Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missiles
(CNN) — Days before a key meeting with Western leaders, Iran test-fired two types of long-range missiles Monday in part of what the Islamic republic called routine military exercises, its state-run media reported. The tests drew condemnation from France, which noted through its Foreign Ministry that the action comes only a week after Iran revealed [...]
Obama Defends Baucus Bill
Yesterday, President Obama appeared on five Sunday morning talk shows, fielding questions that predominantly focused on health care, the war in Afghanistan, and race. Obama defended the Senate Finance Committee’sAmerica’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 from bipartisan criticism, insisting that “it provides health insurance to people who don’t have it at affordable prices.” “I’d like to make sure that [...]
Firefighters Are Recovering
The Good News is … both of are firefighters are out of the hospital. Thank God! I can tell you this, our people get first class training. Thanks to the leadership of our fire department. John Two firefighters in Meaford, Ontario are in the hospital after an early morning blaze. A fire in Reed’s Restaurant [...]
On The Stage
On the Stage Meaford International Film Festival tickets are going quickly – get yours now! September 3 to 6 Internationally-acclaimed, award-winning films continue to be the focus of the Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF). This year has an exceptional line up that begins with an award-winning film that takes you to the far reaches of [...]
Avant-Garde Music Festival in Meaford
The 4th annual Electric Eclectics Festival presents cutting-edge, avant-garde and experimental music by world-renowned musicians, media artists, sound artists and performance artists. The Electric Eclectics Festival takes place in Meaford, Ontario, during the July 31 – August 2 long weekend, with pre-festival exhibitions running July 4 – August 29. Electric Eclectics Festival info is at [...]
Meaford International Film Festival
Dear film lovers, MIFF is back! We’d like to invite you to the 2009 Meaford International Film Festival, Meaford’s biggest event of the summer. Once again, MIFF offers award-winning films from around the world; and this year, we will have interviews on stage with the film-makers, including a very special guest for the Opening Gala. [...]
Kimberley Loves Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
I’m a ‘farm kid’ from Proton Township – raised with 7 sisters in the high, flat farming country at the bottom of Grey County. Like many farm kids, my education and career took me away from my home community – and brought me back again. I made the decision to run for Liberal candidacy because [...]
How Bernie Did It
Madoff is behind bars and isn’t talking. But a Fortune investigation uncovers secrets of his massive swindle. The employees were transfixed. Standing on the mid-Manhattan trading floor of tie Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securis in late 2007, a half-dozen staffers stared up at the ceiling-mounted TV as CNBC aired a report on the mysterious Palm Beach [...]
Clinton, Bush Booked for Toronto Appearance
Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will appear together in Toronto next month on a public stage for the first time since Mr. Bush ended his presidency, in a remarkable twist on the cultural cold war that Barack Obama and others are trying to lay to rest. The two will be appearing [...]
Bush Legacy
Gone But Not Forgotten It has now been three months since President Bush and his family boarded their plane back to Texas and handed the reins of power over to President Obama. Yet Bush administration officials are pushing to make sure that the American public remembers them — or rather, remembers what they want [...]
Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan
More troops, new legislation, improved troop training and added civilian expertise highlight President Obama’s strategy to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Obama on Friday announced his plan to tackle what he called an “international security challenge of the highest order.” Stressing soberly that “the safety of people around the world is at stake,” Obama [...]
North Korea Missile Concerns
North Korea has positioned what is thought to be a long-range missile on its launch pad, a U.S. counter-proliferation official said on Wednesday. The official confirmed a Japanese media report. North Korea recently informed a pair of U.N. agencies that it plans to launch a satellite. The launch is slated for sometime between April 4-8, [...]
Iran to test nuclear power plant
Iran’s first nuclear power plant will undergo comprehensive testing Wednesday in front of Russian and Iranian officials, Iranian Students’ News Agency reported, quoting a nuclear expert. Reza Khazaneh, a former adviser to the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO), told the semi-official news agency the tests will be carried out using “dummy” fuel [...]
Taking a swipe at the debit card competition
Visa and MasterCard interested in offering debit cards in Canada. Two major international credit card companies are poised to enter Canada’s debit market, a move that could dramatically alter the structure of the payments industry in Canada and stoke fears of higher fees for business and consumers. By DANA FLAVELLE AND RITA TRICHUR BUSINESS REPORTERS [...]
GM wants twice as much
TONY VAN ALPHEN BUSINESS REPORTER Reeling General Motors has significantly increased the amount it’s seeking as a lifeline from Canadian taxpayers to more than $6 billion. GM of Canada Ltd., at one time the country’s biggest industrial enterprise, submitted a survival plan to the federal and Ontario governments yesterday that asks for a lot [...]
