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World Cup Luge

Getty Images 18 hours ago

CALGARY, CANADA - NOVEMBER 19: (L-R) Silver medalist Regan Lauscher #1 of Canada, gold medalist Corinna Martini #2 of Germany, and bronze medalist Alexandra Rodionova #3 of Russia stand on the podium following the Nationascup Women's event during the Viessmann Luge World ...

Canada faces allegations of torture complicity

AP News yesterday

Canadian government attacks diplomat who testified country turned blind eye to Afghan abuses Canada's defense minister on Thursday attacked the credibility of a senior Canadian diplomat who alleged that government officials ignored evidence that prisoners handed over to Afghanistan's intelligence service a ...

Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life

Reuters Environmental Online Report yesterday

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found. In ...

Gates to head top brass at new security forum

AFP American Edition yesterday

Top brass from Europe and the Americas, including US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, gather this week in Canada to discuss the future of NATO, the war in Afghanistan and other pressing security matters. Gates will be joined by counterparts from Belgium, Brazil, ...

WTO to rule on US food labelling challenge

AFP American Edition yesterday

The World Trade Organisation will rule on a challenge brought by Canada and Mexico against US regulations requiring country-of-origin labels for food. "The panel was established," a trade source said Thursday, referring to the WTO dispute settlement panel. While the two cases ...

Vancouver Torch Relay Olympics

AP News yesterday

NHL hockey star and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, of Canada, carries the Olympic flame in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in ...

Olympic Torch Relay

Getty Images yesterday

HALIFAX, NS, CANADA - NOVEMBER 18: Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins participates in the 2010 Olympic Torch relay on November 18, 2009 in Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada. (Photo by Sandor Fizli/Getty Images) Copyright 2009 Getty Images

cory monteith

WENN yesterday

Cory Monteith from tv show, 'Glee' out and about walking and eating fries Toronto , Canada 16.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

North American indices: backing and filling

Stockhouse yesterday

End of the market rally is market consolidation by another name Although a rebound in the US dollar and soft US housing data may take the brunt of the blame for today’s market declines, within the context of the longer-term recovery trend, ...

G7 finance chiefs to meet in Canadian Arctic

AFP American Edition 2 days ago

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's seven richest countries will meet in the Canadian Arctic in February, ahead of the full G20 summits later in 2010, officials announced Wednesday. The February 5-6 meeting in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut territory, ...

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