My View by Joan Wilson
Our town centre sparkles like a diamond Set in a velvet blue sea Tourists and locals all mingle together Under an umbrella of the sun shining free. Our streets are swept each morning By a caring hardworking crew Keeping our…
Dishin’ with Dody: June Astrocat and Sweet Potato Fries
At the top of the list, “gifts I regret buying my husband”, is a laser pointer. Mike keeps it in his truck or pocket and plays with it at the most peculiar times. We can be walking down the shopping…
Maples and Calder Recruited Record Number of Summer Students
Maples and Calder welcomed nineteen summer student interns in June, marking a record number for the firm, which invites applications each year from young adults who are in the last years of their secondary education or beginning their tertiary education….
As water recedes, cleanup begins across Northeast USA
WALLINGTON, N.J. (AP) — Weary residents across the Northeast of America pulled soggy furniture and ruined possessions onto their front lawns as they cleaned up and surveyed the damage wrought by Hurricane Irene. The mess of destroyed furniture on Paul…
Gibson to pay ex-girlfriend $750,000 in settlement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Gibson will pay $750,000 to his ex-girlfriend and continue to provide housing and financial support for their young daughter to resolve a bitter legal fight that followed sexist, racist rants attributed to the actor. The…
What is the best tablet?
The tablets I am talking about here are not the medicinal ones. I am talking about technology’s newest best-selling ‘gadget’ – the tablet computer and read iPad. Apple sold 15 million of them in 2010 and many experts predict that…
No cash for Minn. boy who made ‘miracle’ shot
MINNEAPOLS (AP) — It was an amazing hockey shot, with the puck sliding into a tiny hole from center ice for a $50,000 prize. But a penalty was called on the Minnesota boy who made the shot during a charity…
Anne – Part 37
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson “he must go away and live his life” Rast’s spirits rose, and he began to laugh, and to drag his companion along at a rapid pace. They reached the edge…
Libyan rebels catch Gadhafi foreign minister
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Rebels hunting the top officials in Moammar’s Gadhafi’s ousted regime have captured his foreign minister and are closing in on Gadhafi himself, rebel officials said Thursday. The announcement, made on the 42nd anniversary of the coup…
