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Written by NS Liberal Party
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
NS Liberal Leader Francis MacKenzie is concerned that a federal Conservative government will jeopardize a plan to base a rapid deployment unit in Shearwater.
Last September Rear Admiral Dan McNeil told the Halifax Chamber of Commerce that a special contingency force will be staged at a revitalized Shearwater airbase. The force which will be based on a naval task group will be amphibious in nature and have the ability to send 800 troops anywhere in the world on only 10 days notice.
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Written by Staff
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Sunday, 15 January 2006 |
Contrary to earlier reports that one Canadian soldier died of injuries sustained in a suicide bomb attack in Kandahar, it has now been confirmed that three Canadian soldiers were injured in the blast and a Canadian diplomat was killed.
Dead is 59 year-old Glyn Berry, a senior Foreign Affairs diplomat who had been serving in the Kandahar region as the political director of the 250-member provincial reconstruction team in Kandahar, according to CTV news.
Two of the injured Canadian soldiers are reported to be in critical condition with injuries that are considered to be life threatening.
The injured soldiers have been identified as:
-Pte. William Edward Salikin of 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
-Cpl. Jeffrey Bailey of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment
-Master Cpl. Paul Franklin of 1 Field Ambulance. |
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Written by Staff
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Sunday, 15 January 2006 |
Prime Minister Paul Martin has confirmed reports that one Canadian soldier has been killed and three others injured after a suicide bomber struck their military convoy in the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. Martin offered his condolences to the soldier's families whose names will not be released until proper notification.
Several Afghan civilians were killed in the blast while more were injured according to early reports coming out of the area.
Witnesses described the blast which shattered windows in buildings close by, as being so powerful that it blew the Canadian armored vehicle completely off the road in an area just inside city limits.
The three injured Canadian soldiers were transported via air to a U.S. air base.
Violence has been steadily increasing inside the Afghanistan borders especially in the Kandahar area in which the Canadian contingeny is based. Troop levels remain at a steady 650 at this time but Canada is expected to add to those numbers by at least 2,000 in February. |
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Written by Frank Streicher
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Sunday, 15 January 2006 |
 After living in Nova Scotia for a few years, a couple of things quickly become apparent. For one, pedestrians and drivers have developed a strange east-coast form of ESP, which allows the latter to know exactly when the former decides to dart out onto a street. Both sides acknowledge each other with a friendly wave, oblivious to their almost mystical union. Casualties only occur if an unfortunate pedestrians tries this stunt with a tourist. Faster then you can say “Agricola is not a soft drink” , the poor Bluenoser finds himself squeezing a Loonie into Phlegyas’ outstretched hand before crossing the Styx to have a Keith’s with Howe and the boys . |
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Written by NDP
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Saturday, 14 January 2006 |
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NDP Leader Jack Layton launched an aggressive attack on the Conservative platform, and asked people who have voted Liberal in the past to vote NDP to get real results for working women and working men. Layton was speaking to a large rally in Toronto. |
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Written by D.L. McCracken
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Saturday, 14 January 2006 |
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Sometime later in 2006 the 52nd meeting of the Bilderberg Group will begin and continue over a period of four days in a five-star hotel resort. In attendance will be no more than 100 of some of the west's chief political movers, business leaders, bankers, industrialists, strategic thinkers and even a trusted journalist or two. All participants will be absolutely forbidden from disclosing what they discussed during the four days although the invited journalists are provided with a vague press release for the curious. |
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Written by Staff
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday drastically increased its official tally of people displaced from their homes because of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina and explained the erroneous numbers as "reporting errors".
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Written by NDP
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
The NDP has written to Elections Canada requesting an investigation into allegations that the Liberal candidate in Abbotsford, B.C., offered the NDP candidate in that riding a bribe in exchange for dropping out of the race, NDP Federal Secretary Éric Hébert said today.
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Written by Wire Services
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
The union representing most of the unionized workers in local child welfare agencies across the province has some serious questions and a number of concerns, following an announced overhaul by the Community Services Minister.
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Written by Wire Services
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
The Canadian Peace Alliance and the War Resisters Support Campaign joined together today to urge Canadian voters to reject the pro-war agenda being promoted by Stephen Harper in the current federal election.
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