Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Vancouver City Hall In Vancouver, a 20-year urban success story may yet have a sad ending. The city’s downtown population has doubled to 80,000 in the last 20 years thanks to Vancouver’s “Living First” policy – Read More …
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Progessive Conservative candidate Tyler Currie, Trinity-Spadina
Monday, October 1, 2007 Tyler Currie is running as an Progressive Conservative candidate in the Ontario provincial election, in the riding of Trinity-Spadina. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further Read More …
U.S. Secret Service conducts drone exercise
Thursday, March 12, 2015 U.S. Secret Service Star Logo The Associated Press (AP) reported on Tuesday the U.S. Secret Service is conducting drone exercises over Washington, D.C. to defend against unmanned aerial vehicles being flown over the area. The Federal Read More …
U.S. automaker GM plans to close 1,100 dealerships
Friday, May 15, 2009 A GMC Yukon hybrid model American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) announced plans Friday to shut down about 1,100 of its dealerships, in an effort to evade bankruptcy and lower its expenditures. GM’s move comes a Read More …
Train collision kills at least eighteen near Brussels, Belgium
Monday, February 15, 2010 Belgian authorities have confirmed that at least eighteen people died in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the suburbs of Brussels. Other reports suggest that the death toll could be as high as 25. Read More …
Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today
Friday, February 10, 2006 Australian Parliament House, where the COAG meeting will be held The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will meet in Canberra today for its first meeting of 2006. Members of COAG are the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Read More …
Wikinews Shorts: May 8, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Contents 1 Israeli archaeologists find tomb of Herod the Great 2 Woman stable after La Trobe University stabbing 3 Sarkozy criticized over vacation cruise 4 Nigerian rebels force further oil Read More …
Canadian woman faces 234 counts of double-doctoring
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Brampton, Ontario woman Wendy Grant, 41, is facing 234 charges of double-doctoring after obtaining prescriptions for 6000 pills. The Ontario Provincial Police also charged her with fraud charge after allegedly obtaining false prescriptions for a narcotic, Read More …
Man cuts off his own penis in UK restaurant
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 An unnamed Polish man, 35, is being treated at a hospital in London, England after he cut off his penis with a knife at Zizzi’s pizza restaurant on Strand Street in the city of Westminster. “We Read More …
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon to undergo more surgery
Sunday, January 15, 2006 George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon during a press conference in the Cross Hall of the White House on April 14, 2004 Ariel Sharon, 77, is scheduled to undergo a tracheotomy today, which is expected to Read More …