Southern Manitoba is getting ready for a big hatching of mosquitoes. The insects are starting to swarm after hatching in standing water from rains earlier this month. City entomologist, Taz Stuart says they will give it another few days before deciding to pull out the fogging trucks. But, with more rain and warm temps in the forecast today and tomorrow, things could be even worse next week.
A dead sperm whale has now been found floating 120 kilometers south of the massive oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials are now conducting tests to figure what killed the whale…..but some are already saying this is more than likely due to all the oil that’s in the water.
Well it’s not uncommon for hotel staff to find some strange things left behind by forgetful guests. But finding human remains, now that’s not so common. Fredericton police are trying to find the owner of an urn containing ashes that was found on the weekend in the parking lot of a Delta hotel in the city.
It looks like schoolgirl killer, Karla Homolka is outta luck if she wants to apply for a pardon next month for her sex crimes in the early 90’s. Yesterday, all parties in the House of Commons quickly agreed to pass pardon reforms, before taking their summer break today. That means, if passed, anyone convicted of a serious personal injury would have to wait at least 10 years after release from jail before being eligible to apply for a pardon. Right now, the wait time is only 3 to 5 years.
Certainly easy to say when ya have it ! Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor, Warren Buffett have a message for other American millionaires and billionaires….give at least half your wealth to charity. They say the effort could generate 600 billion dollars, for those people and organizations in need. Buffet says he couldn’t be happier about his own personal decision back in 2006 to give 99 per cent of his roughly 46 billion dollar fortune to charity.
Took em long enough. After years of dating, actors, Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have finally tied the knot. Apparently the two got hitched at the Governor’s Mansion in Sante Fe, New Mexico on Tuesday.
Man….those BP guys sure keep putting their foot in it. BP chairman, Carl Svanberg says he mis-spoke when he referred to the “small people” of the Gulf Coast yesterday. He’s now apologized for the comment and says his remark was a reference to the small business owners, fishermen and shrimpers affected by the oil spill.
As you know, we’ve got a pretty major storm system on the way for today and tomorrow. As a result, provincial officials have actually issued a flash flood watch for areas in the western part of the province. The area under the watch includes the Assiniboine, Swan and Red Deer river watersheds. It also includes parts of the Interlake and Riding, Duck and Porcupine mountain regions. Heavy rains over the past couple of weeks have already saturated the area, and run off from further rain could cause overland flooding.
