South Australia enters week-long lockdown to contain COVID-19 Delta variant spread

Friday, July 23, 2021 Modbury Hospital, where the first case in South Australia’s COVID-19 cluster presented.Image: User:AussieHero. With five active cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19, South Australia begun a one-week lockdown on Monday. Announcing the lockdown, state Premier Steven Marshall declared “we have no alternative but to impose some fairly heavy and immediate restrictions”. The first case out […]

Iran tests torpedo, plans more tests

Monday, April 3, 2006On Sunday, Iran tested its second underwater missile, the Fajr-3. The underwater missile, Iran claims, can evade sonar. “The missile carries a very powerful warhead that enables it to operate against groups of warships and big submarines. Even if an enemy’s warship sonar can detect the missile, no warship can escape from this missile because of its […]

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with NDP candidate Paul Johnstone, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound

Thursday, September 13, 2007 A resident of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound his whole life, Correctional Services officer Paul Johnstone is running for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the Ontario provincial election. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect […]

How To Make Your Mid Year Resolutions Successful

Here’s An Opinion On: Mad4 Heli So, everyone has heard of New Year’s Resolutions, right? Did you make any this year? Were you able to stick with them, after the excitement and newness of the new year faded away? Or, are you like over 50% Americans, who have fallen off the goal-setting train after the first, second or third stop […]

Controversial wind farm approved by US government

Friday, April 30, 2010 A map which shows the best wind power for the Cape Cod region The US government today approved plans for a controversial wind power project off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, which, if built, would be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. The company responsible for the project, Cape Wind, received a permit from […]

McDonald’s restaurant to close all locations in Iceland

Thursday, October 29, 2009 File:El Maco.jpg Icelandic advertisement for El Maco (Big Mac)(Image missing from Commons: image; log) McDonald’s, the international fast food restaurant chain, will cease all operations in Iceland by the end of October. The company blames the closure of the nation’s three outlets on drastically increased costs of importing its food ingredients, which mainly came from Germany. […]

California meat packing firm recalls 143M pounds of beef

Sunday, February 17, 2008 I am dismayed at the in-humane handling of cattle that has resulted in the violation of food safety regulations at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company. In a press release today, California-based Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. indicated that it has voluntarily recalled just over 143 million pounds (65 million kilograms) of raw and frozen beef products, which […]

Iso Accreditation And Cleaning Contractors

Here’s An Opinion On: Loans For Australian Pensioners Submitted by: Augustgq Hopkins Well-organized waste management services will always be a priority for those who are managing waste disposal efforts in cities and other places. When there is a proper waste and recycling service, the people find it a lot easier to follow waste management techniques. It is therefore necessary to […]

Manitoba’s flood creating hazardous conditions

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Map of the Red River Floodway.Image: Kmusser. The Red River at Winnipeg is almost clear of ice blocks and ice jamming, however there are still dangers from the Red River flood. Ice blocks which were as high as two storey buildings were ripping out trees, fences and railway ties. “You’ll see huge pans of ice standing […]

Leaked online: UK Home Office non-disclosure agreement with ID card companies

Saturday, December 6, 2008 The Non-Disclosure agreement for companies working with the UK Government on the National identity card has been leaked on WikiLeaks. The document states, among other things, what rights the Government has to search the properties of companies involved and the obligations on the companies to keep information secret. Wikileaks logo Section five of the document states […]