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Friday, 16 April 2021, 5:42 am Olympic runner Rod Dixon, respected health advocate Annette Milligan and well-known actor Mark Hadlow have expressed their opposition to an application for a private plan change in the Maitai-Kaka Valley. The private plan change would allow as many as 550 houses to be built in the valley adjoining Branford Park and opposite Dennes Hole and the cricket ground. Last week the Mahitahi-Bayview developers announced that the private plan change seeking to have the Mait...

Press Release – Save The Maitai Olympic runner Rod Dixon, respected health advocate Annette Milligan and well-known actor Mark Hadlow have expressed their opposition to an application for a private plan change in the Maitai-Kaka Valley. The private plan change would allow as many … Olympic runner Rod Dixon, respected health advocate Annette Milligan and well-known actor Mark Hadlow have expressed their opposition to an application for a private plan change in the Maitai-Kaka Valley. The pr...

Skip to main content Environmental Groups Hail Decision By Cargil To Drops Appeal Of Ruling That Protects Redwood City Salt Ponds Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) Bay Area environmental groups are celebrating a decision by an affiliate of Cargill to withdraw its appeal of a federal judges finding that Redwood City salt ponds are protected by the Clean Water Act. While the withdrawal does not mean development is prohibited it does make it more difficult, as the fede...

The Viceregal Salute The Viceregal Salute or Salute to the Governor General is a musical greeting and a mark of respect. It is performed officially in Canada in the presence of the Governor General. The Viceregal Salute is composed of the first six bars of the Royal Anthem, "God Save The Queen", followed by a short version (the first four and the last four bars) of the National Anthem, "O Canada". The same format is used for Lieutenant Governors of the Prov...

Protesters claim A30 dualling is creating an expressway’ Protest group These Fields Have Names states that historic Cornish fields are being destroyed Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Politics, environment, farming and more in your new free Western Morning News newsletter - direct to your inbox every dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your inform...

Vicki Pappas, Heart To Heart Among 2021 Class Inducted Into Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Sponsored by: The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to name three people and three horses to be inducted as the Class of 2021. As previously announced, the Board of Directors agreed to reduce the number of inductees for the Class of 2021 to three per breed. This will allow for the 2020 and 2021 inductees to be properly recognized together, once a gala event may be hosted. The Hal...

The Straits Times Guns and silence across Britain to mark Prince Philip’s death A giant picture of Britains Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on display in Londons Piccadilly Circus on April 9, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS A photograph of Britains Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is seen among floral tributes outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in London on April 9, 2021.PHOTO: AFP A mourner draped in a British Union Jack flag is seen outside Windsor Castle, near London, on A...

A picture of Britains Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, is seen in the newspapers wrapped around flowers, after he died at the age of 99, in London, Britain, April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) - Britain was mourning Prince Philip who died on Friday but people were asked not to gather in crowds or to lay flowers at royal palaces due to distancing guidelines imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus. Philip, Queen Elizabeths husband who helped modernise the monarc...

The company, which has dozens of subsidiaries, was sanctioned last month by the U.S. The city of Yangon in the evening. (Source: Alexander Schimmeck, via Unsplash) By Samuel Rubenfeld and Helen Koo Wednesday, April 7, 2021 The U.K. last week sanctioned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC), a military-linked conglomerate, over its involvement in human rights abuses following the coup. MEC, which has dozens of subsidiaries involved in manufacturing, mining and telecommunications, was also sanction...

Source: Save The Children Around 100,000 children in three districts of Indonesia have had their exams disrupted by flash floods and landslides, after a tropical cyclone hit Indonesia and neighbouring Timor-Leste on Sunday, killing 128 and leaving over 8,400 displaced. Almost 2,000 homes in the country’s East Nusa Tenggara Province have been destroyed by floods, and 72 people have been reported missing.[1] Rescue efforts have been hampered by blocked roads, power cuts and continued landsli...