC | Canadian military personnel load disaster relief supplies aboard HMCS Athabaskan on Wednesday in Halifax. (Mike Dembeck/Canadian Press)The federal government is earmarking up to $50 million to match Canadians' donations to charities aiding relief e...
Man sends SMS from beneath rubble in Haiti Independent online | Ottawa - Canadian diplomats are racing to get help to a Canadian citizen trapped in the rubble in Haiti who managed to get a text message out to Ottawa, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Wednesday. | "We know exactly where that individual is...
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To cool global meltdown, G7 heads deep into Arctic Newsvine This Canadian Arctic capital has no stop lights and didn't start naming its streets until a decade ago. Blizzards can last a week or more, and they tend to come very suddenly. So w...
Soaring sugar prices bitter pill for N.B. businesses CBC | The price of Ganong chocolates will soon be going up. (CBC)Many New Brunswick businesses — both large and small — say the soaring price of a sweet commodity is causing a bitt...
Medicines running out in Haiti Canoe By Ben Fox, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | A man collects wood to build a shelter in the devastated downtown of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Hait...
Dollar in lower 89 yen in Tokyo, euro seen pressured by financial woes+ Breitbart woes+ (AP) - TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar mostly moved in a tight range in the lower 89 yen range Monday in Tokyo after mixed U.S. employment data, while the euro remained weak on continued jitters over financial conditions in some European countries. | At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 89.39-40 yen against 89.30-40 yen in New York and 89...
Port authority plans $600,000 noise barrier at city airport National Post By Steve Darley, National PostJanuary 15, 2010 3:05 AM | The Toronto Port Authority plans to build a $660,000 noise barrier at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, as it prepares to dramatically increase the number of planes landing at the island airfield. | The TPA this week approved $8-million in airport upgrades including an engine ''run-up'...
