Free trade Canada – Europe – Secret agreement in the works?
DOUG SAUNDERS From Thursday’s Globe and Mail September 18, 2008 at 2:00 AM EDT LONDON — Canadian and European officials say they plan to begin negotiating a massive agreement to integrate Canada’s economy with the 27 nations of the European Union, with...LHC ready for trial collisions
Let’s smash some atoms! The Large Hadron Collider is back on track for trial collisions this week, after a glitch with the cooling system, Times Online reports. Once the two beams had been inserted into the LHC ring last Wednesday, the next task was to “capture” them...Minister forced to apologize for ‘tasteless’ listeria jokes – Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz
TONDA MACCHARLES OTTAWA BUREAU SAGUENAY, QUE.–Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was forced to apologize yesterday for “tasteless and completely inappropriate” jokes on an Aug. 30 government conference call during the listeriosis crisis. “This...Tainted Chinese milk products in Toronto stores
Yogurt products from two Chinese companies suspected of distributing melamine-tainted milk powder are still being sold in Chinese supermarkets in and around Toronto. Yogurt products from Mengniu and Yili were discovered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a...Melamine
Melamine is an organic base with the chemical formulaC3H6N6, with the IUPAC name1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine. It is only slightly soluble in water.Melamine is a trimer ofcyanamide. Like cyanamide, it is 66% nitrogen (by mass) and provides fire retardantproperties to...China formula scare spreads to ice-cream, yogurt
BEIJING (Reuters) – Hong Kong has ordered the recall of a Chinese company’s products after milk, ice cream and yogurt were found to be contaminated with melamine, the compound responsible for killing four children in a China health scandal. Tainted milk...Tech will suffer from financial meltdown
Sometimes you have to look around outside of your own personal sector and reflect on the world at large. If you haven’t noticed, our financial infrastructure is tumbling down around our ears. The U.S. agreed yesterday to bail out AIG at the cost of $85 billion. Just...The Best Sushi in the GTA – Ajax, Ontario in Durham
I do not normally comment on food, however today I will make an exception. I just had some of the best sushi I have EVER tasted. If you are a fan of sushi / Japanese food you will not be disappointed. It is located at 50 Kingston Road East in Ajax (beside...The Jack Layton Show hits the airwaves on CFRB
Jeremy Nusinowitz The Jack Layton Show will go to air across the Astral Media Radio Newstalk Network on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. At the start of the federal election campaign, Newstalk 1010 CFRB extended an invitation to each major...
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said she’s “speechless” about the continued delayed of the Eglinton Crosstown, saying she’s no more knowledgeable on the project than residents and business owners who’ve been waiting years for it to wrap up.
“I don’t know what to say anymore, it’s leaving me speechless,” said Chow.
