Jim Wilson, 17 Wing, CFB Winnipeg, attempts to break the 24-hour Canadian skydiving record to benefit the Children’s Wish Foundation yesterday at the Edmonton
Sky Dive Centre. OTTAWA – Evidence is mounting that the recession in Canada is over, making it one of the shortest although deepest since the Second World War. As students sharpen their pencils for another school year, more families are relying on food banks to fill not only their children’s lunch boxes, but their backpacks as well. EDMONTON – Juelle Smalridge was overwhelmed when she became a mother at age 17, but she juggled her new parental responsibilities with her studies and finished high school, something not many teen parents in Alberta are able to do. MONTREAL – Alleged swindler Earl Jones was declared personally bankrupt Wednesday at a hearing that offered a glimpse into the erratic business practices of the fallen financial planner. HMCS TORONTO – The military put on a thunderous display of naval and air prowess in the Arctic for Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday in an unmistakable exercise of political and international power.
PITTSBURGH – A cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. A postal box from Paris. Who sent it A piece of crusty wedding cake. Whose Another box: $17,000 in cash. Yet another: An autographed picture of a naked Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.