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News 15 Nov 2009
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Three aboriginal women from Canada are visiting the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of a 10-day tour to raise awareness around human rights issues occurring in the Alberta tarsands.
The remains of a young New Brunswick woman who died in England 92 years ago were finally put to rest Sunday near her childhood home in Hammondvale, N.B.
Police in Onion Lake, Sask., have identified the 16-year-old boy killed in the community this weekend.
Members of the Eskinuopitijk First Nation band council are expressing hope for change after the death of a teenager from their community in northeastern New Brunswick.
Government labs, including the one in Winnipeg handling samples of swine flu, struggle to keep track of viruses and bacteria, a recent audit found.
Some health authorities across the country have tossed out hundreds of doses of the swine flu vaccine because of miscalculations over how many of the time-sensitive doses are needed at community clinics.
The City of Charlottetown is cutting back on its use of road salt this winter and switching to a more environmentally friendly way to keep people from slipping on the ice - volcanic ash.
Assault charges are pending after a woman was dragged by a vehicle in Sydney Saturday.
A man with his head wrapped up like a mummy is being sought by Saskatoon police following an armed robbery at a business on Saturday night.
Summerside police are still looking for the motorist responsible for a large oil spill on Friday night and clean up efforts continue.
Ice hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with the number of players increasing 350 per cent in the last decade, but there just isn't enough prime ice time for women's hockey in Canada.
Police in Ottawa are investigating the possibility that someone deliberately started a fire on the ground floor of an all-female rooming house on Nepean Street.
Don't feed the deer, and keep your eyes peeled while behind the wheel.
That's the message to Winnipeggers from Manitoba's Conservation Department this weekend as many of the animals are being spotted roaming inside the city.
Canada's Gemini Awards touched down in Calgary on Saturday night, with the slick Toronto-set cop drama Flashpoint the evening's big winner.
A man who hit a golf ball straight at another player, injuring him, has been ordered by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal to pay more than $225,000 in damages.
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Business:
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec plans to issue up to $8 billion in bonds.
Japan's economy expanded by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter, the second consecutive quarterly rise, the government said Monday.
Canada's provincial securities regulators Friday put on hold plans to change the country's corporate governance rules.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Singapore early Saturday morning for what amounts to less than 24 hours of talks on global economic recovery and trade flows.
The debt-riddled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio is exploring strategic options, including a possible sale.
Items that used to belong to jailed financier Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth, fetched about twice their estimated value at an auction in New York City on Saturday.
Air travellers could end up paying the increased cost of airport fees, the CEO of Halifax-based Jazz Air Income Fund warned Friday.
A Calgary scientist is looking for links between oil and gas activity and earthquakes in Alberta.
The government agency that regulates Alberta's oil and gas industry lifted its ban on sour gas projects Friday.
P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz looks for an electricty deal with Hydro-Québec.
Hydro-Québec's third-quarter net income was down sharply at $338 million, compared to $491 million in 2008.
U.S. coffee company Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has bought Canada's Timothy's Coffees of the World Inc. for $157 million US.
Calgary-based Suncor Energy said Friday it is budgeting $5.5 billion for capital spending in 2010.
Canada's exports were 3.5 per cent higher in September, narrowing the trade deficit to $927 million from $2 billion.
A new office has opened in Calgary for the self-employed who want an alternative to working alone at home.
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Arts & Entertainment:
Three pairs of contestants remain on the ice as CBC's Battle of the Blades glides into its final two shows on Sunday and Monday.
A former prostitute, whose anonymous blog was turned into the television series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, has revealed her identity.
Canada's Gemini Awards touched down in Calgary on Saturday night, with the slick Toronto-set cop drama Flashpoint the evening's big winner.
Singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, known as Cat Stevens in the 1970s, takes the stage in Dublin on Sunday, the first performance of his first full tour since 1976.
Joan Baez and Lou Reed performed at a concert in Prague on Saturday celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
Bruce Springsteen thought he was in Ohio during the first part of his Friday night show in Auburn Hills, Mich.
American director Paul Wendkos, whose career spanned 50 years and about 100 films and television shows, has died at the age of 84.
A new film and television studio in Calgary is one step closer to becoming a reality.
The debt-riddled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio is exploring strategic options, including a possible sale.
The family of the man who made the Winnie the Pooh character famous is suing Disney Corp. for what they say are unpaid royalties.
Clint Eastwood was made a commander in France's Legion of Honour on Friday, recognizing his contributions to cinema over the course of his long career.
Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a U.S. federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators.
Canada's first space clown can brag that his recent trip into the cosmos generated at least 23 times more international news coverage this year than the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.
Proponents and opponents of moving the multibillion-dollar Barnes Collection of fine art attended the ground-breaking ceremony of its new downtown Philadelphia home on Friday.
A TV revival of the 1970s hit Charlie's Angels could be heading to screens, with U.S. network ABC reportedly close to ordering a pilot for the new series.
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Sports:
Casey Printers threw for more than 350 yards and led the winning drive in overtime as the B.C. Lions beat the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34-27 on Sunday in the CFL's crossover semifinal game.
Calgary quarterback Henry Burris wasn't his dominant self against the visiting Eskimos on Sunday, but he did enough to keep the defending Grey Cup champs on track to repeat during a 24-21 win over Edmonton in the West Division semifinal.
The Toronto Raptors lost a heartbreaker to Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.
Vyacheslav Kozlov's one-time shot ripped past the glove of Edmonton's Nikolai Khabibulin and broke a tie with eight minutes to go to push his Thrashers to a 3-2 win on Sunday over the Oilers in Atlanta.
Stephen Ames ended the PGA Tour season in style on Sunday, taking the Children's Miracle Network Classic in a three-man playoff in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., captured gold in the 15-kilometre cross-country ski event at a World Cup warmup event in Sweden on Sunday.
Chicago's Brent Seabrook beat San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov 41 seconds into overtime to seal a 4-3 win after Blackhawks netminder Cristobal Huet forced extra time with a huge save in the final seconds of regulation.
Michelle Wie has finally gotten the monkey off her back, winning her first LPGA tour title on Sunday.
World champion Kim Yu-na has won her second straight Skate America title despite losing the free skate Sunday to American Rachael Flatt in Lake Placid, N.Y.
The Atlanta Falcons dropped their third game in four weeks, losing on the road to the Carolina Panthers 28-19 on Sunday.
Experienced MLS coach and former star player Preki Radosavljevic may be in line to take over as bench boss with Toronto FC.
Guillaume Perrault of Longueuil, Que., won the gold medal in the men's 81-kilogram event at a World Cup judo event Sunday in Apia, Samoa.
Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt won the ladies 1,000-metre race at the ISU World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Sunday with a time of 1:15:47.
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) victory over Gael Monfils on Sunday to win the Paris Masters for the first time, giving him back-to-back ATP Tour titles.
Vancouver swimmers Tanya Hunks and Brent Hayden are leaving Berlin with medals and another Canadian-record performance.
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