Washington, Nov 25 : A new Canadian study led by a researcher of Indian origin has found that eye floaters and flashes of light are linked to retinal tear or detachment and may even cause blindness if left untreated.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:06 -0500

Toronto, Nov 25 (IANS) Intervening in an interesting corporate war in Canada, a court Tuesday rapped Rogers Communications for claiming itself to be 'Canada's Most Reliable'' wireless network.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:50:03 -0500

FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, a General Motors employee enters an office building at the Oshawa car assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario. General Motors Co. will build a new 2011 Buick Regal at...
Sign on San Diego Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:55:01 -0500

NEW YORK ? Canadian National Railway Co., one of North America's largest railroads, says it received notice from the union representing its locomotive engineers in Canada that they plan to go on...
Sign on San Diego Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:55:00 -0500

PRWEB ) November 25, 2009 -- Ambassador to Speak at Economic Club of Canada. Who: David Appia, French Ambassador for International Investment, and Chairman and CEO of the Invest in France ...
PR Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:47:15 -0500

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, and the Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Se...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:44:07 -0500

MDRNA, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA), a leading RNAi-based drug discovery and development company, today announced the extension and expansion of its collaboration with the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC), cove...
Medical News Today Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:43:20 -0500

Freed Canadian journalist describes her time in captivity -- including being beated and tortured. She describes her experience from a hotel room in Somalia.
CTV Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:38:06 -0500

LAVAL, Que. - Drug developer Labopharm Inc. (TSX:DDS) has entered into a funding agreement to provide it with up to $25 million through the sale of newly issued common shares during the next three yea...
Canadian Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:35:14 -0500

MONTREAL - Cash-strapped AbitibiBowater, one of the world's largest newsprint producers, will save nearly $2.3 million annually after a judge approved the sale of a former Quebec pulp and paper mill. ...
Canadian Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:35:12 -0500

It is believed that Akshay Kumar, who has been nominated as torch bearer of the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Canada, is also looking for better business ventures in Canada.
Times of India Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:30:46 -0500

Christopher Little has been found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder for killing his estranged wife and another woman two years ago. A jury, which was in its third day of deliberations, conv...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:31 -0500

Canada and 19 other countries have been accused of not living up to their collective vow in 2001 to fund climate change initiatives in the developing world, the British Broadcasting Corporation report...
Leader-Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:26 -0500

The number of new swine flu cases across some communities in Canada appears to be levelling off, federal health officials said Wednesday. "We say it is levelling off because in most communities, the ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:25 -0500

Canadian Jerry Turcotte, who escaped from a Peruvian jail in Lima Sept. 22, 2008, while awaiting extradition to the U.S. on drug smuggling charges, is now in a California jail after being arrested in ...
Leader-Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:24 -0500

Memo to Phil Kessel: Remember to keep your head up, and go blocker-side on Antero Niittymaki. The Tampa Bay goalie robbed Kessel on 10 shots, including at least once with his glove hand, during the M...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:20 -0500

Ken Miller delivered some surprising news Wednesday at the Grey Cup coaches' news conference. The Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002, underwent...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:19 -0500

The Carolina Hurricanes activated Eric Staal from injured reserve Wednesday after the star centre missed 10 games with an upper-body injury. Staal had been sidelined since the injury forced him from ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:19 -0500

Shareholders voted 99 per cent to approve the split of Calgary-based EnCana into two new companies Wednesday. One, focused on natural gas exploration and production, will retain the EnCana name. The ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:17 -0500

The Toronto Raptors are one of the top offensive teams in the NBA, but they've had trouble stopping opponents during a disappointing start to the season. While a matchup with one of the lowest-scorin...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:16 -0500

Robin Soderling advanced to the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals, beating Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 Wednesday for his second straight win at the season-ending tournament. The Swede outlast...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:15 -0500

Download Flash Player to view this content. Hidayet Turkoglu knows his people love him. His basketball fans, sure. But his Turkish basketball fans? Well, they are something else all together. D...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:14 -0500

Canada’s former chief of defence staff Rick Hillier is expected to testify on Wednesday he never heard any reports that detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured by A...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:13 -0500

The head of Canada's Inuit organization wants to draw national attention to Inuit culture and issues next year, which has been declared the Year of the Inuit. Announcing the 12 month-long initiative ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:10 -0500

Many at the Rexall Place meeting in Edmonton demanded that the province bury an above-ground, high-voltage transmission line proposed to run near the city...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:10 -0500

University of Calgary students have started a letter writing campaign, asking the province not to raise tuition fees for some professional programs while capping increases on others. In 2006, the gov...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:10 -0500

The body of a man was found early Wednesday morning in an alley near 118th Avenue and 127th Street in northwest Edmonton. A passerby found the man lying face-up around 2:30 a.m, Det. Bill Clark said....
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:10 -0500

The provincial Progressive Conservatives are questioning the New Brunswick government's initial handling of swine flu vaccinations, which resulted in some children being turned away from flu clinics. ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:10 -0500

Homicide investigators have been called in after a man's body was found in the backyard of a suburban home in north Surrey, B.C., early Wednesday morning.
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:09 -0500

Crews are working to clear the Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke in southeastern B.C. after a crash on the Donald Bridge Wednesday morning. Two semi-trailers collided on the bridge, ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:09 -0500

LM Ericsson and another European company on Wednesday won the auction for Nortel Networks' GSM wireless technology business. The two companies will pay $103 million US. The insolvent telecom maker sa...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:08 -0500

A group of Woodstock Middle School students pitched their case for a new school directly to Premier Shawn Graham on Wednesday morning. The students presented postcards asking for the new facility, si...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:08 -0500

Despite being hit hard by injuries, the Pittsburgh Penguins are atop the Atlantic Division and challenging for the league's best record. They're also on the verge of matching one of the best starts i...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:07 -0500

A Vancouver man gunned down over the weekend in downtown Toronto had gang connections and was under indictment in the United States on drug charges, police said. Shane Kelter, 32, was shot and killed...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:06 -0500

HAMILTON — The search for a prisoner who was sprung out of hospital by armed men has expanded across the country, Hamilton police said Wednesday.Fawad Ahmed Nouri, 25, an inmate at Hamilton Wentwort...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:56 -0500

More than a year after she was kidnapped in Somalia, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout has been freed, officials said Wednesday.The freelance journalist from Alberta and her Australian colleague, Ni...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:54 -0500

In this undated photo-illustration released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a drop-side Stork Craft crib is seen. The CPSC issued a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23, 2009 afte...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:50 -0500

MONTREAL -- More than 400 police officers from Montreal and Ontario banded together today to take down a major fraud and counterfeiting operation in the city. Officers with the RCMP, the Surete du Qu...
C News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:47 -0500

The federal government is blocking Richard Colvin from giving documents to a special House of Commons committee investigating Afghan torture. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick/file) OTTAWA - The fed...
C News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:46 -0500

Robert Decker, (right) 28, of St. John's, the lone survivor of Cougar Helicopter Flight 491, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on Mar. 12, 2009, arrives with his lawyer Dan Simmons at the Wells Inqu...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:39 -0500

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Five members of a fishing crew are safe and headed back to shore after a fire destroyed their boat, the Newfoundland Pearl, around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.The crew was fishing shrimp ab...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:36 -0500

Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:32 -0500

QUEBEC — Members of the Quebec provincial legislature voted unanimously to approve on first reading a bill to commemorate the Ukrainian genocide in the 1930s, when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin withh...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:27 -0500

A seven-year-old girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday.MD Ambulance responded to the scene of the accident in the 900 block of Confederation Drive aroun...
The StarPhoenix Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:27 -0500

In this undated photo-illustration released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a drop-side Stork Craft crib is seen. The CPSC issued a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23, 2009 afte...
The Province Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:00 -0500

Vectorial Elevation will be on display over English Bay during the 2010 Games. It is the first time the internationally celebrated work of art will be displayed in Canada and over a body of water.
Vancouver Sun Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:24:59 -0500

In this undated photo-illustration released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a drop-side Stork Craft crib is seen. The CPSC issued a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23, 2009 afte...
Vancouver Sun Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:24:53 -0500

In this undated photo-illustration released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a drop-side Stork Craft crib is seen. The CPSC issued a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23, 2009 afte...
Leader-Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:24:52 -0500

More than a year after she was kidnapped in Somalia, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout has been freed, officials said Wednesday.The freelance journalist from Alberta and her Australian colleague, Ni...
Vancouver Sun Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:24:39 -0500

We'll admit it: so far, most conversations concerning the Microsoft-Yahoo deal and antitrust issues have related to the U.S. and Europe. Still, two potential roadblocks were eliminated yesterday when ...
Web Pro News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:15:36 -0500

T wo freelance journalists kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008 were freed on Wednesday and are in a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, a Somali member of parliament and hotel sources said. “We...
The Globe and Mail Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:15:18 -0500

In this undated photo-illustration released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a drop-side Stork Craft crib is seen. The CPSC issued a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23, 2009 afte...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:32 -0500

OTTAWA — The city's radio listeners will notice changes in the programming lineups of CFRA and other CHUM Radio stations as the company gets ready to battle new competitors in the city’s radio mar...
Ottawa Citizen Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:19 -0500

OTTAWA — A 34-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after investigators seized a computer containing child pornography, including images of infants. Ottawa Police Service high tech crime and internet ex...
Ottawa Citizen Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:17 -0500

In this undated photo-illustration released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a drop-side Stork Craft crib is seen. The CPSC issued a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23, 2009 afte...
Windsor Star Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:00 -0500

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C News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:09:23 -0500

Pat Quinn, one of Ireland's best known businessmen in the 1960s and 1970s and the founder of Quinnsworth, has died in Canada. After moving to Canada for some years in the 1960s, he came back to Irela...
RTE Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:05:12 -0500

Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI ) indicate that the cost of ground transportation for Canadian Shippers increased in September for the first time since April; primarily due to increases in fuel p...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:52 -0500

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - Canadian Royalties Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Royalties") (TSX:CZZ) announces that it has received and accepted the resignation of Mr. Hugh Blak...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:50 -0500

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SYH) announces that the Company has reacquired, via staking, 2 claim blocks totaling 520 hectares (12...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:48 -0500

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - Hyatt Regency Calgary is thrilled to be involved in Calgary's Grey Cup action with a number of activities taking place from Thursday, November 26 to Su...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:45 -0500

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - Canada's Transport and Infrastructure Minister John Baird announced today that the Toronto City Centre Airport will receive funding for the constructio...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:40 -0500

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of Canadian musician Haydain Neale. Mr. Neale made an important contribution to the Canadian musi...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:40 -0500

Attention: Business/Financial Editor, Environment Editor, Home/Garden Editor, Lifestyle Editor, Tech/Telecomm Editor SHERWOOD PARK, ALBERTA, SUREFLAP CANADIAN LAUNCH--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - F...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:33 -0500

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar traded at 95.11 cents US, up 0.59 of a cent on Wednesday. The U.S. dollar was trading at C$1.0514, down 0.66 of a cent. Pound sterling was at C$1.7510, down 0.31 of a ce...
Canadian Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:52:02 -0500

TORONTO - Gold was quoted at C$1,236 bid (US$1,180) and C$1,237 asked (US$1,181) in mid-morning trading Wednesday by Travelex Canada Ltd., a major gold and foreign exchange dealer.
Canadian Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0500

NOVEMBER 13: A woman is vaccinated against pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Marseille. France launches its swine flu vaccination programme for the general public.
Vancouver Sun Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:59 -0500

Management at the Toronto Star newspaper has filed formal notice of a plan to contract out newsroom production work and cut 121 jobs in a bid to save more than $4 million a year. "At a time of unprec...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:59 -0500

A home-heavy schedule has helped vault the Ottawa Senators into top spot in their division. But can they win on the road? We're about to find out as Ottawa plays six of its next seven games away, sta...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:59 -0500

The Oilers offence looks like it's starting to come around and Edmonton is hoping it can spur the team to its second straight win when it hosts the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. Edmonton coul...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:58 -0500

Despite being hit hard by injuries, the Pittsburgh Penguins are atop the Atlantic Division and challenging for the league's best record. They're also on the verge of matching one of the best starts i...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:57 -0500

Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick scored twice and assisted on another goal in the Knights' 5-2 road win against his old team, the Kitchener Rangers, in Ontario Hockey League action. He now has 14 goals ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:56 -0500

The City of Ottawa's auditor general released a sweeping report Wednesday that reveals the cost of the transit strike and takes aim at the problem of moonlighting and inefficiencies in a number of cit...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:55 -0500

New U.S. economic numbers show a job market slowly improving but fewer sales of big-ticket manufactured items. The number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits for the first time dipped below t...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:54 -0500

One day after signing with the San Diego Chargers, Jon Runyan says he'll retire at the end of the season and run for Congress in New Jersey. The 35-year-old offensive lineman said Wednesday that he t...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:53 -0500

Barcelona signed France international Eric Abidal Wednesday to a one-year contract extension that keeps him with the European champions through 2012. The 30-year-old France left back also saw his buy...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:52 -0500

A human rights tribunal has ordered Nova Scotia's French-language school board to pay a former employee nearly $65,000 for forcing him to retire. Robert Theriault filed a complaint with the Nova Scot...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:51 -0500

Hannover said its players will wear shirts with a black No. 1 in tribute to goalkeeper Robert Enke for the rest of this season. The Bundesliga club said that the German Football League gave its appro...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:51 -0500

A young woman was sexually assaulted in a Windsor schoolyard Tuesday night. Police said the attack happened about 10:30 p.m. ET outside Queen Victoria School on Victoria Avenue. The 21-year-old woma...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:50 -0500

A fugitive from Deline, N.W.T., has been using a social networking website to keep in touch with friends while on the run from authorities for the past three months. Darren Lee Kenny, 27, has posted ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:49 -0500

Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk holds willow sapling that are part of a Canadian experiment while on board the International Space Station. Thirsk says his six-month stay aboard the International Space ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:48 -0500

The firm that designed and built an energy plant to power a casino in Windsor says it will drop its lawsuit against the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and now wants to buy the plant for ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:47 -0500

Around 1,500 people attended a rally at Edmonton's Rexall Place Tuesday night to demand the province bury an above ground, high-voltage transmission line proposed to run near the city. "It's kind of ...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:47 -0500

Montreal's densest borough will stop removing snow on weekends as a cost-cutting measure to tackle its deficit. The newly elected Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council says a lion's share of the distric...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:46 -0500

BC Ferries is conducting an internal safety investigation after a ferry was caught in a storm off Prince Rupert early Monday morning. The MV Northern Adventure was hit by huge waves and hurricane-str...
CBC News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:46 -0500

CALGARY - A day after agreeing on a tax hike of just under five per cent next year, city council already finds itself staring at a $13.5-million hole in 2011.The city has a year to tackle the predicte...
Calgary Herald Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:30 -0500

Canadian home resale prices continued their good news-bad news trend in September, falling by 1.8 per cent from a year earlier but rising 1.3 per cent over August, according to the Teranet-National Ba...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:27 -0500

NOVEMBER 13: A woman is vaccinated against pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Marseille. France launches its swine flu vaccination programme for the general public.
Times Colonist Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:19 -0500

The proportion of pre-tax household income needed to maintain a home rose in the third quarter of this year for the first time since the spring of 2008, and across all housing types, RBC said ...
National Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:40:47 -0500