OTTAWA, Oct. 6 /CNW Telbec/ - Ken Dryden, Minister of Social Development,today announced funding of $970,773 for a project with the National Networkfor Mental Health to help Canadians with disabilities gain employment. "A mental disability can shut the employment door. Yet people withdisabilities learn to adapt, to use what they can do, to do the job asked ofthem," said Minister Dryden. "A prog...
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of restoring the cultural uniqueness of New Orleans -- if the city is to
was. That decision, however, should be tempered by the fact that the "Big Easy" facade of the city rested on hidden pillars of poverty and neglect of thousands of its inhabitants.
In addition, the senator not only seeks billions for reconstruction but has tossed in the notion that funds should be provided for h...
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FRANKLIN BUTLERRace-car driver Asuit-wearing and briefcase-toting insurance salesman by day, Franklin Butler III transforms into a daredevil once darkness falls.
The 37-year-old Chesterfield County man is either the vice president of Butler Insurance Agency or the fastest man on wheels at Old Dominion Motor Speedway, depending on when you catch him -- if you can catch him.
"Life is ...
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(The following is a listing of coming events in the Englewood area that call for reservations and/or advance planning.)
Lemon Bay Woman's Club will have a first meeting and luncheon, noon, Friday, Oct. 7. Everyone is invited. Lemon Bay Woman's Club, corner of Cocoanut and Maple streets. RSVP to Mary Crocker at wmcrocker@msn.com or call 475-2799.
North Port Orchestra seeks musician...
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Put financials in box you can grab and goBy Sandra Block, USA TODAYThe colossal evacuation that emptied Houston last month probably won't be the last time coastal residents are forced to head for higher ground. Experts are predicting an increase in Atlantic Ocean hurricanes over the next 10 to 20 years.
And hurricanes aren't the only threat to lives and property. Last week, brush fires ...
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Amber said she frequently rides her bicycle, especially in the summer. "I love riding my bike," she said, and added she always wears a helmet.
Ollerenshaw's presentation to the youngsters stressed the importance of donning a helmet before getting on a bicycle.
"Who thinks they can live without their brain?" he asked the students. "Well, when you crash, you can hurt your head. And t...
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Becky Ann Abbate was 29 when she drove through Carlsbad last Saturday afternoon. She will not be getting any older.
Abbate reportedly ran a red light at El Camino Real and Carlsbad Village Drive, hitting an SUV before her own car flipped. She was declared dead at the scene.
I bring this up in response to Sept. 29's edi...
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"We would like to go to the market when value creation is best for us. However, we do not have any active work going on in this regard," the Chairman, MNYL, Analjit Singh, said while addressing the media on Thursday after the meeting of the company's board of directors.
MNYL is expected to show profits under Indian GAAP within three years while it has already started showing profits unde...
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About 70,000 working-age people make some sort of contribution to a company or individual pension plan. But, about 1,000,000 do not !
Today's 40-year-olds are as likely to live beyond the age of 70 as are their parents likely to live beyond the age of 65. One in four women aged 40 is expected to live beyond the age of 95!
It is clear that the government has potentially got a lot of...
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Portage County became a place of refuge for some Hurricane Katrina evacuees. While some families have decided to return to the Gulf Coast, one family has decided to make a new life for themselves here.
Kevin Cheatham and his family, who arrived here Sept. 8 from New Orleans as part of the Noel Group's Jobs for Katrina Evacuees, have found an apartment in Plover, and they're callin...
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