Blenheim (Canada)

Type: City

Name: Blenheim (Canada)

Country: Canada

Latitude: 42.330002

Longitude: -82

population: 5,065

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

IBM Corp

Happy pigs live without constraints

His current life is a far cry from working as a design engineer for computer giant IBM but Melvyn Goodall is as happy as one of his free range pigs wallowing in mud.Mr Goodall and his wife Denyse farm alpacas and rare-breed wessex saddleback pigs on a ... [Published Nelson Mail - May 23 2013]

Entities: Alpaca, Blenheim (Canada), IBM Corp

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Nuno will keep beat without funky hair

Nuno Machado, 13, who is recognized for his 'big hair' will be sporting a new look on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 when he gets his locks lopped off for a good cause. The Grade 8 Monsignor Uyen Catholic School student is collecting pledges with the proceeds ... [Published Chatham Daily News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Chatham (Canada), Oncology, Blenheim (Canada)

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Ten: Pamela Bauer

My name is Pamela Bauer and I live in Thamesville with my family - I've been married to my best friend, Andrew, for 20 years and have three amazing kids! I was born in Port Hope, Ont. Shortly after I was born, my family moved back to Nova Scotia. I lived ... [Published Chatham Daily News - May 05 2013]

Entities: Perth (Australia), Heidi Baker, Blenheim (Canada)

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Homer Dick retiring, but continuing to travel

Homer Dick's personalized licence plate - Travl 1 - says it all.For the past half century, Dick has been arranging vacation and business travel for thousands of Chatham-Kent and southwestern Ontario residents.The Rutherford native plans to officially ... [Published Chatham Daily News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Ridgetown (Canada), Blenheim (Canada), Vancouver

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

Picture perfect view of the Blenheim

I am going back here to that attractive painting of a mailboat entering the Tyne which, you may recall, former Shields man Alex Patterson, now in Canada, had bought in an antiques shop in the town. Well, we got to the bottom of who the painter was, Alan ... [Published Shields Gazette - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Blenheim (Canada), Fred Olsen, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Alan Reid, Alex Paterson

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

New hand on the volunteer helm

Volunteer Marlborough has a new face at the helm with Maggie Martin taking over from Debbie Remacha, who is pursuing a career in teaching.Maggie is far from new to the Blenheim-based organisation having served in the part-time role as volunteer services ... [Published Marlborough Express - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: New Zealand, Blenheim (Canada), Wellington (Canada), Victim Support

Quotes

"Pigs are like people. Some are wonderful and you wouldn't want to send [them to slaughter], but there are others that are really quite grumpy. You really have to say they have got to a certain size, they have had a fantastic life here, they do what they like and I look after them well." - $ Fairfax NZ News

Happy pigs live without constraints [Published Nelson Mail - May 23 2013]

"Many travellers are using the Internet to research their trips but want the security of knowing they can turn to their agent if problems arise" he said

Homer Dick retiring, but continuing to travel [Published Chatham Daily News - May 02 2013]

The Chatham branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library, in partnership with Ross Nurserymen, is holding a "get gardening workshop May 4 at 10 a.m."

Pool business is relocated [Published Chatham Daily News - Apr 21 2013]

"They don't want to adapt to another one because there's an emotional attachment to food."

Hot to trot [Published Taranaki Daily News - Apr 18 2013]