eo.st - Actualité et News en direct - L'actu en continu - 15/09/2009

Feds promise mandatory jail time for major fraud
The federal government plans to introduce mandatory jail sentences for criminals ...

Airline industry outlook worse than after 9/11: report
The financial outlook for the airline industry is worse today than it was in the ...

Some Afghans to immigrate to Canada more easily
Some Afghans working for the Canadian mission in Kandahar who face safety risks will ...

U.S. growth back on, if just barely: Bernanke
The U.S. recession is probably over, the chairman of the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. ...

Quebec studies full phone ban for drivers
Less than two years after Quebec banned the use of handheld cellphones while driving, ...

Rwandan war criminal to be sentenced in Montreal
Désiré Munyaneza, a Rwandan man found guilty under Canadian law of war crimes committed ...

Alberta finds 1st case of drug-resistant swine flu
Alberta has confirmed its first case of drug-resistant swine flu, provincial health ...

Vet advises against moving Lucy from Edmonton zoo
Moving Lucy the elephant from the Edmonton Valley Zoo could kill her, an American ...

Syncrude pleads not guilty to duck death charges
Oilsands giant Syncrude pleaded not guilty Monday to two charges laid in the deaths ...

Man found dead in Alberta hamlet
RCMP are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found last week ...

Second man arrested in July homicide
A 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the July slaying of an Edmonton man was ...

Toddler dies after Hinton parking lot mishap
A two-year-old girl is dead after she was struck by a motor vehicle in the parking ...

ATV accident kills child
A six-year-old child has died in an ATV crash northeast of Edmonton, Elk Point RCMP ...

Calgary man sought for alleged $100M Ponzi scheme
Two Alberta men have been charged with fraud after allegedly running a Ponzi-type ...

Drunk driver gets 6 years
A Winnipeg man has been handed a six-year prison term for killing a woman in a December ...

Bomber fans use Facebook to call for coach's head
Blue Bombers coach Mike Kelly has become the target of a Facebook group that emerged ...

No changes to MB lotto rules
There are no plans to bar Manitoba lottery retailers from cashing lotto tickets purchased ...

Homeowner fined for renting sheds to homeless
A St. Boniface homeowner has been fined by the Manitoba health department after two ...

450 from Shilo off to Afghanistan
A contingent of Canadian Forces soldiers based in Manitoba will depart Tuesday for ...

CN to close grain loading sites
Lack of use has prompted CN Rail to shutter nearly a third of its grain-loading sites ...

Former child-services worker appeals prison term
A former respite worker with Manitoba's Child and Family Services is appealing the ...

Mother told police she strangled teen with scarf
A Calgary mother on trial for second-degree murder told a police officer that she ...

Calgary man sought for alleged $100M Ponzi scheme
Two Alberta men have been charged with fraud after allegedly running a Ponzi-type ...

Destroyed Hub Oil site rezoned for development
Calgary city council has paved the way for the long-awaited redevelopment of the ...

DNA sample leads to arrest in sex-assault cold case
A court-imposed DNA sample sent to a national databank last month was the key to ...

Syncrude pleads not guilty to duck death charges
Oilsands giant Syncrude pleaded not guilty Monday to two charges laid in the deaths ...

Fish Creek Park argument ends in stabbing
A 24-year-old cyclist stabbed during an argument in Fish Creek Park is in stable ...

Nunavut seeks Alberta nurses fearing job cuts
Alberta nurses are bracing for job cuts, and the uncertainty in hospital hallways ...

N.S. man found not guilty in girl's death
A Nova Scotia man was found not guilty Monday in the death of his girlfriend's three-year-old ...

N.S. to end fiscal year with big deficit: finance minister
The Nova Scotia government will end the current fiscal year with a deficit of $590 ...

Bear spray used in attack on Dartmouth student
Halifax Regional Police are investigating an incident at Dartmouth High School on ...

Fatal ATV accident victim identified
The RCMP have released the name of the 41-year-old man killed in an all-terrain vehicle ...

Fairview Cove terminal worker killed on job
A 45-year-old man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while working at the ...

Night watcher alarms Halifax university students
Some female university students in south-end Halifax are starting to get nervous ...

Burnside gas leak apparently caused by pole
Heritage Gas crews were working to repair a natural-gas line that broke midday Monday ...

'We're not cutting any deals,' Tories say - Globe and Mail
CTV.ca'We're not cutting any deals,' Tories sayGlobe and MailPrime Minister ...

"Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze dead at 57 - StarPhoenix
guardian.co.uk"Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze dead at 57StarPhoenixLOS ...

Del Potro dethrones Federer at US Open - CBC.ca
New York TimesDel Potro dethrones Federer at US OpenCBC.caJuan Martin del Potro whoops ...

Comrades honour Canadian soldier killed Sunday - CBC.ca
CTV.caComrades honour Canadian soldier killed SundayCBC.caAbout 2500 troops attended ...

Scarborough evacuation ends - Toronto Star
CTV.caScarborough evacuation endsToronto StarPolice are asking people to evacuate ...

No changes to MB lotto rules - CBC.ca
CTV.caNo changes to MB lotto rulesCBC.caThere are no plans to bar Manitoba's ...

Search for missing NL fisherman over - CBC.ca
CTV.caSearch for missing NL fisherman overCBC.caThe search and rescue operation to ...

Election tension slackens with NDP poised to support Conservatives
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - The NDP is likely to support the Conservative minority ...

Lead singer of rock band The Joys badly beaten by woman she met in Winnipeg bar
The Canadian Press - WINNIPEG - The lead singer of an Ontario rock band says she ...

Clement denies extra scrutiny given to gay tourism events
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - Industry Minister Tony Clement denied Monday he directed ...

Liberals catch flak for support of Colombian free trade
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - While Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff touted himself ...

Ignatieff vows to restore Canada on world stage
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - Michael Ignatieff is casting himself as an international ...

Bear spray used in attack on Dartmouth student
CBC - Halifax Regional Police are investigating an incident at Dartmouth High School ...

Canadian soldier, Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, on his way home
The Canadian Press - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - It is always the same and it is always ...

N.S. leaders spar over economy
Floodgates of recrimination open up at first televised leaders' debate of summer ...

Veterans march in NB over Agent Orange issue
About 75 people completed a march to Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson's office ...

N.S. leaders spar over economy
Rodney MacDonald, Leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative Party, was on ...

Newfoundland nurses poised to hit picket lines
Nurses across Newfoundland and Labrador are poised to hit the picket lines today ...

Being 'blackmailed,' CAW says
Union accuses Ottawa, Ontario of interfering in negotiations with GM

Post crash, workers return to oil rig
Spouses hugged and kissed each other before Cougar Flight 151 left yesterday for ...

Grow-op just blocks from Vancouver police HQ
Vancouver police didn't need to go far to dismantle a large marijuana grow operation. ...

Drug trade behind B.C. assaults: police
Three people involved in the northern B.C. drug trade have been shot in the past ...

Dirty Dancing star Swayze dies at 57
Actor Patrick Swayze, best known for his roles in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, ...

Lighthouse automation plan draws opposition
Opposition continues to mount against the Canadian Coast Guard's latest plan to save ...

Hydro hook-up for laneway units too pricey, homeowners say
Homeowners in Vancouver planning to build laneway housing units in their backyards ...

$1M in cocaine seized from Abbotsford runners
Two men were arrested in Abbotsford, B.C., after allegedly running more than $1 million ...

NHL pre-season set to begin in Terrace, B.C.
Terrace, B.C., is ready for its close-up, as it gets ready to play host to the NHL's ...

Construction magnate's accuser stands by story
A businessman who says he was beaten unconscious and threatened for failing to pay ...

Quebec may accelerate tax hike
The Quebec government may accelerate plans to increase its sales tax, and to hike ...

Montreal back on F1 schedule
Grand Prix F1 du Canada Inc. and Formula One's governing body have reached a settlement ...

Elevators inaugurated in Montreal Metro
The inauguration of two new elevators means Montreal's Metro system is becoming more ...

Comrades honour Canadian soldier killed Sunday
Soldiers gathered at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan Monday night to pay their respects ...

Bombardier halfway to filling CSeries aircraft jobs
With the hiring of 300 additional engineers, Montreal-based Bombardier will be halfway ...

Jury selection for Lacroix fraud trial begins
Jury selection for the criminal trial of disgraced Norboug CEO Vincent Lacroix is ...

Atcon faces $1M lawsuit over unpaid bills
A Manitoba-based company is suing Miramichi's Atcon Group for more than $1 million ...

Teenagers arrested in Keswick fire
Two teenaged boys have been arrested in a fire that destroyed a family-run woodworking ...

Shediac RCMP clock motorcyclist at 151 km/h
A 35-year-old man from Notre Dame, N.B., was arrested for riding a motorcycle at ...

St. Thomas students push for bottled water ban
A group of students at St. Thomas University in Fredericton is pushing to have bottled ...

Flu planning a focus of premiers, governors
A cross-border committee on public health emergencies will be revived at a meeting ...

Novice N.B. farmers pin hopes on hops
Two novice Sussex-area farmers hope to be the first in New Brunswick to commercially ...

First Nation offers $15K reward for missing teen
The Eskinuopitijk First Nation is offering a $15,000 reward to anyone with information ...

Little takes on Sheutiapik in Iqaluit mayoral race
Iqaluit Mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik faces a challenge by Coun. Jim Little for the city's ...

Van Tighem challenged for Yellowknife mayor's job
Yellowknife Mayor Gordon Van Tighem will have to fight for his fourth term in office ...

Missing Whitehorse hunter found dead
A 45-year-old Whitehorse man was found dead in the wilderness on Monday, days after ...

Nunavut seeks Alberta nurses fearing job cuts
Alberta nurses are bracing for job cuts, and the uncertainty in hospital hallways ...

N.W.T. curling clubs struggle to survive
Curling clubs in some of the Northwest Territories' largest communities are in financial ...

Klondike gold miner's death probed
The Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board is probing a workplace incident ...

Franklin's ships private search group faces legal threat
A private group planning to search the Northwest Passage for Sir John Franklin's ...

Address swine flu vaccine fears, doctor urges
The federal government needs to reassure the public that officials will track the ...

Ontario to post government expenses online
Ontario has announced new measures aimed at putting an end to recent controversies ...

Woman accused of stabbing man with syringe
A 28-year-old Ottawa woman is charged with attempted murder after police find a man ...

Attempted murder charge laid after fight
Police have charged an Ottawa man with attempted murder and aggravated assault after ...

School's health clinic goes unstaffed
An Ottawa high school is one of few in the city with an in-school clinic, but it ...

Ottawa cyclists get traffic tickets and free bells
More than 340 cyclist were ticketed for safety violations in Ottawa last month, and ...

Rollover in front of PM's house injures driver
A vehicle rolled over in front of the prime minister's residence on Sussex Drive ...

Drug worries weakened cancer patient: daughter
The daughter of a Tignish, P.E.I., woman who died after struggling to pay for cancer-fighting ...

Smoke-Free Places Act in effect at midnight
Amendments to P.E.I.'s Smoke-Free Places Act, set to take effect at midnight Tuesday, ...

Skunks ravaging P.E.I. lawns
Homeowners in central P.E.I. are frustrated by marauding skunks that have been ripping ...

School supplies cut into family food budget
Too many P.E.I. families are suffering under the cost of school supplies, and the ...

Main street manure spill creates huge stink
A dump truck carrying manure from a lagoon had a major spill on the main street of ...

Boater-card exemption for renters spurs concern
Canada's new Pleasure Craft Operator Cards become mandatory for all boaters on Tuesday, ...

Cancer drug coverage needs reform: report
Some cancer patients in Canada are paying thousands of dollars per year for drugs ...

Mounties, Prince Albert police create 7-member team
The RCMP in northern Saskatchewan and the Prince Albert city police are teaming up ...

CN to close grain loading sites
Lack of use has prompted CN Rail to shutter nearly a third of its grain-loading sites ...

Sask. university teaches iPhone programming
The University of Saskatchewan's computer science department is plugging in to what ...

2 boys missing from Sask. Hutterite colony
Police are asking for the public's help in locating two teenage boys who left a Saskatchewan ...

2 arrested after Saskatoon parking meter thefts
A 30-year-old man accused of trying to take money out of downtown Saskatoon parking ...

Storms knock out power for thousands in Regina
Thousands of Regina residents were briefly without power after stormy weather blew ...

Regina assault victim's toe removed
Three people are charged with holding a Regina woman against her will and assaulting ...

Northeast Toronto evacuation ends
Emergency workers dismantled a possible explosive device in a vehicle in northeast ...

Ontario to post government expenses online
Ontario has announced new measures aimed at putting an end to recent controversies ...

MD 'grossly violated' rules in liposuction death: surgeon
A Toronto doctor accused of incompetence after performing cosmetic surgery on a patient ...

Tigers burn Blue Jays in extra innings
Squandering a three-run lead in the ninth inning, the Toronto Blue Jays were dumped ...

2 teens stabbed at high school in west Toronto
Two 17-year-old boys have been hospitalized following a stabbing outside Bloor Collegiate ...

92% of Ontario drivers will obey cellphone ban: poll
A survey regarding Ontario's impending ban on the use of hand-held cellphones while ...

Two shootings in Toronto over weekend
Toronto police are investigating two separate shooting incidents in the city over ...

Search for missing N.L. fisherman over
The search and rescue operation to locate the missing crewmember of the Sea Gypsy ...

Oram defends the way health cuts were announced
The province's health minister is responding to criticism that his department botched ...

Dead crew member from fishing vessel identified
The name of the man whose body was recovered after the fishing vessel Sea Gypsy sank ...

Search and rescue response time questioned
The owner of the fishing vessel that sank off the east coast of Newfoundland on Saturday ...

Couple charged with robbing, assaulting senior
The RCMP say a 66-year-old woman and her 28-year-old boyfriend have been charged ...

Doctor promises fight to save N.L. maternity ward
A Gander doctor says he'll fight any attempt to close his community's maternity ward. ...

N.L. police nab red-handed thief
A thief was caught red-handed by police in Harbour Grace overnight Sunday.

Alberta shivers under wet snow while Ontario basks in warm rays
Below-seasonal temperatures chill Prairies but relief is on the way

Legacy trail to link Rocky Mountain towns
Ottawa is poised to spend $6.75-million on a much-anticipated expansion of the Trans ...

Alberta shivers under wet snow while Ontario basks in warm rays
Flowers and shrubs wilted under wet snow yesterday in Alberta as the temperature ...

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Oil sands face green investor microscope
Shareholders of StatoilHydro ASA STO-N to vote on motion by Greenpeace to have Norwegian ...

Bison turn back the clock on a patch of prairie
In a remote part of the already remote Grasslands National Park in the southwest ...

Oil sands face green investor microscope
With European investors set to weigh in today in a high-profile test of the world's ...

Experts find a way to track onslaught of sea lice
DNA research at the University of Guelph has provided insight into a perplexing environmental ...

Raw deal
agill@globeandmail.comHope springs eternal. The never-ending quest for a definitive ...

Strait talk: The plan to rename the sea
Bert Webber has a plan for those don't know their Juan de Fuca Strait from a Puget ...

Battle brews as MPs oppose sale of British Columbia coal terminal
Private companies are lining up to bid for the cash-strapped coal-shipping Crown ...

Russia to pay big for gold medals
Russia will pay its athletes more than seven times the amount the Canadian Olympic ...

Tough? Beguiling? 'I'm just very direct'
Kathleen Bartels is not a woman to mince words. ''In my opinion,'' she says with ...

Police seeking information about death of woman in Lighthouse Park
Police are looking for help in solving the death of a woman in a Vancouver-area park ...

2,000 kilometres, $210,000, one devastating diagnosis
Chad Cieslik has walked dozens of events. But after news of his own cancer, this ...

Newest nightlife curiosity comes to TIFF: the parachute club
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The tradition that must die
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Internees' stories can finally be told
Federal endowment established to fill void of knowledge about Canada's labour camps ...

Hunks o' meat
How bespoke butchery became the city's newest fine art

NO JOKING: THE ZOOMER CAMPAIGN
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MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION / Who would be your ultimate dinner companion?
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