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News 14 Nov 2009
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RCMP have confirmed that the body found on New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula earlier this week is that of 16-year-old Hilary Bonnell, who went missing from the Esgenoopetitj First Nation two months ago.
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.
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.
B.C.'s environment ministry issued a flood watch for B.C.'s South Coast on Saturday.
The remains of a young New Brunswick woman who died in England more than 90 years ago were flown into Halifax on Saturday, on the way to Hammondvale, N.B., where they'll finally be buried on Sunday.
One week after Olympic ticket hopefuls were halted by a computer glitch, the third round of ticket sales for the 2010 Games opened Saturday morning.
A Porter Airlines plane was forced to turn around Saturday morning after leaving Halifax for St. John's when the pilot briefly lost consciousness.
A 33 per cent jump in emergency room visits to hospitals in Saskatoon prompts a change in procedure.
A 29-year-old woman who passed away at a hospital in eastern Newfoundland on Saturday afternoon is the province's seventh H1N1-related death during the current swine flu pandemic.
Female ski jumpers from Canada and the U.S. hoping to have their event included in the 2010 Olympics have lost their case before the B.C. Court of Appeal.
A U.S. military commission will resume hearing the case against Omar Khadr, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday, the same day the Supreme Court of Canada heard a federal government appeal in his case.
Health Canada has approved the use of adjuvant-free swine flu vaccine made in Canada for pregnant women and healthy people aged 10 to 64, federal health officials say Friday.
The Gemini Awards, honouring the best in Canadian television, will be broadcast live from Calgary Saturday night on Global and Showcase.
The Parti Québécois urges the Quebec govenment to use the constitution's notwithstanding clause to limit access to private English schools after the Supreme Court quashes part of the province's language legislation.
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Business:
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec plans to issue up to $8 billion in bonds.
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.
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.
Montreal toymaker Mega Brands Inc. has reported a $72-million profit for the third quarter.
Rising oil prices widened the U.S. deficit in September, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
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Arts & Entertainment:
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 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.
Canadian standup comedy was a product of the TV age, says Yuk Yuk's comedy club founder Mark Breslin, who remembers Canada as strong in sketch comedy when he opened his first club in Toronto.
Actress Elisha Cuthbert will be returning to her birth city to lead the Grey Cup parade later this month in Calgary.
Prolific, award-winning sitcom writer David Lloyd, whose decades-long career included work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers and Frasier, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 75.
Sarah Palin's new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish over her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience, but the 413-page tome doesn't contain a single reference to her grandson's father, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston.
Martin Scorsese, the director and producer who created Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and The Departed, will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.
Telefilm and CBC announced a deal on Thursday that will see at least four Telefilm-funded movies a year destined for primetime on the public broadcaster.
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Sports:
The Maple Leafs showed hustle and grit, but couldn't match the Flames in the scoring department, losing 5-2 on Saturday.
The Senators lost to the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.
Canadian pair Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin withdrew from Skate America on Saturday when she fell hard to the ice and reinjured her right leg.
After a disastrous start to Saturday's game for Toronto goalie Jonas Gustavsson, Hockey Night in Canada's Don Cherry said he empathizes with the Maple Leafs netminder.
The Tiger-Cats top priority on Sunday will be to keep elusive B.C. Lions quarterback Casey Printers in the pocket, taking away his running lanes.
Canada's Lyndon Rush drove to the gold medal in the opening four-man World Cup bobsled race of the season Saturday in Park City, Utah.
The NHL is close to rewritting its rulebook to include language that penalizes blind side hits to the head, Hockey Night in Canada analyst Glen Healy said during Saturday's Hotstove segment.
Francois-Louis Tremblay and Charles Hamelin won gold and bronze respectively as Canada took four medals at the short-track speedskating World Cup in Marquette, Mich., on Saturday.
Brent Hayden won his second gold medal of the week on Saturday in the men's 100-metre freestyle at a World Cup event in Berlin.
The defending Vanier Cup champion Laval Rouge et Or, Queen's Golden Gaels, Saint Mary's Huskies and Calgary Dinos have advanced to the final four in Canadian university football.
Rory Fallon headed in the lone goal in the 44th minute to give New Zealand a 1-0 win over Bahrain on Saturday and its first World Cup berth in 27 years.
The Denver Nuggets are not happy being the underdogs in the Western Conference any longer. They've put the league on notice that they are a legitimate contender this season.
Ukraine and Greece battled to a 0-0 draw in Athens Saturday in the opening leg of their two-game playoff series to see who advances to next year's World Cup in South Africa.
UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture won a close decision over Brandon (The Truth) Vera in a drab light heavyweight fight Saturday at UFC 105 in England.
Christine Nesbitt finished second in the women's 1,500 metres Saturday, edging out Canadian teammate Kristina Groves at a long-track speedskating World Cup event in the Netherlands.
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