The last time George W. Bush came here, on Jan. 17, 2001, an estimated 10,000 people clogged the downtown to cheer a hometown hero who was about to be inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States. The streets were bedecked with American flags, and Mr. Bush’s sunny optimism filled the air as he [...]
President Bush has encountered bitter Arab criticism over his peacemaking efforts during the final stop of his trip to the Middle East.
Bush is in Egypt where he’s been meeting with leaders from a handful of Arab nations.
Egypt’s President Honsi Mubarak has bluntly questioned whether Bush is serious about peacemaking. Bush says he’s “absolutely committed” to [...]
Through BarFly’s colourful history we’ve detailed the importance
of having a bar you can call your own; in short, a local. A joint
you can stumble to and stumble from without so much as a short-trip
Metcard to bother your back pocket, a satellite living room you can
conduct your social business from within, somewhere the idea of
saying, “The [...]
Through BarFly’s colourful history we’ve detailed the importance
of having a bar you can call your own; in short, a local. A joint
you can stumble to and stumble from without so much as a short-trip
Metcard to bother your back pocket, a satellite living room you can
conduct your social business from within, somewhere the idea of
saying, “The [...]
MADISON, Wis. - Some of Wisconsin’s worst sex offenders
living in a state-run treatment facility wrongly received college
financial aid last year, its director said Monday.
At least one offender living in Sand Ridge Secure Treatment
Center was scamming the system by receiving aid and pocketing the
money after dropping classes, director Steve Watters said. A
handful of others took classes [...]
OF ALL the world’s problems, which is most urgent: the
slow warming of the atmosphere coupled with the unhappy prospect of
longer droughts, devastating cyclones and rising oceans?
Or what US President George Bush this week called “the defining
ideological struggle of the 21st century”, fighting terrorism and
violent Islamist extremism?
Perhaps the most pressing challenge facing the planet is
finishing the [...]
OF ALL the world’s problems, which is most urgent: the
slow warming of the atmosphere coupled with the unhappy prospect of
longer droughts, devastating cyclones and rising oceans?
Or what US President George Bush this week called “the defining
ideological struggle of the 21st century”, fighting terrorism and
violent Islamist extremism?
Perhaps the most pressing challenge facing the planet is
finishing the [...]
India is a technology market like no other. Kiwi companies who rush in and try to go it alone are setting themselves up for disaster.
Because things work differently in India.
Products that sell well in Western countries can crash and burn in a country where labour is cheap, growth rates are booming, and the biggest companies [...]
Debt collectors are chasing parents for unpaid voluntary school donations, alarming Education Minister Chris Carter who says the move is illegal.
Baycorp says it has contacted parents from a handful of state schools to recoup the donations, and community law advisory group YouthLaw says it has received calls from parents who have chosen not to pay [...]
McDonald, 49, worked in a handful of countries including Italy, the United States and Mexico, as well as more than a dozen Toronto restaurants during his career but Avalons perfectionist cuisine made it a tough act to follow.
So when he opened a casual tapas-style restaurant called Cava, after the Catalonian sparking wine, critics were pleasantly [...]
