(OTTAWA, ON) – The Harper Government announced today it intends to launch updated, larger health warning messages and a toll-free quitline on cigarette and little cigar packages that will be the backbone of a social marketing campaign to encourage smokers to quit. The announcement was made by the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health and Pierre [...]
(BELFAST, N. IRELAND) – There was considerable anger across the Ministerial spectrum about the shambolic response of NI Water which had let down the whole community. The Board of NI Water will meet tomorrow and then report to the Minister for Regional Development on the company’s handling of events. Mr Murphy will bring a report [...]
(KELONA, BC) – Kelowna RCMP members were called to Kelowna General Hospital at around 11:00 pm last night to deal with a vehicle that had crashed into the building. Investigation revealed that an adult male had attended KGH Emergency earlier to see a doctor . He waited to be examined and left the hospital before being [...]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Animal Facts Since 2000 the Chatham-Kent Police has averaged a dozen calls per year involving raccoons, until this year. So far in 2010 we’ve had 99 raccoon-related reports. By way of comparison, in 2010 the police had 184 occurrences involving deer, 75 involving cats/kittens, 23 involving cows, 56 involving horses, 7 about [...]
(OAKVILLE, ON) – If you’re going to be raising a few glasses of cheer to ring in the New Year, MADD Canada is asking you to leave the car at home. “We want to welcome the New Year with joy and celebration, not with the tragedy of impaired driving crashes,” said MADD Canada National President [...]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Nearly one quarter - 24 per cent – of Canadians have gotten behind the wheel in the last year believing they were above or near the legal limit for impaired driving, a poll for the Canadian Automobile Association has found. The result comes despite another finding of the national poll, that a [...]
(DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA) – Proper and good detective work by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) can result in dangerous criminals being severely punished for their atrocious crimes; thus reduce crime drastically. This is the view of the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa when he singled-out and commended the SAPS Organised Crime Unit [...]
(LONDON, ENGLAND) – December is expected to go down as the coldest on record. With reports of 5 inches of snow in London, EA Worldwide managing director Joshua Cote is not positive about the ability to travel overseas for the Holidays. Gatwick Airport cancelled all flights and Heathrow cancelled all incoming flights on the weekend [...]
(PRINCE RUPERT, BC) – The Prince Rupert RCMP are currently investigating two robberies that took place at the same location in the last three days. On December 26th, 2010 at approximately 10:30 PM the RCMP responded to a robbery in progress at a Beer and Wine Store in the Cow Bay area. A lone Caucasian [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – Canadians are said to have massive disinterest in merchants adding an extra charge every time they present credit cards to a cashier. The Consumers Association of Canada (CAC) claims it took a survey and found 90% of Canadians are against the idea. “The results speak for themselves. Canadians are [...]
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