Grecco to reappear in court Oct. 29
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:58:06 -0700
It will be another two months until Donald Grecco finds out his fate for the crimes he committed against teenaged boys. The former Roman Catholic priest and St. Catharines native will be at the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton on Oct.[...]
ECHO Songwriting Prize
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:07:26 -0700
While there are many prizes recognizing what's deemed to be a particular year's best album, similar awards to honour achievements in songwriting aren't given as much attention, and don't seem to be as numerous.
RONA Foundation Annual Golf Day Raises $525,000
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:30:00 -0700
BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 08/31/10) - Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire's website. The RONA Foundation raised $525,000 yesterday at its Annual Golf Day, which was held at the Hillsdale Golf Club near Montreal. Some 500 participants came together to support the Foundation's activities, many of them from RONA's network of suppliers. At the same time ...
Hail the ‘home children,’ who survived by the sweat of their innocent brows
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:11:35 -0700
A new 57-cent stamp offers a very limited sense of the trade in children that Canada encouraged and condoned for 70 years
Heritage officer accused of funding own group
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:45:03 -0700
A former programs officer for the federal heritage ministry has been charged with fraud and breach of trust in connection to money granted to a Winnipeg-based aboriginal arts collective run by her and her family, RCMP said Tuesday.
Break and enter solved
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:46:06 -0700
North Bay Police Service solved a break and enter over the weekend. Thieves entered a garage at a residence on Lee Avenue and a storage shed at another residence on Lee Ave. Sunday. Power tools were stolen from both locations.[...]
Break and enters over the Labour Day weekend
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:46:04 -0700
Two North Bay homes were targeted by thieves over the Labour Day long weekend. Sometime between Thursday and Saturday thieves broke into a home on Riverbend Road.[...]
Yellow Pages
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:42:47 -0700
The Telegram - Schedule and results for area sporting events. (updated September 8)
Lucky lottery scammers lose this round
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:32:58 -0700
Two area residents have received “good news” that they are bigmoney winners.
MTV's 'Skins' - Edgy teen series won't be set in Baltimore after all
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:11:51 -0700
It is surely not as hard a slap in the face to Baltimore's sense of media identity as the makers of John Waters' "Hairspray" filming the movie version in Toronto.
Beezer goes behind enemy lines
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:16:17 -0700
Time and again I waded through a crowd of Box J Boys, the notorious Hamilton Ticats faithful who are considered some of the best fans in the CFL.
Center State Conference undergoes additional realignment
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:45:45 -0700
There will be a new look to the Center State Conference for boys and girls soccer this fall. The super-sized league is undergoing realignment in all sports for 2010-11, including another shuffling of the league’s 43 boys and girls varsity soccer teams.
Doughty ran like the wind for Pirates
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:05:13 -0700
In the late 1980's, the TISS Pirates were blessed with lightning- quick sprinters. While Josh Jonker was winning everything at the senior level, Brian Alford was dominating the junior division.[...]
Baltimore gets dumped from edgy teen drama
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:43:51 -0700
MTV 'Skins' will be filmed in Toronto and set in a nameless East Coast city It is surely not as hard a slap in the face to Baltimore's sense of media identity as the makers of John Waters' "Hairspray" filming the movie version in Toronto. But now comes official word from the producers of MTV's "Skins" that this American version of the Brit teen hit won't be filmed in Baltimore — nor will it even ...
Historic site to present program on Bleeding Kansas
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:08:15 -0700
It was the war before the war. During the period known as Bleeding Kansas, pro-slavery and abolitionist settlers killed one another in Kansas and Missouri between 1854 and the start of the Civil War in 1861.
MacNeil lets loose on Moore
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:05:02 -0700
Don MacNeil has tossed his hat into Barrie's race for Ward 8 councillor, while Jerry Moore has tossed his out. But not without some good old-fashioned political mud-slinging first. Moore, the two-term councillor, confirmed Thursday that he will not seek re-election.[...]
British 2-year-old drowns at West Windsor golden anniversary bash
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:40:31 -0700
WEST WINDSOR — A 2-year-old boy from England drowned Thursday in a swimming pool at a McMansion owned by two doctors at 5 Rushton Court just off Jewel Road.
ICE initiative targets dangerous illegal immigrants
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:28:09 -0700
Immigration officials rolled out a new initiative in Santa Barbara County yesterday that is expected to improve the process of identifying and deporting dangerous illegal immigrants.
Joy ride ends with arrests
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:17:13 -0700
Two Welland teens are in hot water after a police pursuit on the QEW Saturday. At about 3:30 p.m., OPP officers from the Burlington detachment received information that a Hummer stolen from Niagara was westbound on the QEW and headed towards Oakville.[...]
Links 9/1/10
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:31:00 -0700
Drunk baboons plague Cape Town’s exclusive suburbs Telegraph (hat tip reader Paul S) How Many Lone Nuts Does It Take To Make A Party Mix? Firedoglake. The title isn’t too hot, but the article makes a good point. Simpson to disabled vets: You cost too much Daily Kos (hat tip Brad DeLong) Obama’s Iraq Challenge Michael Hirsh, [...]
