YesBut what's the local news?

From the Chronicle Herald, published in Halifax, Nova Scotia:

Gone fishin’:

No girls allowed. 9-year-old wants to join boys-only outdoor day camp, but girls offered only day at the spa. -

Nine-year-old Lydia Houck was looking forward to a day of fishing, hiking and golfing when she browsed through a list of summer day camps offered near her Nova Scotia home, but the only option that fit her interests was just for boys.

In contrast, the only all-girl camp, dubbed Glamorous Girls, offers jewelry-making and a trip to the spa for manicures and pedicures for girls aged five to 12. Lydia says she’d rather be fishing.

"It was really frustrating that they were being discriminatory and they were saying that boys should look forward to doing this and that girls shouldn’t do this," Lydia, who will be entering Grade 4 in the fall, said in an interview from her home in Windsor. "My brother and I go fishing a lot and I enjoy going outside a lot, and this camp seemed to fit that description and it was pretty much the only day camp that did."

The Municipality of the District of West Hants offers three other day camps that are co-ed — a trip to an amusement park, a day at the waterslides and a pirate-themed excursion into Halifax — but Lydia said none of them sounded as fun as the camp for boys.

The municipality says the idea for next Monday’s spa day came from similar all-girl day camps elsewhere in Nova Scotia, with at least one Halifax-area community staging its own spa event for young girls this summer. West Hants recreation director Kathy Kehoe denied the camp lineup is discriminatory and said there are no plans to reverse the decision before the event for boys takes place on Tuesday.

From the Milton -Ulladulla Times, New South Wales, Australia.

Shed 'inappropriate'

A MEN'S Shed, planned for the grounds of the Milton-Ulladulla Baptist Church, is inappropriate according to neighbouring residents.


Opponents of the workshop support the need for such a facility in the district, but believe it would be better suited to an industrial or commercial area, rather than a residential estate in Narrawallee.


The Men's Shed is planned for a site on the corner of Matron Porter Drive and Leo Drive adjacent to the existing church building.


The project is part of the national Men's Shed network and will provide an opportunity for local men to work on timber and metal projects for local charities and community groups, while fostering men's health and providing a meeting place seven days a week.


I have only one question: What about the girls and women?

YesBut what's the local news?

Once again I have been surfing the net to find interesting stories in local newspapers. I leave it to you to judge the success.

From The Baytown Sun, Texas, - “Lee replaces Conlee for July 3-4 event”. ”Just a week before some of the biggest country musicians take the stage at Baytown’s two-day Fourth of July celebration, organizers have been scrambling to replace one of the headliners.John Conlee — best known for his “Rose Colored Glasses” — was scheduled to close the July 3 show but had to cancel this week because of a family emergency.“His wife underwent minor surgery (Tuesday), and it turned into major surgery,” said parks director Scott Johnson, whose department is planning the event. “He’s pretty much canceled everything out of (his hometown) Nashville for a while so he can stay home to take care of her.”Local favorite Johnny Lee and his Urban Cowboy Band have been booked to replace Conlee. Born in Texas City, Lee is probably most famous for his appearance in the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy,” which included a performance of his song “Lookin’ for Love.”“We’re disappointed not to have Conlee, but we’re excited about Lee,” Johnson said. “When you’re a week away, you don’t want to change your lineup, but sometimes, that’s the way it works.””

From the Chronicle Herald , Halifax, Nova Scotia – “Pregnant, male and happy”. “A MALE IS expected to give birth soon at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography — and there’s nothing freakish about it. That’s just the way things work among seahorses.
"It’s the only animal in the world where the males bear the young," Jim Frost, fish lab manager at BIO, said Wednesday as he fed six seahorses that the Dartmouth institute obtained earlier this month from the Canadian Wildlife Service.”

From the Kaieteur News, Geaorgetown, Guyana. – “Freed murder accused sprints out of court and attracts police bullets …still missing hours later”. “Chaos erupted at the Christianburg Magistrate's Court yesterday, after a police constable shot at a murder accused, who had sprinted from the court compound.
The police constable had no way of knowing that the accused, Denzil Higgins, had just been freed on the capital charge.
The constable had only minutes before brought the prisoner in handcuffs to the court, and was unaware that the case against the accused had been dismissed.
Fortunately, none of the bullets hit the fleet-footed prisoner, who up to late last night had not even made contact with his relatives.
Higgins, called ‘Kidda', was accused of murdering Brazilian businessman Brazilian, José Filho, three years ago.
But the preliminary inquiry had dragged on after one of the key witnesses, ex-superintendent Charles Alleyne, repeatedly failed to turn up to testify against the accused.
Yesterday, Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys decided to dismiss the case against Higgins.
On setting him free, Magistrate Gilhuys reportedly warned Higgins that he would be re-arrested if the witness turned up while he was still in the compound.
On hearing this, Higgins immediately bolted out of the court like a 100-metre sprinter.
He bolted past the police rank who had escorted him to court.
The constable instinctively drew his firearm and discharged it at the ‘escaping' prisoner.
The bullets missed, and Higgins increased his pace significantly.
As the gunshots rang out, curious onlookers and bystanders ran helter-skelter while others dived for cover.
One man even exited his car, and ran into the nearby Christianburg School yard, no doubt considering that location a safe sanctuary.
Pupils at that school ran out of the compound to see what the commotion was all about, only to be hustled back inside by concerned teachers.
The convict's mother, who witnessed the drama, shouted: “He free, he free, is kill they trying fuh kill he. Ya know wha it is to be free? Is excited he excited mek he running.”
A subsequent search of the surrounding vicinity proved futile, as the lucky man apparently made good his escape in nearby bushes
Higgins has reportedly not been seen since and some persons even joked that he was still running.
Kaieteur News understands that minutes after the matter was dismissed, the tardy ex-police superintendent, who was to have testified, turned up at the court.
This prompted Magistrate Gilhuys to immediately call Commander Mark Gilbert, and mandated that a thorough investigation into the matter be carried out. “

And that's the news form around the world for anther week