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Three generations after friends and supporters first raised the city’s monument to honor George Étienne Cartier, more than a thousand people came out to honor another great Canadian. As the sun was setting over the mountain, women dressed in black with nothing more than a bright orange scarf began walking down the street towards the monument. Others used the bus while some rode in on    .. more …

By Daily Mail Reporter Last Mothers who carry their babies facing forwards are cruel and selfish, according to a leading child health expert. She said the same accusations could be applied to those who take babies out in pushchairs which face away from the parent. Cathrine Fowler, a professor of childand family health nursing, claimed youngsters are frightened if they are carried in a sling    .. more …

By P.A. SévignyAs of last week, more than 2,200 children will be going back to school with new shoes, a new T-shirt and a new backpack full of whatever it takes to make it through the school year.”It’s nice,” said Nicky G. as he walked out of the Salvation Army’s Acorn Street warehouse with his mother and two sisters. “I like the shoes.”And once the children received their    .. more …

By Daily Mail Reporter Last Mothers who carry their babies facing forwards are cruel and selfish, according to a leading child health expert. She said the same accusations could be applied to those who take babies out in pushchairs which face away from the parent. Cathrine Fowler, a professor of childand family health nursing, claimed youngsters are frightened if they are carried in a sling    .. more …

At last the judges and the magistrates are beginning to grasp the gravity of the attack that was launched on England last week by bullying criminal gangs of arsonists, vandals, muggers and thieves. They have glimpsed the threat it posed to every law-abider’s peace. They have understood the enormity of the raids and have taken it as their duty to crush anybody who organised it, participated in it,    .. more …

By Richard Littlejohn Last MPs could be forced to vote on restoring the death penalty if more than 100,000 people sign an online petition. Last night it looked as if that target would be exceeded comfortably. The website set up by the Government to invite the public to suggest policies for debate in Parliament inevitably crashed on its first day under the weight of the sheer volume of traffic.    .. more …

“August is melting away like an ice-cream cone on a 100-degreeday.”My mother dropped that little observation into our phoneconversation the other day after I said how hard I was finding itto believe that we’re already into the second week of August.When I was little, summer seemed to stretch out before me in anendless succession of long, lazy days marked by going to the pool,going to the library,    .. more …

Dave Mabell LETHBRIDGE HERALD This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it It might seem like utter chaos for drivers caught up in a maze of detours each summer, but there’s a definite science behind road repairs in Lethbridge. And thanks to satellites and a state-of-the-art monitoring system, Al Covey says Lethbridge drivers can count on some of    .. more …

By Nichole Livengood AUGUST 1, 2011 1:42 p.m. (0)It’s one of dozens of projects the Greenville Woodworkers Guild members have worked on for the 31 local charities they support.”We’ve done everything from toys to art carts to key fobs for the Children’s Hospital,” said Comstock, the Guild’s president.Last year, Guild members donated more than 12,000 hours to the Upstate community.The 530-member    .. more …

A HARLESTON town councillor is calling for action over an invasion of ducks which foul footpaths and keep residents awake in several areas of the town.Ian Broughton, who lives in Titlow Road, said that on some nights there can be more than 100 ‘feral’ ducks outside his bedroom window. “Some of my other neighbours are moaning about it as well, but nothing seems to get done,” he said.However, this    .. more …