High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 Channel Tunnel fire occurred on 11 September 2008 in the Channel Tunnel. The incident involved a France-bound Eurotunnel Shuttle train carrying heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and their drivers.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar`s film Up would open the festival. This marked the first time that an animated film or a film in 3-D opened the festival.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 Canadian Challenge Trophy will be contested for in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from October 7 to 12, 2009. The round robin group seedings are based on last years performance.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! On 7 March 2009, two off-duty British soldiers of 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim town, Northern Ireland. Two other soldiers and two civilian delivery men were also shot and wounded during the attack. An Irish republican paramilitary group, the Real IRA, claimed responsibility.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21–28 at the Vancouver Paralympic Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the final
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women`s national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling took place at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario from November 3–7, as part of the 2010 World Curling Tour. It was the first Grand Slam event for the 2010–11 curling season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! S.S.C. Napoli`s 2010–11 season is its 68th in Serie A, and fourth consecutive year in the top flight. Napoli will also take part in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as a result of finishing 6th in the 2009–10 Serie A table, its highest in Serie A since it also finished 6th in 1993–94.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling in December was held from December 14 to 18 at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse was CAD$100,000.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 Dominion Tankard, southern Ontario men`s provincial curling championship was held February 7–13 at the Peach King Centre in Grimsby, Ontario. The winning team of Glenn Howard will represent Ontario at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 Point Optical Curling Classic was held from September 23 to 26 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$60,000, and the winner, Mike McEwen, received CAD$15,000. McEwen defeated Alberta`s Kevin Martin in a tight final, winning 6–5 in the extra end.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling was held from November 2 to 6 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse for the event was CAD$100,000. Glenn Howard won his fifth World Cup of Curling and his ninth Grand Slam title overall after he and his team defeated John Epping in the final with a score of 6–4.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 Virginia Earthquake occurred on August 23, 2011, at 1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC) in the Piedmont region of the US state of Virginia. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was 38 mi (61 km) northwest of Richmond and 5 mi (8 km) south-southwest of the town of Mineral. It was an intraplate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum perceived intensity of VII (very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Several aftershocks, ranging up to 4.5 Mw in magnitude, occurred after the main tremor.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! S.S.C. Napoli contested in the Serie A, the UEFA Champions League (for the first time) and won the 2011–12 Coppa Italia for the 2011–12 season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2012 Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic was held from October 12 to 15 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format. The purse for the men`s event is CAD$37,000, and the winner, David Nedohin, received CAD$10,000. The purse for the women`s event was CAD$30,000, and the winner, Lisa Eyamie, received CAD$8,000. Nedohin defeated Randy Bryden of Saskatchewan in the men`s final with a score of 5–4, while Eberle defeated Lisa Eyamie in the women`s final with a score of 7–2.