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News 13 Nov 2009
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RCMP have discovered a body buried in a remote, wooded area in northern New Brunswick they believe may be that of Hilary Bonnell, the Esgenoopetitj First Nation teenager who went missing two months ago.
Women 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 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.
A Montreal husband and wife, accused of murdering three of their teenage daughters and the man's first wife in June, appear briefly in court to try to ask for some contact with three of their remaining children.
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says he was surprised by the federal government's recent decision to put its own sign on infrastructure projects without provincial or municipal logos attached.
A federal prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for a man found guilty on terrorism charges.
A Canadian tour bus in New York state crashed Friday morning, injuring seven students and the driver, who apparently fell asleep at the wheel, police said.
Medals were given Friday to 48 members of the Canadian Forces for their courage and service.
There is nothing wrong with a recent decision on Robert Latimer's parole conditions, the appeals division of the National Parole Board has decided.
The Olympic torch relay is making its way across parts of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula on Friday, travelling by both land and sea.
Toronto police are searching a garbage transfer station for clues to the disappearance of Mariam Makniashvilli.
Teyo Johnson of the Calgary Stampeders is in hospital after being stabbed at a concert Thursday night.
A Montreal man who can't get immediate access to his dead wife's estate to pay for a complete funeral says he is heartbroken about having to keep her in a cemetery's cold storage facility until he finds the money to lay her to rest.
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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.
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 announced Friday morning he's setting up a negotiating team to sit down with Hydro-Quebec to buy electricity for the province.
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.
New motor vehicle sales increased 1.2 per cent to 128,415 units in September, largely on the strength of a surge in North American-built passenger cars.
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Arts & Entertainment:
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.
Google Inc.'s plans to add millions of copyright-protected books to its digital library are riding on a new legal settlement addressing the objections of government regulators who don't want Google to gain too much power over a new market.
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.
Canwest Global Communications Corp. will begin trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on Monday after being delisted from the main Toronto market on Friday.
B-movie king Roger Corman is set for an A-list celebration this weekend, when he will receive an honorary Oscar.
CBC plans a TV movie about Sam Steele, who rode with the North-West Mounted Police against the Red River Rebellion and fought in the Boer War.
The last of the original CNN hosts, Lou Dobbs, told viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show - effective at the end of the hour - to pursue new opportunities.
Mike Smith, Robb Wells and J.P. Tremblay are returning to Canadian TV screens in 2010, but not as the Trailer Park Boys.
Spirited bidding for paintings by pop artist Andy Warhol helped a New York contemporary art auction soar past pre-sale estimates Wednesday night.
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Sports:
The scoring may have started quickly but the game went the distance as the Sabres topped the Calgary Flames in a shootout in Buffalo on Friday night.
Women 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.
Brad Gushue's quest to repeat as Olympic men's curling champion is over after the St. John's skip fell 7-5 to Jean-Michel Menard of St. Romauld, Que., on Friday at the pre-trial tournament in Prince George, B.C.
Markus Naslund believes his long-time friend Peter Forsberg will continue his hockey career this season and should play for their hometown club in Sweden, Modo.
Teyo Johnson of the Calgary Stampeders is in hospital after being stabbed at a concert Thursday night.
Jasey-Jay Anderson defeated Canadian teammate Matthew Morison in the parallel giant slalom final at the opening FIS Nor-Am event of the snowboard season Friday.
Germany's Cathleen Martini has won the women's bobsled World Cup season opener, driving her way to victory on the 2002 Olympic track for the second straight year.
A raucous crowd of about 7,000, some of whom had been waiting for hours, was on hand Friday at the MGM Grand to see Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto make weight for their bout.
Canada's Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin delivered a satisfying short program on Friday to sit in third place in pairs at Skate America, the fifth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure-skating circuit.
Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder Vernon Wells is expected to be ready for spring training after undergoing successful surgery on his left wrist.
The Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy, the top two clubs in the West, will battle it out on Friday night in Carson, Calif., in a one-game match for the right to play in next week's MLS title game.
Kyle Okposo scored at 4:45 of overtime and John Tavares had the first two-goal game of his young NHL career to help the New York Islanders beat Carolina 4-3 on Friday night, extending the Hurricanes' winless streak to a franchise-tying 14 games.
Former world No. 1 golfer David Duval has likely lost his PGA Tour card for next year after missing the cut at the final event of the season in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., finishing at 5-over par on Friday.
Brian Pothier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Washington Capitals won their fourth in a row without Alex Ovechkin, beating the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Friday night.
The Raptors open a four game western swing Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.
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