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Interview with John Sanderson, Regional Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada

18 February, 2021

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Friday, November 3, 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. The candidates for this region are John Sanderson, Susan DiMarco (this wards incumbent), Tibor Bankuti, Theo Goary and Sukhwant Thethi. […]

Bangladesh security tightened following Pilkhana massacre and Bashundhara City fire

18 February, 2021

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Friday, March 20, 2009 Following the Pilkhana massacre which occurred February 25 and 26 leaving 74 dead and the inferno at the Bashundhara City shopping mall complex March 13 leaving seven dead, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said security measures are being tightened countrywide across Bangladesh. Fire drills will be enacted at all key-point installations (KPI). […]

Football’s Rooney returns to Everton

18 February, 2021

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Sunday, July 9, 2017 Manchester United’s top scorer Wayne Rooney signed a two-year contract with his boyhood club Everton, the Merseyside based football club announced today. Rooney joined Everton when he was nine years old, and made his professional debut in 2002 when he was sixteen years old. He scored seventeen goals with Everton in […]

Federal and NSW governments withdraw Snowy Hydro shares

18 February, 2021

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Friday, June 2, 2006 The Australian federal and New South Wales governments will not be selling their shares in Snowy Hydro Limited (the owner and operator of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme). Snowy Hydro Limited’s major shareholder is the NSW government with a 58 percent shareholding. The Victorian government owns 29 percent and the federal […]

‘Critical safety issue’ with A380 engines

18 February, 2021

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Friday, December 3, 2010 Australian transport investigators have announced they have identified a “critical safety issue” with engines fitted to the world’s largest passenger airliner. Some Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, which power some Airbus A380 “superjumbos”, may be prone to “fatigue cracking”, which could lead to oil leakage and a fire. The Australian Transport Safety […]

2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

18 February, 2021

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Saturday, July 19, 2008 This year’s Leisure Taiwan trade show (a.k.a Taiwan Sport Recreation and Leisure Show) started yesterday, with 131 companies participating including sports media companies such as ESPN and VideoLand Television, businesses selling sports equipment and fitness clubs. There were also a variety of sports being played in the arena built for the […]

Wedding next year for Sweden’s crown princess

18 February, 2021

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Friday, February 27, 2009 On February 24th the Swedish Royal Court announced that the Crown Princess Victoria is to be married in 2010 to her boyfriend and former fitness trainer Daniel Westling. KP Victoria, 31, and Daniel, 35, have been in a relationship for seven years. As the wedding is to be held in the […]

2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

18 February, 2021

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Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

18 February, 2021

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the […]

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

18 February, 2021

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