Sunday, October 7, 2007 Shona Bracken is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election in Toronto—Danforth. Wikinews interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario_Votes_2007:_Interview_with_Communist_Party_candidate_Shona_Bracken,_Toronto_Danforth&oldid=539050”
TGV makes 574.8 km/h on rails
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 A TGV Duplexe, similar to this one broke the speed record. A French Train à Grande Vitesse (High-Speed Train or TGV) has smashed the world record for a train on conventional rails by a big margin, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph) The TGV travelled over 59.8 km/h (36 mph) faster than its previous record of 515 km/h (320 […]
Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Cape Wrath from the sea in 2007 Image: Colin Wheatley. A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in […]
Canada pursues new nuclear research reactor to produce medical isotopes
Friday, July 10, 2009 The Saskatchewan provincial government alongside the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have come together to establish a CA$500 million, 10 megawatts research nuclear reactor to produce medical isotopes. Brad Wall, the Premier of Saskatchewan Image: DanielPaquet. “In 1949 … cobalt-60 treatment was tried for the first time here in Saskatchewan, where it saved a woman […]
Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
Sunday, December 13, 2015 Wikinews This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information. Steve Burke Image: Steve Burke. Macomb, New York Councilman Steve Burke took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Burke, an […]
German BND claims U.S. exaggerated Iraq WMD claims
Sunday, November 20, 2005 One of the most important arguments in the run-up to the Iraq war made by Colin Powell in his United Nations speech and President Bush in his State of the Union address was that Iraq had an active biological weapons program and possessed mobile biological weapons labs. According to an investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee, […]
Irish firm issues free energy challenge to scientists
Friday, August 18, 2006 Irish firm Steorn has placed an advertisement in The Economist magazine asking for 12 scientists to test their “free energy” invention. The Dublin based firm, founded in 2000, says it has developed technology that takes a small amount of mechanical energy and returns a bigger amount, using magnetic fields. The company’s Chief Executive, Sean McCarthy, said […]
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/AL-KY
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It is estimated that 75,000 to […]
CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Vicki Gunn in York—Simcoe
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Vicki Gunn. Gunn is a candidate in Ontario’s York—Simcoe riding, running under the Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP) banner. The CHP is a minor, registered political party running a significant number of […]
Category:August 5, 2010
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