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Thursday, August 23
Highway of Heroes
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 23 Aug 2007 09:52 PM EDT
Tonight on CTV National News, I’ll be reporting on an initiative to get a section of Highway 401 in Ontairo between Trenton and Toronto renamed the “Highway of Heroes”. A grassroots honour guard has been manning every overpass on this 170–km stretch of highway to honour Canadian soldiers who have fallen ... more »
Hearn sued for failing to protect fish
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 23 Aug 2007 06:57 AM EDT
A trio of environmental groups are suing federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn for failing to take steps to protect the Nooksack Dace, a small freshwater fish that once flourished in streams in British Columbia's Fraser River Valley.
The Nooksack Dace is listed as an endangered species in ... more »
Where have all the bookworms gone?
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 23 Aug 2007 06:31 AM EDT
A new poll done for The Associated Press reports on the bookreading habits of Americans. I fear a poll of Canadians might produce a similarly dismal result:
A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. The ... more » |
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