With the House shuttered for the week-long Victoria Day constituency break, there are no major -- or, for that matter, minor -- events currently listed on the Parliament Hill agenda. Even the out-of-town political circuit appears to be operating at a lower capacity than normal, although that may change as the week unfolds. Out and about on the good news hustings today: Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt will be front and centre at the "grand reopening" of an Edmunston Read more [...]

But that is exactly what is happening at Hermon Chapel in Oswestry thanks to the hard work and vision of the building's owner Duncan Kerr. Mr Kerr, a social worker who also serves as a councillor on Oswestry Town Council, has worked on transforming the building in Chapel Street over four years into a premises for public meetings, music performance and movie screenings. With all the correct licensing and planning permission in place Mr Kerr, 53, who lives in the former Sunday School building Read more [...]

Preservationists who have for years criticized the Army’s stewardship of Arlington National Cemetery are lauding the long-awaited listing of the country’s premier burial ground on the National Register of Historic Places.The appointment to the National Park Service’s official list of historic sites last month comes as the cemetery celebrates its 150th anniversary. It follows a lengthy application process that historians and conservationists said should have happened years ago.The cemetery came Read more [...]