Provides the latest RSS feeds for Canada News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Canada News.Net http://www.canadanews.net/ en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:52 -0400 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:52 -0400 30 Jordan and Canada plan to wrap up a nuclear cooperation agreement this summer, Khalid Touqan, head of Jordan's Nuclear Authority, said Thursday. http://www.canadanews.net/story/357222 Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:12 -0400 Canada News.Net http://www.canadanews.net/story/357222 CALGARY - An investigation into a botched 911 call that contributed to the death of an 18-month-old Calgary boy has placed the blame on the family's Internet phone provider. The family of Elijah ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714051&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:29:08 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714051&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df A 20-year-old woman convicted for her part in the gruesome sex killing of a 13-year-old Edmonton girl three years ago was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14715862&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:25 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14715862&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df News ) - Canada confirmed Friday its decision to block a foreign takeover of the space and satellite division of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, the country's leading space technology firm.Industr... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714106&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:22:14 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714106&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Canadian owners of first, second and third generation iPods will be eligible for a $45 credit as part of a settlement over battery life claims.Two lawsuits have been filed in the country. While one in... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714111&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:55:08 -0400 Beta News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714111&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df THE CANADIAN PRESS  FREDERICTON -- The Atlantic premiers are meeting today in Fredericton, but before they could get down to work they got an interesting invitation to another meeting. &#16... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714104&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:29:10 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714104&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df FOLEYET, Ontario (AP) — Canadian authorities have a train in northern Ontario under quarantine after one person died and several others came down with an undetermined illness. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714116&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:41 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714116&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df During last week's trip to Vancouver, I piled up plenty of frequent flier miles, experienced a wide range of Mother Nature's bag of tricks and enjoyed an unexpected trip down memory lane. For more det... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714119&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:47 -0400 Max Boxing http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714119&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Victoria police are investigating the theft of recording equipment valued at $5,000 stolen from a Canadian hip-hop artist at a concert Thursday night. Buck 65 was playing to a packed house at Alix Go... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714851&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:05 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714851&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that John Babcock, Canada’s last known surviving veteran of the First World War, is to be granted Canadian citizenship in recognition of his militar... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718523&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:38:44 -0400 Prime Minister's Office http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718523&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake, Edmonton Oilers winger Fernando Pisani and Detroit Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios are the finalists for Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which recognizes de... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718482&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:03 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718482&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Blue Jays catcher Gregg Zaun, who watched Shannon Stewart, Matt Stairs and Rod Barajas strike out following an Alex Rios leadoff triple in the 10th inning, was clearly frustrated afterwards. "We're a... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717219&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:03 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717219&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian government delivered official word Friday of its decision to block the $1.3-billion sale of Vancouver-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates' space-technology division to a U.S. space ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714853&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:04 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714853&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham, Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams, Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz and Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan FREDERICT... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714103&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:29:07 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714103&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The world's largest retailer announced plans Friday to open a store in East Vancouver in 2009. Wal-Mart will take over an existing Costco store at Grandview Highway and Skeena Street. The company wil... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713977&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:03 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713977&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df If the NHL wanted the battle of all battles in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, it might have hit the jackpot with the much-anticipated Eastern Conference final featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins and ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718483&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:03 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718483&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df EDMONTON - A Toronto man is pushing off on a voyage of discovery with 200 other people to honour the explorer David Thompson and re-enact his epic 1808 canoe trek along the rivers of Western Canada to... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714102&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:29:06 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714102&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df A Via Rail train remains under quarantine in a small northern Ontario community Friday after one person died and several others reported feeling flu-like symptoms. Police said they received word of a... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717220&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:04 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717220&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The rising costs of food staples worldwide may boost the price of Alberta steaks by the fall, farmers warn. The problem, in particular, is the soaring cost of grain, partly as a result of the increas... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14715860&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:24 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14715860&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Water levels are receding in New Brunswick but the province's Emergency Measures Organization is continuing its flood warning. In a press release on Friday, the EMO said the flood warning would conti... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717571&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:23 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717571&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df path crosses Montreal's northwest region, where residents in Cartierville, Ahuntsic and Laval say the planes fly too low and make unbearable noise. The flight path is under committee review and will ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716908&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:02 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716908&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian economy added a better-than-expected 19,200 new jobs in April, but several analysts said the employment picture isn't quite as rosy as it might appear on the surface. Analysts called it ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714110&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:02 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714110&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The NDP is warning a legal dispute between the Crown and the coroner's office may delay the inquest into a tragic multiple murder-suicide in the Victoria suburb of Oak Bay for months. The inquest int... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714850&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:05 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714850&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Now that her sister is well on the road to recovering from a devastating car crash, Olympic speedskater Cindy Klassen says it's time to return to the rink. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718486&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:02 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718486&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df A man found dead inside his home and a body pulled from the Fraser River are the latest cases being probed by the Lower Mainland's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. In Abbotsford, a 40-year-old... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714852&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:05 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714852&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Toronto FC announced the addition of Chris Cummins to the team's coaching staff on Friday. Cummins has been named first assistant coach to head coach John Carver. Cummins will also oversee Toronto's ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718487&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:02 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14718487&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Boston Scientific Corp. for infringing on two of Johnson & Johnson's patents related to stents, according to Boston Scientific. Natick-based Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) and medical product... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713937&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:18:28 -0400 Business Journal http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713937&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA – Canada's economy created 19,200 jobs in April, more than expected but still slower than in the first months of 2008 as the economy slows and some companies scale back expansion plans du... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714107&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:02:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714107&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df TORONTO (Reuters) - One person died and several others were taken to hospital after a mystery illness hit passengers on a Canadian long-distance train, local media said on Friday. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714112&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 14:01:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714112&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df CTV.ca News Staff A family of seven that spent six days lost in the Canadian Arctic survived by huddling inside a tent set up inside a makeshift igloo. The family -- with five children under 12 --... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716930&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:37:55 -0400 CTV http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716930&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df CTV.ca News Staff Two nearly intact skeletons found near the Plains of Abraham date back to the 19th century or even earlier, archeologists say. The skeletons were discovered by construction worke... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716929&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:37:55 -0400 CTV http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716929&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian Press May 9, 2008 - 12:35 a.m. LONDON - The Financial Times Index of 100 industrials closed down 66.11 points to 6,204.70 on Friday. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714781&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:03 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714781&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df John Wilen May 9, 2008 - 12:37 a.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10, as investors questioned whether a possibl... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717043&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:06 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717043&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Associated Press May 9, 2008 - 12:35 a.m. LONDON - Closing metal markets Friday U.S. dollars a metric ton. Copper: 8291-8296; future 8175-8180 Lead: 2189-2194; future 2205-2210 http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714780&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:03 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714780&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 12:36 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association spent $660,000 in the first quarter to lobby on federal aviation funding and other issues, according to a discl... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717040&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:05 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717040&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 12:35 a.m. (AP) - Among the earnings stories for Friday, May 9, from AP Financial News: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Broadband services provider Windstream Corp. said Friday its f... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717039&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:05 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717039&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Police divers will try to recover a small amphibious plane that crashed and sank to the bottom of a deep lake in western Quebec half a century ago. A team of nine provincial police divers will start ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717935&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:33:44 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717935&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df FOLEYET, Ont. — With hundreds of passengers aboard, many believed to be foreign tourists, a VIA Rail train remained under quarantine in a small northern Ontario town Friday afternoon after a wom... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716062&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:27:22 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716062&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df NEW DELHI: A Jet Airways flight leaving Toronto was grounded for over six hours following a bomb threat call just hours before its scheduled departure, Canadian officials confirmed on Friday. T... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714115&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:09:05 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714115&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 10:37 a.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of electrical equipment companies opened lower as higher oil prices and a steeper-than-expected quarterly loss from insurer American International Gr... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717037&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:03 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717037&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df EDMONTON - A young woman convicted of manslaughter for her part in the gruesome sex-slaying of a 13-year-old Edmonton girl has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. But the woman, who was 17 year... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14715150&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:07:40 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14715150&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Canadian Press said the train had some 290 people on board and was on a cross-Canada route between Vancouver and Toronto. One person died, and several were ill with flu-like symptoms. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714118&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:22:51 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714118&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The owner of a trucking company in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley says the industry is facing a double whammy of skyrocketing fuel costs and less freight to move. Paul Easson, with Easson Transport, ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717932&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:33:45 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717932&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df View larger image A passenger who became ill on a Via Rail train near Foleyet, Ont. is taken to Timmins District Hospital by emergency personnel in Timmins, Ont. on Friday, May 9, 2008. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716931&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:37:56 -0400 CTV http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14716931&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Docherty held the party to help promote a new Air Canada direct flight between Charlottetown and Ottawa. About 200 people showed up for hors d'oeuvres and alcoholic beverages courtesy of Island taxpay... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714120&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:07:07 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714120&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Soaring pump prices have led to a spike in fuel thefts in southern Alberta, and police are warning farmers to guard their giant fuel tanks. RCMP said rising prices have prompted the gasoline and dies... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717933&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:33:46 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717933&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 12:35 a.m. (AP) - Among the earnings stories for Friday, May 9, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's said Friday it swung to a loss in the first quarter, as t... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717038&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:04 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717038&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Andrew Welsh-Huggins May 9, 2008 - 12:43 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Three film studios have filed a series of federal lawsuits to stop what they say is the illegal sharing of movies online. The l... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717042&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:07 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14717042&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 12:40 a.m. STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Lawmakers have approved plans to restructure Sweden's state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket in a first step toward ending the monopoly on sales o... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714745&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:07 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14714745&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df After four decades leading Le Groupe Dance Lab in Ottawa, Peter Boneham is stepping down. Le Groupe Dance Lab, which Boneham founded, offers residencies to choreographers, who work with Le Groupe's c... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713866&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 13:07:06 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713866&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool, File)This July 26, 2007 file photo shows Michael Vick leaving the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va. A federal judge ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709858&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:30 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709858&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Ontario Arts Council has honoured Quebec-born conductor Alain Trudel with the 2008 Heinz Unger Award. Established in 1968, the $9,000 prize celebrates a young to mid-career professional Canadian ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709861&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:23 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709861&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Charges of failing to report an alleged sexual assault on a minor have been dismissed against a former principal and two former vice-principals of a Toronto high school. The three were charged in Dec... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712629&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 10:29:38 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712629&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Associated Press May 9, 2008 - 8:19 a.m. TOKYO - The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 13,655.34 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, down 287.92 points or 2.06 per cent. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710471&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:02 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710471&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Calgary parents are struggling to find new child-care options after the YMCA announced it will be cutting half of its before-school care programs in the fall. The YMCA program currently provides befo... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712056&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:29 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712056&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press May 9, 2008 - 8:58 a.m. WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712462&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:03 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712462&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df FOLEYET, Ont. - Ambulances and police scrambled to the hamlet of Foleyet, Ont., on Friday after one person died and several others fell ill on a Via Rail passenger train en route from Vancouver to Tor... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709863&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:27:46 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709863&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian Press May 9, 2008 - 8:17 a.m. TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 99.30 cents US this morning, up 0.98 of a cent from Thursday's close. The U.S. dollar stood at 100.70 cents Cdn, dow... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710368&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:01 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710368&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Some municipal election candidates are questioning where the money is coming from to finance certain campaigns. There are no rules in New Brunswick to govern how candidates raise and spend money, no ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712988&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:30 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712988&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian Press TORONTO -- A member of a Toronto-based rapid response team says he is frustrated the team has been unable to secure visas to get into cyclone-ravaged Burma -- and the UN's decision... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710325&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:39:00 -0400 CTV http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710325&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df George Frey May 9, 2008 - 07:53 a.m. FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Linde AG said Friday that first-quarter profits fell 64 percent compared with last year, when the industrial gasses and engineering ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712465&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:58 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712465&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 07:52 a.m. HOUSTON (AP) - Southern Union Co.'s first-quarter net income rose 5.6 percent on higher revenue from the interstate natural gas pipeline company's gathering and pro... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710379&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:57 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710379&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Police have identified the man shot and killed in the northwest Calgary Wednesday as 18-year-old Levan James Van Der Ross. Van Der Ross and a 17-year-old who has not been identified were shot Wednesd... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712057&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:30 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712057&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df After a summer music festival was cancelled, an organizing committee in Saint John has announced it will go forward with a new event. The Saint John Saltyjam festival announced in April that it would... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712989&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:30 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712989&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 08:04 a.m. ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Power company AES Corp. said it swung to a first-quarter profit, mostly driven by strength in the company's generation business in Latin America a... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712464&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:59 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712464&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df An overnight dump of snow knocked out power to more than 600 homes east of Calgary and made road conditions treacherous on Friday. Utility company Fortis Alberta said electricity in the Wintergreen a... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712055&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:29 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712055&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df CTV.ca News Staff Industry Minister Jim Prentice says he will proceed with his earlier decision to block the foreign takeover of Canada's premier space technology firm. In a news release early... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710427&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:39:02 -0400 CTV http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710427&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian Press CFB TRENTON -- Paramedics and the family of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan will gather at CFB Trenton on Friday afternoon. Cpl. Michael Starker was a Calgary-ba... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712364&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:39:00 -0400 CTV http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712364&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Associated Press May 9, 2008 - 8:19 a.m. HONG KONG - The Hang Seng Index closed at 25,063.17 on Friday, down 386.62 points or 1.5 per cent. http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710470&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:02 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710470&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Toronto police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting death earlier this year. Jonathan Rodrigues, 21, was shot and killed at an east-end home on Feb. 22. On Thursday evening, Dwayne Gord... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712628&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 10:29:37 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712628&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df May 9, 2008 - 08:06 a.m. SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Billboard advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit grew more than fivefold, primarily on the sale of ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712463&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:00 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712463&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian Press May 9, 2008 - 8:58 a.m. OTTAWA - Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the world expanded for the third straight month in March as exports grew and imports declined. The trade s... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712461&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:04 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712461&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, the Honourable Chuck Strahl Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney Gen... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709859&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:13 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14709859&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams had sharp words Thursday for how the breast cancer inquiry that his government struck a year ago is performing. "I think a lot of people are concerned... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713272&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:46 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713272&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Aeroplan Income Fund, which runs the Aeroplan loyalty rewards program, said Friday it plans to reorganize into a corporation by June 25. Unitholders of the fund must still vote on the move, which req... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711034&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:47 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711034&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Shino Yuasa May 9, 2008 - 08:04 a.m. TOKYO (AP) - Most Asian markets fell Friday, with Japan's key stock index dropping more than 2 percent following a bleak earnings outlook from Toyota. Th... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710453&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:03 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710453&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df A $90-million casino being planned for Moncton is being applauded by government and business interests, but there's concern over the planned location of the gaming site as well as its "social costs." ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712987&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:31 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14712987&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The high cost of flour is causing problems with food banks in the St. John's area, an advocate says. Eg Walters, executive director of the Community Food Sharing Association, said donations of flour ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713276&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:43 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14713276&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA — Time has not been kind to Canada's lighthouses. The stations still operating are falling prey to decay - and over the decades many deemed surplus by Ottawa have been burned down, blown u... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711635&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:35 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711635&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df TORONTO — Patient advocates are calling on governments across the country to force hospitals to tell the public about the outbreak of a highly contagious superbug that claimed the lives of 62 pat... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711640&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:30 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711640&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Canada is one step closer to an orphan drug plan after the House of Commons voted in favour of a motion that compels government to consider a policy to help those facing unequal access to medicines. ... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711638&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:32 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711638&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df VANCOUVER — Some national Olympic committees have made a killing in the past selling prized event tickets to scalpers for a premium, Canadians connected to the International Olympic Committee sai... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711636&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:34 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711636&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA — Canada's generic drug companies are urging Parliament to abandon proposed regulations that would delay their ability to reproduce some of the most popular name-brand drugs that are curre... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711637&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:33 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711637&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Dump truck drivers who succumb to pressure to overload their vehicles and speed in order to retain hauling contracts have only themselves to blame when they get caught, an Ontario Provincial Police tr... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711641&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:29 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711641&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df TORONTO — The world would listen, if only Canada would speak up.One of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs, Jim Balsillie, served up strong words for the country last night, saying that when i... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711639&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:31 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711639&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df PRINCE GEORGE — Dozens of northern B.C. communities challenged Premier Gordon Campbell's groundbreaking carbon tax yesterday by backing a resolution that says the levy is unfair to northerners.Ab... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711634&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:36 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711634&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df A trend or a blip? A quick-fire flurry of arrest warrants in three of Toronto's most notorious crimes this year has pushed up the clearance rate a notch. At least for now. Nine weeks after a much-lov... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711643&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:23 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14711643&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df In a brazen daylight shooting yesterday, a man standing through a car's sunroof opened fire at another vehicle during a chase. The gunplay, which cops describe as "indiscriminate and foolish," erupt... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710758&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 09:10:56 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14710758&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA — Anyone thinking of reserving downtown Vancouver hotel rooms for the 2010 Winter Olympics should scratch the landmark Blue Horizon off their list: The Mounties have slapped down their cre... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707496&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:39 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707496&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df QUEBEC — French President Nicolas Sarkozy firmly realigned France's foreign policy toward Canada yesterday, distancing himself from Quebec sovereigntists and saying he no longer wants to choose b... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707491&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:32 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707491&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA — Liberal senators say Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was wrong when he told reporters last week that a bill to deny tax credits to makers of violent or pornographic films and TV shows is n... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707494&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:35 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707494&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df TORONTO — Luke Thomas had reason enough to work two part-time jobs after school and on weekends. The 16-year-old recently got his first girlfriend. He was also trying to break into the music indu... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707488&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:31 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707488&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df VANCOUVER — The B.C. couple severely injured in a fiery bus crash in Egypt while on their honeymoon have returned to Canada. Steve Pannu said his daughter, Jennifer El Adam, and her husband Rich... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707490&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:30 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707490&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Barry MacKay knows that a lot of people see cormorants as noisy, messy and even ugly birds. "They just hate them," said the avid bird lover from Markham, Ont. "A cormorant colony is a very... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707492&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:33 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707492&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df The federal Minister of Veterans Affairs said yesterday that past governments did not do enough to help Canadian soldiers who returned from combat with service-related mental illnesses. "Some of t... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707495&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:36 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707495&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Canada's spies working in Afghanistan are doing so without a rulebook, the watchdog that reviews CSIS's operations says.Eva Plunkett, Inspector-General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, s... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707489&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:33 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707489&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df ) May 9, 2008 -- The Utility Company, a single-source provider of technology, communications and business management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) today announced its expansion... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14705886&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:14:20 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14705886&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df THE PAS, MAN, HOBBEMA, ALTA. — Sitting outside her home in the blue light of dusk, Christie Jebb lights a cigarette with shaking hands. She can't afford to sleep at night any more, she says. She'... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707499&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:42 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707499&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df A court order stopped local media sources from reporting this week why a young mother was charged with disposing of her infant's body. But with a click of the computer mouse, you can find informatio... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14706861&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:01:02 -0400 C News http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14706861&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df VANCOUVER — The United States has appointed a federal prosecutor to work with state and local authorities on bringing an end to lawlessness in polygamous communities, an investigation that may ex... http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707497&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:43 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.canadanews.net/?rid=14707497&cat=71df8d33cd2a30df