Thursday, December 27, 2007 Heavy rains in Indonesia yesterday triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the nation. It has emerged that last night a bridge was swept away by the swollen river it stretched across, leaving around 40 to 50 people missing in Madiun, East Java. Meanwhile, the total toll of those known or feared to be dead has reached 130. According to local police chief Supardi in a telephone conversation with Xinhua the flood waters weakened a foundation, resulting in the collapse. At least twenty motorcyclists, car drivers and…
Interview with Bill Bousfield, Regional Council candidate for Wards 1 & 5 in Brampton, Canada
Monday, October 30, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Bill Bousfield, asking them to answer common questions sent in an email. This ward’s incumbent is Elaine Moore; also challenging Moore is Janet Hamilton and Tejinder Lamba. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Interview_with_Bill_Bousfield,_Regional_Council_candidate_for_Wards_1_%26_5_in_Brampton,_Canada&oldid=438255”
California releases search warrant for Wells Fargo bank on identity theft
Saturday, October 22, 2016 The California Department of Justice on Wednesday released the warrant and affidavit of a criminal investigation of the Wells Fargo bank. The State of California served the warrant on October 5 to search the San Francisco headquarters of Wells Fargo for felonious activities related to identity theft. The warrant said property to be seized at the bank’s San Francisco headquarters was related to the unauthorized creation of accounts by Wells Fargo employees including the names of individuals for the accounts; account information and fees; the names…
Car Loans For Teens Why You Need A Cosigner
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Income Protection Tax Deductible Car Loans For Teens – Why You Need a Cosigner by Jennifer Quilter Arguably one of the hardest times to get auto financing is when you don’t have any credit history at all, which is the case for most young people. When you’re looking at car loans for needs you will need a cosigner. This can be a difficult thing, but can be a great thing to do to make these situations easier for the young person in the…
Canadian mouse study shows hormone associated with pregnancy may reverse MS
Friday, February 23, 2007 Researchers with the University of Calgary in Canada have found that prolactin, a hormone produced during pregnancy, may reverse the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study, led by Drs. Samuel Weiss and V. Wee Yong of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, compared virgin and pregnant mice with MS-like lesions introduced by lysolecithin, a chemical which destroys the myelin sheaths around neurons. They found the pregnant mice developed smaller lesions and fewer damaged neurons, and…
FDA recalls “Mama’s” brand smoked salmon
Sunday, April 10, 2005 A nationwide alert for consumers to avoid the ‘Mama’s Smoked Nova Salmon’ product in 8-oz. bags was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when the threat of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes was discovered. Listeria is a bacteria organism which can be serious and sometimes cause fatal infections, particularly in the young, frail or the elderly. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such a high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Symptoms vary with the ability of the patient’s immune…
Your Truck, Business And You Need Truck Insurance
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Forklifts Sydney Submitted by: Patricia Gabbett Even bicycles need to be insured, what more for big vehicles like trucks? Trucks are normally used for commercial purposes like delivering of goods in short or long distance and in small or large fleets. If you are an owner-operator of trucks, you know already the process of getting truck insurance. But take a second thought; the company where you are getting your insurance may not be the best auto insurance company out there. First, consider a…
Two nuclear submarines collide in the Atlantic Ocean
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 The Nuclear ballistic missile submarines Triomphant, from France, and HMS Vanguard, of the British Royal Navy, collided deep under the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night between February 3 and 4, despite both vessels being equipped with sonar. The collision caused damage to both vessels but it did not release any radioactive material, a Ministry of Defence (MOD) official confirmed Monday. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said nuclear security had not been breached. “It is MOD policy not to comment on…
Italian President ends visit to Ghana
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy has completed a three day visit to Ghana. During his visit, he met President John Kufuor at the Osu Castle. They highlighted the bonds between Ghana and Italy and past cooperation such as the building of the Akosombo Hydroelectric Dam and AGIP’s involvement in Ghana’s petroleum business. Napolitano also visited the Parliament of Ghana, where he paid a courtesy call on the Speaker, Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes. Napolitano said the European Union had a role to play in the integration of…
Student faces expulsion over blog post
Sunday, May 28, 2006 A 17-year-old student faces expulsion by the Plainfield School District in Plainfield, Illinois as a result of blog posts he made on xanga.com which were critical of the school staff, alleging bullying and intimidation. The student has already been suspended for 10 days for the “inappropriate comments” and “threats” the school felt he had expressed on his blog. The posts were not made on school time or with school equipment. On May 1, the student posted the following message that apparently initiated the suspension: “dear plainfield…