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2 hrs ago | KSRO-AM Santa Rosa

US and China to reduce emissions, but not enough

Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Global Warming, Activism, Fredrik Reinfeldt, North America, Stephen Harper

6 hrs ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Canadian researcher says arctic ice is thinning

The permanent Arctic sea ice that is home to the world's polar bears and usually survives the summer has all but disappeared, a Canadian researcher said Friday.

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11 hrs ago | WKYC

Queen Elizabeth to visit Canada

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will visit Canada for a weeklong visit starting in late June.

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Related Topix: North America, Travel, Canada Travel, Queen Elizabeth

15 hrs ago | Montreal Gazette

Payrolls grow in September

The number of people on Canadian payrolls edged up in September as companies added staff across a wide range of sectors, Statistics Canada said Thursday.

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20 hrs ago | 900 CHML AM

Are Tories Canada's blind spot on economic terrorism with Anniversary of economic update fiasco

Anniversary of economic update fiasco sees Harper riding high

If six months is a lifetime in politics, then the past year was that and reincarnation rolled into one for Stephen Harper.

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Yesterday | Canadian Online Health News

Hospital CEO Infighting Worsens Nursing Shortage as Number of doctors in Canada rises

Number of doctors in Canada rises, physician-to-population ratio improves

The Ontario Hospitals Association has killed a plan to solve nursing shortages and save the province money because of competition between rival hospital CEOs, according to a union representing 46,000 healthcare workers in the province.

Full story: Market Wire http://www.topix.net/forum/world/canada/T1P0K1E887RMJ671E

The number of doctors in Canada has risen over the last five years, and the rate of increase is greater than the rate of population growth, says a new report that was greeted Thursday with cautious optimism.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Family Practice, Medicine, Canada,

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Madison Publishing

Short list announced for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize

A father's struggle to come to terms with his son's disability and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst are among the nominees for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Classical, J.S. Bach, Canada

CTV.ca

Consumers less confident about jobs, finance: survey

Home : Canada : Consumers less confident about jobs, finance: survey Consumers less confident about jobs, finance: survey Date: Thursday Nov.

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680News

Harper changes course, decides to attend Copenhagen climate-change meeting

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has done an about-face and will attend the Copenhagen climate-change meeting next month.

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C-Health

PHAC confirms 24 cases of anaphylaxis across Canada after H1N1 flu shots

There have been 24 confirmed cases of a type of severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis in Canadians who have received an H1N1 flu shot, including one person who died after getting vaccinated, the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Entomology, Science, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Madison Publishing

Class-action suits filed across Canada against B.C.-based crib manufacturer

Class-action lawsuits have been filed across Canada on behalf of consumers who bought drop-side cribs now subject to a massive North American recall.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Product Recalls

Wed Nov 25, 2009

CBC

Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout freed

Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, seen reporting in Iraq, was kidnapped in August 2008 in Somalia.

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National Post

PM stands by soldiers in torture hearing : an example of a stupid headline that doesn't make sense

Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended the actions of Canadian soldiers and diplomats in Afghanistan on Tuesday and said his government would provide "all legally available information" to a House of Commons committee studying allegations that suspected insurgents captured by Canadians were tortured after being turned over to Afghan authorities.

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Leader Post

Home ownership costs on the rise

Owning a home in Canada is starting to get more expensive as mortgage rates edge higher and house prices rebound, according to a report by RBC Economics Research.

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Red Deer Advocate

Slump worse than what so called Federal minority Canada government want people to know

The recession as experienced by individual Canadians has been significantly longer and worse than the official record indicates, says a new report.

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CBC

EI recipients up 7.1% in September

The number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits rose by 54,300 or 7.1 per cent in September after two months of declines.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

NDP, Liberals, Bloc candidates practised in-and-out transactions: Tory lawyers

Opposition party candidates practised "in-and-out" transactions during the 2006 election campaign similar to those at the centre of a Conservative party legal action against Elections Canada, the Tories' lawyers argued in court Tuesday.

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www.citytv.com | Canada

Police Corner Downtown Deer that may have come Down the Don Valley from Dunlop Observatory

Ontario Toronto : The animal was captured late Tuesday morning and authorities say it will be fine.

http://www.yorkregion.com/article/99110

"The northeast field was the resident deer herd's primary grazing area. It is now totally gone. This means the deer will have to forage further afield and in all probability leave the safety and security of the fenced Dunlap lands - they are now at extreme risk of starvation over the winter months," Ms Cilevitz said.

"In all probability, deer will venture out onto the surrounding roads, which means they are now also at extreme risk of accidental death by travelling vehicles," she added, resulting in higher risks for drivers, as well.

http://www.yorkregion.com/article/99476

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CANOE

Afghan prisoner transfers halted over safety concerns

An Afghan agency, at one time entrusted to monitor Canadian-captured insurgents in Kandahar, says it has documented nearly 400 cases of torture across the war-ravaged country.

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National Post

Amnesty calls for Afghan detainee Public inquiry who were surrendered by Canadian forces

Amnesty International Canada added its voice Tuesday to calls for a public inquiry into Afghan detainees who were surrendered by Canadian forces.

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