Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Lewis with one of the many children that met the HMCS Athabaskan crew... »

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Lewis
HMCS Athabaskan
It was a normal working day 0700, Jan 13, 2010, as I approached the dockyard for a “regular” workday.
In passing my supervisor, Petty Officer 1st Class Drew Everest, commented, “Things were happening today!”
What do you mean? I asked, and his response was simple - “You’ll find out soon enough”.

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Three Oaks Axewomen and Charlottetown Rural Raiders are
the 2009-10 P.E.I. School Athletic Association/Domino's Pizza senior AAA
basketball champions.
The Axewomen pulled out a thrilling 71-58 overtime decision over arch-rival
Colonel Gray Colonels in the girls' gold-medal game. The Raiders defeated
the Three Oaks Axemen 78-45 in the boys' final.

LOS ANGELES — The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn’t included in the Academy Awards’ In Memoriam segment because the actress was better...  (more)  11:41 PM  

TORONTO — Canada’s five biggest banks saw their profits soar by nearly two-thirds in the latest quarter as a rebound in the economy from last year’s recession and continued strength in the housing and stock markets helped their bottom lines.
The banks earned a combined $5.09 billion in the three months ended Jan. 31, compared to $2.97 billion in 2009, helped by fewer bad loans and a resurgence in mortgages.

St Kilda is a symbol for all Australians, an iconic district of Melbourne that epitomizes the atmosphere and art of living in the cultural capital.

...  (more)  08/03/10 4:58 PM