Thursday, May 28, 2009 Police forensic investigators in Canada continue the search for the body of eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, whom they now believe was murdered on the same day she was abducted, April 8, 2009 from her Woodstock, Ontario school. Counselors have been providing support to students at Oliver Stephens Public School. There have been…
Security Prison Equipment
Read More About: Timberline Vanity Adp Vanity By Patricia Holland Basic prison equipment includes security fixtures that are designed to prevent weapons manufacture, suicide, and inmate vandalism. Units are intended to be easy to service and clean, but at the same time, almost impossible for inmates to tamper with or damage. Architects can choose from…
UN sponsored ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon begins
Monday, August 14, 2006 At 5:00 a.m. GMT, a UN sponsored ceasefire between the IDF and Hezbollah took effect. Outside of isolated small arms fire, both sides seem to be abiding by it. Although fighting took place until just minutes before the ceasefire, no air strikes or rocket attacks have been reported since. Israel has…
Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie
Friday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia — On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a silver and bronze Paralympic medalist in wheelchair basketball, retired from the game after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Wikinews caught up with her…
Recycling Plastic Bottles To Build Eco Friendly Schools}
Read More About: Melbourne Music Academy Melbourne Music School Recycling plastic bottles to build eco-friendly schools by Chris Barry In October 2010, San Diego nonprofit Hug it Forward completed the construction of their fourth green school – or “bottle school” – in a rural Guatemalan village near Central America’s tallest volcano. Prior to Hug It…
News briefs:May 06, 2010
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Spelbound declared winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010 An acrobatic group known by the name of Spelbound has been declared as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010, a televised variety talent show competition broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. As the winning act of the show, Spelbound have won £100,000 (US$144,580, €120,313, A$175,079) and a place at…
MuchMusic Video Awards this Sunday in Toronto, Canada; Wikinews will be there
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Wikinews will be attending The 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards this weekend, a popular annual event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. True stars will be out to play, present, and…
Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits
Thursday, January 21, 2016 A majority of Detroit public schools were closed yesterday due to a coordinated “sickout” of teachers. This work stoppage was the latest in a series of showdowns with state government and was timed with an arrival by the President to attend an auto show. Activists used the opportunity to hold rallies…
Oakland, California record release party catches fire
Sunday, December 4, 2016 A fire broke out at a record release party in Oakland, California late on Friday night. Nine were confirmed dead the following morning with the death toll rising to 24 the next day. The warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, was hosting a party for the release of the newest album by…