World news - Entries from May 2008

Saturday, May 31. 2008

Tapped out?
Globe and Mail, Canada -May 31, 2008
None of this detracts from the entertainment value of the vignettes of droughts, floods, fires and a warming Arctic, which take up the first half of the ...

Posted by Arctic News in Arctic News at 05:07

Top court beckons, who will be called? - Toronto Star

Saturday, May 31. 2008

Top court beckons, who will be called?
Toronto Star, Canada -May 31, 2008
... appointee since joining Canada in 1949. The top-of-mind names in Newfoundland are the chief justice of Newfoundland's Supreme Court trial division, ...

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Posted by Newfoundland News in Newfoundland and Labrador News at 04:33

Red Wings make the most of extended break - Globe and Mail

Saturday, May 31. 2008

Vancouver Sun

Red Wings make the most of extended break
Globe and Mail, Canada -4 hours ago
the native of Newfoundland asked incredulously. As for Draper, he credited his partner for the victory. "Ozzie, once again, elevated his game. ...
MITCH ALBOMDetroit Free Press
Stanley Cup hopes of a province ride on Daniel Cleary's shouldersThe Canadian Press
Hopes of a province rest on Cleary's shouldersNational Post
Sportsnet.ca - St. John's Telegram
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Posted by Newfoundland News in Newfoundland and Labrador News at 04:28

Oil prices soar, and so does my heart - Ottawa Citizen

Saturday, May 31. 2008

Oil prices soar, and so does my heart
Ottawa Citizen, Canada -May 31, 2008
There are further indications of undersea reserves on that scale from Arctic to Antarctic in all the seven seas. Iraq has been (thanks to the US invasion) ...
A free oil market would lower pricesCalgary Herald
Why oil prices keep risingManila Times
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Posted by Arctic News in Arctic News at 04:12

THREE STATS YOU JUST CAN'T BE WITHOUT ON A SATURDAY: THE WEEK IN ... - Globe and Mail

Saturday, May 31. 2008

THREE STATS YOU JUST CAN'T BE WITHOUT ON A SATURDAY: THE WEEK IN ...
Globe and Mail, Canada -May 31, 2008
... in Newfoundland and Labrador is rapidly catching up to Ontario, which traditionally has the second-highest standard of living among Canada's provinces ...
• This would be a smart callHamilton Spectator
Payments going askewGlobe and Mail
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Posted by Newfoundland News in Newfoundland and Labrador News at 03:52

Industrial Leaders Helps US and Canada-Based Companies Develop ... - PR.com (press release)

Saturday, May 31. 2008

Industrial Leaders Helps US and Canada-Based Companies Develop ...
PR.com (press release), NY -7 hours ago
The American Industrial Marketplace, IndustrialLeaders.com has launched a new program to connect US and Canada buyers and suppliers of industrial and ...

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Posted by Newfoundland News in Newfoundland and Labrador News at 03:13

Premiers vow to help bring boom to the Arctic - Globe and Mail

Friday, May 30. 2008

Times Colonist

Premiers vow to help bring boom to the Arctic
Globe and Mail, Canada -7 hours ago
Canada's western premiers threw their considerable weight behind the northern territories Friday, pledging to lobby Ottawa for better infrastructure in ...
Premiers, polar bears and passagesCalgary Herald
Western Premiers' Conference Communique: Rural and Remote CommunitiesMarket Wire (press release)
Nunavut fears US stance on polar bearsTimes Colonist
Globe and Mail - Calgary Herald
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Posted by Arctic News in Arctic News at 21:42

How global warming is good news for Greenland's economic climate - Scotsman

Friday, May 30. 2008

How global warming is good news for Greenland's economic climate
Scotsman, United Kingdom -May 30, 2008
But for the 56000 people who live on the giant Arctic island, climate change is now being seen as an opportunity rather than a threat: a passport to ...

Posted by Arctic News in Arctic News at 19:05

St. John's pathologist withdraws resignation - CBC.ca

Friday, May 30. 2008

St. John's pathologist withdraws resignation
CBC.ca, Canada -May 30, 2008
It moves Newfoundland and Labrador from having one of the lowest packages for pathologists in Canada to one of the highest.

Posted by Newfoundland News in Newfoundland and Labrador News at 16:13

Five nations agree to allow United Nations to settle Arctic claims - Petroleum News

Friday, May 30. 2008

Peninsula On-line

Five nations agree to allow United Nations to settle Arctic claims
Petroleum News -3 hours ago
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