Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Lloyd Helferty, Thornhill

Sunday, October 7, 2007
Lloyd Helferty is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Thornhill riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign.
Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive ConservativesRead More…

New York City Mass Transit facing service cuts

Friday, December 11, 2009
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing to make service cuts to close its expected US$343 million (€234m, GBP £211m) budget deficit. The plan includes the elimination of multiple bus lines in The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, the elimination of the W (Astoria, Queens to Lower Manhattan) and the Z (Jamaica, Queens to Lower Manhattan viaRead More…

What Is A Green Construction?}

Read An Opinion On: Solenoid Valves For Sale What is a Green Construction? by [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OQbbGi103M[/youtube]Zack VerdeAs people begin to realize the impact we make on the world around us, going green is becoming a phenomenon. So, just what is green construction?There has been an increasing concern with environmental and pollution issues in recent years. ThRead More…

Irish economy sees biggest contraction in decades

Thursday, March 26, 2009
The economy of Ireland shrank by 7.5% in the last quarter of 2008 compared to the same period a year previously, according to official statistics. The decline is the worst in decades. For the entire period of 2008, the economy contracted by 2.3%, the first loss since 1983.
The construction industry has suffered badly as a result of the recession, with a 24% fall in outpuRead More…

13-year-old shot dead by Brazilian police in mock-up of hijacking situation

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
A 13-year-old boy was killed and ten people were injured in an accidental shooting incident in the Brazilian town of Rondonopolis.
The police were staging a mock hijack as a training exercise with real people in a bus as an audience on Saturday. They fired their guns at cardboard cutouts of criminals in the exercise. However, they used live ammunition in their guns, and theRead More…

Reverse Mortgage A Wise Money Making Option For Senior Citizens

Read An Opinion On: Reverse Mortgage For Seniors Brisbane Submitted by: Issac Gates
Whenever you face turbulence in the stock market and your daily living expenses get higher and higher, you seem to get tensed with the thought that your years of retirement might get unpleasant. All future expectations smash and you head on to take pensions for the rest of your life. Recent studies say thaRead More…

Australian refugee contractor accused of breaching its duty of care

Friday, December 30, 2005 Contents 1 Richard Niyonsaba
2 Denial of food
3 Background and Criticisms
4 Sources The Australian Centre for Languages, a company which has a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian government to provide refugee services, has been accused of breaching its duty of care following the death of a chronically ill child and allegations of failing to provide thrRead More…

US lawsuit challenges church as polling place

Thursday, November 30, 2006
At its official launch in Washington DC yesterday, the Appignani Humanist Legal Center (AHLC) announced its filing of a lawsuit in Florida challenging the use of a church as a polling place during the recent U.S. midterm elections. The AHLC is representing Jerry Rabinowitz and the action is against Arthur Anderson in his capacity as supervisor of elections for Palm BeRead More…

US Congresswoman Jackie Speier comments about Obamacare, Paralympics

Saturday, November 9, 2013
With the 2014 Winter Paralympics set for March, Wikinews sought comment from U.S. Representative Jackie Speier, who serves California’s 14th congressional district about the event and how current U.S. policies impact people with disabilities. Elected to the U.S. House in 2008, she serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Armed ServicesRead More…

Borrow Up To $2500 To Stay Afloat During The Economic Crisis

Read An Opinion On: Relationship Lending By Mary S Wise
The economic crisis is affecting everyone – even those who do not have investments to look after. The working poor may be the hardest hit during the economic crisis because lenders who ordinarily would consider loaning money to low income individuals have begun turning away all but the most qualified of borrowers. If you are among thRead More…