Monthly Archives: September 2011

McParland: Ontario election ignores the gathering storm (1)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

The message to voters for the remaining 10 days of Ontario’s deadlocked provincial election should be short and simple: Nothing you’ve heard to date is likely to happen. The promises, the predictions, the pledges, the vows by the Tories to … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update September 26th, 2011 (10)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CS | Rescue effort claims lives of three family members SAINT-FULGENCE, QUE - Three members of the same family drowned Saturday evening trying to save their children who fell into the Wapishish River, about 300 km north of Quebec City. … Continue reading →

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IMF ‘can’t afford to save the Euro’ as it emerges that current threat is ‘worse than crisis in 2008′ (15)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

The International Monetary Fund last night issued an extraordinary warning that it might not have enough cash to stem the crisis engulfing the Eurozone, prompting fears that Britain could be forced to find billions more to bail out  debt-stricken economies. … Continue reading →

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Once prosperous New Yorkers forced to live under canvas in New Jersey woods

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

The white picket fence and manicured flowerbeds outside 1 Paradise Lane are straight from a picture postcard of idyllic suburban American life in the 1950s. But its walls are no more than canvas. Its porch overlooks smouldering bonfires and scrawny … Continue reading →

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Cancer Drug Is ‘Holy Grail’ (1)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

SCIENTISTS will today reveal the “holy grail” of cancer treatment, a smart drug that destroys the disease without unpleasant side effects. The new treatment, dubbed the “stealth bomber”, has already increased survival rates among patients with advanced breast cancer and … Continue reading →

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Dumped in the desert … Gaddafi’s yellowcake stockpile

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

Sitting in row after row, each 15 long by four high, the blue barrels are as frightening as any remnant of the Gaddafi regime. Some are marked radioactive, as were the open plastic bags alongside. The powder they contain appears … Continue reading →

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Pollsters question influence of polls on elections, lambaste media coverage

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

OTTAWA – What if there had been no public opinion polls published during last spring’s federal election campaign? Would the NDP’s orange wave have swept across the country if no one realized there was a wave to catch? Would support … Continue reading →

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The North’s top cops meet in Iqaluit in search of solutions

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

More than half of all Alaskan women have been sexually assaulted. Greenlanders may use the same currency as Denmark, but they sometimes experience murder rates that are 100 times higher. Canada’s Northern territories have fewer residents than a mid-sized Toronto … Continue reading →

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Lewis: Obama Is Dangerous for Peace

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

The president of the United States has just destroyed the longest-lasting peace treaty in the Middle East.  That Nobel Prize-winning treaty between Egypt and Israel was destroyed by Obama in broad daylight, right in front of God and everybody, with stunning audacity. … Continue reading →

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