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31 Oct 2009 01:22
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What royal treatment?
Canadian tour Next week's visit by Charles and Camilla won't generate the kind of frenzy seen during the Diana era. That's not fair, monarchy watchers say By RICHARD FOOT, Canwest News ServiceOctober 31, 2009 12:00 AM Prince Charles and Camilla, ...Royalty for a grown-up nation National Post
Bomb kills 7 soldiers in Pakistan
The Associated Press20 minutes agoISLAMABAD - Suspected Taliban militants set off a roadside bomb that killed seven paramilitary soldiers Saturday in a rugged tribal region of northwestern Pakistan, after the nation's president vowed to push on with an army offensive in a key insurgent ...Video: Clinton Tries to Calm Angry PakistanisThe Associated PressCanadian soldier killed by IED less than one week into mission
Anna Mehler Paperny1 hour agoWith a report from The Canadian Press Published on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 2:58AM EDT The 24-year-old sapper had been in Kandahar for less than a week when he was killed by an improvised explosive ...Another soldier at start of Afghanistan tour killed National PostReuters -12 hours agoAfghan vote in the balance, Abdullah cancels trip
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival Abdullah Abdullah canceled a planned trip to India on Saturday, his advisers said, heightening speculation he would pull out of next week's disputed run-off vote.Somali pirates ask $7 mln to free UK couple-report
Peter Griffiths, Elizabeth Fullerton7 hours agoLONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple captured on their yacht in the Indian Ocean, according to a phone call from a man purporting to be a member of the gang broadcast by the BBC on Friday.Video: BBC: Pirates Want $7 Million for UK CoupleThe Associated PressPirates demand $7m for Paul and Rachel Chandler Times Online
UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack
Edith M. Lederer9 hours agoUNITED NATIONS - The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with UN staff in Kabul.
Long-term power rate cap needed: analyst
15 hours agoNew Brunswick should negotiate a cap on long-term power rates with Hydro-Québec to protect residential customers before signing on the dotted line, says a public policy expert.Two Atlantic premiers continue verbal squabble over power deal with Quebec The Canadian PressCanada, Greenland to set up polar bear commission
10 hours agoCanada and Greenland are setting up a polar bear commission that will ensure bear populations that are shared between both nations will be protected and managed properly, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Friday.Canada to sign polar bear protection treaty Ottawa CitizenCanada, Greenland to jointly manage polar bears Reuters Canada
The Liberal faithful await the coming of St. Peter
1 hour agoPrime Minister Stephen Harper told his caucus this week that he can't figure out what the Ignatieff Liberals are up to. It was Wednesday morning and the news media were full of stories about the departure of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's chief of ...UPDATE 3-Canada's August GDP down, hits growth predictions
David Ljunggren12 hours agoOTTAWA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Canada's gross domestic product shrank by 0.1 percent in August, casting doubt on whether the country climbed out of recession in the third quarter and making official growth projections all but impossibleCanada Afternoon: C$ Down On Weak Data, General Risk Selloff Wall Street JournalTim Hortons revenues rise 10%
10 hours agoRevenue, including that from stores owned by franchisees, came in at $563.6 million, up 10.7 per cent, from just under $509 million in the summer of 2008.Tim Hortons 3Q Net Falls 22% On Chg; Revs Rise >THI Wall Street Journal
Ford Nears Deal With Canadian Union
Wall Street Journal11 hours agoFord Motor Co. has reached a tentative deal with the union representing Canadian auto workers to cut benefits and close an assembly plant in return for preserving wages and offering new commitments to build future models in Canada.Facebook privacy policy: who cares?
14 hours agoFacebook has just updated its privacy policy to cut out legal jargon after it was rebuked by the Canadian privacy regulator. The regulator marked the previous policy as being "confusing and incomplete" - a common problem on the internet.Samsung Omnia II coming to Bell Mobility
Digital Home12 hours agoBell announced today that it would be the exclusive provider for the Samsung Omnia II smartphone in Canada. Bell becomes the first vendor in North America to offer an HSPA version of the touchscreen device for use on Bell Mobility's new HSPA network,The Samsung Omnia 2 in Detail Pocket PC ThoughtsBell to get Samsung Omnia II in HSPA form Electronista (blog)Review: This Is It
Katherine Monk14 hours agoThis is It resurrects the image of Jackson as a supremely talented enigma who helped defined popular culture. More than anything, though, it's all about the way it makes you feel.Eastern coyotes may be more aggressive, expert says
Hanneke Brooymans12 hours agoA coyote climbs an apple tree on an acreage east of St. Albert in the Sturgeon River valley last winter. A scientist studying interactions between coyotes and humans in Edmonton said she wasReports of Chuck Biscuits death a hoax
15 hours agoReports of the death of Chuck Biscuits, the former DOA and Danzig drummer, are a hoax, according to his brother. Biscuits, whose real name is Charles Montgomery, is healthy and living in Seattle, according to Bob Montgomery, who spoke to CBC News fromChuck Biscuits' Death a Hoax? Exclaim!Yankees may take a chance on Sabathia
Jim McIsaac, Getty Images New York's CC Sabathia worked on three-days rest for the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS, holding the Angels to just one run in eight innings.
Olympic flame begins its cross-country journey
Debra Brash, Times Colonist Olympic triathlete and gold medalist Simon Whitfield and speed skating gold medalist Catriona Le May Doan light the Olympic torch in Victoria, BC, yesterday.Raycroft gets hook in Anaheim
Andrew Raycroft and the Vancouver Canucks donned their scariest costumes a few hours before Halloween on the West Coast. After carrying the momentum from Thursday night's 2-1 shootout win over the hometown Los Angeles KingsCanucks drown in the Pond Vancouver SunCanucks-Ducks Sums New York Times
Clinics Cancelled Next Week
Ontario Public Health officials have cancelled H1N1 flu shot clinics for the general public next week due to a nationwide shortage of the vaccine.
Wanna get scared? listen to liepert for an hour
Licia Corbella53 minutes agoBy Licia Corbella, Calgary heraldoctober 30, 2009 10:00 PM It's Halloween, so I'm going to dish up something really scary for all Albertans.
'We'll turn people away'
Ian RobertsonAntonella Artuso23 minutes agoAs H1N1 vaccine supplies dwindle, healthy Toronto adults are being told to step aside for higher-risk people. With greater-than-expected turnouts at clinics and a national shortfall of swine flu serum,Pact to restore ousted Honduran leader in Congress
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran legislators now have the final say over a US-brokered agreement that could return deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power, and diplomats urged them not to delay.Honduras deal thrown into doubt Aljazeera.netThai government promises fair trial for fugitive Saxena
13 hours agoRakesh Saxena is accused of embezzling 1.7 billion baht (currently $48 million US) from the Bangkok Bank of Commerce, which subsequently collapsed in 1996.Fugitive banker extradited to Thailand Seattle TimesQualicum Beach poppy campaign kicks off
BCLocalNewsMembers of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 fanned out across Qualicum Beach this week as they kicked off their annual poppy campaign.Legion in Welland kicks off poppy campaign Welland TribunePoppy sales resume amid renewed focus on Canada's military London Free Press
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