Provides the latest RSS feeds for Canada News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vancouver Star.com http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/71df8d33cd2a30df/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:48 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:48 -0500 30 Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/611141/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/611141/cs/1/ Canada's SNC-Lavalin company, that was at the centre of a headline-grabbing bribery scandal in Kerala, is now under scanner at home for allegedly overcharging in government building maintenance. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/611140/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/611140/cs/1/ T he Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a pair of food recalls because of concerns about Listeria monocytogenes and salmonella.The agency and Siena Foods Ltd. say a brand of Prosciutto Cotto C... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062166/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:44:29 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062166/ OTTAWA — The federal government is mulling over the idea of allowing random breathalyzer tests. The Justice Department has posted a discussion paper on its website, noting that breath-testing pr... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062165/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:27:10 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062165/ MONTREAL — Quebec has moved closer to offering free in vitro fertilization for couples who are unable to conceive. Health Minister Yves Bolduc said Thursday the extent of the coverage proposed b... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062164/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:27:06 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062164/ HALIFAX — No discipline will be imposed on an RCMP officer who fatally shot a Nova Scotia man in his own home because the force neglected to start a review of the constable's actions within its l... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062163/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:27:05 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062163/ HALIFAX — No discipline will be imposed on an RCMP officer who fatally shot a Nova Scotia man in his own home because the force neglected to start a review of the constable's actions within its l... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062160/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:26:23 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062160/ In this photo made Sunday, Jan. 23, 2010, people wait at a job fair. Canada's recovering economy continued to churn out new jobs last month, adding 60,000 full-time positions - mostly in the public se... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062010/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:20 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062010/ TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 97.78 cents US, up 0.15 of a cent from Thursday's close. The U.S. dollar stood at C$1.0227, down 0.16 of a cent. Pound sterling was worth C$1.5493, up 0.64 of... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062011/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:18 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062011/ Between 2005 and 2008, the total dollar value of goods exported from Pennsylvania to other countries throughout the world rose rapidly, from $22.3 billion in 2005 to $34.6 billion in 2008. However, t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33061998/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:23:33 -0500 Business Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33061998/ Between 2005 and 2008, the total dollar value of goods exported from Pennsylvania to other countries throughout the world rose rapidly, from $22.3 billion in 2005 to $34.6 billion in 2008. However, t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33061999/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:23:05 -0500 Business Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33061999/ Detroit Red Wings vice-president Steve Yzerman told CBC's senior hockey writer Tim Wharnsby that he would consider assembling Canada's men's hockey team for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062151/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:05 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062151/ The officer in charge of the Codiac Regional RCMP is pleased a review of policing services in Moncton has recommended the city stick with the Mounties. "This is good news as it serves as independent ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062157/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:04 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062157/ Seafood processors, who are already coping with sour market conditions, are bracing for a season of poor profits with predictions calling for a rising Canadian dollar. The strength of the loonie has ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062158/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:03 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062158/ Toronto police are investigating the city's 10th homicide of 2010. Police say a shooting took place at an apartment on Lawrence Avenue East near Kingston Road at about 10 p.m. A 33-year-old man was ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062152/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:01 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062152/ One man has died following a serious accident on one of the ramps leading to the Don Valley Parkway causing a huge traffic snarl early Friday morning. A City of Toronto garbage truck flipped over on ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062153/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:01 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062153/ A Bathurst city councillor charged with three drinking and driving-related charges doesn't deny drinking on the night in question, but says he only had three beers. Scott Ferguson, 45, who is the for... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062159/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:01 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062159/ Det. Const. Julie Stehlik announces sex assault charges against North York General Dr. George Doodnaught, pictured, Thursday at police headquarters. (Stan Behal, QMI Agency) TORONTO - Three women we... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062006/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:47 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062006/ CALGARY - Suspected baby killer Lisa Guerin denied Thursday she abandoned her poisoned daughter and left her to die. Guerin, testifying in her Calgary manslaughter trial, said she left her Southwood ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062007/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:46 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062007/ Job seekers fill out applications at a job fair in New York. Canada saw a net gain of 20,900 people finding work in February, Statistics Canada said Friday. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062008/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:10 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062008/ The Ontario Liberal government will pay severance packages worth as much as $45,000 to more than 1,250 Ministry of Revenue employees who won't lose their jobs, triggering a barrage of criticism from o... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33061994/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:10:12 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33061994/ OTTAWA — A brand of prosciutto has been taken off store shelves because it could be contaminated with listeria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday. Siena Foods Ltd. of Toronto ha... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062156/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:50 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062156/ A handout photo of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Constable Vu Pham. Pham responded to a call on North Line, Huron County - which is just north of Seaforth, Ontario - where he was shot in the line of... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062148/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:24 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062148/ A Cougar Helicopter's Sikorsky S-92 helicopter is seen on the helideck of an offshore oil rig on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in this undated file picture. The one-year anniversary of the crash of ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062150/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:19 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062150/ OTTAWA — A brand of prosciutto has been taken off store shelves because it could be contaminated with listeria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday. Siena Foods Ltd. of Toronto ha... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062149/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:18 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33062149/ In this photo taken on May 7, 2009, Siberian tigers jump for a chicken tossed by a feeder at a branch of Harbin Siberian Tigers Breeding Center in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province. Elev... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059862/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:07:24 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059862/ India and Canada are expected to sign a civil nuclear deal during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the country in June that will increase the prospects of bilateral trade between the two count... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059672/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:53 -0500 Hindustan Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059672/ Victim's mother offered free airfare WINNIPEG - The family of one of the teenage suspects in the severe beating of a disabled Manitoba man in Australia has blamed the victim for allegedly provoking th... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33058926/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:33 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33058926/ Victim's mother offered free airfare WINNIPEG - The family of one of the teenage suspects in the severe beating of a disabled Manitoba man in Australia has blamed the victim for allegedly provoking th... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059680/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:31 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059680/ Hoping Machado will be jailed Friday instead of returning home with family and friends who often joined him in court, "is the only thing that will help give us some closure," she said. The memory of t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059683/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:29 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059683/ Dean Haasbeek along with his wife Raina Graves and children (from left) Francis, Jude, Gertrude and Christina have been living in a friend's basement since their house burned last weekend. The family ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059682/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:28 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059682/ WINNIPEG - The issue of whether cameras should be allowed to film the upcoming inquest into the emergency room death of Brian Sinclair will take centre stage at the Law Courts building Friday. On one... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059684/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:25 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059684/ An old wallet hidden for decades under the floor boards of a dilapidated English hotel contains the tantalizing fragments of three Canadian lives caught up in the drama of the Second World War. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059669/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:14 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059669/ From where she sits, Sarah Cheung can see no disability in the world."Everything is possible," she says. "There are no boundaries."It's a philosophy the University Hill Grade 12 honours student lives ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059860/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:38:45 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059860/ OTTAWA — A brand of prosciutto has been taken off store shelves because it could be contaminated with listeria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday. Siena Foods Ltd. of Toronto ha... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059861/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:38:33 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059861/ Canwest News Service - The 70-year-old man charged with the first-degree murder of Ontario Provincial Police officer following an exchange of gunfire earlier this week died Thursday in hospital, accor... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059859/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:25:10 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059859/ Two Vermont utilities signed an agreement yesterday on a 26-year deal to buy power from the Canadian provincial utility Hydro-Quebec, replacing contracts that expire beginning in 2012. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059351/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:09:34 -0500 Boston.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059351/ OTTAWA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that it's too early for Canada to declare that it has successfully surpassed the global economic recession, saying man... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059685/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:58 -0500 SINA http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33059685/ T here are no bars in tranquil New Denver, B.C. - cellphone bars that is. Tucked in the West Kootenay mountains, the picturesque hamlet is one of the few remaining populated spots in Canada where you'... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057860/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:37:14 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057860/ I n dramatic testimony that drew a combative response from the defence, a former strip-club bouncer told a murder trial yesterday of the moment two years ago in which an errant bullet allegedly intend... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057861/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:37:13 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057861/ Amy Williams said Canadian athletes were given an unfair advantage at the Winter Olympics. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images The Winter Olympic champion http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057733/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:23:36 -0500 The Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057733/ Corey Haim - who died on Wednesday (10.03.10) - will be buried in his native Canada, his family have revealed. Corey Haim will be buried in his native Canada.The 'Lost Boys' star died aged 38 at the L... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057723/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:20:56 -0500 Earth Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057723/ Guillaume Latendresse experienced his first setback as a member of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. The left-winger had his evening cut short in the Wild's 5-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Lou... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057858/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:37 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057858/ Carter Rycroft admits it was tough being dumped by one of the best curlers in the world. But he has bounced back, and hopes to win the sport's most coveted trophy with a new team at this year's Brier... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057859/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:37 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057859/ The Fifth Estate has found that the maker of a helicopter that crashed near Newfoundland a year ago, killing 17 people, knew more than six months earlier about the gearbox problem that downed the chop... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057724/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:36 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057724/ VANCOUVER -- For the second time in five years, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will rule on a clash between gay rights and religious beliefs when it hears a complaint by two men denied accommodation i... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057728/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:05:01 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057728/ Brent Thoma, a 24-year-old medical student, was working through his own awkwardness about asking patients to spread their legs when he sent a "humorous commentary" about performing Pap smears to fello... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057727/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:05:00 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057727/ The pace of innovation in mobile is swift. We have new supposed iPhone Killers every week and mobile app stores are bursting with new and upgraded apps. In the mobile local world, aside from the http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057738/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:53:19 -0500 The Kelsey Group http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33057738/ A quarter century after aboriginal women won the right to remain status Indians when they marry non-aboriginal men, new legislation proposes that their grandchildren also be entitled to the designatio... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055742/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:05 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055742/ N orth York General Hospital rushed to reassure patients that its facility is safe after a Toronto doctor was charged with sexually assaulting three women who were under an anesthetic and undergoing s... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055743/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:04 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055743/ T here are no bars in tranquil New Denver, B.C. - cellphone bars that is. Tucked in the West Kootenay mountains, the picturesque hamlet is one of the few remaining populated spots in Canada where you'... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055744/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:03 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055744/ D aniel and Henrik Sedin's $1.5-million donation is one of the largest ever in the history of the B.C. Children's Hospital fundraising campaign. The hospital said yesterday that the donation by the V... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055747/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:02 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055747/ Create a Member Account We'll get you set up with a Globe and Mail account in just a few easy steps! It's free and takes less than a minute to complete. You should receive a confirmation email with... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055746/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:01 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055746/ Download ( 'http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" ) Flash Player to view this content. Miikka Kiprusoff may be the only one who officially gets the shutout after Thursday's game against Ottawa, but yo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055740/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:51 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055740/ Sarah Cheung, 17, of Vancouver was selected to carry the Paralympic torch along Robson Street on Thursday night. Cheung was diagnosed at nine months old with spinal muscular atrophy, and not expected ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055741/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:05 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33055741/ A Windsor, Ont., doctor at the centre of a controversy over mistaken mastectomies has won back her hospital privileges, but her cases will be monitored for the next three months. Hôtel-Dieu Gra... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053678/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:46:15 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053678/ W ith luck, sailor Josée (Jade) Chabot will be safe at home in Montreal to celebrate her 50th birthday at the end of the month. But for now, family members fear that she and a handful of other... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053677/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:46:14 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053677/ WHISTLER, British Columbia — Brian McKeever is turning his focus to another Paralympic Games less than two weeks after having his Olympic dreams dashed. It's the only way for McKeever to move p... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053673/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:25:21 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053673/ Download ( 'http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" ) Flash Player to view this content. Joe Pavelski capped a four-point third period with the tiebreaking goal after a scintillating spin move that ralli... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053675/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:18:28 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053675/ Stastny has been content to pile up assists as his teammates rack up goals, but he became a scorer against the Panthers. On the first goal, defenceman Brett Clark hesitated on a shot from a point, dr... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053676/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:18:26 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053676/ W ith luck, sailor Josée (Jade) Chabot will be safe at home in Montreal to celebrate her 50th birthday at the end of the month. But for now, family members fear that she and a handful of other... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053665/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:58 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33053665/ I t's the foreign policy that dare not speak its name. The Canadian government's desire to bolster fledgling free-market democracies in Latin America in an ideological competition with left-leaning, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051546/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:23:42 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051546/ T eachers, students and other advocates for the First Nations University in Saskatchewan were in Ottawa Thursday to plead for the restoration of $7.2-million in federal funding that was cut after long... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051547/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:23:41 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051547/ Vancouver Canucks' Daniel Sedin (L) celebrates his goal with his twin brother Henrik Sedin behind Toronto Maple Leafs' Carl Gunnarsson during the third period of their NHL hockey game in Toronto Janua... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051548/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:23:40 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051548/ Miikka Kiprusoff may be the only one who officially gets the shutout on Thursday, but you can be sure he would unofficially share the honour with his Calgary Flames teammates. The Flames stifled the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051540/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:55:24 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051540/ Whistler is on the hook for nearly $1 million for not paying enough during the expropriation of prime real estate on Alta Lake formerly owned by the family of Andrew Saxton, the Conservative MP for No... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051543/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:54:08 -0500 The Province http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051543/ I t's the foreign policy that dare not speak its name. The Canadian government's desire to bolster fledgling free-market democracies in Latin America in an ideological competition with left-leaning, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051430/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:45:33 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051430/ Larry M. Benke P.Eng, Managing Director, WorleyParsons Canada Ltd., and its' wholly owned subsidiary INTECSEA Canada, is pleased to announce the expansion of services into http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051448/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:43:18 -0500 Earth Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051448/ OTTAWA — Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Thursday defended the pace at which the government is alerting consumers to recalls of food products that could be contaminated with salmonella. A batch o... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051539/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:41:30 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051539/ HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs. Schweitzer said he thinks the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051428/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:39:51 -0500 Deseret News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33051428/ Dr. Philip Berger, second from left, and Sister Christa Mary Jones, part of the Ontario Hospital Association team working at Leribe Hospital in Lesotho in southern Africa, flank their colleague Dr. Li... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049337/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:54:28 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049337/ T he B.C. government is seeking to break a stalemate with its ambulance drivers' union, proposing changes that could roll the 3,500 paramedics into a new union – effectively ending a protracted,... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049620/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:54:26 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049620/ A quarter century after aboriginal women won the right to remain status Indians when they marry non-aboriginal men, new legislation proposes that their grandchildren also be entitled to the designatio... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049619/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:54:25 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049619/ Toronto, March 12 : Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049465/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:48:15 -0500 New Kerala http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049465/ City staff overseeing the plan to redevelop Ottawa's Lansdowne Park are floating a new idea for getting people to and from the site: water taxis on the Rideau Canal. Some critics have argued that Lan... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049258/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:08 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049258/ Andrei Kostitsyn scored in the fifth round of a shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. Kostitsyn was the only Canadien to score on Devan Dub... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049600/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:07 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049600/ Download ( 'http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" ) Flash Player to view this content. Phil Kessel took a brilliant pass from Tyler Bozak and scored at 3:33 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs put a... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049601/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:05 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049601/ For the second straight night, the Carolina Hurricanes pushed one of the NHL's best teams to overtime. This time they got the win. Brian Pothier scored 23 seconds into overtime to give the Carolina ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049602/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:04 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049602/ The Atlanta Thrashers needed a break. Instead, they got more bad news. Kristian Huselius had a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets weathered a late rally to hang on for a 2-1 victory Thu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049603/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:03 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049603/ Tuukka Rask made 31 saves and Mark Recchi, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci scored second-period goals to help the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Thursday night. The banged-up Bru... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049604/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049604/ Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking U.S. government permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs. Schweitzer said he thinks the move c... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049451/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:01 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049451/ The Canadian Museum of Nature has unveiled the star attraction of its new Water Gallery — a blue whale skeleton that is 20 metres long. The museum acquired the remains of the massive female whale i... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049595/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:01 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049595/ This was one point the St. Louis Blues couldn't let slip away. Fighting to get back into the Western Conference playoff race, the surging Blues found themselves in a shootout with the slumping New Yo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049605/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:00 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049605/ A cardiac surgeon at the Montreal Heart Institute says his hospital has adopted measures to get its wait list under control within six months. Dr. Michel Carrier made his comments Thursday amid recen... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049596/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:59 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049596/ The confrontation killed Const. Vu Pham, a 15-year OPP veteran, who was shot and killed Monday after pulling over a pickup truck on a rural southwestern Ontario road. Preston was then wounded in an e... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049608/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:58 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049608/ The federal government tabled legislation Thursday that could see more than 45,000 Canadians recognized as status Indians under changes to the Indian Act. The changes come after Ottawa lost a court c... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049454/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:56 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049454/ A relaxed Andy Sonnanstine gave the Tampa Bay Rays a glimpse of the pitcher that helped them get to the World Series. The right-hander, who lost his spot in the starting rotation last season after he... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049607/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:56 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049607/ The confrontation killed Const. Vu Pham, a 15-year OPP veteran, who was shot and killed Monday after pulling over a pickup truck on a rural southwestern Ontario road. Preston was then wounded in an e... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049610/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:55 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049610/ B.C.'s Liberal government has backed away from plans to turf a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion from its home in a government building near the provincial legislature in Victoria. Citizen's Servic... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049611/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:54 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049611/ Little Isaiah May, a brain-injured baby whose parents dropped a court battle to keep him on life support, has died in their arms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO EDMONTON - A brain-injured Alberta baby at the c... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049471/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:37 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049471/ OTTAWA -- Sesquicentennial -- it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Of course, it's a word rarely used, not just because it only happens every 150 years, but also because it is something of a suspe... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049389/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:26:31 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049389/ VANCOUVER -- For the second time in five years, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will rule on a clash between gay rights and religious beliefs when it hears a complaint by two men denied accommodation i... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049456/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:22:18 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049456/ Brent Thoma, a 24-year-old medical student, was working through his own awkwardness about asking patients to spread their legs when he sent a "humorous commentary" about performing Pap smears to fello... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049457/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:22:17 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049457/ Dr. Philip Berger, second from left, and Sister Christa Mary Jones, part of the Ontario Hospital Association team working at Leribe Hospital in Lesotho in southern Africa, flank their colleague Dr. Li... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049333/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:18:00 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049333/ Fred Preston, 70, was identified by Ontario's Special Investigations Unit as the man involved in a "confrontation" with police, which resulted in the fatal shooting of O.P.P. Cst. Vu Pham. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049351/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:16 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049351/ VANCOUVER — Three B.C. women are suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over a lucrative drug that is designed to help people quit smoking but which, the plaintiffs claim, causes suicidal tendencies as a... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049245/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:09 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049245/ VANCOUVER — For the second time in five years, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will rule on a clash between gay rights and religious beliefs when it hears a complaint by two men denied accommodation ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049597/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:06 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33049597/ R arely have so many people had such vested interests in keeping bargains secret. For the past four years, Ontario has been buying brand drugs for well below the going rate. But an elaborate paym... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33047853/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:50 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33047853/ Juno Awards were announced. It reminded me: we don't pay enough attention to our jazz friends up north. One of the headlines is that jazz vocalist http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33047371/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:10:18 -0500 NPR http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/33047371/