Explicit Canadian workplace safety ads pulled from TV due to Christmas season

Thursday, December 13, 2007 Controversial and explicit Canadian workplace safety ads have been pulled from television, and paper ads from some bus shelters for the Christmas season. However, the ads will return to air in January. “It’s totally erroneous to suggest we’re pulling anything,” chairman of the Workplace Safety and Information Board of Ontario, Steve …

Category:Science and technology

This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 18 February 2018: Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts 7 February 2018: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts Elon Musk’s personal Tesla into solar orbit 25 January 2018: Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai 17 January …

Who’s the richest entertainer in Australia? The Wiggles of course!

Saturday, April 9, 2005 The top money grossing entertainers in Australia in 2005 were not Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman, or Russell Crowe. In fact, it was four tot-time entertainers, the Wiggles, with their preference for bright colours and sing-along dance numbers. Their earnings level was estimated at AU$45 million over the last year by Australian …

Wikinews interviews Australian Statistician Brian Pink

Monday, April 7, 2008 The Australian Bureau of Statistics is responsible for some of Australia’s largest surveys, including the Census of Population and Housing, held every five years. At its head is the Australian Statistician. The current Statistician, Brian Pink, started in his position on March 5, 2007, following the retirement of predecessor Dennis Trewin. …

Three killed in Tennessee vehicle crash

Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Three teenagers were killed and two others were seriously injured near Dyer, Tennessee, United States early Tuesday afternoon when a driver with a restricted learners license, lost control of her sport utility vehicle, ran off the road, and struck several trees. Kayla Pate, 16, lost control of her vehicle when her …

News briefs:January 06, 2008

Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief 06 Jan 07 1800 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Nevada, Northern California struck by massive storm 1.3 2008 Dakar Rally cancelled over terrorist threat 1.4 Baby attacked by dog in New York 1.5 Former Indonesian president, Suharto in critical condition 1.6 President Bush urges progress on Palestinian state; Israel to welcome …