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Tanker runs aground off N Canada

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:33:51 -0500

A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground in the Northwest Passage, off the coast of northern Canada.

Explosion on Gulf of Mexico rig

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:13:01 -0500

An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.

Orangeville woman may be victim of foul play

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:07:34 -0500

Police are telling the family of a missing Orangeville, Ont., woman to brace for the worst as the search for Sonia Varaschin entered its fourth day.

Fuel tanker runs aground in Northwest Passage

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:03:16 -0500

A fuel tanker carrying nine million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed.

Photos in judge sex scandal ordered returned

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:51:38 -0500

A Court of Queen's Bench justice has ordered a Winnipeg man to return sexually explicit pictures of a prominent Manitoba judge to her lawyer husband.

Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:33:00 -0500

Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.

'Lights out' help migratory birds

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:52:21 -0500

A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.

Coast guard calls off N.L. plane crash search

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:46:55 -0500

The Canadian Coast Guard has called off a search near St. John's after it found no evidence of a small airplane crash into the ocean near the Robin Hood Bay dump that had been reported by a citizen.

Nose-diving hawk halts mail delivery

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:37:56 -0500

Canada Post has suspended service to a Calgary neighbourhood until a hawk with a bone to pick with the local mail carrier migrates for winter.

Disgraced Montreal politician drops Africa plan

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:27:27 -0500

A former Montreal municipal politician who was forced to withdraw from politics after he was accused of illegal financing has decided not to volunteer to teach good governance in Burkina Faso.

U.S. sues controversial Arizona sheriff in civil-rights investigation

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:23:00 -0500

Justice Department officials say Maricopa County's Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents in a probe of his agency's immigration enforcement operations. Among his tactics are 'sweeps' of immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it had sued Joe Arpaio, the controversial sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, for failing to turn over documents in a probe of whether his aggressive operations against illegal immigrants had violated civil rights.

Burger King is sold for $3.26bn

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:51:38 -0500

Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced.

Que. group launches right-wing movement

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:51:05 -0500

A small group of Quebec right-wing activists and politicians hopes to create a grassroots political movement in the province.

Hadfield named space station commander

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:43:43 -0500

Col. Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station during a mission launching late in 2012.

US accuses 11 of honey smuggling

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:24:40 -0500

US authorities indict 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m worth of honey from China.

Rare red pandas born in Winnipeg

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:18:53 -0500

Two rare baby red pandas, born at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo in June, are being brought out to meet the press.

Plummer to revive Barrymore in Toronto

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:17:42 -0500

Christopher Plummer is set to revive his Tony Award-winning show Barrymore in Toronto in the new year.

Tracking Hurricane Earl's progress

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:11:17 -0500

Susan Powell takes a look at the track of the current Atlantic storms

Mother held after girl allegedly stabbed

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:04:46 -0500

A 16-year-old girl is in hospital and her mother is in police custody after the girl was allegedly stabbed on Wednesday.

How does Samsung's Galaxy Tab compare?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:04:05 -0500

Tablet computers to rival Apple's iPad are creating a stir as one of Europe's largest technology shows, the IFA, gets under way in Berlin.

Dell pulls out of battle for 3Par

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:49:13 -0500

Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage company to $2.1bn.

HST has divided B.C. business community

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:23 -0500

The group representing B.C. restaurant owners says the province's handling of the HST has divided the business community and damaged its relationship with the government.

Stolen military truck driven onto Winnipeg runway

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:08:18 -0500

A military pickup truck was stolen from the Canadian Forces Base in Winnipeg and then driven onto the runway at the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.

US East Coast on hurricane alert

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:08:18 -0500

Areas along the US East Coast declare states of emergency as Hurricane Earl churns towards the region, forecast to brush land on Thursday night.

Slain soldier's N.L. home holds emotional vigil

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:43:13 -0500

Hundreds of people gathered at a quiet vigil in western Newfoundland on Wednesday night to honour a Canadian soldier who died from wounds suffered in an Afghanistan bombing.

Man. judge in nude photo scandal steps aside

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:33:14 -0500

Lori Douglas, a Manitoba family court judge involved in a scandal over nude photos of her that appeared online, has asked to be temporarily relieved of her duties at the Court of Queen's Bench.

Hurricane watch issued for N.S.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:12:29 -0500

The Canadian Hurricane Centre issues a hurricane watch for four Nova Scotia counties and expands its tropical storm watch to include large sections of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Liberals pull even with Tories: EKOS poll

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:03:53 -0500

Michael Ignatieff's Liberals have pulled into an end-of-summer dead heat with Stephen Harper's Conservatives, according to a new EKOS poll.

Missing Toronto teen's parents keep hope alive

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:18:59 -0500

Nearly a year after their daughter's disappearance, the family of Toronto teen Mariam Makniashvili refuses to give up hope she will be found.

Harper rallies Quebec supporters

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:35:10 -0500

Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned supporters at an outdoor rally in Montreal's suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux that the Liberals, NDP and BQ could align themselves to force a vote.

TD Bank profit rises 29%

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:22:09 -0500

TD Bank says its profits grew 29 per cent in the third quarter to $1.18 billion, narrowly missing analyst expectations.

Language law reform unavoidable: N.B. prof

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:16:02 -0500

New Brunswick's next premier should not shy away from a public debate when its time to review the Official Languages Act in 2012, according to a language law expert.

Man dies in Lake Ontario diving expedition

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:43:22 -0500

A man who had to be pulled out of Lake Ontario by police and rushed to hospital following a recreational diving expedition in Oakville has died.

'Edgy town'

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:10:53 -0500

Canada provides backdrop for Kerouac's On The Road

My dad worked for the mafia

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:08:17 -0500

Jennifer Mascia gave World News America a first person account of her extraordinary childhood and her surprise at finding out about her father's mafia past.