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Doctors nix idea of 'flu parties' to get immunity in case virus becomes deadlier

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:15:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - As a reason for a party, this one is getting a big thumbs down from public health officials.

Autopsy results for four bodies in submerged car could take weeks: police

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:13:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - KINGSTON, Ont. - Mamie Allen walked steadily across a beam above the Kingston Mills Locks on Thursday to lay a handful of pink roses picked from her garden at a memorial honouring four Montreal residents who died there in a car crash days earlier.

Latest Quebec death brings national swine flu total up to 31

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:12:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting another death related to swine flu, bringing the national total to 31.

Father in Manitoba custody case admits not having steady job

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:10:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - WINNIPEG - A father whose children were seized after one showed up at school with racist drawings on her skin has never managed to hold down a steady job or rent his own apartment, a courtroom was told Thursday.

Fifth blast hits Canada gas pipeline: police

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:00 GMT

AFP - OTTAWA (AFP) - A gas leak at a pipeline owned by EnCana in Canada's western British Columbia province was caused by a blast that police said Thursday is the fifth act of sabotage in the region since October 2008.

Liberal leader says Tories' personal attacks pit Canadians against each other

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - WINNIPEG - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is accusing the Tories of dividing Canadians through personal attacks.

'100 Huntley Street' says church money not used in alleged Ponzi scheme

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:46:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - The Canadian ministry behind "100 Huntley Street" said Thursday that church money was not misappropriated by two of the TV show's hosts who have been suspended over alleged links to a US$14.1-million Ponzi scheme.

Alberta names expert panel to advise government on economic strategy

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:46:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - EDMONTON - Alberta has put together a panel of experts to give it advice on how to take the swings out of the province's rollercoaster economy.

Ontario liquor board reviewing controversial scholarship from distilleries

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:41:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - A scholarship that Canada's distilleries hand out to the sons and daughters of workers at Ontario's liquor agency has come under scrutiny as a possible breach of ethics.

RCMP confirm northeast B.C. gas leak caused by fifth bombing to target EnCana

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:40:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Calgary-based EnCana (TSX:ECA), one of the major players in northern British Columbia's rapidly expanding oil and gas industry, has been targeted by a bombing for the fifth time in the past nine months, the RCMP confirmed Thursday.

Overdue tankers push through heavy ice to reach Iqaluit

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:39:45 GMT

CBC - Two commercial tankers reached Iqaluit early Thursday morning, days after thick sea ice on Frobisher Bay had delayed their arrival.

Canada's in the spotlight as debate on health care reform rages in the U.S.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:31:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - It's rare that anything to do with Canada is front and centre in the minds of Americans, but the Canadian health-care system has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few weeks as Capitol Hill legislators work on a massive health-care overhaul.

TSX slides on weak oil, U.S. jobs data

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index finished lower on Thursday as oil prices slid and a gloomy U.S. jobs report dimmed hopes for a quick economic recovery.

Jerky from Saskatchewan added to Afghan care packages

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:00:34 GMT

CBC - A Saskatchewan meat and delicatessen shop has produced enough beef jerky to supply Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan with a popular taste from home.

Police identify 'person of interest' in Aylmer church fire probe

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:00 GMT

CBC - Gatineau police said Thursday they have identified a "person of interest" in a blaze that gutted a Catholic church in Gatineau's Aylmer sector last month.

Flaherty says has no plans to add to stimulus

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:46:00 GMT

Reuters - SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Canada has no immediate plans to increase the size of its two-year stimulus plan, which is designed to pump an extra C$46 billion ($40 billion) into the economy, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday.

MP admits approving newsletter painting Ignatieff as anti-Ukrainian

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:44:55 GMT

CBC - Manitoba Conservative MP Vic Toews has confirmed he authorized a newsletter last month that slammed Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff for comments he made about Ukrainians more than a decade ago.

Latest EnCana pipeline explosion was deliberate: RCMP

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:09 GMT

CBC - Someone deliberately set the explosion that damaged another EnCana gas pipeline in northeastern B.C. early Wednesday morning, say investigators with the RCMP.

21 Nunavut women graduate with UPEI education degrees

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:05 GMT

CBC - Three years of study paid off for 21 Inuit women on Wednesday, when they became the first to receive masters of education degrees under a unique Nunavut-based program set up by the University of Prince Edward Island.

Police probe new Canadian pipeline bombing

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Reuters - VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - An explosion that damaged a natural gas pipeline in northeast British Columbia this week is likely linked to earlier attacks on energy facilities in the area, Canadian police said on Thursday.

Head of U.S. Central Command visiting Calgary Stampede

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:10:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - CALGARY - The soldier who oversees U.S. forces in Afghanistan is heading to the Calgary Stampede.

Crews battle forest fire near Pitt Lake, B.C.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:49 GMT

CBC - Firefighters battled a 1½-hectare forest fire on the east side of Pitt Lake, B.C., on Thursday, but the fire was not threatening any homes.

Former governor general LeBlanc remembered in N.B. as 'one of us' by mourners

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - MEMRAMCOOK, N.B. - It seems everyone in the tiny parish of Memramcook, N.B., has a personal memory of Romeo LeBlanc.

Sex offender charged with assaulting child at Yellowknife library

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:52:09 GMT

CBC - A registered sex offender has been charged with assaulting a child at the Yellowknife Public Library last month.

Farmers near Edmonton fear grasshopper infestation

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:50 GMT

CBC - Farmers in the county of Camrose fear grasshoppers will destroy crops already stunted by continuing dry weather.

Canada's recession losses to be long term: report

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - More Canadians will be out of work in 2014 than prior to the recession, even if the economy recovers quickly and expands at a healthy clip for the next five years, a prominent economist forecast on Thursday.

Bowness auto shop fire under investigation

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:24:20 GMT

CBC - Arson specialists are investigating a fire at an automotive repair shop in the neighbourhood of Bowness.

Police in Prince Albert, Sask., to use anti-trespassing law

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:20:54 GMT

CBC - Police in Prince Albert say they plan to use the province's new anti-trespassing law to crack down on rowdy youths gathering at night.

Stompin' Tom honoured on postage stamp

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:51:44 GMT

CBC - Stompin' Tom Connors is being honoured on a new postage stamp.

More search for missing Yukon-bound plane

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:20 GMT

CBC - More military and volunteer personnel joined the search in the Yukon Thursday for an American couple whose small plane went missing almost two weeks ago.

Motorcyclist killed in highway collision north of Winnipeg

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:12 GMT

CBC - A man was killed and a woman was hospitalized Thursday following a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Highway 7 in Fraserwood, Man., about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg .

Hutterites pose for Alberta Milk ad

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:28:35 GMT

CBC - Three Hutterite men have posed for a milk advertisement, even though some Hutterites object for religious reasons to being photographed.

Cyprus police say Canadian tourist strangled to death and thrown into gorge

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:27:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - NICOSIA, Cyprus - A Canadian tourist has been found strangled at the bottom of a gorge near a southern coastal resort in Cyprus, police said Thursday.

Wajdi Mouawad, Jay Ingram named to Order of Canada

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:26:52 GMT

CBC - Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad and science broadcaster Jay Ingram are among the 60 Canadians appointed Wednesday to the Order of Canada.

Ford overtakes GM in June sales in Canada

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:36 GMT

CBC - June sales at Ford of Canada jumped 25 per cent while sales at General Motors Canada fell 31 per cent, the companies said Thursday.

Canada Day celebrations end with stabbing death

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:09 GMT

CBC - A man was stabbed to death just before midnight following Canada Day celebrations in downtown Edmonton on Wednesday.

Rock fall closes Grouse Grind trail north of Vancouver

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:19:30 GMT

CBC - The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore has been closed because of falling rock in the upper sections that has made that part of the popular hiking route dangerous, according to Metro Vancouver officials.

Manitoba confirms total of 685 swine flu cases

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:22 GMT

CBC - There are 227 newly confirmed cases of swine flu in Manitoba, bringing the provincial total to 685, the provincial government announced Wednesday.

Ottawa's rescue workers busy on Canada Day

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:13:00 GMT

CBC - Ottawa police and paramedics were kept busy as thousands of people descended on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to celebrate Canada Day in the capital.

Police dump booze, fine several people in line for Countryfest

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:13 GMT

CBC - Several country music fans were charged with liquor and speeding offences while waiting for a Manitoba music festival to open this week.

Restaurants urge minimum-wage hike exemption for servers

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:35 GMT

CBC - Nova Scotia restaurant owners are asking the province to exclude waiters and bartenders from further minimum-wage hikes, saying the increases are driving up food prices and hurting kitchen jobs.

Dry weather leads to sticky bug problem

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:03:42 GMT

CBC - Dry weather has been a boon to Calgary's aphid population, frustrating people who are finding their cars and patio furniture covered with a sticky residue.

Olympics-Canada's gold medal dream begins to take shape

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:02:00 GMT

Reuters - TORONTO, July 2 (Reuters) - Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby headlined the short-list of Canada players who will be handed the task of winning gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Wascana Lake study to examine fertilizer effects

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:50:14 GMT

CBC - The artificial Wascana Lake in Regina, notorious for its algae and other plant growth, has been selected for a major study on the effects of fertilizer on lakes.

AbitibiBowater names chief restructuring officer

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:43 GMT

CBC - AbitibiBowater has appointed Bruce Robertson, a former senior managing partner at Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as chief restructuring officer as it tries to work its way out of bankruptcy protection.

Barn fires prompt Manitoba to develop farm building codes

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:08 GMT

CBC - The Manitoba government is looking to implement building codes for farm construction in the wake of several serious hog barn fires this year.