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U.S. tightens security along Great Lakes border

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:39:21 -0500

The United States will unveil new border surveillance measures Friday in a move that has one New Democratic MP decrying what he sees as the "weaponization" of the Canada-U.S. frontier.

Calgary groups protest China's human rights record

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:37:05 -0500

The first two of what may be a number of Calgary protests against China's human rights record were held peacefully Thursday outside the city's Chinese consulate.

Border guards turn away church group aiming to picket bus victim's funeral

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:23:58 -0500

Canadian border guards are under orders to prevent members of a fundamentalist American church from crossing into Canada to protest at the Saturday funeral for a Winnipeg man brutally killed on a Greyhound bus last week.

Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 14

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:09:00 -0500

A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage slammed onto its side and off a highway north of Dallas early today, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.

Hurricane forms off Mexican coast

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:59:13 -0500

Tropical Storm Hernan is upgraded to a hurricane after reaching wind speeds of up to 120km/h off Mexico.

Driver of van wedged under tanker declared dead at scene

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:32:24 -0500

The single occupant of a minivan that was wedged under a propane tanker truck since Thursday afternoon near Joliette, Que., was pronounced dead at the scene late Friday morning.

Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 14

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:08:00 -0500

SHERMAN, Texas -- A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage slammed onto its side and off a highway north of Dallas early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.

Detroit mayor charged with 2 felony assault counts

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:01:00 -0500

DETROIT -- Moments after a judge ruled that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be released from jail if he pays a $50,000 bond, Michigan's attorney general announced he was charging the mayor with two felony assault charges stemming from a confrontation between Kilpatrick and a sheriff's detective.

Texas bus crash kills 13 pilgrims

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:56:03 -0500

At least 13 people are killed in the US state of Texas after a bus carrying Vietnamese Catholics crashes off a bridge.

Abduction, forced prostitution case discussed at Ottawa shelters: worker

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:38:44 -0500

Workers at shelters in Ottawa have been talking to the teenage girls who stay there about the case of three girls allegedly lured from near an Ottawa shelter and forced into prostitution in Gatineau. And they are maintaining high security as usual while the case unfolds, says the acting director of an Ottawa shelter for young women.

Cape Breton farmers fear loss of crops after heavy rain

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:38:00 -0500

A major Cape Breton farm co-operative could lose up to $500,000 in produce if the heavy rain that has been falling for the past week doesn't stop soon, one of its members says.

Fannie Mae unveils loss of $2.3bn

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:07:50 -0500

US mortgage finance company Fannie Mae plunges $2.3bn into the red as a result of housing market woes.

Word 'anthrax' in note, RCMP says

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:46:29 -0500

Despite an earlier indication to the contrary, the word "anthrax" was indeed in a threatening note sent to a northern Saskatchewan gold mine earlier this week, the RCMP said Thursday.

Indian court returns Montreal woman's kidnapped son

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:36:20 -0500

A Montreal woman who's been fighting for the return of her kidnapped infant son in India finally won her battle Friday morning when a court ordered the boy returned to her.

High Arctic surveillance study hampered by strong winds

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:29:09 -0500

Inclement weather is creating delays for Canadian defence scientists trying to test surveillance devices in the High Arctic this week.

N.B. court gives nod to Morgentaler's challenge

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:54:02 -0500

Abortion provider Dr. Henry Morgentaler has the legal right to challenge the New Brunswick government's policy on abortion funding, a judge has ruled.

Red Bull fridges pulled due to high power costs

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:39:05 -0500

Fridges devoted to the energy drink Red Bull are being pulled by some P.E.I. retailers as they try to deal with rising electricity costs.

Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:26:00 -0500

NEW YORK -- Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.

Confederation Bridge interchange partly reopened

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:03:57 -0500

An underpass leading to Summerside from P.E.I.'s Confederation Bridge has been partly reopened after it was closed much of Thursday.

German authorities join in 'Rockefeller' probe

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:01:00 -0500

BERLIN, Conn. -- The investigation into the identity of a mysterious man accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston and wanted for questioning in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple has gone international.

Flight attendant: Osteen's wife threw tantrum

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:32:00 -0500

HOUSTON -- A flight attendant says she witnessed the wife of evangelical pastor Joel Osteen throw a tantrum when she didn't get her way after a small spill on her seat wasn't quickly cleaned.

Oregon hamlet mourns NoCal chopper crash victims

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:44:00 -0500

MERLIN, Ore. -- A southern Oregon community long involved in battling wildfires was plunged into mourning with word that seven of the nine people killed in a Northern California helicopter crash were employees of a local company that has mustered contract firefighting crews since 1979.

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Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:56:20 -0500

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Illegal immigrant from Honduras executed in Texas

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:34:00 -0500

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Pleas from an illegal immigrant from Honduras who claimed he was unfairly denied legal help from his consulate when he was arrested for a robbery-murder near Dallas weren't enough to spare him from the death chamber.

3rd time lucky: Royal St. John's Regatta hits the water

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:23:45 -0500

Twice postponed by poor weather, the Royal St. John's Regatta launched Friday under sunny skies and expectations of a long weekend.

Mexico president wants tougher punishments for kidnappers