Read the 'Cost of Freedom' recap Nov 10, 2009
Ontario beats that a little because you only have to wait four months and we have, you rightfully pointed out earlier, emergency rooms here. In Massachusetts, where they have tried this plan, you go into they thought that the emergency rooms would the visits to the emergency rooms would decline substantially as a result of this. (Fox News)
Controversial speaker warns about 'threat of Islam' Nov 9, 2009
He lives in Windsor, Ontario, with his wife. They have three adult children. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Rio investors: It's mine... for now Nov 9, 2009
8 billion offer from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The $5. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Oxygen for upmarket crowd Nov 9, 2009
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) have each brought in their usual Australian advisers - Goldman Sachs JBWere and JP Morgan respectively - to team up for the proposed $6. 8 billion move on Transurban Group. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Swimming & Diving Impressive In Sweep Over Maine Nov 8, 2009
On the women's side, freshmen (Toronto, Ontario) and (Dover Plains, N.Y.) each won two events on Saturday. Both squads picked up key points early as they finished first and second in the 200-yard medley relay. (Goseawolves.org)
Fewer patrons at Shaw Festival in '09 Nov 7, 2009
The combination of a weakened economy and confusion concerning border-crossing documentation had a negative impact on the in Southern Ontario. The 48th Shaw Festival season, which concluded on Nov. 1, saw an 8 percent drop in box-office revenues and a nearly 10 percent decrease in attendance. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Unique Gifts to Bring Home From Eas... Nov 6, 2009
What s Special About Ontario and Quebec ... Canada had its beginning as a nation in what is now Ontario and Quebec. (Suite101.com)
S. Ontario welcomes Prince Charles Nov 6, 2009
Niagara-on-the-Lake and the growing number of wineries in the Niagara region of Southern Ontario were visited Thursday by Prince Charles. The Prince of Wales spent slightly more than one hour Thursday afternoon at s Wine Visitor and Education Centre as part of 10-day tour of Canada he is taking with his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Soccer Opens Big 12 Tournament Wednesday Nov 4, 2009
The North Gower, Ontario, native played the ball out wide to Andrighetto who dribbled to the endline and returned a pass to Bonnick for a first-time finish to the near post ... The Ontario, Canada native led Missouri in scoring last season with 26 points en route to earning Soccer Buzz All-America fourth team honors and All-Big 12 First Team accolades. (Mutigers.com)
Tigers Earn Academic Honors Nov 4, 2009
junior (North Gower, Ontario) and sophomores (Lewisville, Texas), (Naperville, Ill. and (Marion, Ill. (Mutigers.com)
German indignation over GM decision to keep Opel Nov 4, 2009
Ken Lewenza said the deal will also see Ford proceed with plans announced earlier this year to close one of its Ontario plants employing 1,600 workers, which makes large-sized cars that are no longer in demand. "During the negotiations, Ford threatened that if we didn't come to an agreement, the company would begin shifting investment out of Canada," said Lewenza. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Scotland Struggling to Regain Golf Luster Nov 3, 2009
How a billionaire's thwarted effort to bring the Phoenix Coyotes to Ontario reinforces the troubling trend of NHL teams migrating south. Mark Starr - - October 14, 2009 20:50 ET. (Newsmax)
Ridley Inc. Reports Financial Results for Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Nov 3, 2009
In April 2005, representative plaintiffs filed proposed class actions in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec against the Government of Canada and Ridley Inc. to include all Canadian cattle farmers who allegedly suffered damage as a result of international bans on trade in Canadian beef and cattle following the May 2003 diagnosis of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in Alberta ... On May 26, 2009, based on the plaintiffs' amended pleadings, the Government of Canada gave its... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Ford workers agree to cost-cuting deal Nov 2, 2009
Besides the loss of some 1,500 jobs at the Ford plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, that will close in the third quarter of 2011, the October 30 deal also includes a reduction in vacation, break times and co-payments on health care. The agreement, which expires in September 2012, includes a commitment by the US a 00004000 utomaker to keep at least 10 per cent of its North American production in Canada. (India Times)
Men's Hockey Ties AIC, 4-4 Nov 1, 2009
The Crusaders also had big games from junior co-captain Everett Sheen (Lethbridge, Alberta) who recorded one goal and two assists for three points, while senior Brodie Sheahan (Lethbridge, Alberta) and freshman Erik Vos (Carlisle, Ontario) each posted one goal and one assist for two points. The Crusaders took a 1-0 lead at 10:16 of the first period when Vos scored on the power play for his second goal of the season. (Patriotleague.com)
From the Editor's Desk Browns visit voluntary Nov 1, 2009
Her visit was a short one, but the implications of Oregon Secretary of State Kate Browns journey to Ontario run deep, even if those fault lines are sometimes hard to detect. Brown visited Ontario Oct. 16, and, while she appeared to be gratified to be in town, the truth is Brown was under no obligation to see Eastern Oregon as Secretary of State ... The journey to Ontario was two-fold. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Bears Post 6-1 Exhibition Victory over Ontario Institute of Technology Nov 1, 2009
PROVIDENCE, RI - Five different players scored and nine different Bears earned at least one point, including senior Devin Timberlake (Port Alberni, BC), who notched three assists, to lead the men's ice hockey team to a 6-1 victory over Ontario Institute of Technology in an exhibition game Saturday evening at Meehan Auditorium. The Bears wasted little time in scoring, earning a 1-0 lead on the first shot of the game in the first shift just 25 seconds in. (Brownbears.com)
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy Nov 1, 2009
For a different perspective, see the Ontario. "Electronic Numbering" is a system that allows a user to obtain contact information, such as a telephone, fax, and e-mail address with a single phone number. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Missouri falls 3-2 at Kansas Oct 31, 2009
The Ontario, Canada native played the ball out wide to Andrighetto who dribbled to the endline and returned a pass to Bonnick for a first-time finish to the near post. It was Bonnick's seventh of the season, second most among Tiger players this season. (Mutigers.com)
Bulldogs Blast UOIT in Exhibition Oct 31, 2009
- Denny Kearney and Charles Brockett each had two goals and Broc Little added three assists as the Yale men's hockey team raced past the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 8-0, in an exhibition contest before 2,263 at Ingalls Rink. The Bulldogs, defending ECAC Hockey champions, outshot the Ridgebacks 48-21 while scoring on four of eight man-advantages a night before the regular-season opener. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Brown Battles #9 Princeton to 1-0 Overtime Defeat in Season Opener Oct 31, 2009
Brown returns home tomorrow evening to host Ontario Institute of Technology in a 7:00 p.m. exhibition contest. The Bears open ECAC play next weekend when they travel to Union and RPI for a pair of league games. (Brownbears.com)
Wheego's 1st all-electric car Oct 31, 2009
Other parts come from throughout the U.S. and Canada, and the cars are assembled in Ontario, Calif. An electric car is like a computer. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Ford to close Canada plant in 2011 Oct 31, 2009
As part of a cost-reduction agreement between the company's US headquarters and the CAW, the plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, will close in the third quarter of 2011, the powerful union said in a statement. Some 1,400 employees will be dismissed, CAW spokeswoman Shannon Devine told AFP. Canadian media put the number of jobs eliminated at 1,600. (India Times)
After 7.3bn light yrs' journey, Einstein prevails Oct 30, 2009
As Lee Smolin, a quantum gravity theorist from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, said, "So a genuine experimental test of a hypothesized quantum gravity effect is in progress.". In the meantime, the last word belongs to Einstein, Robert P. Kirshner of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics wrote in an e-mail message paraphrasing a 1919 headline in The New York Times about observations that confirmed Einsteins general relativity. (India Times, India)
Asteroid explosion was a whopper for Earth Oct 30, 2009
Preliminary investigation A preliminary look at the incident has been performed by Canadian researchers Peter Brown and graduate student Elizabeth Silber, of the Meteor Infrasound group in the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. The researchers made a detailed examination of all International Monitoring System infrasound stations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Cryptid North American Errant Kanga... Oct 30, 2009
1970s and 1980s: People in North Carolina, Utah, California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario sighted roos. 1974: Two police officers responded to a call from a man claiming there was a kangaroo on his porch. (Suite101.com)
First Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds Oct 29, 2009
Coauthors are Keith Hobson of Environment Canada, a national agency charged with preserving environmental quality, and Vanya Rohwer, a graduate student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario ... A University of Illinois researcher reports that a red-winged black bird population in Ontario, Canada has decreased by 50 percent since 1972. (Science Daily)
An intergalactic race in space and time Oct 29, 2009
There are still plenty of versions of quantum gravity that wouldn t change the speed of light in the recent burst, according to Lee Smolin, a theoretical physicist at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Nevertheless, he says that the paper "is the best test yet of a general hypothesis about quantum space-time". (Scientific American)
Mary Louise Henderson Oct 28, 2009
Mrs. Henderson was the daughter of Florence Campbell (McGie) and Kenneth Campbell of Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Detroit, Mich. and sister of the late Kenneth, Jr. and Robert. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
17th-Ranked Crusaders Travel To Fordham On Saturday Oct 27, 2009
and freshman tailback Eddie Houghton (Toronto, Ontario) have both played well in the opening seven games of the season. Bellomo ranks second on the team in rushing with 283 yards and four touchdowns on 59 carries, in addition to catching 27 passes for 204 yards. (Patriotleague.com)
Leave home for a colorful trip Oct 25, 2009
The nationally-designated scenic byway hugs the edge of Lake Ontario for a view that is beautiful year-round ... From the center's parking lot, take any of the trails for a leisurely walk of burnt orange and green scenery that leads to the bluffs overlooking Lake Ontario, not more than 200 yards from the trail head. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Ford Motor to idle a Canada plant Oct 24, 2009
Ford said it will close its Oakville, Ontario, plant, where it manufactures the Ford Edge, Ford Flex and Lincoln MKX, from Oct. 26 to 30. "The recent labor unrest at Rico Auto Industries and the Haryana state in India has resulted in a shortage of parts from Rico," said Ford Canada spokeswoman Lauren More. (India Times)
Throttle up in Denver Oct 23, 2009
Southwest adds 13 new DIA flights - Denver Business Journal. for free extra services. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Southwest adds more flights in Denver Oct 23, 2009
Boise, Idaho; Ontario, Calif. and Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. The airline, which recently acquired two more gates at the Denver airport for a total of 12 gates, said it plans to add more flights in May. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Andrea Villegas Jaramillo Oct 23, 2009
A recitation of the Rosary will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at Blessed Sacrament Church, Ontario ... The couple married in February 1954 and settled near Ontario to raise their family ... In 1967, Andrea and John opened Casa Jaramillo Restaurant which continues to operate in Ontario to this day. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Trelawney Engages Pro-Edge Consultants for Investor Relations Oct 22, 2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 21, 2009) - Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: - ) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Pro-Edge Consultants Inc. ("Pro-Edge") of Toronto, Ontario to provide investor relations services to the Company ... The Company's current focus is directed towards the development and continued exploration of its newly acquired "Chester Project", located in Chester Township 20 kilometres southwest of Gogama, Ontario. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Letters to the editor Oct 21, 2009
I find it both curious and disturbing the Ontario City Council seems to be balking at adding its voice to the rising chorus for reinstating Amtraks Pioneer Line. Curious in that over the several years I have lived in this community and come to know some of its longer-lived residents, I have never heard anything but praise for the service and convenience they experienced in the days when the railroad offered passenger service allowing locals to travel from the Ontario Depot to places as far... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Clay Donato Wins ITA Regional Singles Title Oct 20, 2009
After beating Noble, the senior from Toronto, Ontario faced Cubas, who defeated Carolina freshman in the other semifinal. Donato jumped out to a one-set lead over Cubas, but lost the second-set tiebreaker to force a third set. (Tarheelblue.com)
DONNA MAE “DEE DEE” HOOKWAY, 65, of Green Valley, passed away on Oct. 13, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson after a short illness. Oct 18, 2009
and London, Ontario, Canada. She is survived by her husband of Green Valley; daughter Teri Wilson and son Michael Hookway, both of Battle Creek, and son Todd Dykehouse of Manassas, Va. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Which Airports Have the Least Delays? Oct 18, 2009
Worst Airports for Delays - ABC News. Which Airports Have the Least Delays. (ABC News)
TVCC slates energy session Oct 16, 2009
ONTARIO In the wake of a conference on diversity, Treasure Valley Community College officials announced Wednesday plans for an energy meeting in February they hope will attract significant interest. The dates are Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, according to Roger Findley, associate dean of workforce training, who said the dates had just been set. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Charles H. Stewart Oct 16, 2009
Soon after, the family moved to a farm south of Ontario, Ore ... Charles attended Valley View Elementary School and Ontario High School, graduating in 1936 ... After high school, he worked in farming in the Ontario and Unity areas until World War II. Charles enlisted in the Army in 1941 and served his country in Panama and the Galapagos Islands until he was honorably discharged in 1945. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Soccer to face Baylor, Oklahoma Oct 16, 2009
The Ontario, Canada native led Missouri in scoring last season with 26 points en route to earning Soccer Buzz All-America fourth team honors and All-Big 12 First Team accolades. Bonnick was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2007 after recording 32 points on 11 goals and 10 assists, all Missouri freshman records. (Mutigers.com)
Weekend News Roundup (10/12/09) Oct 13, 2009
The study, done by two university researchers in Ottawa, Ontario, used mathematical models that hypothesized zombie attacks as infectious diseases and also factored in popular fictitious characteristics of zombie biology based on movies/television. The report shows that zombies would be even more threatening than virulent diseases given that they can regenerate and (in most recent fiction) are super fast. (IGN Gear)
Browns-Bill: Pass Fail Oct 12, 2009
Hed be in Ontario by now, somewhere on the Queen Elizabeth Way between Toronto and Hamilton. We cant make mistakes when the balls thrown to us, wide receiver Joshua Cribbs said. (BerniesInsiders.com)
The road to real Oct 11, 2009
Now, the mill runs seven months a year - the ones when the water isn t frozen - and construction, from covered bridges in Ontario to local homes, goes year round. After three decades in timber, Tom and Harry are transferring the business to their sons - slowly. (Boston Globe)
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy Oct 10, 2009
For a different perspective, see the Ontario. "Electronic Numbering" is a system that allows a user to obtain contact information, such as a telephone, fax, and e-mail address with a single phone number. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Thrashers' Armstrong favors Atlanta restaurants Oct 10, 2009
Following the Thrashers game Oct. 17 in Buffalo, the team will travel to Elmira, Ontario, to spend the day at the Dan Snyder Memorial Arena. The rink was built in memory of the Thrashers forward, who died Oct. 5, 2003, following an auto accident. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Coyotes can't wait to open at home ... in a sellout Oct 10, 2009
Owner Jerry Moyes took the team into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the offseason with the hopes of selling it to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, who wanted to relocate the club to Hamilton, Ontario. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Tim Mollen's Lost Journal: Inside a dining hall slop room Oct 8, 2009
It s my sophomore year at SUNY Oswego, and I live in Scales Hall, just steps from Lake Ontario. Last year at this time, I was probably sitting behind my dorm, watching a spectacular sunset. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
It's a bidder's travel market Oct 7, 2009
Sample winner*: Three nights at Shaw Club Hotel & Spa in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. (shawclub. (CNN)
A touch of class Oct 6, 2009
INDEPENDENT-ENTERPRISE. NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Medical Ethics Experts Identify, Address Key Issues In H1N1 Pandemic Oct 5, 2009
4, 2009) The anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic could present a host of thorny medical ethics issues best considered well in advance, according to the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, which today released nine papers for public discussion. Topics include duty of health care workers to work during a serious flu pandemic; government restrictions on individual freedoms and privacy and their responsibilities administering vaccination programs; how to... (Science Daily)
Louisville Men's Cross Country Wins Greater Louisville Classic Oct 4, 2009
McKay, a native of St. Clements, Ontario, covered the 5,000-meter course in 17:02 ... Junior, , a native of Oshawa, Ontario, led the way for the men with a solid fifth place finish, navigating the 8,000-meter course in 24:02. (Uoflsports.com)
80K Michigan residents request enhanced licenses Oct 4, 2009
Ronnie Sink, a dispatcher for Rochester Limousine in Rochester Hills, a Detroit suburb, said the service _ which frequently takes passengers into Windsor and other Ontario destinations _ requires its drivers to have enhanced chauffeur's licenses. "It definitely helps them get through more quickly," Sink said. (Longview Daily News, WA)
NHL, Olympics might be together for final time Oct 3, 2009
"It's a chance of the lifetime to play in the Olympics in your own back yard," said Columbus Blue Jackets star Rick Nash, an Ontario native ... "Pronger, who grew up in Ontario, was more concerned about donning an NHL sweater than one with the Canadian Maple Leaf on it."It was not on my radar," said Pronger, a gold medal winner in 2002. "I always dreamed of playing in the NHL and winning the Stanley Cup. (MSNBC -- Sports)
NHL players disheartened at no Olympic deal Oct 2, 2009
"It's a chance of the lifetime to play in the Olympics in your own backyard," said star , an Ontario native ... So now to possibly have this opportunity, it would be very special," he said.Pronger, who grew up in Ontario, was more concerned about donning an NHL sweater than one with the Canadian Maple Leaf on it."It was not on my radar," said Pronger, a gold medal winner in 2002. "I always dreamed of playing in the NHL and winning the Stanley Cup. (ESPN -- NHL)
CORRECTING and REPLACING Jann Arden's Upcoming Tour in Support of Canwest Raise-a-Reader Oct 2, 2009
Guests who stay at a Canadian Country Inns s property between mid-October and December 15 will receive a ballot for the chance to win two tickets to the Jann Arden concert in Toronto, airfare for two to get there, accommodation in the Country Inns s Oakville, Ontario, and limousine transportation to and from the concert. Everyone in our Country Inns s locations across Canada is thrilled to be a part of this worthy and exciting Raise-a-Reader concert series, says Russell. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The country curmudgeon: A rattling good idea Oct 2, 2009
Comments or questions for Mr. Hicks can be directed to: Roy Hicks, Argus Observer Newsroom; 1160 S.W. Fourth St., Ontario, OR 97914 ... Ontario Military Retiree wrote on Oct 1, 2009 5:01 PM:" This rsponse is for the Payette resident.Before you make assumptions about what another country is doing or has done. you should travel to that country and actually see what they think of you (american citizens).You probably believe that Sadam never murdered thounsands of citizens or that they acually did... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Nyssa attorney dies in crash Oct 2, 2009
Oregon State Police reported that Charles Simmons, 32, Ontario, was driving west on the highway when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a pickup going east operated by Sterling Wilson, 51, Burns, who was accompanied by his wife, Pamela Wilson, 51 ... Simmons, an attorney in the law firm of Stunz, Fonda, Kiyuna and Horton, with offices in Nyssa and Ontario, was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Wilsons were transported by ambulance to Harney District Hospital with minor... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Warriors Defeat Findlay 7-2 Oct 1, 2009
The Windsor, Ontario native is now just 11 wins shy of passing for the most wins in Wayne State history. In one of the closest matches of the day, Goranskaya was able to hold on and defeat Haley Dudon 6-3, 7-5. (Wsuathletics.com)
Loose Facts in Health Horror Stories Oct 1, 2009
She and her husband took out a second mortgage on their Waterdown, Ontario, home and made other sacrifices to cover the nearly $100,000 in medical and travel bills from her visits to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz ... Holmes has declined to release medical records to Canadian news organizations checking her claims, citing her lawsuit seeking payment of her expenses by the Ontario provincial government. (Newsmax)
TVCC netters defeat Walla Walla in five Sep 25, 2009
Ontario Off to a 2-0 start in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region is where the Treasure Valley Community College volleyball team finds itselves following a 3-2 victory over the visiting Walla Walla Warriors Wednesday in Ontario. The Chukars are sporting an 8-3 overall mark in 2009. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
BlackBerry Fund, Backed by RIM, Looks Beyond `99-Cent' Downloaded Programs Sep 24, 2009
RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, declined requests for an interview on the fund. IFund. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Experts' plans » Sep 24, 2009
Ontario should definitely have another team and there should be two teams in Minnesota ... Ontario Hartford St. Paul Winnipeg Milwaukee Houston Las Vegas San Diego Seattle Portland ... Montreal Toronto Ontario Ottawa Boston Hartford Buffalo New York Rangers New York Islanders New Jersey Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay Florida Columbus Detroit Chicago. (ESPN -- NHL)
