Yakima-area firefighters breathe easy for the moment Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:55:12 GMT By Ross Courtney Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley firefighters are breathing easier today after no fires were set off by Monday evening’s lightning storms. “Let’s all knock on wood, OK,” said Mike Riel, chief of Yakima County Fire District 4 in the East Valley. “We try not t...
June 18, 2013 - Yakima Herald-Republic
Dog Groomer Fired for Animal Abuse, Humane Society Launches Investigation (Video) A dog groomer in Calgary, Canada, was fired Thursday after being caught on tape abusing a dog under her care. A former employee at Fur Kids, Trina Riel, secretly taped the unidentified female groomer hitting one dog with a brush and knocking him around as the dog cowers. In another video the same groomer chases a dog with a vacuum cleaner, Global News reports. “It’s absolutely disgusting,” Riel ...
June 16, 2013 - Opposing Views
David Chartrand in Canada First Perspective Today's decision is another step forward along our people's journey to the Supreme Court of Canada,concluded President Chartrand. "Our Nation remains strong and determined in the face of adversity. As our leader Louis Riel once said about...
Rod Bruinooge in Montreal Gazette I feel Louis Riel was very horribly treated,said Bruinooge. "I don't see his hanging as an example of good justice."
Serge Joyal in Canada.com Because he died in disgrace, few artifacts from Riel survive, but the single piece of clothing that a man would save in those days would be the suit he got married in,said Senator Serge Joyal, one of those who lost the bidding war for the...