UPDATE 1-INTERVIEW-WestJet CEO says bookings drop amid crisis
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
* No plans to revise capacity additions for '08 or '09
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Late Sprint Gives Revord Win
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
In his season-opening meet, Jesuit senior Connor Revord captured Saturday morning's Mountain Dew Cross Country Invitational in Gainesville.
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Air Canada cabin crew union loses severance bid
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants said on Tuesday it lost a bid to win severance for members who will be laid off in an upcoming round of cuts after the airline indicated layoffs would be temporary.
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Newly Mastered Hanoi Hilton DVD Starring Michael Moriarty: Includes a Conversation with John McCain
The Conservative Voice Columns (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
by Jim Kouri - My good friend Michael Moriarty is quite proud of this film, although the Hollywood establishment has attempted to ignore it.
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Gallup on Swing Voters
The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
John McCain and Barack Obama face different challenges when it comes to winning swing voters – a fickle, and, as the election nears, shrinking group of Americans. Jeffrey Jones, one of the Gallup editors, wrote last week that the number of swing voters is declining – an expected pattern now that both parties have finished their presidential nominating conventions. The percentage of voters who are...
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Canada offers to compensate nuclear test veterans
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Source: Reuters By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Canada said on Tuesday it would spend up to C$24 million ($22.4 million) compensating veterans forced to be exposed to Cold War-era nuclear ...
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Wildfires prompt northern Saskatchewan evacuations
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Source: Reuters CALGARY, Alberta, July 2 (Reuters) - About 2,000 people in northern Saskatchewan were evacuated from their homes as dozens of wildfires threatened small communities in the Western Canadian province, ...
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Oil Sands Industry Faces Struggle Reaching Greens
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
By Jeffrey Jones Oil sands producers in Canada have a rough road ahead persuading environmentalists and an increasingly concerned public that they are serious about protecting the environment while investing billions of dollars in new projects.
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- Oil sands industry faces rough going in reaching out to green groups - International Herald Tribune
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The American Revolution on film
Freespace (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
As a lover of American revolutionary history, I’ve seen a lot of historical dramatizations of the American Revolution. Herewith a brief guide. If there are any I’ve overlooked, and may not have seen, please let me know.
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Michigan Court: OK for Police Drug Dogs to Sniff Around Your Home
DBKP (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The Michigan Court of Appeals, last week in a 2-1 decision, ruled that's it's okay for Michigan police to bring drug dogs onto a person's property--even up to the house on a porch--and "sniff around" to try and get enough evidence to obtain a warrant. The Founding Fathers fought a revolution over less.
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Jimmy Wales meets Kevin Bacon
Wikinomics.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
A researcher at Trinity College in Dublin has written a program that determines the minimum number of links between Wikipedia articles. This is similar to the Kevin Bacon game, where players try to link actors to Mr. Bacon in either as few moves or in the most creative way. For example, Jeffrey Jones was in [...]
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Canadian police find five dead in home, baby alive
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Two small children and three adults were found dead in a suburban Calgary, Alberta, house Wednesday, and homicide investigators were on the way to the scene, police said.
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EnCana to split in two with oil at record highs
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - EnCana Corp , Canada's biggest energy company, said on Sunday it plans to split into two separate oil and natural gas firms in an effort to wring out more value with crude prices at record highs.
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EnCana to split into separate oil, gas companies
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - EnCana Corp , Canada's biggest energy company, said on Sunday it plans to split itself into separate oil and natural gas companies in efforts to lift its value with crude prices at record highs.
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Ravenous
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Underappreciated Gem Eat or Die Ravenous / Ranylt Richildis...
