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  KITCHENER -- The Township of Wilmot has announced that their Chief Administrative Officer is no longer employed by them. The Friday afternoon statement says the decision to let current CAO Grant Whittington came after a closed council meeting that morning. No further details have been given as to why Whittington was fired. Wilmot Mayor Les Armstrong tells CTV News it is a personal matter and they will not be releasing any more information. Sandy Jackson, the director parks, facilities,...

Delve into the past of Stamford, Bourne, Rutland and the Deepings with Mercury Memories 10 years ago Motorists could soon be paying less to park in Stamford. South Kesteven District Council is planning to drop fees at its short-stay car parks to 2008 levels in a bid to encourage shoppers to stay longer and help struggling traders. The current £1 charge for an hour’s parking would be cut to 80p and a four-hour stay would drop from £8 to £4. 25 years ago: February 9, 1996 – Yo...

EP Townsquare: Kids In Court? CASA of El Paso Is Here to Help Everybody deserves to be represented in a court of law. The law itself demands it. But what about children who, through no fault of their own, find themselves in a courtroom that may decide their futures for months, or even years? CASA – or, Court Appointed Special Advocates – volunteers represent the interests of El Paso children in court, most often family courts where parental rights might be curtailed, or even severed, for ...

If nothing was done the cost to society would be "astronomical", harming peoples ability to distinguish facts from lies and fuelling irrational beliefs such as the anti-vax movement, Duggan said. "With the power of social media now its so easy for people to put semi-truths or false truths out there. "And if we have lost the ability to be a little bit cynical and to question things then were in deep trouble." Duggan said she did not know why the MoE was not doing more to stop the decline. Associ...

New Zealands bad results in an international maths and science test are being blamed on factors including grouping children by their ability and the previous governments national standards in reading, writing and maths. Scores for New Zealand nine and 13-year-olds fell in both subjects in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, with the 13-year-olds recording their worst results ever - 482 for maths and 499 for science. That was significantly lower than countries New Zealand ...

0 breaking news, hanna anderson tells her story of abduction and why shes glad the man that kidnapped her and a former close friend is dead. stop and frisk, the controversy continues as a war of words continues over a key question. is it plain old good policing or old fashed racial profiling. we begin with breaking news, the war e, yes, the war and the huge problem for the obama administration. state of emergency is in effect and 287 people, mostly opposition members are dead this is video o...

>> authorities in oakland california confirm they found the body of missing federal investigator sandra coke. cokes body was discovered last week near a northern california park. a former boyfriend is being held as a person of interest in this case. randy allana, a convicted rapist and kidnapper is being held on unrelated charges. >> jesse jackson jr. due to be sentenced in a washington, d.c. court today. the former congressman pleaded guilty going on a spending spree to the tune of $750,000, he...

This morning on "world this morning on "world news now," targeting terrorists. the drone strike the u.s. says took out four suspected al qaeda operatives, the military drama and what it means after terror warnings. >> fading fast. anthony weiners latest challenge in the new york mayoral race, the poll numbers and new comments about his wifes role in a possible clinton campaign. >> cashing in, 16 new jersey municipal workers, claiming their powerball prize and talking about their future as mill...

0 states strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters, sending the signal that this is not the way to react to people in protest in a democracy. >> right, thomas. the seeds, not only do they take a long time to take, but sometimes they dont take. then the process of cultivating them and allowing the seeds of democracy to grow require time and patience. it can be a very, very messy process. so this unraveling that were seeing in egypt right now is some indication thats going on. the t...

imagine getting every friday off for the next 22 weeks. but theres a catch. you wont get paid. youll be forced to give up 20% of your weekly paycheck. thats the prospect facing thousands of people whose jobs depend on the defense department and are now facing furloughs. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has one workers stories. shes joining us. barbara? >> wolf, weve heard about this fancy washington word sequester for months now. what does it really mean? it means for hundreds ...