An Ontario Dad who is cycling to Alberta from Ontario to raise funds in honor of his murdered daughter, has reached Manitoba. 34 year old Rodney Stafford will ride into Winnipeg today. His 8 year old daughter Victoria, also known as Tori, was abducted and killed back in April, as she walked home from her Woodstock, Ontario school.
Well there’s another threat to trees in Manitoba, and this one could be as devastating as Dutch Elm. The emerald ash borer is an insect which has destroyed million of ash trees since landing in North America. Despite efforts to keep the bug at bay, it’s likely to hit Manitoba at anytime…and we are especially vulnerable thanks to plenty of ash trees planted around town to replace trees lost to Dutch Elm.
It hasn’t been totally confirmed yet….but, there are signs that one of the world’s biggest and most iconic technology companies, is moving to town. Rumor has it that, construction has begun on a new Apple store at Polo Park Mall. So far, company officials aren’t saying much, but, Apple is advertising a job opening for a retail store manager for Winnipeg.
If many of the country’s economists are right, numbers coming out this morning will show that the recession may finally be over. Many are expecting to hear that the slump actually ended in June…and that growth returned to the country for the first time in 10 months this summer.
Out west, the fires continue to burn. In B.C., the forecast for the next 10 days suggests mostly hot and dry conditions. And that makes the fire risk as bad as ever at a time of year that typically marks the end of the fire season. And down in California, a massive blaze has now burned 171 square kilometers and is now threatening some 12 thousand homes.
For the 2nd time ever, it’s a party of 13 in space. The astronauts cheered last night as the hatches between the space station and the shuttle Discovery swung open, allowing the 2 crews to greet each other with hugs and handshakes. Discovery will spend just over a week at the space station dropping off supplies and experiments, before heading back to terra ferma.
And it was a good beginning for a “Final Destination.” The latest installment of the horror franchise, opened at number 1 this weekend, taking in some 28 million dollars. Quentin Tarantino’s, “Inglorious Basterds” slipped to 2nd with 20 million in ticket sales, followed by “Halloween 2.”
