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Last Updated: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 | 1:25:37 PM ET
- Bodies of 3 soldiers returned to Canada
- Troops and family members gathered at a base in eastern Ontario on Tuesday for the return of the bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan. more »
- Canada Council names winners of $15,000 mid-career awards
- Seven mid-career artists based in cities across Canada have won the Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards, the national arts funding body announced on Tuesday. more »
- Arson suspected in Cape Breton school fire
- Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Riverview Rural High School near Sydney. more »
- Early holiday for students at water-damaged school
- A school in Digby County faces major repairs after a water tap was left running all weekend, causing severe damage to a chemistry laboratory. more »
- Audits coming for Atlantic construction firms
- Canada Revenue Agency is targeting construction companies for audits, but is first giving them a chance to confess to undeclared revenue. more »
- Crowd brawls with officers investigating assault: Halifax police
- Fourteen people face charges after a brawl outside a bus terminal in Dartmouth that had police calling for backup. more »
- 'Acceptable range' of insider wins, says Atlantic Lotto
- Atlantic Lottery Corporation employees, lottery retailers and their families are not winning more than they should, says ALC, although they are more likely to win big prizes than the general public. more »
- Halifax airport improvement fee rising from $10 to $15
- The Halifax International Airport Authority is hiking its airport improvement fee to $15 in March. more »
- Nova Scotia offers reward to close 4-year-old case of missing woman
- The unsolved case of a Leonette Purcell, a missing woman from Grand Lake, has been added to Nova Scotia's $150,000 cash reward program. more »
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- Blackcomb gondola tower splits, stranding passengers
- At least five people were trapped in a gondola cabin suspended in mid-air Tuesday afternoon after a gondola tower snapped at the base of Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler, B.C., police said.
- Bodies of 3 soldiers returned to Canada
- Troops and family members gathered at a base in eastern Ontario on Tuesday for the return of the bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
- Flaherty consults with finance ministers on budget
- The provincial and territorial finance ministers will be chewing over some tough economic problems with their federal counterpart in a dinner meeting Tuesday night in Saskatoon.
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- At least 26 die in tour bus crash in Israel
- A bus carrying Russian tour guides scouting out a location near Israel's southern tip crashed through a roadside barrier on Monday and plummeted into a steep ravine, killing at least 26 people, rescue and hospital officials said.
- Niger rebel group claims it kidnapped Canadian diplomat, 3 others
- A rebel group in Niger has kidnapped a former top Canadian diplomat at the United Nations and three others, according to a statement on the group's website.
- Violence in Afghanistan to worsen next year: Canadian general
- The head of Canada's military mission in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to see an escalation in violence in the war-torn country over the next year.
Health »
- Diet rich in beans, nuts better for blood sugar control: study
- People with Type 2 diabetes who eat a diet rich in nuts, beans and lentils lower their risk of complications and achieve better control of blood sugar levels, a new Canadian study suggests.
- Heavy snorers burn more calories during rest: study
- People who snore heavily or have sleep apnea burn more calories when resting when the condition is more severe, researchers have found.
- HIV penetrates genital skin of healthy women, scientists find
- HIV can travel through a healthy woman's genital skin and reach its immune cell targets in four hours, researchers said Tuesday. Previously, it was thought the lining acted as an effective barrier against HIV.
Arts & Entertainment »
- Sun Media cutting 600 jobs
- Quebecor-owned Sun Media said Tuesday it is cutting 600 jobs in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada, citing soft revenues and a shift toward free digital content.
- 1981 murder that inspired America's Most Wanted has been solved: police
- A convicted killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the six-year-old son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh in 1981, Florida police said Tuesday.
- Ottawa, Toronto orchestras push plan for Niagara summer festival
- A $76-million plan for a major summer music festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake took one more step forward with the release of a major feasibility study into the project.
Technology & Science »
- Canada source of over 9 billion spam messages a day: study
- Canadian computers — many of them unwittingly — send out over nine billion spam e-mails a day, almost five per cent of all global spam traffic, according to a report from network and internet security firm Cisco.
- Dark energy stunting growth of galaxies
- The mysterious force causing the universe to expand at an accelerated pace is also stifling the growth of the matter inside it, astronomers revealed Tuesday.
- Australian court approves Facebook for serving lien notice
- A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking website, to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan.
Money »
- Markets jump after Fed cuts interest rate to lowest level ever
- The U.S. Federal Reserve cut in the country's federal funds interest rate to a record low of zero to 0.25 per cent sparked a surge in stock markets.
- Sun Media cutting 600 jobs
- Quebecor-owned Sun Media said Tuesday it is cutting 600 jobs in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada, citing soft revenues and a shift toward free digital content.
- $10B to $13B in stimulus needed: Conference Board
- The Conference Board of Canada called on the federal government to come up with a stimulus package of $10 billion to $13 billion when it unveils its budget on Jan. 27.
Consumer Life »
- Air Canada wants new ban on pets as baggage
- An architect from Victoria, B.C., is taking on the country's largest airline — for requiring customers with pets to ship them separately as cargo, instead of as checked baggage on the same flight as their owner.
- Protect kids with stricter regulation of chemicals, group urges
- The federal government should require that chemicals be tested for potential effects on the development of fetuses and children, a coalition of medical, environmental and child care groups said Tuesday.
- British pint, mile continue to measure up under EU ruling
- The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to allow Britain to continue using imperial measurements including the pint and the mile.
Sports »
- Flames try to end 3-game losing streak
- The Calgary Flames look to maintain their hold on the Blues when the teams meet for the second time this month on Tuesday (8:30 p.m. ET) in St. Louis.
- Sundin to decide Thursday: Canucks GM
- Mats Sundin will reveal Thursday whether he plans to play in New York or Vancouver, according to Vancouver Canucks rookie general manager Mike Gillis.
- Bertuzzi, Moore meet to resolve lawsuit
- One-time Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore and former Vancouver Canucks winger Todd Bertuzzi reportedly met in Toronto on Monday with a mediator in an effort to prevent a lawsuit from heading to court.
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