A look at a disaster rescue like the one in New Zealand
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Sometimes nothing can prepare a person for what they are about to see and deal with in a disaster zone. The Vancouver Urban Search and Rescue Team hasn’t been deployed to...
View ArticleChristchurch like a ‘war zone’
CHRIST CHURCH, NZ (NEWS1130) – There’s standing sewage, empty streets, and crumbling buildings. It’s been exactly a week since the earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand. Montreal’s Cameron...
View ArticleFundraiser for Japan, New Zealand quake victims in Richmond
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A special concert was held tonight in Richmond to raise money for the victims of the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. Singer and event organizer Cherelle Jardine says she...
View ArticleStrong earthquake rattles New Zealand’s Christchurch; no reports of serious...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A strong earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to...
View ArticleNew Zealand considers drastically increasing cost of cigarettes in attempt to...
New Zealand hopes some tough new policies will help them become a nation of non-smokers by 2025. The country’s health minister is considering drastically raising the cost of of a pack of cigarettes,...
View ArticleMissing plane wreckage found in Antarctica
ANTARCTICA (NEWS1130) – It looks like no one survived after a plane carrying three Canadians slammed into a mountain in Antarctica. Searchers have found the wreckage. Pania Shingleton with the New...
View ArticleRoyal Baby watch: Baby’s first trip will be to Australia
Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada, said the Royal couple will make their first family trip with the new baby to Australia and New Zealand.
View ArticleStrong quakes shake central New Zealand, no serious injuries
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (NEWS1130) – Strong earthquakes shook central New Zealand on Friday, damaging homes and roads and sending office workers scrambling for cover in the capital. No serious injuries...
View ArticleMay 2: Momo Pinot Noit 2011
Seresin Estate in New Zealand makes a delicious Pinot Noit called Momo, Post City Magazines‘ Tony Aspler says....
View ArticleHarper in New Zealand for talks on trade, world hot spots
Stephen Harper is meeting Thursday with his New Zealand counterpart in the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister since Jean Chretien made the lengthy trip exactly 19 years ago. Harper and...
View ArticleHelicopter carrying 7 people crashes in New Zealand; no details yet on deaths...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A helicopter carrying seven people crashed on a New Zealand glacier on Saturday, and authorities said they were still trying to reach the scene to assess whether there were...
View ArticleTwo dead as powerful quake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, shaking residents awake, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency services to warn people...
View ArticleNew Zealand considers drastically increasing cost of cigarettes in attempt to...
New Zealand hopes some tough new policies will help them become a nation of non-smokers by 2025. The country’s health minister is considering drastically raising the cost of of a pack of cigarettes,...
View ArticleMissing plane wreckage found in Antarctica
ANTARCTICA (NEWS1130) – It looks like no one survived after a plane carrying three Canadians slammed into a mountain in Antarctica. Searchers have found the wreckage. Pania Shingleton with the New...
View ArticleRoyal Baby watch: Baby’s first trip will be to Australia
Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada, said the Royal couple will make their first family trip with the new baby to Australia and New Zealand. The post Royal Baby watch: Baby’s first...
View ArticleStrong quakes shake central New Zealand, no serious injuries
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (NEWS1130) – Strong earthquakes shook central New Zealand on Friday, damaging homes and roads and sending office workers scrambling for cover in the capital. No serious injuries...
View ArticleMay 2: Momo Pinot Noit 2011
Seresin Estate in New Zealand makes a delicious Pinot Noit called Momo, Post City Magazines‘ Tony Aspler says....
View ArticleHarper in New Zealand for talks on trade, world hot spots
Stephen Harper is meeting Thursday with his New Zealand counterpart in the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister since Jean Chretien made the lengthy trip exactly 19 years ago. Harper and...
View ArticleHelicopter carrying 7 people crashes in New Zealand; no details yet on deaths...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A helicopter carrying seven people crashed on a New Zealand glacier on Saturday, and authorities said they were still trying to reach the scene to assess whether there were...
View ArticleTwo dead as powerful quake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, shaking residents awake, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency services to warn people...
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