Monday, january 05, 2009 | 06:10 pm
International News
WASHINGTON - The United States is pressing for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that would include three main elements, including a halt to Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel, the State Department said Monday....
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Hundreds of people shouted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as the embers of an Israeli flag smouldered on the streets of Kandahar city during an angry demonstration Monday....
Steve Rennie, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and his family are now full-fledged D.C. residents, moving into a grand downtown hotel over the weekend so that Sasha and Malia Obama could start their first day at an elite private school once...
Lee-Anne Goodman, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
PARIS - A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe today, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations....
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have long exaggerated their military successes, but their recent claim that they killed more than 5,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan last year...
Jason Straziuso And Rahim Faiez, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
LAS VEGAS - Don't let the smell of beer and the rock music fool you: Beer pong is a serious game. Some dare say a sport....
Kathleen Hennessey, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
MADRAS, Ore. - An Oregon couple who hadn't been seen since New Year's Eve have been found dead inside their locked bedroom with their crying nine-month-old daughter in an apparent ...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
NEW YORK - QVC is travelling to Washington to mark president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration this month - and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small ...
David Bauder, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama declared the U.S. economy was "bad and getting worse" Monday as he began crisis talks with congressional leaders on emergency action....
Steven R. Hurst, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush has announced the airlift of equipment and vehicles for the humanitarian effort in Darfur, the violence-plagued western Sudan region...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
SAN FRANCISCO - California's high court has prohibited three Southern California parishes who left the U.S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay ministers from retaining...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
NEW YORK - The contractor that raised the crane that toppled in midtown Manhattan last year, killing seven people, has been charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent...
Samuel Maull And Amy Westfeldt, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Upcoming Events
01/06/2009
- The Alpha Course
- [6:30 pm]
- Explore the meaning of life. Free intro dinner and movie. Call Whistler Community Church 604-932-3139
- Whistler Library, Main St.
01/07/2009
- AWARE January Meeting
- [6 to - 8 p.m.]
- Join AWARE for a discussion on the increasing number of independent power projects or IPPs in B.C. with special guest, Gwen Barlee policy director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Westin Resort and Spa, followed by Green Drinks at Black's ub at 8 p.m.