The caretaker assault of a 92 year old patient in a care home has many seeing red and expressing outrage, and some say that the three people responsible should face very severe punishment. The family of 92 year old Ulrich Wissner started to see personality changes in the man in the fall of 2013. The…
M.P. Bezan highlights significant federal support for nine fishing harbours March 18, 2015 – Gimli, Manitoba James Bezan, Member of Parliament for Selkirk–Interlake, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that approximately $7.5 million will be invested across the province to improve safety and working conditions for fishermen…
March 17, 2015 – Saint John, New Brunswick An important step forward for users of Port Saint John and the Bay of Fundy was marked on Saturday, March 14, with the deployment of the SmartATLANTIC Saint John Inshore Weather Buoy, a technology that provides the marine transportation community, commercial fishers, recreational boaters, meteorologists, researchers and scientists with…
Atlantic Canadian seafood companies hook into world markets via Boston seafood show It’s a late-winter ritual Atlantic Canadian fish and seafood companies have been undertaking for years –and this year is no exception. A delegation from Atlantic Canada is heading down to Boston, Massachusetts to meet, network and do business with international seafood buyers during…
Recent social media posts about terror threats by Al-Shabaab that involve the West Edmonton Mall have some claiming that this is just terrorist propaganda designed to push C-51 by those behind the new proposal. According to a conservative post on social media, which ha a link to a petition in support of Bill C-51, “Jihadi…
Terror threats made against the West Edmonton Mall caused some teams to withdraw from the Alberta Cheerleading Association Cheerleading Championships, with the number of teams that did not participate at around a dozen. Most of the teams who earned a spot at the championships refused to put down the pompoms and give in to the…