Alberta Family Killed In Car Crash While Volunteering In Africa
EDMONTON — An Edmonton-area family has been killed in a car crash in southern Africa. An unnamed friend told CTV Edmonton that Melissa and Brendan Perrott and their two children, Evelyn and Colton, died Sunday near Bulembu, Swaziland. A local newspaper says five others also died in the crash. The friend says the Perrotts, from…
Without Proper Translators, Some Canadians Can't Get The Health Care They Need
VANCOUVER — Waking up with worsening pain had Surjit Garcha worried, but the red blisters on her stomach were so alarming that she went to her neighbour’s home to try and explain, in her limited English, that she needed help. Garcha, who lives alone, doesn’t have the English skills to call her doctor’s office and felt…
Compliments Brand Vegetable Products Recalled By Sobeys For Listeria Contamination
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency say Sobeys Inc. is recalling Compliments brand fresh cut vegetable products due to possible Listeria contamination. Click Here: Cheap FIJI Rugby Jersey The products, which include Sweet Kale Blend, Vegetable Platter with a Ranch Dip, Broccolini, Cauliettes – Chopped Cauliflower, Power Green Blend and Green Beans, all have best…
Half Of Canadians Are Worried About Chinese Cyberattacks: Poll
Click:98AMS172333002 OTTAWA — Only 29 per cent of Canadians view China favourably and more than half worry about possible Chinese cyberattacks, according to a poll released on Monday at a time when the two nations remain locked in a diplomatic dispute. The University of British Columbia survey also found half of Canadians did not want…
Koi Pond At Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Drained After Otter Attack
VANCOUVER — The koi pond at Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden has been drained and the remaining carp removed after a hungry river otter returned for a second annual fall hunting trip. Vancouver parks director Howard Normann said Monday the appearance of a river otter at the garden last week prompted immediate action…
Philip Start opens new boutique
East-end fashionistas will be happy with the announcement that Philip Start is opening two more stores in trendy Shoreditch later this month. The former Woodhouse founder is opening a new womenswear store on Rivington Street, opposite his current store, which will stock only menswear. The new womenswear store will sell La Petite Salope, Cacharel, Roberto…
LaCrosse Footwear Q1 results
US provider of branded footwear, LaCrosse Footwear Inc, reported consolidated net sales of $18.9 million (GBP 9.9 million) for the first quarter, compared with $23.7 million in the third quarter of 2004. Consolidated net income amounted to $0.3 million, compared with $1.1 million the year before. The company’s overall gross margin continued to improve. It…
Bargain-hunters Flock To Sales
Click:Scalp treatment The number of bargain-hunters visiting the sales is up on last year, according to figures published by analysts. FootFall said the number of people in key shopping centres across the country over the final days of 2004 was 2.1 per cent above the equivalent days in 2003. The figures record only how many…
M&S Criticised For New Collection
Marks & Spencer’s new spring/summer collection – the first ranges over which new chief executive Stuart rose has had control – were severely criticised yesterday by on of the City’s leading analysts, according to The Telegraph. In a report to clients, Tony Shiret of Credit Suisse First Boston attacked the company’s “quite shoddy” women’s t-shirts…
Modeling Drew
The latest Hollywood star to join the ranks of models with lucrative contracts with cosmetic’s giants is Drew Barrymore. The star and producer of the Charlie’s Angels films has been persuaded by her good friend, make-up artist Gucci Westman, to be one of the faces of Lancome’s spring 2005 line, French Riviera. The campaign sees…