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Madinah residents clamor for entertainment spots
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Since the Madinah Mayoralty closed the amusement parks in the city two years ago, residents say they have no place to go for fresh air and spend their leisure time during the summer vacation.
Naser…
PATH as leisure destination: Jeff Mandel’s Big Idea
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Name: Jeff Mandel
Issue: Public spaces: How to make Toronto a city designed for people
What’s the big idea: What if Toronto actually invested in the PATH as a leisure…
Making a racket over proposed Cumbernauld tennis courts
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In a planning application – entitled, “Construction of Three no. Tennis Courts with Associated Lighting, Fencing, Footpath and Retaining Walls”, Bill Gillespie from North Lanarkshire Leisure Ltd – the arm’s length…
Summer camps start early in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
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Summer seems to be starting a little early for family this year as the teachers started their full-scale strike on Tuesday.
Parks and Leisure Services has already started offering its summer camps during rotating strike days,…
The Night Andropov Died
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It was an evening like many others. The dedicated drunks Lyokha and Olezhek, two of my fellow security guards at the Krestovsky Island Amusement Sector of the Leningrad Central Park of Culture and…
Dannevirke: Fears local jobs at risk over contract
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Tararua District Council is intent on getting better value for money from its road maintenance contract - but some are concerned the economy drive will come at the expense of local jobs.
Currently, Infracon has…
Super Retail flags weaker sales
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The announcement comes a little over a month since Super Retail issued an earlier profit warning. Photo: Brendan Esposito
The federal budget continues to plague Australian retail as Super Retail…
New Editor Reveals Epicurious’ 2014 Growth Strategy
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Who Nilou Motamed
New gig Editor in chief, Epicurious
Old gig Features director and senior correspondent, Travel + Leisure
Age 43
Twitter @niloumotamed
How did you get…
Dannevirke: Police seek help in hunt for arsonists
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Tararua police are appealing for assistance from the public after two arsons in Pahiatua over the weekend, including an attempt to burn down the police station.
"We need help from the pubic to identify and…
Long list of leisure activities to while away the time this Queens Birthday long weekend
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A LONG weekend means an extra long list of great things to do in and around Brisbane this weekend.
There’s circus and seafood, jazz and cabaret, books and balls and that’s just the start.…
Councils are left on the hook for unprofitable projects
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Councils have to bail out the losses racked up by public pools and leisure centres, says Conor Ryan, Investigative Correspondent.
Lavish designs and costly heating bills have left the ambitious…
Portmarnock Leisure Centre Awarded Sports Grant
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The Portmarnock Sports and Leisure Centre (PSLC) was recently awarded a Sports Capital Grant from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, and has now a plan in place to use the grant
The grant…
Commuting leaves Ontario short on time: report
Longer commute times, particularly in the Toronto area, are helping keep Ontarians chronically crunched for time, according to the first Ontario report looking at the quality of life indicators in the Canadian Index of…
Dannevirke: Farewell to beloved teacher
"The pocket rocket," was how most described Weber School's extraordinary teacher aide of 28 years, Prue Haldane.
Last week the school and Weber community farewelled Prue and her husband Richard after 35 years farming in the…