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Boaters Rescued In Lake Erie

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)

(KINGSVILLE, ON) On Monday June 28th, 2010 around 2:00 pm Kingsville OPP responded to a canoe that had capsized in Lake Erie near Cedar Beach Island.  Police advised that 3 youths (2 – 18 yr old males and 1 -16 yr old female) from Kingsville and Leamington ventured out into Lake Erie in a canoe.  [...]

NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress, with soiled skimming gear on deck, searches Mobile Bay for oil to skim, June 1, 2010.

NOAA has expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include portions of the oil slick moving beyond the area’s current northern boundary, off the Florida panhandle’s federal-state waterline. This boundary was moved eastward to Cape San Blas.  This federal closure does not apply to any state waters. Closing fishing in these [...]

Child Pornography Charge In Harrow

Windsor Police Headquarters

Windsor Police have a 37 year old Harrow man in custody facing a charge of possession of Child Pornography.  On Tuesday June 22, 2010,  the Windsor Police Service was contacted  by a Windsor computer repair shop who advised that they were in possession of a computer which contained a large quantity of Child Pornography images.  [...]

Cameron, Medvedev Meet In Canada

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Prime Minister David Cameron has held his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as the two leaders attended the G8 Summit in Canada. The PM and President Medvedev met on Friday evening to discuss a range of issues including the economy, the Middle East and Iran. They agreed to stay in touch personally [...]

Canadian Restaurant Chain Earns Ad Age Honour

Tim Hortons

DUBLIN, OH — Tim Hortons Inc., one of North America’s largest restaurant chains, today was named one of the World’s Hottest Brands in a global research report by Advertising Age, the bible of the advertising and marketing industry. Advertising Age Insight’s Global Report identified Tim Hortons as one of the world’s ten leading regional brands, [...]

Oilers Take Hall, Other Spitfires Selected

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Left-winger Taylor Hall is quite simply one of the most dynamic players ever to play major junior hockey in Windsor and the face of the Spitfire franchise for the past three seasons. Born in Calgary and who now resides in Kingston, Ontario, Hall was the second overall selection in the 2007 OHL Priority Selection. After [...]

McGuinty Speaks Out Against G20 Violence

G20 Protests

“I strongly condemn the actions of those responsible for the vandalism and violence we’ve seen on our streets today. There is no need for it. There is no excuse for it. It is not the Ontario way. Peaceful protest has always been part of the bedrock of our democracy. The vast majority of today’s demonstrators [...]

Two Canadians Killed In Afghanistan

UXO Photo by Sgt Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

OTTAWA — Two Canadian soldiers were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in as part of a convoy struck an improvised explosive device. The incident occurred approximately 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City, in the Panjwa’i District at approximately 11:00 a.m. Kandahar time on 26 June 2010.  Killed in action was Master Corporal Kristal [...]

Mayoral Candidates, “Revoke Gay Pride Funding”

Toronto mayoral candidates Giorgio Mammoliti and Rob Ford want to revoke funding and support for the 2010 Gay Pride parade.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 25, 2010) – Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) commends the decision by Toronto mayoral candidates Giorgio Mammoliti and Rob Ford to revoke funding and support for the 2010 Gay Pride parade retroactively due to Pride Toronto’s last minute decision to rescind the ban on the phrase “Israeli [...]

Tennis Match Breaks 12 Records

Guinness World Records today officially recognises John Isner, USA and Nicolas Mahut of France, as record-breaking tennis players.

LONDON – Guinness World Records today officially recognises John Isner, USA and Nicolas Mahut of France, as record-breaking tennis players after an epic match at Wimbledon, which saw no less than 12 new records achieved by the pair.  The match which started on Tuesday afternoon finished Thursday afternoon at 5pm will see Isner and Mahut [...]

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