Provides the latest RSS feeds for Canada News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Canada Standard.com http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/10/id/71df8d33cd2a30df/ en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 30 MONTREAL - Talks between Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) and the union representing its mechanics and technical staff will likely continue through the weekend as the airline tries to obtain a wage freeze and pe... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855517/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:42:26 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855517/ Posted on: Friday, 3 July 2009, 13:25 CDT A Canadian man drove into Montreal Friday to deliver 2,500 pairs of white underwear to homeless men as part of his cross-country Underwear Tour. Brent Kin... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855773/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:53:21 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855773/ Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Ottawa Friday afternoon for an official visit to Canada. Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda welcom... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855902/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:33:05 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855902/ Jesse Lumsden has a dislocated shoulder, but more tests are needed to determine how long the Edmonton Eskimos' star running back will be out of action, says head coach Richie Hall. Lumsden injured hi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856031/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:47 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856031/ Matthew David Mikolajczyk is an escapee from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital at Colony Farm in Port Coquitlam who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855613/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:21 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855613/ OTTAWA — Canada's ability to watch over its coastlines and the Arctic will get a boost early next year when an orbiting satellite is upgraded, allowing it to better conduct surveillance of vessels.T... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856034/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:02 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856034/ The Saskatchewan Party government is proposing legislation that would allow the province's marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex marriages. In a news release Friday, the government sai... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856027/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:44 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856027/ KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The convoy that transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb Friday, killing one member of the general's tactical team and injuring five others... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855919/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:54 -0400 Leader-Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855919/ An aerial view of Duck Pond in Newfoundland, which became part of Teck through the acquisition of Aur Resources in August 2007. Now the Chinese Investment Corp. is looking to invest in Teck Resources. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855872/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:32 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855872/ The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore reopened Friday afternoon after being closed due to falling rock. The trail reopened at 4 p.m. PT after the steep mountain path was closed Thursday a... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856021/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:33:03 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856021/ Baffinland Iron Mines may have to consider other routes to ship ore from its proposed Mary River mine site in Nunavut, due to public concerns presented to environmental assessors earlier this year. T... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855610/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:45 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855610/ General Motors Corp. confirmed Friday that it has received a non-binding offer for its Opel division from the holding company of a Chinese automaker. GM Europe spokesman Christopher Preuss refused to... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856028/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:46 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856028/ Their Majesties Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan are on a 10-day state visit to Canada starting July 3, 2009 that will take them through Quebec, Ontario and B.C. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856037/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:28 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856037/ Saskatoon's taxi industry, a source of frustration for users who complain there aren't enough cabs on the road, hailed a new era Friday as a rebranded fleet of vehicles emerged to offer a competing se... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855482/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:57 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855482/ Marilyn Holsten outside VGH after completing one of her 5 day a week dialysis treatments, Vancouver, July 02. She is facing eviction due to her use of medical marijuana which she uses to combat ghost ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856033/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:14 -0400 The Province http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856033/ A 39-year-old Toronto woman has invested more than $10,000 in the search for her missing dog and doesn't plan on stopping until the crucial member of her family is returned safe and sound.Tommy, a 19-... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856035/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:47 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856035/ WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Mr. Rod Bruinooge, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State (Science and Technol... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855583/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:50:04 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855583/ VANCOUVER -- A back injury will prevent soccer legend Zinedine Zidane from playing a charity soccer match Saturday in Vancouver, but the game has been rescheduled for July 12. The game will be played... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856029/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:29 -0400 TSN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856029/ TORONTO -- Canada's finance minister said Friday that the country's economic recovery will likely be modest and job losses will mount into 2010 even after growth has begun.Jim Flaherty gave his most ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855491/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:50:14 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855491/ KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The convoy that transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb Friday, killing one member of the general's tactical team and injuring five others... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855920/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:42 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855920/ At time when the U.S. and Canada are pouring tens of billions of dollars into General Motors Corp. to give the bankrupt automaker a new lease on life, why is Mexico flying under the radar? http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855913/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:09:49 -0400 Time http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855913/ Posted on: Friday, 3 July 2009, 13:17 CDT Canada's annual Calgary Stampede got under way Friday as divorce consultants prepared for their own surge in unhappy couples after the 10-day event. Bille... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855772/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:53:21 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855772/ View larger image Japanese Emperor Akihito (left) and Empress Michiko (centre right) are escorted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon (centre left) and Minister of International Trade Bev ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855923/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:43:42 -0400 CTV http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855923/ Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was the only Canadian to crack the podium Friday at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, turning in a third-place finish in the 100-metre hurdles. Former world champion and Cana... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855904/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:58 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855904/ A Quebec court has granted authorization to launch a class-action lawsuit against Groupe Aeroplan Inc., after the company began to cancel points accumulated in its loyalty program for those who did no... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856026/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:19 -0400 Canada.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856026/ Deputy Managing Editor Harold Munro gives an update on the stories that the editors and reporters of The Vancouver Sun are working on for publication in tomorrow's newspaper and online. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856036/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:35 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856036/ Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez each homered as the New York Yankees doubled up Toronto, 4-2, in the opener of a four-game set. Mark Teixeira added a hit and an RBI for t... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856024/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:55:20 -0400 SportsNetwork http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856024/ Several sanitation workers, members of Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, sat in canvas folding chairs in the shade today by the hockey rink in Christie Pits park, eating sunflower s... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855832/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:28 -0400 National Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855832/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A second daily Amtrak train will operate between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, through the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Washington Transportation Dep... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856023/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:35:56 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856023/ Edmonton registered its 14th homicide of the year on July 1 — an apparent stabbing in front of a busload of stunned Canada Day revellers on 100th Street, south of Jasper Avenue. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855471/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:17 -0400 Edmonton Journal http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25855471/ A plan to run a second train between Seattle and Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games is back on track. Talks to extend Amtrak's Cascades service to British Columbia had been stalled for mo... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856022/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:45 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856022/ VANCOUVER — Former French soccer star Zinedine Zidane attracted a large crowd of media and well-wishers Friday as he whisked into a summer camp on the city's east side for an appearance.Zidane appea... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856038/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:25 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856038/ A former Edmonton police officer was fined $8,000 plus victim surcharges for causing a fiery crash last spring that injured four teenagers. Douglas Kurtis Brown has also been banned from driving a ve... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856040/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:43 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856040/ OTTAWA, July 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Ottawa on Friday afternoon on the first leg of their 15-day visit to Canada and the U.S. state of Hawaii. The... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856041/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:51:00 -0400 Breitbart http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25856041/ The Saskatchewan government is looking to introduce legislation that would let provincial marriage commissioners refuse to perform same-sex marriages for religious reasons. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853798/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:40 -0400 Canada.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853798/ Wiggles the pig is seen in his new home with Toronto Humane Society animal cruelty officer Tre Smith. (THS handout) Hopefully no big bad wolf blows this house down. Wiggles the pig now has a house ma... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853809/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:38 -0400 C News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853809/ OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) is encouraging all potential applicants to apply f... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853608/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:24 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853608/ Denis Protti has received medical treatment at several hospitals and doctors' offices around B.C. and the world, but none ever shared information with each other.And that's very frustrating for the in... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853160/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:47 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853160/ A 39-year-old Toronto woman has invested more than $10,000 in the search for her missing dog and doesn't plan on stopping until the crucial member of her family is returned safe and sound.Tommy, a 19-... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853796/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:45 -0400 Canada.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853796/ LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec judge has fined a man more than $40,000 for publishing photos and videos online of himself and his ex-girlfriend engaging in sexual acts. Superior Court Justice Sylviane Bo... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853808/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:47 -0400 C News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853808/ Airdrie is threatening to shut off water to homes without new meters. About 8,000 homes in the small city north of Calgary are on the list for upgrades. Residents will be given five notices, includin... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853816/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:55 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853816/ Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, from Peterborough, Ont., was killed when convoy which transports Canada’s top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb. Five others were injured. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853405/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:45 -0400 National Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853405/ The RCMP busted a boatload of bootlegged booze after spotting a number of intoxicated people on a lake outside a reserve in northern Manitoba. Police had received a tip several days ago that shipment... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853792/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:08 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853792/ BG International will exercise its right to buy a 45 per cent stake in a natural gas property off the coast of Trinidad from Canadian Superior Energy Inc., the two companies announced Friday. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853258/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:58 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853258/ LIMASSOL, Cyprus -- Two Polish men were arrested Thursday in connection with the suspected strangulation of a 38-year-old Ukrainian-born Canadian who was found in a gorge by a passerby Wednesday, Cypr... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853412/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:26 -0400 National Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853412/ Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko embarked Friday on a 15-day visit to Canada and Hawaii to promote good will and friendship as well as to interact with people of Japanese ancestry there. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853618/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:37 -0400 Japan Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853618/ TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (10,288.01, up 42.10 points): Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853821/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:16:26 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853821/ TORONTO — Canadian stocks inched slightly higher Friday in a slow day of trading marked by the Fourth of July holiday long weekend south of the border.With U.S. markets closed, The S&P/TSX compo... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853799/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:36 -0400 Canada.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853799/ As expected, the lawyer for an Alberta woman found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her newborn son, has officially launched an appeal. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853818/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:56 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853818/ The Toronto Blue Jays, making their first appearance at a new Yankee Stadium, were welcomed by a familiar face on Friday. However, New York Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett wasn't a very courteous host a... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853801/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:00 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853801/ RCMP in Barrhead, 120 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, are trying to extricate a vehicle from the Athabasca River that may be connected to two men missing since 2004. The vehicle was completely subm... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853820/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:56 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853820/ Historically low interest rates and discounted housing prices are fuelling a real estate boom on B.C.'s south coast with sales in Vancouver up 75 per cent compared to June of last year. Strong activi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853248/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:01 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853248/ An Ottawa resident who has been lobbying to put a wind turbine in his backyard in the city's Westboro neighbourhood has been told that his project is grinding to a halt. Graham Findlay had applied fo... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853813/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:04 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853813/ CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a t... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853725/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:46 -0400 Associated Press http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853725/ The Canadian Press Ontario is now reporting 12 deaths associated with the swine flu for a national total of 33. A 37-year-old Toronto man who had underlying medical conditions tested positive for th... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853824/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:57 -0400 CTV http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853824/ Scotland made a positive start to its Intercontinental Cup opener against Canada in Aberdeen.The hosts had looked to be struggling to make three figures on the first day of their four-day match but we... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853621/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:29:22 -0400 sportal.com.au http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853621/ Police say foul play is suspected after a man's body was found in Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park Friday morning. The park in the Upper Fraser Valley just east of Chilliwack, B.C., was shut down as... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853805/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:55 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853805/ A man who drove up to the main doors of Calgary City Hall wanting to deliver a package to the mayor was arrested on Friday around noon. The man, 40, had driven an older Ford car up the wheelchair ram... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853794/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:03 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853794/ IROQUOIS, ONTARIO -- 07/03/09 -- Mr. Guy Lauzon, Member of Parliament for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853220/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:45 -0400 Earth Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853220/ OSLO - Priscilla Lopes-Schliep came third and fellow Canadian Perdita Felicien finished fifth Friday in the 100-metre hurdles at the Golden League Bislett Games. American Damu Cherry won in 12.68 seco... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853620/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:44:45 -0400 TSN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853620/ Vancouver art gallery workers have reached a tentative deal in a contract dispute with their employer. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 15 president Paul Faoro said the two sides were able to... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853814/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:50 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853814/ TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario has condemned, in the strongest possible language, last week's coup d'etat in Honduras. At a June 30 ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853549/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:21 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853549/ The City of Montreal announced Friday it’s expanding the Bixi bike-rental program several months earlier than expected. By the end of the summer, the city plans to have 100 new bike stations and ab... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853803/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:55 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853803/ Vancouver-based amateur triathlete Matt Brown is preparing for this summer's Ironman competition in Penticton, and the vision-limited athlete is trying to raise $140,000 for the CNIB.Brown, a vice-pre... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853812/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:35 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853812/ Afghanistan's Kandahar province was killed Friday when his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after the senior commander of coalition forces in the province narrowly missed the same explos... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853624/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:16 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853624/ TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won’t be goi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853533/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:31 -0400 Japan Today http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853533/ Forward Ruslan Fedotenko agreed to a one-year, $1.8-million US contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, general manager Ray Shero announced. Fedotenko made $2.25 million last season and opted... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853802/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:59 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853802/ Construction work on a windmill as tall as a 20-storey building on the peak of Grouse Mountain was halted Friday because of safety concerns about lifting the massive blades. A Skycrane helicopter was... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853806/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:54 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853806/ A coroner's jury has ruled the police custody death of a woman on Vancouver Island last year was an accident. Seven recommendations have been made after jurors spent three days reviewing the circum... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853822/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:32:50 -0400 CKNW http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853822/ (RTTNews) - Toronto stocks finished a light trading day slightly higher on Friday, snapping a two-session streak of declines. Mining stocks post a notable gain in an otherwise uneventful session. The... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853629/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:16:58 -0400 Quote.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25853629/ Sold signs are a more common sight in Calgary and the local real estate association is hopeful the city might have reached the "bottom of the market." Home sales are up 28 per cent in Calgary from a ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851612/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:44 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851612/ Tooba Mohammed Yehya, mother of the three girls found dead in a car in a Rideau Canal lock in Kingston, Ont., was grief-stricken on Friday, saying she still wasn't clear on what caused the accident. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851608/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:43 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851608/ A convicted sex offender and drug dealer who was supposed to be deported from Canada after leaving Manitoba's Stony Mountain Penitentiary this week is free on bail and remains in the country. Farid N... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851604/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:46 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851604/ CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), was joined by Mrs. Laureen Harper to officially open the Canada Pavilion at the Calgary Stampede. I... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851606/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:49 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851606/ TROIS-RIVIERES, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, and Julie Boulet, Quebec Minister of Transport and Minister respons... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851488/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:46 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851488/ Alberta's premier has set up a panel to advise the province on how to prevent its economy from swinging between boom and bust. The province needs to move away from a reliance on the energy sector and... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851611/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:43 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851611/ Toronto at the moment is a shining example of a major city operating along leftwing principles. Nothing works. It's a workers' paradise, paradise in this case being a place where you no lon... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851315/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:41:40 -0400 National Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851315/ OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney returned to Canada yesterday after a successful visit to the United Kingdom and conti... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851607/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:47 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851607/ The next seven days are going to be crucial for Alberta farmers whose crops are in desperate need of rain, according to a provincial agricultural specialist. Half of the crops in the province are in ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851613/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:43 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851613/ The Pittsburgh Penguins appointed Tom Fitzgerald to the newly created position of assistant to general manager Ray Shero on Friday. Fitzgerald was already the Penguins' director of player personnel w... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851177/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:47 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851177/ The inventory of unsold homes in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s area declined 27 per cent to 13,252, compared with the same month a year ago. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851167/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:41:26 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851167/ A Toronto law firm says it has filed a class action suit against Expedia Canada Corp. and Expedia.ca. The firm says the suit accuses the online travel company of "widespread violations" of consumer p... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851483/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:58 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851483/ The death of a woman in an apartment block in Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood has been officially declared a homicide. The body of Lillian Ann Green, 45, was found Tuesday evening inside a suite at... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851605/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:45 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851605/ Free agent winger Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. The terms of the deal were not announced. Samuelsson spent the past four seasons with the Detroi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851609/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:42 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851609/ /PRNewswire/ - XMT Liquidations Inc. ("XMT"), the court appointed liquidator of 6356095 Canada Inc. (formerly Excapsa Software Inc.), announces that it has received the requisite clearance from the Ca... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851494/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:02:58 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851494/ MEMRAMCOOK, N.B. — Romeo LeBlanc was remembered at Friday's state funeral in Memramcook, his hometown, by Canadians from all backgrounds as an unsung hero and a larger-than-life man who devoted his ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851603/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:18 -0400 Canada.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851603/ TORONTO — More than half a million Canadians have fallen behind on their credit payments as economic conditions deteriorate, a survey has found.The average delinquency rate for Canada reached 1.52 p... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851486/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:29:19 -0400 Canada.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/25851486/