U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging calm in the wake of a naval skirmish between North and South Korea this week, and says diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North will continue.
A Belleville man has been found guilty of molesting five young female parishioners while he was an Anglican Priest in Northern Ontario. Seventy-six-year-old Kenneth Gibbs was convicted of eight counts of indecent assault in Sault Sainte Marie Superior Court on Monday. The incidents, involving little girls, happened on church property while he was the ministe […]
Northumberland-Quinte M-P Rick Norlock says his printing costs, the highest of any federal member, are justified. Norlock spent almost 88-thousand dollars in 2008-09 sending information flyers to his constituents, and residents of other ridings. He says he recognizes all of the money spent is public cash, but he believes the lines of communication have to be […]
It could cost twice as much to buy a burn permit in Prince Edward County next year. A report by Fire Chief Scott Manlowe to tomorrow’s Committee of the Whole meeting recommends the fee for a permit, allowing people to have open air fires, be increased from ten to 20 dollars. The permit fee hasn’t [...]
A man may get an extension on paying the outstanding taxes on his property in Demorestville. Milorad Miskov has asked the Prince Edward County municipal staff to let him make partial payments against the tax arrears. The Committee of the Whole will consider a report from the deputy-treasurer tomorrow recommending Miskov make payments of 400 dollars [...] […]
BOULDER, Colo. Here's what this affluent Rocky Mountain city of 100,000 does about a revenue shortfall in the darkest economic hour since the Great Depression: [More]
Planets are, by and large, at the mercy of their stars. Not only do stars provide a ready energy source of radiated light and heat, but the mass and gravitational pull of stars flat-out dwarfs the summed masses and pulls of any orbiting companions. In our solar system, which has more planets--regardless of where one stands on the Pluto debate--than any other […]