Archive for August, 2013

CBC News – The future of an internationally renowned research facility for the study of water pollution and lake ecosystems will be announced by the...

The Globe and Mail – Senator Claude Carignan will become the new Leader of the Government in the Senate, replacing outgoing Senator Marjory LeBreton. Prime...

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USA Today – The use of chemical weapons by Bashar Assad’s regime illustrates the difficulties his forces have had in routing rebels from strongholds near...

CNBC – Apple is poised to start offering an in-store trade-in program, but consumers already have plenty of options to turn their old iPhone into...

Fox News – An old, but recently discovered photo shows two men standing together in what  historians figure must be about 1879, and there’s new...

Spin – In some places, pop music can still be a matter of life and death. One, reports suggest, is North Korea. The secretive communist...

BBC News – Leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohammed al-Beltagi has been arrested, according to Egyptian officials. Mr Beltagi, secretary-general of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice...

Reuters – Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ.O) said on Thursday Nasdaq’s three-hour trading halt last week was due to an internal software bug and other technology issues triggered...

CBC News – Canadians are learning a little more about the drug habits of their politicians, thanks to a spate of recent admissions on past...

BBC News – India’s economy continues to slowdown according to the latest government figures. For the April-to-June quarter, it grew at a rate of 4.4%,...

TWSJ – The fraction of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes has fallen from a recession-era high of about 50%. But the number is...

The New York Times –  With all the saber-rattling surrounding Syria and the spike in oil prices over the last week, gasoline prices rose by...

CBC – Canada’s economy grew by 1.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year, and consumer spending was up almost one per cent...

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The Huffington Post – Air Canada will have to compensate bumped passengers in cash for as much as $800, depending on the length of the...

The Independent – Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has passed a ban on domestic violence and other forms of abuse against women for the first time in...

RT – Any possibility of British involvement in a military campaign in Syria has been effectively ruled out after British lawmakers voted down the prospect...