Newfoundland

Diving Newfoundland's World War II Shipwrecks

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 11.21.2011

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Margie Goldsmith

We swim through a torpedo hole around the huge hull and over decks teaming with corals and anemones and lumpfish. I've been told the funnels and lifeboats are gone, but I had no idea that everything else would be so well preserved.

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A Close Encounter with New Foundland's Humpbacks

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Capelin, Swimming With Humpbacks, Barnacles, Diving With Whales, Petty Harbor, Ocean Quest Adventures, Puffins, Whale Breath, Newfoundland, Atlantic Ocean, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

Rick has suggested we sing to attract the whales because whales also sing. It's not easy to carry a tune when you have a snorkel in your mouth, but I hum "Amazing Grace."

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Danny Williams, Canadian Official, Seeks Heart Surgery In US

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland — The premier of Canada's east coast province is undergoing heart surgery in the United States this week because the tr...

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Business Council Honors Vale CEO for Clipping Workers, Wacking Towns

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landless Rural Workers Movement, Ontario, Roger Agnelli, Usw, Dwight D. Eisenhower, United Steelworkers, Canada, Newfoundland, Wall Street Journal, Brazil, Antonio Regalado, Sudbury, Corporate Citizenship, Global Citizenship Award, Port Colborne, Business Council for International Understanding, Anti-Trust, Inco, Vale, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

A business group is honoring Roger Agnelli, the CEO of Vale, one of the largest mining companies in the world, which, coincidentally, is in the midst of its longest ever labor dispute.

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When Being Jewish is Enough

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tamar Abrams

In the past several weeks, I've opened my front door to well-dressed people -- men and women, Black and white -- whose sole purpose seemed to be to talk to me about Jesus.

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NAFTA: America's Energy Solution

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Alternative Energy, Manhattan Project for Energy, Mexico, Conservation, Obama, Mccain, Canada, U.S., Drill Bans on Federal Lands and Offshore, Democrats, Nafta, Windfall Profits Tax, Power Generation, Hybrids, Oil, Tidal Power, Fuel Efficiencies, Hydro-Electric Power, Natural Gas, Alberta, Newfoundland, Green News
Diane Francis

North America should forget a continental energy policy which will guarantee its economic pre-eminence -- but this will only work if the US imposes strict conservation and Mexico changes its oil policies immediately.

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