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H The sprawling network of high quality tents are located in the city of Mina, spreading across a 20 square km valley, and are only used for 5 days of the year by Hajj pilgrims. As the website Amusing Planet reports, "For the rest of the year. Mina remains pretty much deserted.' The wealthy Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states receive zero Syrian refugees 36 million refugees from Syria [95 percent) are found in Ihe following five countries Turkey,  Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypl Lebanon is hosts lo 1 1 million refugees registered wilh UNHCR, which amounts lo about 26  percent lof Ihe country's population Jordan hosts 616,615 registered refugees, which amounts to 98 percent of the population Turkey is hosting 1 6 million refugees, which amounts 2 4 percent the population Iraq hosts 225,373 registered refugees, which amounts 0 67 percent of the population Egypl has 142,543 registered refugees, which amounts 0 17 percent of the population

North Bay Hydro was here for about 2 hrs. to replace connections to our house and at the transformer supplying it.We have been  on intermittent power for 2 days. Fix - so far so good.  Cause - Lineman advises salt spray  from the roads in the winter corrodes the connections. Ask anyone who lives on Canada's coast or on the Florida Coast. All autos sold in Canada in the last few years are mostly aluminum,stainless steel  and fibre carbon. Older steel  cars are called rust buckets and no one wants them. Salvage yards crush them and the steel is used in manufacturing. An example is Fords new truck the F150 is completely made of aluminum. 

NORTH BAY - One North Bay business could see water bills reach a peak of more than $12,000 a year if water costs are determined using meter size. The city's special water committee went into closed session to discuss how the new pricing system would impact specific commercial operations. "We need to know who the big users are" . "We want to be fair to everyone and we don't want to put anyone out of business over water rates." The special committee has been looking for an equitable water costing formula for two months and is due to bring its recommendations to city council on Sept. 8. However, the committee has determined it needs more time before presenting a final report."We need to get this equity right"  Committee members have agreed to a flat rate for water services adjusted according to meter size with all users paying the same price per cubic metre of water, appears to be the fairest. If this adjusted billing system is ap