Respect and pity cost nothing. However poignant the silent tribute on Sunday as the mortal remains of four Canadian soldiers and a Calgary Herald journalist were transported from CFB Trenton to the coroner’s office in Toronto – those paying homage crowding overpasses along the Highway of Heroes in this final sad stage of repatriation – [...]
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DiManno: This soldier died fighting the system
Dawson Bayliss died in his sleep on Nov. 23, 2009, lying alongside his pregnant wife in their Calgary home. “I heard him gasping for air,” recalls Naomi Bayliss, eyes moistening. “That’s what woke me up. His whole body was convulsing. His fists were balled up and his eyes were rolling back. I tried shaking him [...]
Globalive gets green light to launch Wind Mobile immediately
The Feds gave Wind Mobile the go-ahead to launch on Friday, favouring the creation of hundreds of jobs and increased wireless competition over foreign ownership restrictions. Meanwhile, the opposition Liberals are upset with the handling of the decision, and one incumbent carrier is disappointed. Tony Clement, the Minister of Industry, overturned an Oct. 29 Canadian [...]
Tories tighten transfer rules for prisoners jailed abroad
OTTAWA — The Harper government introduced legislation Thursday to make it tougher for Canadians imprisoned abroad to serve their sentences in Canada. But critics dismissed the move as an ideologically driven exercise in retribution that won’t do anything to make Canada safer — and might actually make things worse. The bill would expand the conditions [...]
Canada’s cellphone market is ‘hyper-competitive’
Industry reps say from ‘coast to coast’ customers are very ‘well served, and yet it’s one of the country’s major sources of consumer discontent. Are big changes in the wind? Tamara Gignac, Calgary Herald Four years ago, Rob McLeod began an unhappy relationship with his cellphone. Things started harmoniously enough. The University of Calgary business [...]
