Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with David Sparrow. Sparrow is a candidate in Ontario’s Don Valley West riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding was set to vote in a by-election on September […]
Pets On The Go: Useful Advice When Take Your Pets With You For A Long Weekend
Click Here To Find Out More About: Dog Potty Grass For Sale Pets On The Go: Useful Advice When Take Your Pets With You For A Long Weekend by Lucy Punch Weekends are always a perfect time for great family fun and is an excellent chance to get away for a couple of days. Taking the family dog […]
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Contaminated pet food causes massive recall
Monday, March 19, 2007 At least 10 pets, 9 cats and 1 dog have died as a result of eating contaminated pet food, says the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. The contamination caused cats and dogs to both go into kidney failure. At least 51 brands of cat food and 40 brands of dog food […]
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Lycos launches screensaver to increase spammers’ bills
Monday, November 29, 2004 HANOVER, Germany —Internet portal and mail-provider Lycos Europe has launched a program to increase spammers’ bills by having thousands of voluntary users’ computers repeatedly query websites from which spam originates. Such a tactic would increase the bandwidth costs for these websites. However, it also faces legal questions. Spamming, the mass sending of unsolicited emails, […]
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Manitoba volunteers go to war against Red River flooding
Monday, April 6, 2009 Over 1,600 volunteers registered to help build approximately 65,000 of the 500,000 sandbags to create dikes 20.5 feet (6.2 meters) high to protect the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the war against the Red River of the North flood. 700 volunteers answered at the rural municipality of St. Andrews alone. Once sandbags are filled for West […]
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Online Pawnbroker
Click Here To Find Out More About: Kitchen Showroom Drummoyne Submitted by: Nick Mastrogiorgio The country is currently going through some very tough economic times, and in turn banks are tightening up their purse strings. Everyday people are having a much harder time acquiring personal loans to help pay off debt and keep their heads above water. It […]
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Ukraine celebrates Independence Day
Thursday, August 24, 2006 Ukraine celebrates its independence day today, 15 years after it broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991. Ukrainian president Victor Yuschenko told a crowd at an event to mark the occasion: “By the will of the people, our country’s course toward membership in the European Union and NATO will be carried through … […]
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New South Wales government announces ‘Bradfield’ as name for third city of Greater Sydney
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Yesterday, the state government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia announced “Bradfield” as the name for the planned third city in Greater Sydney. Bradfield is located at west of City of Parramatta and Sydney, in vicinity of the then currently in construction Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport. The city is to be named […]
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Arguments Against Cctv Security Camera Surveillance
Click Here To Find Out More About: Behaviour Change Strategy Sydney By Christine Bartell As the use of CCTV cameras increases across the United States and globe, so does the debate over their numbers and motives. There are many arguments for video surveillance, including peace of mind, loss prevention, crime deterrence and crime solving, but what about the […]
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Transport for London wins first Anti-Social Behaviour Order against graffiti vandal
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Billy Murrell, a persistent graffiti vandal from South East London, has become the first recipient of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) granted to Transport for London (TfL) by Greenwich Magistrates. The civil order also bans him from the top deck of buses throughout England and Wales for three years. Murrell, a 17-year-old from Plumstead, […]
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