(CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA) – Visitors to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are urged to watch out for marine turtles and their hatchlings during the summer months. With marine turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs and baby hatchlings making their way to the water, people are likely to encounter one of nature’s most ancient and [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – Ethan and Olivia are still the most popular names for boys and girls born in Ontario. Other favourite names include Liam, Jacob, Lucas and Noah for boys, and Emma, Isabella, Sophia and Ava for girls. Ontario has made it easier for parents by giving them the option to register their newborn’s birth [...]
(EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND) – Scottish children have benefited from 40,092 books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, with even more set to follow. Angela Constance met Dolly Parton in Glasgow to mark this important initiative, which sees Scotland’s looked after children receive free books every month until they are five. The Scottish Government has been working closely [...]
(COLCHESTER, ENGLAND) – Soldiers from 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) have recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, raising £5,000 for charity, just months after returning from Afghanistan. The team of 12 Colchester-based Gunners, many of whom had not sailed before, took to the cold waters of the Atlantic for Exercise Atlantic [...]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Constable Jennifer Jacobson of the Chatham-Kent Police Service recently returned from a vacation to Medellin, Colombia. She travelled there seven years ago, became friends with a family and returned to visit them. She met with police officers from the Colombia National Police Service and networked with members of their mounted unit, known [...]
(LOS ANGELES, CA) – This week, the Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that it had acquired the most significant document in its 34-year history. The document, a 4-page letter signed by Adolf Hitler, dated September 16, 1919, six years before the publication of Mein Kampf describes his hatred of Jews outlining his plans which call for, [...]
(LONDON, ENGLAND) – Two people who attempted to sell an 11-month-old child to an undercover reporter have been jailed for a total of 16 years following the first conviction of its kind under new legislation relating to slavery. The 48-year-old man and 29-year-old woman, both of north east London, were sentenced at Inner London Crown [...]
(TORONTO, ON) - Practicing small acts of kindness will make you a happier person, and the boost in mood stays with you for months, according to research out of York University. More than 700 people took part in a study which charted the effects of being nice to others, in small doses, over the course of a [...]
(THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS) – Ratko Mladic, wanted for the Srebrenica massacre and other war crimes in Bosnia, has been arrested in Serbia after a decade in hiding, and will be extradited to the Hague. Serbian police arrested a man suspected to be the wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladić, on the basis of an anonymous tip, [...]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – A special awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at the Children’s Safety Village, located in the C.M. Wilson Conservation Area; at 11:30 am. Eight local children are being recognized for their acts of bravery and good citizenship. These are children who assisted their classmates, parents or friends and [...]
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