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Wasaga council considers flags, cairns for park honouring peacekeepers

The town's manager of parks, facilities and recreation, Gerry Reinders, presented the committee with the plans to erect two flagpoles in the park – one for the Canadian flag, the other for the Peacekeeping Association – along with a stone cairn. The ... >> view original

Cairns house where eight children were found dead to be razed by end of day

The Cairns house where eight children were found dead in December will be razed by the end of the day. Work began at the start of this week to tear down the house on Murray Street, Manoora, with workers cleaning and removing asbestos from the ... >> view original

Spy ship ... American spy ship USAV Worthy in Cairns for a refit. Picture ...

The maintenance work was undertaken at the Tropical Reef Shipyard in Cairns Harbour where she has been for the past 10 weeks. The USAV Worthy is known as a “missile range surveillance ship”, and is based at the top-secret US missile and space facility ... >> view original

Mountaineers men show style to beat in-form Cairns

THE Toowoomba Mountaineers men have proved they're the real deal this QBL season after knocking over the previously unbeaten Cairns 101-83 on Sunday. The Mountaineers held a barrow four-point lead at halftime before they blitzed the Marlins after the ... >> view original

Preston baby death: Liam Cairns charged with murder

A man has been charged with the murder of a 13-month-old baby. Liam Cairns, 26, is accused of killing the child, who died in hospital shortly after he was discovered at an address on Church Street, Preston, on 22 March. A post-mortem examination has ... >> view original

Cairns Energy backs out of Ibiza oil search

They also signed a a petition submitted to Spain's government urging it to rethink its decision to give Cairn Energy the green light to look for oil through a Spanish subsidiary. Vicent Serra, outgoing president of Ibiza's local government the Consell ... >> view original

Irish homebuilder Cairns to float on London Stock Exchange

Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes has confirmed plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. The company said it is seeking to raise between €350 million to €400 million, at €1 per share. Separately, there will be a subscription for ordinary shares by ... >> view original

Simon Cairns of The Co-operative on the growing importance of convenience ...

Simon Cairns, BWS category trading manager at The Co-operative explains to Angela Mount the supermarket's strategy, its supplier relationships and how it needs to ”focus totally on convenience retailing, working within 2,000- to 4,000-square-foot shop ... >> view original

Qantas on track to buy new planes: Joyce

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce had dismissed suggestions that reacquiring the airline's investment grade credit rating may force it to delay buying new fuel-efficient planes, saying the carrier can “chew gum, walk and sing at the same time”. A recent ... >> view original

Investors count losses as IPO market booms

7 IPOs for Week of June 8th Include 2 Biotechs24/7 Wall St. >> view original