G8 updates - It's a wrap

G8: a high profile and highly volatile event

HUNTSVILLE — An oil crisis and global recession spurred on the world’s major industrialized democracies to form a group to discuss issues on a global scale.

It’s here: some summit checkpoints now up and running

HUNTSVILLE — After two years of anticipation, the G8 Summit became a reality in Huntsville today.

Soccer versus summit: what will you watch?

HUNTSVILLE — Louise Azzara will be flipping back and forth between soccer and summit this weekend.

Meet Canada’s G8 sherpa

HUNTSVILLE — If you thought a sherpa was a Himalayan mountain guide, you’re not alone.

The Forester's final G8 Summit rumours page

HUNTSVILLE — We diffused the rumours about the submarines in Peninsula Lake and the gossip that Barack Obama would be flown home every night of the summits. But, with the G8 Summit now days away, the rumour mill has been churning out buzz.

Batching it at the G8 Summit

HUNTSVILLE —It’s just Angela (Merkel, German chancellor) and the boys this weekend.

Sherpa, summit, SMO

HUNTSVILLE — It’s been two years since Huntsville found out we’d be hosting the G8 Summit, and since then residents have been inundated with G8 news, nuances and vocabulary.

Huntsville fairground buses carting security

HUNTSVILLE — They’ve been perched in the muddy fields of the Huntsville Agricultural Society fairgrounds for some days now.

Trinity United vigil begins tomorrow

HUNTSVILLE — While the political leaders meet at Deerhurst, a community leader plans to hold a prayer vigil at Trinity United Church in Huntsville.

World religious leaders hold counter-summit

HUNTSVILLE — For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The counterbalance to the G8 summit this year, as in every year since 2005, will be the World Religions Summit of Interfaith Leaders in the G8 Nations.

Recovery and new beginnings: theme of G8

Priorities for the G8 Summit in Muskoka according to the government of Canada include:  

•International development and maternal, newborn and child care – meeting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (see sidebar).

•Food security — world hunger

Local chef creates culinary wonders for leaders using local ingredients

HUNTSVILLE — Feeding world leaders and their massive entourages sounds like a daunting task. But Deerhurst executive chef Rory Golden is up to the challenge.