Ghostly anniversary (St. Catharines Standard)
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:25:44 GMT
The weathered building in the city's core houses Pete's Pizza and a 40-year-old mystery. For about 10 days in February 1970, a series of strange occurrences is said to have plagued 237 Church St, Apt.[...]
Toronto architecture veteran wins career honour (CBC Toronto)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:56:53 GMT
Toronto-born architect and teacher George Baird has won a career achievement honour from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Steven Skurka: The Harper government wades into Guantanamo Bay (CTV Toronto)
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:16:53 GMT
The biggest legal story of the week related to a diplomatic request by the Harper government delivered to Washington on Omar Khadr. But there are a few reasons why Canada's diplomatic note may be shuffled into the prosecutors' waste bin. Steven Skurka explains...
Statement by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson Regarding the Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Omar Khadr (Marketwire)
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:41:32 GMT
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 16, 2010) - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, made the following statement today regarding the Government of Canada's response to the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar Ahmed Khadr: "
Statement by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson Regarding the Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Omar Khadr (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:32:00 GMT
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 02/16/10) - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, made the following statement today regarding the Government of Canada's response to the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar Ahmed Khadr: "In its ruling, the Supreme Court recognized the ...
'Pastor' gets 9 more months for sex assault (Montreal Gazette)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:45 GMT
A self-proclaimed pastor already serving a five-year sentence for molesting a 10-year-old girl he claimed to have married had an additional nine months tacked on to his prison term Monday for sexually exploiting a 16-year-old girl several years earlier.
Tories putting Canada on right track: Nicholson (Niagara This Week)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:51:33 GMT
Rob Nicholson believes Wednesdays throne speech and todays budget show Canadians that the Conservative government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper will put Canada back on track, both socially and economically.
All it takes is one bad choice (Cornwall Standard Freeholder)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:18:34 GMT
It wasn't your average gangsta' rap. Forty years ago Rick Osborne was a clean-cut, wet-behind-the-ears teenager who desperately wanted to fit in with the cool gang. Growing up in Niagara Falls, Ont.[...]
Sports Briefs (The Brantford Expositor)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:15:52 GMT
SJC V-BALL TEAM MAKES SEMIS The St. John's College Green Eaglesjunior girls volleyball team made it to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association AAAA semifinals on Friday in Waterloo, before losing to Forest Heights Collegiate.[...]
Crown to seek dangerous offender status for Tait (Niagara Falls Review)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:18:23 GMT
A 48-year-old woman went to her grave never knowing who raped her behind the former Acres building. Niagara police and the courts now know, and the Crown attorney's office plans to have William Tait declared a dangerous offender.[...]