Topic: Winnipeg
AFP American Edition | 2010-03-17 21:10:11
A rapid thaw of winter roads used to transport food, fuel and other supplies to remote communities in western Canada has stranded a number of trucks and drivers, police said Wednesday. "We had a half-dozen truckers stuck in the mud. And one 52-year-old driver had to be airlifted out," Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Sergeant Tom Cooney told AFP by ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-03-17 20:10:16
A rapid thaw of winter roads used to transport food, fuel and other supplies to remote communities in western Canada has stranded a number of trucks and drivers, police said Wednesday. "We had a half-dozen truckers stuck in the mud. And one 52-year-old driver had to be airlifted out," Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Sergeant Tom Cooney told AFP by ...
Reuters Environmental Online Report | 2010-02-05 21:49:50
<div><p>WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada's changing north.</p><p>The research project involved more than 370 scientists from 27 ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-01-08 17:10:26
<div><p>One of the world's largest media firms, Canwest Global, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday for its Canadian publishing group as it tries to sell its websites, 10 dailies and 26 community newspapers.</p><p>The Winnipeg-based company's television operations and its flagship National Post newspaper were ...
