Friday May 25 | Canada NewsWire
Media Advisory - HMCS Halifax's Run for the Wish Across the Province - June 2nd - 8th 2012
The finale will be in Sydney, NS on Each year a wish child is selected to be honoured who has received a most heartfelt wish.
Virgin Australia B738 near Sydney on Jan 25th 2012, turbulence injures 3 flight attendants
The Australian Transportation Safety Board released their bulletin reporting the captain had briefed the cabin crew about forecast heavy rain and low cloud conditions in Sydney prior to departure from Brisbane.
Seasonal workers to be hardest hit by EI changes
The federal government announced today that changes will be made to the way Employment Insurance is handed out, and the changes are expected to hit seasonal workers the hardest.
Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson suspects Japan behind arrest
Paul Watson, head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, stands on a dock near his vessel the Farley Mowat in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in this April 14, 2008, file photo.
Governance issues at heart of Cape Breton non-profit troubles
Catherine Leviten-Reid is an assistant professor in the Shannon School of Business at Cape Breton University.
CBRM successful bidder for greenfield site
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality is the successful bidder for what's known as the greenfield site on the Sydney waterfront.
USS Mohawk arrives In Lee County
In just a few hours the USS Mohawk will arrive in Fort Myers Beach after a two day journey from Key West.
Sea Shepherd calls on German officials to halt Paul Watson extradition case
Read Wednesday's Vancouver Sun for an extensive collection of grilling tips and recipes, just in time for the long weekend.
Crisis team called in as N.S. school mourns crash victims
The joy of the Mother's Day weekend turned to grief in Cape Breton with the deaths of two high school students, who went joyriding in a stolen vehicle that crashed early Saturday.
Two teens killed in Cape Breton car crash
The Cape Breton Regional Police say two teens in a Dodge Journey were killed when their vehicle struck a pole in Sydney early Saturday morning on Kings Road.
'All I ever wanted to be was a nurse'
"When I was growing up, there was a hospital close to us, and I'd see the nurses with the white starched uniforms and the blue capes," she said.
Judge reserves decision in insurance fraud case
Defence lawyers for three Sydney men urged a provincial court judge Thursday to impose conditional discharges on their clients who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an insurance fraud.
Opinions - Editorial: Saying one thing, doing another
However, the timing of some of the cuts seems to ignore the impending needs of a new generation of citizen-soldiers. Cuts to the budget of Veterans Affairs Canada affect one-to-one care that veterans are receiving.
Qantas B744 over Australia on May 3rd 2012, failure of cabin lighting
A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJI performing flight QF-5 from Sydney,NS to Singapore , was enroute at FL340 about 90 minutes into the flight about 450nm north of Adelaide,SA when all cabin lighting failed prompting the crew to return to Sydney for a safe routine landing on runway 16R about 3 hours after departure.
Jetstar A332 near Nadi on May 4th 2012, engine oil leak
A Jetstar Airbus A330-200, registration VH-EBE performing flight JQ-4 from Honolulu,HI to Sydney,NS , was enroute near Nadi when the crew decided to divert to Nadi due to an engine oil leak.
Charley Pride says Canadian promoters were less discriminatory than in U.S.
Country music legend Charley Pride poses in Toronto on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. When Pride was first starting out in the 1960s, he recalls many promoters were hesitant to book a black country artist for fear of hostility from predominantly white audiences.
Maritime homeland security training Tuesday on the Thames
New London Coast Guard boat and helicopter crews will be out Tuesday afternoon near the mouth of the Thames River as part of a joint training exercise with Navy and Canadian forces.
Music Monday unites students across Canada in song
Students in schools stretching across the country - from Walnut Park Elementary in Smithers, B.C., to Whitbourne Elementary in Colinet, N.L. - sang to the same tune on Monday.
Steel plant built diverse neighbourhood of Whitney Pier
St. George's Ukrainian parishioners posed for this formal photo during the early years of the Second World War, only a few years after the former "Russian Orthodox" church was reopened.
REX SF34 near Sydney on Nov 25th 2011, smartphone battery runaway
The Australian Transportation Safety Board released their final report concluding the probable causes of the incident were: - During repair work at an unauthorised maintenance facility, a screw was misplaced in the mobile telephone battery bay.