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Bird death count higher than industry claim: reportWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:27PMCarol Christian Today staff An industry claim that only an estimated 65 birds die in tailings ponds every year is being refuted by an independent report saying that the number is actually 458 to 5,026.[...]

Flood insurance plan back before supervisorsWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:03PMWhen Tera Lambert's house near Lake Lincoln was built in 2000, it was above the flood plain.

Spitfires Acquire Brendan McCann from MississaugaWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:30PM(Windsor) Windsor Spitfires Vice-President and General Manager Warren Rychel today announced that the team has acquired left-winger Brendan McCann from the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors.

Raceway hosts youth racing campWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:15PMFriday night marked the end of this year’s harness racing youth camp at Grand River Raceway. The camp culminated in a pair of special exhibition races, in which two fields of four euphoric kids made their harness racing debut, accompanied by experienced drivers in double-seated jog carts.

Family returns after year-long exchange ‘Down Under’Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:53AMAfter an “amazing” year-and-a-half living in the land “Down Under,” the Kunkel family returned home to Canadian soil last month. “I think the biggest message I’d give anyone is to do it. It’s absolutely amazing,” Willa Kunkel enthused about the trek which she, her husband, Fred, and daughter, Emma, took to Australia as part of an exchange program for teachers. read more

Elmira youth attend harness racing campWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:13AMA pair of Elmira boys were among eight children selected to participate in the annual harness racing youth camp at Grand River Raceway last month.

The Storm of HistoryWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 10:34AMA storm on Russia’s northwestern Lake Onega began to seriously rock the five-deck riverboat “Kronstadt” last Thursday, just as the boat’s travelling party of some 90 Russia experts from around the world brainstormed whether Russia should move “forward to Asia” or “backward to Europe.”

Sacto 9-1-1: Discovery Park grass fire nearly extinguishedWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 10:25AMFirefighters have contained and nearly extinguished a two-alarm grass fire at Discovery Park near the Garden Highway, said Capt. Jonathan Burgess, spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department, in a press release.

There's no one in Choglamsar. It's a ghost townWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 8:43AMDilip D'Souza has witnessed disasters around the world. However, the sight of devasatation in Leh left him speechless and overwhelmed.