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Top Stories: Washington, December 08 : The number of death resulting from narcotic pain relievers has doubled since 1991, according to a new Canadian study. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:36 -0500Toronto, Dec 8 (IANS) Toronto will play host to the next G20 summit in June, a statement by the Canadian prime minister's office has said. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:20:02 -0500Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bayern Munich clinched their places in the next round of the Champions League on Tuesday. The trio, European champions a total 20 times between them, advanced alongside CSKA... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:37 -0500Goaltender Cam Ward was activated by the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday and is eligible to play the following evening against the New Jersey Devils. Ward, 25, was struggling along with the rest of th... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:36 -0500The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenceman Brendan Bell and forward Tomas Kana from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for forward Pascal Pelletier. Columbus general manager Scott Howson announc... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:36 -0500Police in Abbotsford have nabbed a violent sex offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after he took off from Calgary in October.Dean Robert Zimmerman, 44, was recognized by an employee at a charitab... The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:35 -0500The Calgary Zoo has welcomed a baby giraffe, born early on Saturday morning. The new calf, which has not been named, is 178 cm tall and weighs 59 kilograms. "She is a beautiful new addition to our ... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:35 -0500Delaney Collins has fallen short in her bid to crack the Canadian Olympic women's hockey team roster: The defender from Pilot Mound, Man. was released Tuesday. Collins, 32, who was an alternate defen... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:34 -0500Canadian-born Shaun Suisham made three kicks for the Washington Redskins on Sunday, but the one he shanked against the New Orleans Saints cost him his job on Tuesday. Suisham, of Wallaceburg, Ont., w... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:34 -0500The Dallas Stars look to rebound from another loss via the tiebreaker Tuesday night when they face the Anaheim Ducks for the second time in five days. CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:33 -0500A pulp mill in B.C.'s southern Interior has just received $40 million from the federal government to build a green energy plant, even though the company refuses to pay its local municipal taxes bill. ... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:31 -0500An emergency meeting will be held in Pine Falls, Man., on Tuesday for provincial officials to talk with local politicians and residents about the planned sale of a local paper mill amid a labour dispu... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:29 -0500A pulp mill in B.C.'s southern Interior has just received $40 million from the federal government to build a green energy plant, even though the company refuses to pay its local municipal taxes bill. ... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:20 -0500Two Bathurst men were taking to hospital in critical condition after a highway accident that started with the loss of a wheel in the northern New Brunswick city Monday. RCMP said the front wheel of a... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:18 -0500B.C.'s swine flu vaccine clinics will close on Dec. 18. Medical Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall says people should take advantage of the clinics until then to get immunized against the H1N1 strain o... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:16 -0500Alberta will be sending much more than elite athletes to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, a provincial official announced Tuesday. Provinces have been invited by Olympic authorities to "come and ... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:16 -0500HBC announced Dec. 8 it will sell the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic team apparel, designed by Polo Ralph Lauren, at select Bay stores across Canada. Inspired by the 1930s Games, the outfits feature red,... The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:15 -0500A Vancouver man who traded a shotgun for a BMW with his friend has been found guilty of the rare criminal charge of aiding the suicide of the friend.Paul Adrian Fraser, 21, was charged after Robbie Mi... The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:10 -0500A Canadian doctor who used a pioneering ’blood-spinning’ technique to help Tiger Woods recover from his knee surgery will be questioned in court after being charged with three counts of illegally ... The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:49 -0500OTTAWA — Defence Minister Peter MacKay on Tuesday dismissed a letter from more than two dozen former diplomats stating that the government's treatment of the envoy who triggered the Afghan detainees... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:46 -0500The Senate on Tuesday put off a contentious vote on the government's consumer product safety law until Wednesday after key Liberals pleaded with their colleagues to weaken it. Federal Liberal Leader M... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:46 -0500HALIFAX — Hope for a little boy's survival turned to sadness Tuesday after James Delorey, the seven-year-old lost for two days in the freezing Nova Scotia woods, died overnight in a Halifax children... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:44 -0500A report called on the federal government to commit to a strategy of 'core poverty eradication,' which, it says, would entail designing all housing and income support programs to 'lift Canadians out o... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:42 -0500The estate of Chet Baker, the renowned jazz musician who died in 1988, is the lead plaintiff in the suit filed in October 2008 against the main members of the Canadian Recording Industry Association: ... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:41 -0500TORONTO — The credit crunch is back making headlines, but this time out, it is sovereign debt putting the squeeze on investors.Financial markets tumbled on Tuesday as credit rating agencies slashed ... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:39 -0500The federal government will spend $5 million on a study that will lead to the creation of a new protected marine area at the eastern end of the Northwest Passage. Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:35 -0500© 2008 - 2009 Canwest Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:50:58 -0500EDMONTON — Private-label ATM operator Cash ‘N Go Ltd. has struck a deal to be acquired by Hosted Data Transaction Solutions Inc. for an undisclosed amount, the companies said Tuesday.Edmonton-base... Edmonton Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:50:52 -0500Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin testifies before the Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa November 18, 2009... National Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:52 -0500OTTAWA - The cycle of poverty must be broken in Canada "once and for all" by lifting all people out of its wretched trenches, says a new Senate report. The report called on the federal government to ... National Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:48 -0500Cpl. Matthew Wilcox was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and negligent performance of a military duty in the 2007 shooting of a fellow soldier in Afghanistan. National Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:35 -0500Dec. 8, 2009 OTTAWA - The stress of combat in war-torn Afghanistan hasn't stopped Canadian soldiers from showing up for work, according to new Canadian Forces figures on sick days. The data in fa... C News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:05 -0500Health Newsletter Receive the latest health news, feature articles, and other health resources by subscribing to our FREE monthly Health Newsletter. C News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:03 -0500, 2009. The continuance of Crocodile Gold into Ontario was approved by its shareholders at the special meeting of shareholders held in November 2009. Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:03 -0500TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this Press Release. Molson Coors Canada's "Here's to Responsible Choices" campaign officially kicked off... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:02 -0500TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - Healthy communities depend on healthy citizens, and there is a direct link between poverty and wellness. BMO Financial Group President and CEO Bill Down... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:22:41 -0500Cisco TelePresence ™ services across the country. TELUS Intercompany Service with Cisco TelePresence combines existing enterprise networks with service provider connections to extend Cisco Tele... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:21:11 -0500The RCMP's independent watchdog says the four RCMP officers who confronted Robert Dziekanski 'fell short' of expectations and their repeated used of a Taser was 'premature and inappropriate.'... CTV Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:25 -0500Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, Tuesday releases the results of the commission's two year study into the in-custody death of Robert Dziekanski. The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:38 -0500France's Jean-Baptiste Grange, one of the top men's slalom skiers in the world, will miss the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, it was announced on Tuesday. Grange, 25, said on his website that an MRI confirm... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:58 -0500Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp. is selling off its remaining 48.5 per cent stake in Centerra Gold, the uranium mining company announced Tuesday. The buyers, a syndicate led by CIBC World Markets and RBC... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:54 -0500The Sound of Music will go ahead without the original Captain von Trapp, as actor Burke Moses must leave the show for unspecified surgery. Moses, a Broadway veteran who had played von Trapp for the p... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:50 -0500Twenty years after the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, survivors, victims' families, police officers and others are fighting what they are calling a campaign of misinformation about the fed... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:49 -0500Guidelines are in the works to help family doctors stem the growing number of deaths linked to narcotic painkillers such as OxyContin. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario reacted to a l... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:49 -0500A 25-year-old man was killed in a workplace accident Tuesday at a tire shop in Chambly, south of Montreal. The employee of Pneus Robert Bernard was installing a tire on a truck when it exploded. The... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:48 -0500Dramatic shorts by Toronto director Jamie Travis and Nunavut's Paul Raphael and Félix Lajeunesse have earned screening spots at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Festival organizers announce... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:48 -0500An Edmonton lawyer has pleaded guilty to a charge of animal cruelty for leaving two horses on a snowy mountain near McBride, B.C., last year. On Friday, Frank McKay pleaded guilty to a charge under B... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:46 -0500Fire investigators were at the Lilydale Foods plant in northeast Edmonton Tuesday morning following an early morning fire in a shed on the site. Fire crews were called to the plant at 127th Avenue an... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:45 -0500An injured swan from Alberta will soon be flying across the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver to hook up with a potential new mate, but it's not clear what sort of matchup could come from the unusual avian... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:45 -0500A two-month investigation into cocaine trafficking in Calgary not only netted drugs, but samurai swords, a battle axe and van full of stolen items likely tied to home break-and-enters. Police announc... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:44 -0500Police are searching for the man who shot a businesswoman in the back of the head, killing her in front of her two-year-old daughter. Laura Rios, 45, was found lying in a pool of blood behind her whit... The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:35 -0500.CHICAGO (Reuters) - The season's first major snowstorm will sweep across the U.S. central Plains and western Midwest early this week, dumping up to 12 inches of snow, a forecaster predicted Monday.&q... Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:22 -0500WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court's panel of nine justices appeared to provide some vindication to Conrad Black on Tuesday, suggesting the federal law that helped convict the former business mogul i... C News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:16 -0500Police are searching for the man who shot a businesswoman in the back of the head, killing her in front of her two-year-old daughter. Laura Rios, 45, was found lying in a pool of blood behind her whit... Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:13 -0500A report called on the federal government to commit to a strategy of 'core poverty eradication,' which, it says, would entail designing all housing and income support programs to 'lift Canadians out o... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:08 -0500Ontario First Nations chiefs say they plan to launch an indefinite campaign of direct, legal and political action unless they are exempt from a new harmonized sales tax set to take affect in the provi... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:08 -0500Emergency personnel respond after Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner from West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Dec. 7, 2009. The banner reads: 'Climate inaction costs lives.'... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:06 -0500At closing time, the S&P/TSX composite index was down 125 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 11,365 with materials, energy and financials leading the decline. Oil and gold prices continued their slide in the... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:05 -0500VICTORIA — A British Columbia man is accusing Victoria's police chief of misconduct, saying Jamie Graham jeopardized the safety of an undercover agent by blowing his cover during a speech last week ... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:03 -0500Police are searching for the man who shot a businesswoman in the back of the head, killing her in front of her two-year-old daughter. Laura Rios, 45, was found lying in a pool of blood behind her whit... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:59 -0500Fredy Villanueva with his parents, Lilian and Gilberto. Constable Jean-Loup Lapointe of the Montreal police shot and fatally wounded Villanueva last August. He was 18. Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:58 -0500Police are searching for the man who shot a businesswoman in the back of the head, killing her in front of her two-year-old daughter. Laura Rios, 45, was found lying in a pool of blood behind her whit... Leader-Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:35 -0500VANCOUVER — Vancouver Canucks elite prospect Cody Hodgson has withdrawn his name from Canada's world junior roster due to his ailing back, a decision endorsed by Canucks general manager Mike Gillis.... Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:21 -0500CALGARY - A high-risk sex offender has been arrested in Abbotsford, B.C. at a shelter.Calgary police said Dean Robert Zimmerman, 44, was arrested after someone in the shelter recognized him and called... Calgary Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:19 -0500Ontario will not be anywhere near its greenhouse gas emissions targets unless drastic changes are made immediately to key industries, the province’s environmental commissioner warned Tuesday. Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:17 -0500Cpl. Matthew Wilcox was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and negligent performance of a military duty in the 2007 shooting of a fellow soldier in Afghanistan. National Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:00:05 -0500EDMONTON — Where magazine has voted Creations Dining Room and Lounge one of the best new restaurants in Canada of 2009.Creations, with executive chef Michael Laird at the helm, is located in the Saw... Edmonton Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:59:53 -0500TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 12/08/09 -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this Press Release. Molson Coors Canada's "Here's to Responsible Choices" campaign officially kicked off its holida... Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:49:21 -0500Police are searching for the man who shot a businesswoman in the back of the head, killing her in front of her two-year-old daughter. Laura Rios, 45, was found lying in a pool of blood behind her whit... Windsor Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:48:47 -0500Police are searching for the man who shot a businesswoman in the back of the head, killing her in front of her two-year-old daughter. Laura Rios, 45, was found lying in a pool of blood behind her whit... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:48:01 -0500The Quebec government rolled out a plan to fight the financial exploitation of seniors on Tuesday, saying far too many seniors are losing their savings to fraudsters like Vincent Lacroix and Earl Jone... The Gazette Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:29 -0500(RTTNews) - Canadian stocks remain notably lower on Tuesday as gold continues to see weakness on the Comex. The Bay Street market followed the lead of stocks of Europe and the U.S. The S&P/TSX Compos... Quote.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:16:48 -0500OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - Editors note: A photo is included with this press release on Marketwire's website. The Science Media Centre of Canada took another major step toward be... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:19 -0500OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Minister ... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:13 -0500TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - The Executive Board of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario has unanimously elected Fred Hahn president of CUPE Ontario. "I am honoure... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:12 -0500Roberto Luongo, who stopped all 38 shots in last Thursday’s 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, is back between the pipes tonight in Nashville against the Predators. Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:31 -0500VANCOUVER -- Home builders in November continued to rush back into building new houses across Metro Vancouver, but remained slow to take up new condominium projects, the latest figures from Canada Mor... Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:10 -0500Deputy Managing Editor Paul Bucci discusses some of the news stories that editors and reporters at The Vancouver Sun are posting online at vancouversun.com today. Vancouver Sun Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:09 -0500/CNW/ - In a historic joint presentation before the CRTC today, CEOs from CTV, Global and CBC appeared together for the first time and delivered a consumer-first solution that provides affordable, acc... CNW Group Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:12:45 -0500Large trucks on the highway should be forced to stay only in the right lane, an RCMP crash analyst told a coroner's inquest Tuesday.Thick spray from a passing semi-truck's tires could have played a ro... The Province Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:11:56 -0500Toronto police and the family of the victim of a fatal hit and run are offering a reward of $75,000 for information that will help locate the driver who ran over Christopher Skinner in October. Early... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:53 -0500Zenn Motor Company says it will close facilities in Quebec's Laurentians region, as it phases out production of low-speed electric vehicles. The Toronto-based company indicated Monday it will close i... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:52 -0500A damning report on the conduct of RCMP and the death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport was released on Tuesday by the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP. In the strongly w... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:50 -0500The risk of rushing back was not worth it for Cody Hodgson. Hodgson has informed Canadian junior team officials that his back ailment will prohibit him from attending the selection camp in Regina on ... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:48 -0500Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is calling for the creation of a supplementary government pension plan, saying Canadians are not saving enough for retirement. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Tues... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:47 -0500The author of an anti-feminist blog was expected in Montreal court Tuesday to face charges of uttering death threats. Jean-Claude Rochefort, 60, is accused of uttering threats against women from Apri... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:44 -0500As of Tuesday, some 377 people, mostly residents in the southeast borough, had joined a group on the social networking site Facebook, where people discuss drug use and public sex they've witnessed in ... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:43 -0500An Anglican priest living in Conception Bay South, N.L., was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography Tuesday following an investigation by police in both Ontario and his home pro... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:43 -0500Convicted killer Thomas Svekla is a psychopath who is at high risk of reoffending and committing other acts of violence, says a psychiatric report submitted Monday at his dangerous offender hearing in... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:43 -0500Edmonton taxpayers are looking at a tax hike of five per cent in the city budget passed Tuesday. Among the expenses councillors decided to pick up for the 2010-2011 budget are an increase of $10 mill... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:43 -0500Albertans shivering through a cold snap used a record amount of electricity on Monday, hitting a high of 10,046 megawatts during the supper hour. That broke the Dec. 15, 2008, record of 9,806 megawat... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:42 -0500An injured swan from Alberta will soon be flying across the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver to hook up with a potential new mate, but it's not clear what sort of matchup could come from the unusual avian... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:41 -0500An injured swan from Alberta will soon be flying across the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver to hook up with a potential new mate, but it's not clear what sort of matchup could come from the unusual avian... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:41 -0500The country's RCMP watchdog has released a highly critical report into the conduct of the four officers involved in the 2007 death of Robert Dziekanski. In his report into the incident, Paul Kennedy,... C News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:26 -0500Canadians are four times more likely to answer "Canada" than "U.S." when asked who won the War of 1812. But a new national survey conducted in the lead up to War of 1812 bicentenni... Canada.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:16 -0500 |
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