North America NewsNews on North America continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.3 : Air Canada flight attendants rally at Halifax airport to save jobs- July 15, 2008 Air Canada flight attendants rallied Monday at the Halifax airport to save their jobs and keep their local base open.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/3-air-canada-flight-attendants-rally-at-h... Nova Scotia gets about $870 million in offshore dispute resolution- July 14, 2008 HALIFAX JENNIFER MACMILLAN The Canadian Press Nova Scotia will receive about $870 million from Ottawa as part of a deal resolving the so-called Crown share dispute, putting to rest a long-standing financial ...http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/nova-scotia-gets-about-870-million-in-off... Cowboy hat clad PM blasts away at Liberals during Stampede BBQ- July 14, 2008 Dressed up as a cowboy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted away at the Opposition Liberals Sunday night and promised more action to his government's law and order agenda.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/cowboy-hat-clad-pm-blasts-away-at-liberal... 3 : Canadians a-buzz about boom in mosquito population are right, experts say- July 14, 2008 An undated photo provided by the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District in Wheeling, Ill., shows two varieites of mosquitoes.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/3-canadians-a-buzz-about-boom-in-mosquito... Protest planned over alleged racism, taunts by N.S. police against black youth- July 14, 2008 Angie Lawrence is 67 and has never attended a protest, but after hearing allegations that off-duty police officers insulted and provoked a fight with two black youths, she's gathering a carload of black church ...http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/protest-planned-over-alleged-racism-taunt... Slow-moving tropical storm nears Bermuda- July 14, 2008 People stroll along Horseshoe Bay beach, on the south shore of Bermuda, Sunday, July 13, 2008.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/slow-moving-tropical-storm-nears-bermuda?... 1 : Canadian scientists test new electronic surveillance of Northwest Passage- July 13, 2008 A coast guard helicopter does ice reconnaissance in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle for the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent Thursday, July 10, 2008.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/1-canadian-scientists-test-new-electronic... Canada's new defence chief upbeat on Afghanistan- July 13, 2008 The cheerful prognosis from Canada's new chief of defence staff, General Walter Natynczyk, flies in the face of an independent analysis that shows a 77-per-cent surge in Taliban attacks in Kandahar province ...http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/canadas-new-defence-chief-upbeat-on-afgha... Lone Kanishka bombing convict walks free- July 13, 2008 The lone convict in the 1985 Air India Kanishka airliner bombing that killed 329 people, mostly of Indian origin, on Friday walked free on a whopping $500,000 bail after spending 20 years in Canadian jail.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/lone-kanishka-bombing-convict-walks-free?... Tories appoint Reform founder Manning to science advisory panel- July 13, 2008 The Conservative government has appointed Preston Manning, the founder of the Reform party, to the federal science advisory panel.http://www.topix.net/world/north-america/2008/07/tories-appoint-reform-founder-manning-to-... |