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News 18 Nov 2009
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All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured by Afghan officials and many of the prisoners were innocent, says a former senior diplomat with Canada's mission in Afghanistan.
A Winnipeg man's ordeal after undergoing brain surgery is raising questions about discharge policies for patients who undergo major procedures at the city's largest hospital.
A jury in Yellowknife was still deliberating Wednesday night in the trial of an Alberta man accused of killing an RCMP officer in Hay River, N.W.T.
A northwestern B.C. First Nation has approved a revolutionary land reform deal, making it the first in Canada to approve private property rights.
Premier Dalton McGuinty won't agree to hold public hearings on the HST across Ontario, but says he expects voters will pass judgment on the new tax in 2011.
Quebecor Media proposed its own solution to the battle over the value of conventional television signals on Wednesday, suggesting cable and satellite distributors divert the fees they pay to specialty channels to traditional broadcasters instead.
Subway service has resumed between Eglinton and Bloor stations on Toronto's north-south Yonge line following a closure that lasted around five hours and delayed thousands of commuters.
Ontario will offer H1N1 vaccinations to all residents as of Thursday, the province's health minister says.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation isn't impressed with the federal government's fiscal management, even though federation alumni hold senior roles in the government.
Hockey star Sidney Crosby carried the Olympic torch in his home province of Nova Scotia on Wednesday.
Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, will host a major meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in early February.
An anti-abortion club has had its campus rights suspended by McGill University's student body council.
Next year's G20 summit slated to be held in Ontario's Muskoka region might be moved to the Toronto area because of the logistics of holding the meeting at the popular cottage destination.
An Alberta rancher who grew up listening to stories about a local jockey's feats with the famous racehorse Seabiscuit has donated $130,000 to build a statue in their honour.
A contest to name the new baby gorilla at the Toronto Zoo was capped off in an usual way on Wednesday when the baby's father made the final choice.
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Business:
Montreal-headquartered Bombardier is in exclusive talks with French railway agency SNCF for a contract worth $12.6 billion to build up to 860 trains, the company said Wednesday.
Telus is urging Industry Minister Tony Clement not to overturn a CRTC decision barring Globalive from launching a new cellphone service.
Quebecor Media proposed its own solution to the battle over the value of conventional television signals on Wednesday, suggesting cable and satellite distributors divert the fees they pay to specialty channels to traditional broadcasters instead.
Toronto-based insurer Manulife Financial Corp. will issue common shares to raise more than $2.5 billion, the company said Wednesday.
The United States has stopped canola meal shipments from five Canadian plants at the border over concerns about potentially dangerous salmonella bacteria.
The opposition Parti Québecois is demanding the resignation of Transport Minister Julie Boulet and junior transport minister Norman MacMillan after Quebec's auditor general found irregularities in their ministry's awarding of construction contracts.
Tough talk from Canada's largest grocer on Tuesday has fuelled speculation that food sellers are bearing down for an old-fashioned price war this holiday season.
The U.S. dollar continued its downward slide Wednesday as gold hit another record high.
Quebec-based Cosmos Capital Inc. said Wednesday it may be willing to raise its hostile takeover offer for Cossette Inc. even higher, but needs access to all of the advertising agency's books.
Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, will host a major meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in early February.
A hotly contested battle for domination of Canada's cellphone and wireless telecommunications market is headed to B.C. Supreme Court.
The rate of home construction plunged in October in the United States, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
Canada's annual inflation rate ended a string of four months in negative territory as it hit 0.1 per cent for October, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
Ideal infrastructure and the breakout popularity of a $2,500 US car have turned the Indian city of Chennai into the Detroit of South Asia.
The conventional TV business has changed dramatically in the past 30 years, and without access to new streams of revenue, stations will continue to close and local programming vanish, Canada's public broadcaster argued in Gatineau, Que. on Tuesday morning.
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Arts & Entertainment:
Quebecor Media proposed its own solution to the battle over the value of conventional television signals on Wednesday, suggesting cable and satellite distributors divert the fees they pay to specialty channels to traditional broadcasters instead.
Battle of the Blades will be back for a second season, CBC Television says.
Christopher Heyerdahl's character in The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a man of few words but considerable power.
Calgary-born actor Cory Monteith says his videotape audition for the hit TV show Glee featured him drumming on wine glasses and Tupperware in his manager's office.
One of Toronto's few art-house cinemas, the Carlton, is scheduled to close Dec. 6.
A memoir by Karl Rove, the White House aide who was architect of former president George W. Bush's war on terror, now has a title and a release date.
The city that will host long-track speedskating during the 2010 Winter Olympics has waded into a cross-border confrontation, offering satirical talk-show host Stephen Colbert a position for the Games.
The two sides in a labour dispute at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum are heading back to the bargaining table Friday for the first time since early October.
A new musical from Cabaret and Chicago collaborators John Kander and Fred Ebb will have its world premiere off-Broadway in the new year, more than five years after the death of lyricist Ebb.
The assault charge against the Black Eyed Peas' manager - stemming from allegations made by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton this summer - has been dropped.
The same day he was passed over for a Governor General's award, Eric Siblin won two Quebec Writers' Federation prizes for his non-fiction Bach book, The Cello Suites.
The family of a woman who was abducted, held captive and abused for 18 years is blasting a filmmaker's plan to turn her ordeal into a movie.
Toronto actress Lisa Ray is preparing for a stem cell transplant to treat her rare cancer.
The conventional TV business has changed dramatically in the past 30 years, and without access to new streams of revenue, stations will continue to close and local programming vanish, Canada's public broadcaster argued in Gatineau, Que. on Tuesday morning.
M.G. Vassanji, already celebrated for his fiction, is now a Governor General's Literary Award winner for his evocative memoir, A Place Within: Rediscovering India.
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Sports:
The 2004 European champions shocked the Donetsk crowd in Ukraine during the second leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff on Wednesday, winning 1-0 in the match and on aggregate to book a ticket to South Africa in 2010.
Portugal qualified for the World Cup for the third time in a row, beating Bosnia 1-0 in Zenica on Wednesday thanks to Raul Meireles's second-half goal in the second leg.
Quarterback Anthony Calvillo, running back Avon Cobourne and wide receiver Kerry Watkins made the grade Wednesday as the Montreal Alouettes accounted for 10 spots on the 2009 CFL all-star team.
The Montreal Canadiens will be without speedy forward Brian Gionta for an indefinite time, according to reports.
Toronto FC will introduce the team's new coach at a media conference Thursday morning.
Jim Tracy of Colorado won the NL Manager of the Year award on Wednesday - and earned a new contract, too - while Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the AL honour.
Ontario's Mark Bice routed New Brunswick's Mary Jane McGuire 7-2 to run his record to 8-1 Wednesday at the Canadian mixed curling championship in Burlington, Ont.
Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped Wednesday of the gold medal he won in the 1,500 metres at the Beijing Olympics 15 months ago.
With Wally Buono at the helm, the British Columbia Lions have beaten the Montreal Alouettes 11 of 15 times heading into Sunday's showdown in the East Division final.
Magic Johnson told reporters Wednesday he supports LeBron James' plan to have NBA players stop wearing No. 23 in honour of Michael Jordan.
Cleveland Cavaliers centre Shaquille O'Neal is likely to miss the next couple of games because of a strained shoulder.
Caroline Lagrange and Michael Schmidt of Canada reached the round-robin match-play round Wednesday at the Bowling World Cup in Melaka, Malaysia.
The Oakland Raiders agreed Wednesday to a tentative agreement with Alameda County officials to extend their
lease at the Coliseum through the 2013 season.
Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett told reporters Wednesday that he has talked to Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck and "everything's cool" between him and the Seahawks quarterback.
The Denver Nuggets say Chris (Birdman) Andersen is day-to-day with moderate patellar tendinitis in his right knee.
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