September 2014 – Page 259

B.C. Government, Teachers Negotiations Fail, No Classes on Tuesday

September 1, 2014 Sam Dixon 1

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has directly intervened to weigh in over the dispute between her provincial government and the province’s teachers through a message posted ……Read More

Brain tumour child patient’s parents to appear in Madrid court for extradition hearing

September 1, 2014 Afsheen Shafiq 0

The parents of a five-year-old brain tumour patient taken out of hospital in Britain without medical consent to Spain have appeared before a Spanish judge ……Read More

September 2014: Global Arab and Arabic Literary Events Calendar

September 1, 2014 Sara 0

Thanks to everyone who sent in events. Please continue sending or post them below. September 1 TRANSFERENCE opens submissions to poetry translated into English from Arabic (as well ……Read More

UAE Investing in Writers, Writers, (Some) Writers

September 1, 2014 Sara 1

When Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi declared that the saying should no longer be “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, and Baghdad reads,” but instead some combination of Qatari and Emirati ……Read More

Report Says Low-Wage Albertan Workers are Mostly Women

September 1, 2014 Sam Dixon 1

According to Statistics Canada figures released by Public Interest Alberta on Monday, there is a predominant provincial bias against jobs usually occupied by women, highlighting ……Read More

Suspect Arrested After 7Hrs Standoff on Ouellette Avenue

September 1, 2014 Sam Dixon 0

Windsor Police have announced to have arrested a male suspect armed with a knife after an almost seven hours’ standoff on Sunday morning on Ouellette ……Read More