Friday, March 17, 2006 Nelson Boys College was closed today because of an outbreak of gastro-enteritis in its boarding houses. About 40% of the school’s boarding students have been hit with what is thought to be the highly contagious and violent stomach bug, Norovirus. The principal, Salvi Garguilo, says the boys are being well cared… Read More »

Sunday, May 8, 2011 State officials in Queensland, Australia, have begun working on a draft protocol to use security cameras to record conversations in taxis. The new draft proposes to change a current policy which allows for cameras in taxis which do not record sound for privacy reasons, in the hope that audio recordings will… Read More »

Monday, October 19, 2015 Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Raúl’s goal scoring record for Spanish club Real Madrid in a La Liga match against Levante UD on Saturday. Ronaldo netted his 324th goal in his 310th match for Los Blancos on Saturday, breaking the previous record set by Spanish footballer Raúl of 323 goals in… Read More »

Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. “He’s… Read More »

Monday, April 13, 2009 Fiji’s military regime has deported two foreign journalists. 3 News political reporter Sia Aston and her camera operator were detained by police and taken to Government House this afternoon where she was expected to be told to leave the country. All her footage of events in Fiji has been confiscated. ABC… Read More »

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 A former accountant for Oral Roberts University (ORU) has filed a lawsuit against ORU and its Board of Regents claiming he was told by Richard Roberts and his wife Lindsay to “cook the books”, hiding financial wrongdoing from authorities and the public. Trent Huddleston, the accountant, has filed suit against the… Read More »

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada and its training ground, the National Ballet School of Canada, died at age 85 Monday in Ottawa, Ontario. She is reported to have died in an Ottawa Hospital and her cause of death is not known. She went to the hospital last… Read More »

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar marked her 62nd birthday today, still under house arrest, where she has spent most of the past 17 years. About 250 supporters met at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon, not far from… Read More »

Thursday, October 11, 2007 The official results of the 2007 Ontario General Election now show that the Ontario Liberal Party has been re-elected. The Liberal Party lead by Dalton McGuinty will spend the next four years in a majority government. McGuinty is the first Liberal premier to have back-to-back majorities since Mitchell Hepburn, who held… Read More »