Tag archives for the-southern

18 Jul by admin in Top Stories

Victims of N.B. fire identified

Victims of N.B. fire identified
The RCMP in New Brunswick have identified the victims - all from Nova Scotia - of a summer-home fire that killed three people in the southern part of the province early Saturday.
14 Jul by admin in Top Stories

Taliban kills 3 NATO troops in Kandahar

Taliban kills 3 NATO troops in Kandahar
A car bomb and gunfight at the entrance of a police headquarters kills three NATO troops and five civilians in the southern province of Kandahar.
6 Jul by admin in Top Stories

Kamloops students to pay textbook deposits

Kamloops students to pay textbook deposits
Some students in the southern Interior of B.C. will have have to pay deposits for textbooks as part of a plan to cut back on the hundreds of books that disappear every year.
29 Jun by admin in Top Stories

Tropical storm Alex churns across Gulf

Tropical storm Alex churns across Gulf
Tropical storm Alex is gaining strength and may be upgraded to a hurricane Tuesday as it plows across the southern Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say.
19 Jun by admin in Canada

Alberta residents flee flood

Alberta residents flee flood
Hundreds of Medicine Hat residents are fleeing their homes as waterways in the southern Alberta city swell, threatening to flood low-lying neighbourhoods.
13 Jun by admin in Top Stories

B.C. landslide hits 5 homes

B.C. landslide hits 5 homes
A landslide in the southern B.C. Interior on Sunday afternoon struck five homes, but officials believe no one was hurt.
1 Jun by admin in Top Stories

Japan’s PM resigns

Japan’s PM resigns
Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.
29 May by admin in Top Stories

Malawi gay couple pardoned

Malawi gay couple pardoned
Malawi's president has pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but warned that homosexuality remains illegal in the southern African country.
21 May by admin in Sports

Brazil opens training for World Cup

Brazil opens training for World Cup
Brazil has begun training for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with most of its 23-man squad gathered in the southern city of Curitiba.
22 Apr by admin in Canada

Democrat wants Canada border drug plan

Democrat wants Canada border drug plan
New York Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday said Congress should force the White House to create an anti-drug-smuggling strategy for the northern border, similar to one in place for the southern border.