A Letter from the Penticton Herald

Mon 05 Mar 2007 Penticton Herald Children exposed to 2,4-D by inhalation Dear Editor, Re: “Don’t use broadsword when scalpel will do” (PentictonHerald, March 1).I do agree the sale and use of the popular but incompatible weed and feedmixtures should be discontinued, as the weed component, ineffective against”future” weeds, should at best be spot-applied to […]

Afghanistan War Is About Attrition

AFGHAN WAR IS DUBBED THE “WAR OF ATTRITION” Harper “sacrifices” another young soldier. A young soldier honoured by Peter Mackay just weeks ago, is now lying dead in a military mortuary after being “accidently” shot through the chest while hanging around in his tent. Cpl. Kevin Megeney, a 25-year-old reservist from Stellarton, N.S., died yesterday […]

Revenue Canada Computers Suffer From Database Glitch

CANADA REVENUE AGENCY SUFFERS ELCTRONIC SETBACK The computer systems that allow for Canadians to file their taxes electronically have been shutdown indefinetely after suffering a serious crash. Information served up to CRA from the system appeared to be garbled and full of data irregularities. The CRA commissioner stated to the media that they have no […]

Chinese Government Blasts USA Human Rights Record

Full text of Human Rights Record of the US in 2005 As reported by Peoples’ Online Daily(Chinese National News) This is definitely worth the reading. Following is the full text of the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2005, released by the Information office of China’s State Council Thursday.The Human Rights Record of […]

Child Poverty Is On The Rise In Ontario

ONTARIO GOVERNMENT IS FAILING OUR MOST VULNERABLE PERSONS: CHILDREN The economy in Ontario is booming, but yet thousands of children remain in destitute conditions in the province of plenty. A study by the “Ontario Campaign 2000” found one in six children in the province live in poverty and that the poverty rate reached 17.4% in […]