All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Warren Allmand, R.I.P.
December 8, 2016, Comments Off on Warren Allmand, R.I.P.

Obituary: Longtime Liberal MP Warren Allmand has died In 2005, Warren Allmand was a newly elected city councillor when h ...

John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95
December 8, 2016, Comments Off on John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95

John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95 John Glenn, a freckle-faced son of Ohio who was hailed as a natio ...

Oil spills and leaks
December 8, 2016, 3 Comments

Is Canada ready for an oil spill? (video) (CBC) The Kinder Morgan pipeline will increase off B.C.’s coast. But an ...

Wednesday Night #1813
December 7, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1813

Opinions around the table regarding the issues leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbour was unanimous and supported by ...

Global Economy & Globalization 2016
December 6, 2016, Comments Off on Global Economy & Globalization 2016

Global Economy 2015 SciDev.Net What is a knowledge economy? George Monbiot: No country with a McDonald’s can remain a ...

Europe & EU 2016
December 5, 2016, 3 Comments

The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland ...

Climate change, uncertainty & natural disasters 2015-16
December 2, 2016, 1 Comment

UN & Climate Change Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. Politicians discussing global warming. ...

U.S. Foreign Relations post Trump election
December 2, 2016, Comments Off on U.S. Foreign Relations post Trump election

U.S. Foreign Relations in 2015-16 So, Why Can’t You Call Taiwan? President-elect Donald Trump has committed a shar ...

Raymond Brackstone R.I.P. 1939-2016
December 1, 2016, 1 Comment

BRACKSTONE, Raymond H. Passed into the hands of God peacefully on the twenty-first of November. His cancer was diagnosed ...

Wednesday Night #1812
November 30, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1812

As always, Gerald presented a number of memorable events from the year 1812. The obvious one being the Napoleon’s ...

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