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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Freedom Party candidate David McGruer, Ottawa-Orleans
Posted in Uncategorized | October 17th, 2018
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 David McGruer is running for the Freedom Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Ottawa-Orleans riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from […]
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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Posted in Uncategorized | October 17th, 2018
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached […]
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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia imagesNews briefs:April 24, 2005
Posted in Uncategorized | October 17th, 2018
Sunday, April 24, 2005 Contents 1 NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet 2 Bush nomination to UN post faces bi-partisan problems 3 Romanian reporters call for release of hostages in Iraq 4 5-year-old girl arrested and handcuffed by Florida police 5 British government considering new nuclear power stations
Canada’s social insurance assets pass $140 billion in fourth quarter
Posted in Uncategorized | October 17th, 2018
Sunday, February 13, 2011 With a fourth-quarter investment earnings of $3.9 Billion CAD, largely driven by stock market rises, the Canada Pension Plan’s (CPP) assets rose to $140.1 Billion reported the CPP Investment Board on Thursday. Rate of return for the quarter netted three percent, bringing the first nine months of the fiscal year to […]
Clash of cultures: Somali and Latino workers at U.S. meat packing plants
Posted in Uncategorized | October 17th, 2018
Friday, October 17, 2008 Muslim Somali workers at a meat packing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska wanted to pray. Their colleagues from Latin America wanted to work. A dispute over the company’s break schedule led to formal discrimination claims, mass job walk-offs and public protests by both sides last month, and a reported 200 firings. […]
Prohibition Party holds convention; nominates Jack Fellure for U.S. President
Posted in Uncategorized | October 15th, 2018
Thursday, June 23, 2011 Retired West Virginia engineer Lowell Jackson “Jack” Fellure won the presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party yesterday at the party’s National Convention in Cullman, Alabama. He won on the second ballot, defeating Thompson Township tax accessor James Hedges of Pennsylvania, who initially ran unopposed. Party Chairman Toby Davis of Mississippi received […]
CPSC, ATF warn of dangers of fireworks over US Independence Day celebrations
Posted in Uncategorized | October 15th, 2018
Sunday, July 4, 2010 Last week, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) held a press conference on the National Mall in Washington, DC, warning consumers of the dangers of fireworks, and advising them of safe handling. They were joined by representatives from the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
English actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93
Posted in Uncategorized | October 14th, 2018
Saturday, June 13, 2015 Famed English actor, singer and author Sir Christopher Lee died last Sunday morning in London aged 93, after being admitted to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for heart failure and respiratory problems. News of his death only became public on Thursday, as his wife of 54 years, Birgit Krøncke Lee, wished first […]
BP lose laptop containing sensitive claimant data
Posted in Uncategorized | October 14th, 2018
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Oil company BP has reportedly lost a laptop containing the personal information of approximately 13,000 people who filed claims against the company following the Deepwater Horizon disaster last year. Tom Mueller, a spokesperson for the company, confirmed they had written to “individuals impacted by this event to inform them about the […]
Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation
Posted in Uncategorized | October 13th, 2018
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 People rallied in 300 locations across Australia today to protest the Federal Government’s proposed changes to industrial relations laws, WorkChoices. According to police, around 150,000 people congregated in Melbourne, from where speeches were broadcast throughout the country. In Sydney, thirty thousand gathered in Belmore Park and Martin Place to watch the […]
