Canada NewsNews on Canada continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.World Conversion of Military Industrial Complex uses the Ploy of Global Warming to Ease it's Silence- August 10, 2008 North America Global warming is on the minds of people all over the planet. They are talking about how strange their weather is these days. Severe fluctuations are causing new weather patterns alien to communities worldwide. Obviously, the growth in greenhouse gases is a primary reason for global warming. Our lifestyle, especially in the U.S. with less than 5% of the world's population, is a major contributor as we produce 25% of global carbon emissions. But few ever ask what role the U.S....http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/world-conversion-of-military-industrial-complex-... Bell moves to limit internet downloads of competitor ISPs in North America World- August 9, 2008 Now Bell Canada wants to throttle ISP clients I wonder what gets Bell employees up in the morning Its hard to imagine feeling good about working for a company that does this. ... in order to provide their own services. That would include a number of smaller wholesale ISP customers such as Chatham, Ont.-based TekSavvy Solutions Inc., Cobourg, Ont.-based Eagle.ca, Mississauga-based Acanac Inc. and Ottawa-based National Capital ... http:www.teksavvy.comhttp://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/bell-moves-to-limit-internet-downloads-of-compet... Six Canadians wounded in Afghanistan- August 9, 2008 Six Canadian soldiers were wounded yesterday after being ambushed by insurgents in what is arguably the most dangerous area in Afghanistan.http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/six-canadians-wounded-in-afghanistan?fromrss=1 Cdn navy to escort food ships into Somalia: MacKay- August 9, 2008 Canada has sent a Halifax-based frigate to waters off the horn of Africa to prevent pirates from attacking food shipments bound for Somalia.http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/cdn-navy-to-escort-food-ships-into-somalia-macka... PETA ad compares bus beheading to animal abuse- August 9, 2008 August 07, 2008 - 11:56 a.m. The animal rights group PETA has tried unsuccessfully to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading and cannibalizing of a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada last week to the ... as Loved-ones to say goodbye to young man beheaded on Greyhound bus Sat, 2008-08-09 03:58. WINNIPEG - Family and friends are planning to say goodbye to Tim McLean, the 22-year-old who was stabbed and beheaded in a seemingly random attack aboard a Greyhound bus over a week ago. Tim...http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/peta-ad-compares-bus-beheading-to-animal-abuse?f... Senators say Canada's military needs more money- August 9, 2008 A bipartisan committee of senators says Canada's top generals all have blinders on when it comes to the issue of long-term sustainable funding for the Canadian military.http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/senators-say-canadas-military-needs-more-money?f... Canadian rodeo star veteran & 14 horses die in crash in western Canada- August 8, 2008 A veteran rodeo star and 14 of his horses were killed in a head-on collision in western Canada, police said Wednesday. Police had not released the man's name, but friends confirmed it was 68-year-old Herman Flad. ..."He spent the better part of 50 years with horses -- he was a true traditional cowboy. He just loved the sport of chuckwagon racing like nobody else," said Sutherland. Flad won the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby title in 1980, the Grande Prairie Stompede in 1998 and the Edmonton...http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/canadian-rodeo-star-veteran-14-horses-die-in-cra... Greyhound Scraps "Bus Rage" Ads - North America Transit Murphy's Law Topix- August 8, 2008 Greyhound has decided to scrap a relatively recent ad campaign in the wake of the murder and decapitation of a traveler on one of its buses. The campaign, which extolled the virtues of a calm, relaxing trip on a Greyhound bus, has been running since last 2007, and used the tagline: "There's a reason you've never heard of 'bus rage.'" Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states "if anything can go wrong, it will." It is also cited as: "If there's more than one possible ... ..http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/greyhound-scraps-bus-rage-ads-north-america-tran... Toronto Perspective: Buffalo Bills Go Home- August 7, 2008 Thumbs down to the Buffalo Bills, as the latest attempted colonial assault of corporate America against Canada.http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/toronto-perspective-buffalo-bills-go-home?fromrs... Beijing 2008 Olympics: Labour relations and social policy reveals...- August 7, 2008 How many times have you heard in the news, or perhaps at your university or college seminar, the phrase "Communist China" Yet, have you ... internet site reference: ...http://www.topix.net/world/canada/2008/08/beijing-2008-olympics-labour-relations-and-socia... |