Makeover means new link « Ricky Leong, yellow journalist

May 16, 2009...1:11 am

Makeover means new link

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The Calgary Sun website recently got a radical makeover.
The result is a much cleaner layout for better reader navigation.
There are also new features, including RSS feeds and browsing for your mobile phone.
The change also means my columns have a new home.
Please go check it out if you have a moment.

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Calgary & Alberta News (calgarysun.com)
- Poppy boxes stolen November 9, 2009
  The Calgary Poppy Fund has already suffered several thefts of donation boxes and cops yesterday arrested a man in connection with the crime.
- 'Best Calgary had to offer' November 9, 2009
  As Canada's military personnel serving in Afghanistan prepare to mark Remembrance Day to honour the country's fallen, Calgary's latest soldier killed in combat won't be far from mind.
- Energy analyst predicts rush away from Tories November 9, 2009
  The Tory party's weekend vote to retain Premier Ed Stelmach at the helm will drive disillusioned conservatives to the join the upstart Wildrose Alliance, a Calgary energy analyst predicts.
- Woman arrested in bank heist November 9, 2009
  Hours after a bank was robbed by a female claiming to have a weapon on Saturday, police closed in on an alleged offender.
- No cuts to health funding promised November 9, 2009
  Although tough economic times are forcing all provincial ministries to tighten next year's budgets, the health department will in fact receive an increase in cash, according to Premier Ed Stelmach.
World News (BBC)
- Berlin celebrates demise of Wall November 9, 2009
  World leaders are joining thousands of Berliners marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Scores die in El Salvador floods November 9, 2009
  El Salvador declares a national emergency after at least 124 people die in floods and landslides following days of heavy rain.
- Zimbabwe's Bennett trial delayed November 9, 2009
  The terror trial of MDC official Roy Bennett, which has heightened tensions in Zimbabwe's unity government, is adjourned.
- Peshawar hit by fatal bomb blast November 9, 2009
  At least three people are killed in a blast in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, the second in two days.
- Teacher beheaded in Philippines November 9, 2009
  The severed head of a teacher abducted by militants is found in a sack in a petrol station in the southern Philippines.
Weird News (canoe.ca)
- Workers tossed files during Yankee parade November 8, 2009
  New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.
- Graffiti artist can't finish work, leaves note November 8, 2009
  Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.
- Pig rescued from Tim Horton's bathroom November 7, 2009
  Friday was anything but a routine day for a University of Guelph professor at the Ridgetown campus.
- Suspect steals car to attend court November 7, 2009
  VALLEJO, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.
- London commuters baffled by sex broadcast November 6, 2009
  London commuters listening out for the latest news about train services got a broadcast with a difference when the noise of a couple apparently having sex was blasted out over a station's loudspeaker system.
Calgary weather
- No watches or warnings in effect, Calgary November 9, 2009
  No watches or warnings in effect.
- Current Conditions: Clear, -4.6°C November 9, 2009
  Observed at: Calgary Int'l Airport 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009 Condition: Clear Temperature: -4.6°C Pressure / Tendency: 101.9 kPa rising Visibility: 24.1 km Humidity: 62 % Wind Chill: -9 Dewpoint: -10.8°C Wind: SSW 9 km/h Air Quality Health Index: N/A
- Monday: Sunny. High 8. November 9, 2009
  Sunny. Wind becoming south 20 km/h this afternoon. High 8. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Monday night: Clear. Low minus 3. November 9, 2009
  Clear. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light after midnight. Low minus 3. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Tuesday: Sunny. High 8. November 9, 2009
  Sunny. Wind becoming west 40 km/h gusting to 60 in the afternoon then light in the evening. High 8. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Wednesday: A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 1. High 7. November 9, 2009
  A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 1. High 7. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Thursday: Sunny. Low minus 4. High plus 4. November 9, 2009
  Sunny. Low minus 4. High plus 4. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Friday: Sunny. Low minus 6. High 6. November 9, 2009
  Sunny. Low minus 6. High 6. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Saturday: A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 2. High plus 5. November 9, 2009
  A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 2. High plus 5. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009
- Sunday: Sunny. Low minus 1. High 11. November 9, 2009
  Sunny. Low minus 1. High 11. Forecast issued 05:00 AM MST Monday 09 November 2009