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><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#15" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  New storm coming as Atlanta reels from tornado</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#14" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  India's top court suspends arrest warrant for Gere</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#13" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Police probe scene of deadly Quebec collapse</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 13/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#12" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian soldier wounded in suicide car bombing</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 12/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#11" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Guergis: I can't bring imprisoned Canadian home</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 11/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#10" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian pedophilia suspect on trial in Thailand</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 10/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#09" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Ottawa recovers from near-record snowfall</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 09/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#08" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Does daylight time save or use more energy?</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 08/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#07" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian link to Times Square blast being probed</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 07/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#06" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Suspect in theft of elderly Vancouver patient's rings</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 06/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#05" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Teachers put off by revamped 'Bully' video game</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 05/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#04" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Montrealer sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 04/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#03" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#02" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Conrad Black down to a final day as free man</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Mom, two kids among dead in Hamilton house fire</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/03/08</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> =======================</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="705" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="707"><div>  <A NAME="31"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 125 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Sweeps of human DNA yield big discoveries</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Mar. 31  2008  07:52  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 31st, 2008</div> <div> <B>NEW YORK -- Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="caa3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 496 WIDTH="707"><div> It's a payoff from a landmark achievement completed five years ago -- the identification of all the building blocks in the human DNA. Follow-up research and leaps in DNA-scanning technology have opened the door to a flood of new reports about genetic links to disease.</div> <bR> <div> On a single day in February, for example, three separate research groups reported finding several genetic variants tied to the risk of getting prostate cancer.</div> <bR> <div> And over the past year or so, scientists have reported similar results for conditions ranging from heart attack to multiple sclerosis to gallstones. The list even includes restless legs syndrome, a twitching condition best known as "jimmy legs" in an episode of "Seinfeld."</div> <bR> <div> Interviews with scientists at the center of this revolution and a review of published studies over the past six months by The Associated Press make clear the rapid adoption of the new technology and the high expectations for it.</div> <bR> <div> Since 2005, studies with the gene-scanning technique have linked nearly 100 DNA variants to as many as 40 common diseases and traits, scientists noted this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association.</div> <bR> <div> "There have been few, if any, similar bursts of discovery in the history of medical research," two Harvard researchers declared last summer in the New England Journal of Medicine.</div> <bR> <div> What does all this excitement mean for ordinary people? Not so much just yet. Simply finding the genes that can raise the risk of an illness doesn't mean you can prevent the disease. And developing a treatment for it can take years.</div> <bR> <div> But there have been some payoffs already.</div> <bR> <div> One involves a leading cause of blindness in older people, age-related macular degeneration. A series of genome-wide scans, the most recent in 2005, "led to huge breakthroughs in understanding" that disease, said Stephen Daiger, a Houston scientist.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 510 WIDTH="707"><div> When scientists implicated a particular gene that's involved in a system of disease-fighting proteins in the blood, it gave scientists a "slap-on-the-forehead kind of insight ... into the biology of what's going on," said Daiger, a vision genetics expert at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center.</div> <bR> <div> That galvanized research into the disease. And at least one new drug is being tested in patients now.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Genome-wide association study:</B></div> <div> What's made this and other hopeful findings possible is the "genome-wide association study," which lets scientists scan the entire complement of DNA from thousands of people in unprecedented detail. While the basic technique is not new, its popularity has exploded recently because of cost-cutting advances in technology and discoveries about the genome.</div> <bR> <div> "It lets you go searching for that needle in the haystack," says Michael Watson, executive director of the American College of Medical Genetics.</div> <bR> <div> It's a big haystack. DNA is made up of long sequences of building blocks, sort of like sentences composed from a four-letter alphabet: A, C, G and T. The human genome contains about 3 billion letters, about as many as the total number of letters and digits in more than 100 Manhattan phone books.</div> <bR> <div> Scientists have identified the order of the letters in the human genome, a feat the government declared accomplished in 2003. But of course, different people have slightly different DNA sequences. People commonly differ in what letter they have at about 10 million positions along the full genome. Some folks may have a T where most people have a C, for example.</div> <bR> <div> And those single-letter variations are key to the genome-wide scans. Basically, scientists compare DNA from a large number of people, some sick with a particular disease, and others healthy. They can look at a half-million or more positions to see what letter appears. If sick people tend to show a different result than healthy ones -- say, if they tend to have a T in some spot more often than healthy people do -- it's a red flag.</div> <bR> <div> It suggests that some genetic influence on the risk of that disease comes from that spot or nearby. So it gives scientists a specific place to look more closely for a disease-promoting gene.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 552 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Detailed DNA exams:</B></div> <div> In practice, genome scans can be big undertakings.</div> <bR> <div> Scientists in Iowa and Denmark are searching blood samples from 7,000 babies and new mothers in the United States and Denmark for genetic variations that raise the risk for premature birth.</div> <bR> <div> DNA will be extracted, and early this summer, more than half a million spots on the microscopic strands from each mother and baby will be assessed for clues to where the genetic variations may lie.</div> <bR> <div> The DNA will be analyzed at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Robots will put a tiny drop of DNA-bearing solution from each person onto a clear glass slide roughly the size of a business card, with four drops per slide.</div> <bR> <div> The lab's DNA scanners, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal what DNA "letter" appears in more than 580,000 spots in the genetic material, said lab director Kimberly Doheny.</div> <bR> <div> This scan takes about half an hour per sample. Once the results are available, the scientists will use statistical tests to find the telltale signs of a possible gene affecting risk of premature birth. They'll double-check to make sure any such signal shows up in more than one population.</div> <bR> <div> Even five years ago, such a detailed examination of DNA from so many people would have been inconceivable.</div> <bR> <div> Genome scans offer some major advantages over previous gene-hunting techniques. Scientists don't have to start by guessing what genes might be involved in a disease, or confine themselves to families where a tendency to an illness is inherited.</div> <bR> <div> And the genome-scan approach reveals genes with only subtle influence on the risk of getting sick, too slight to be found by earlier methods. That's just the kind of gene that plays a role in common illnesses like heart disease.</div> <bR> <div> Even if its impact on risk is small, a newly found gene can be a bonanza to scientists if it reveals something new about the biology of a disease. That in turn can give hints for finding new treatments.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 585 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Health benefits:</B></div> <div> For non-scientists, the most direct payoff of finding new disease genes may be in devising tests to identify people at elevated risk for a particular disorder.</div> <bR> <div> Most genetic variants found in the genome scans boost a person's risk by around 50 percent. If the disease risk is fairly low, that's "not something you'd lose much sleep over," Watson said.</div> <bR> <div> More useful, he said, is the notion of finding variants in maybe a half-dozen genes that affect the risk for a disease, then testing a person for all of them at once to come up with a more powerful indicator.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier this year, for example, Swedish researchers reported preliminary evidence that men with four or five particular gene variants ran more than four times the risk of getting prostate cancer than men with none of them. When family history was factored in, such a combined test could identify men who ran a nine-fold higher risk.</div> <bR> <div> An Iceland-based company, deCode Genetics, announced in February that it is offering a test for eight genetic variants related to prostate cancer. Altogether, the variants make 10 percent of men run twice the normal risk of prostate cancer, and 1 percent run three times the normal risk, the company said.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Teri Manolio of the National Human Genome Research Institute said it'll take more work to figure out the value of genetic testing for prostate cancer. There is no proven treatment to prevent it; the only advice to a man at higher risk would probably be for more aggressive screening for the disease.</div> <bR> <div> Then there's the question about what people will do with gene test results. What if you already know that everybody should watch their weight, for example, and then a DNA test shows a heightened risk for diabetes and your doctor tells you to ... watch your weight?</div> <bR> <div> Maybe people would pay more attention to health advice if they knew they were genetically vulnerable to getting sick otherwise. But maybe not. It's an open question, Manolio said.</div> <bR> <div> "I think some people will," Watson said. "I think some people just won't, because they're the kind of people who aren't influenced by those sorts of things.... I'm not pessimistic or optimistic, but I'm sure not everybody does the right thing."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="30"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 428 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Tough questions for coast guard after sealer tragedy</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Mar. 30  2008  13:17  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 30th, 2008</div> <div> <B>There are still some questions the coast guard needs to answer with respect to the tragic death of several seal hunters off the coast of Iles de la Madeleine, says the town's mayor.</B></div> <bR> <div> Joel Arseneau told CTV's Newsnet Sunday he wasn't completely satisfied with the reasons given to explain why the sealers were left on board the vessel while it was being towed.</div> <bR> <div> "The coast guard seems to say it's a regular procedure but we've questioned this especially, since done at night-time and people seem to have been asleep during the tragedy," he said. "It's the kind of questions we still have."</div> <bR> <div> The fishing vessel struck ice and capsized Saturday morning while it was being towed by a coast guard icebreaker.</div> <bR> <div> The bodies of three men have been found. A fourth is still missing and presumed dead. The men were sleeping below deck at the time of the accident. Two others who were above deck were rescued.</div> <bR> <div> The incident happened after the ship, L'Acadien II, reported steering problems about 70 kilometres north of Cape Breton, N.S.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca9fa0640.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Coast Guard icebreaker Sir William Alexander sits idle off the coast of Cape Breton, N.S. on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Three men are dead and one is missing after a sealing boat capsized while being towed to Sydney, N.S. by the Coast Guard vessel. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca9ea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rescuers recovered the bodies of three sealers in icy waters near Cape Breton early Saturday morning.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 544 WIDTH="707"><div> The Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed that they attached a tow line to the L'Acadien II and that it sank 90 minutes later.</div> <bR> <div> A fisherman aboard a another vessel trailing the L'Acadien II said the icebreaker pulled the disabled ship over a large chunk of ice, throwing it on its side as it came out of the water.</div> <bR> <div> "They were pulling the boat over an ice cake ... and it pulled the boat sideways and it went in the water and laid on its side and they kept pulling and it rolled right over. If they hadn't have pulled on it, it wouldn't have capsized.''</div> <bR> <div> The coast guard crew should have been paying "a lot more attention,'' he said.</div> <bR> <div> The dead, who were from the Iles de la Madeleine in Quebec, have been identified:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bruno Bourque, the ship's captain.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gilles Leblanc, a hunter in his 50s.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Marc-Andre Deraspe, 20, an aspiring hockey player.</div> <bR> <div> Carl Aucoin has been identified as the missing hunter.</div> <bR> <div> At a news conference in Dartmouth, N.S. on Saturday, a federal government official said it's not common for vessels to be towed in thick ice and that an investigation will be launched.</div> <bR> <div> "There certainly is no regulations on how that (towing) is to be done,'' said Mike Voigt, superintendent of search and rescue with the Canadian Coast Guard. "This isn't a common thing that vessels do get towed. ... It's expected the vessel will make it home on its own. But time will tell. We'll have to look into the details."</div> <bR> <div> Arseneau said an inquiry in this case is essential to help prevent a similar mishap in the future.</div> <bR> <div> "We certainly expect there will be an inquiry," he said Sunday. "We feel that this is not normal. Something went wrong and we need to know what happened to prevent such events in the future."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV Atlantic's Toby Koffman and files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 429 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Triple gun slaying shocks Winnipeg neighbourhood</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Mar. 29  2008  19:40  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 29th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Three people are dead and another three people are in hospital after a bloody gun fight in a Winnipeg neighborhood early Saturday morning.</B></div> <bR> <div> The incident is believed to be the first triple homicide in Winnipeg since 1997.</div> <bR> <div> The gunfight, which took place inside a house on Alexander Avenue, was reported just before 4:00 a.m. When police arrived they found two men and one woman who were killed by gunfire.</div> <bR> <div> The three survivors were also two men and a woman. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening.</div> <bR> <div> Police are asking for the public's help in its investigation of the slayings.</div> <bR> <div> "Someone is out there at large, somebody who is responsible for this," Const. Jacqueline Chaput told CTV News. "Whether it is one or more persons we don't know."</div> <bR> <div> A woman, who did not want to be identified for fear of retribution, said the house was considered a party house since new people moved into it about a year ago. She also said the owner of the house was in the front yard around 4:00 a.m., screaming hysterically for help and repeatedly yelling that people were dying in her home.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca9aa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A trio of ambulances leave the scene of a shooting which killed three people in Winnipeg on Saturday, March 29, 2008.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca9ba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Winnipeg Police service officers gather evidence at the scene of a triple homicide in Winnipeg, Man. on Saturday March 29, 2008. (Winnipeg Free Press, Joe Bryksa/ THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 190 WIDTH="707"><div> Theresa Zacharias, who leaves nearby, told CTV News that she heard the screams.</div> <bR> <div> "I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin," she said. "My first thought was 'What's going on?' (Then) I walked in to see if my kids were awake or OK."</div> <bR> <div> Several neighbours said they steered clear of the home because it was known for cocaine.</div> <bR> <div> The shootings took place in Brooklands, a neighbourhood on Winnipeg's northwest edge near the international airport.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV Winnipeg's Kevin Armstrong</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Parents pick prayer over doctor; diabetic girl dies</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Mar. 28  2008  07:19  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 28th, 2008</div> <div> <B>WESTON, Wis. -- Police are investigating an 11-year-old girl's death from an undiagnosed, treatable form of diabetes after her parents chose to pray for her rather than take her to a doctor.</B></div> <bR> <div> An autopsy showed Madeline Neumann died Sunday of diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition that left too little insulin in her body, Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said.</div> <bR> <div> She had probably been ill for about a month, suffering symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness, the chief said Wednesday, noting that he expects to complete the investigation by Friday and forward the results to the district attorney.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca92a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Madeline Kara Neumann, of Weston, Wis., is shown working on chalk art last summer during downtown Wausau's Chalk Fest. (AP / Wausau Daily Herald, Butch McCartney)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 533 WIDTH="707"><div> The girl's mother, Leilani Neumann, said that she and her family believe in the Bible and that healing comes from God, but that they do not belong to an organized religion or faith, are not fanatics and have nothing against doctors.</div> <bR> <div> She insisted her youngest child, a wiry girl known to wear her straight brown hair in a ponytail, was in good health until recently.</div> <bR> <div> "We just noticed a tiredness within the past two weeks," she said Wednesday. "And then just the day before and that day (she died), it suddenly just went to a more serious situation. We stayed fast in prayer then. We believed that she would recover. We saw signs that to us, it looked like she was recovering."</div> <bR> <div> Her daughter -- who hadn't seen a doctor since she got some shots as a 3-year-old, according to Vergin -- had no fever and there was warmth in her body, she said.</div> <bR> <div> The girl's father, Dale Neumann, a former police officer, said he started CPR "as soon as the breath of life left" his daughter's body.</div> <bR> <div> Family members elsewhere called authorities to seek help for the girl.</div> <bR> <div> "My sister-in-law, she's very religious, she believes in faith instead of doctors ...," the girl's aunt told a sheriff's dispatcher Sunday afternoon in a call from California. "And she called my mother-in-law today ... and she explained to us that she believes her daughter's in a coma now and she's relying on faith."</div> <bR> <div> The dispatcher got more information from the caller and asked whether an ambulance should be sent.</div> <bR> <div> "Please," the woman replied. "I mean, she's refusing. She's going to fight it. ... We've been trying to get her to take her to the hospital for a week, a few days now."</div> <bR> <div> The aunt called back with more information on the family's location, emergency logs show. Family friends also made a 911 call from the home. Police and paramedics arrived within minutes and immediately called for an ambulance that took her to a hospital.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 269 WIDTH="707"><div> But less than an hour after authorities reached the home, Madeline -- a bright student who left public school for home schooling this semester -- was declared dead.</div> <bR> <div> She is survived by her parents and three older siblings.</div> <bR> <div> "We are remaining strong for our children," Leilani Neumann said. "Only our faith in God is giving us strength at this time."</div> <bR> <div> The Neumanns said they moved from California to a modern, middle-class home in woodsy Weston, just outside Wassau in central Wisconsin, about two years ago to open a coffee shop and be closer to other relatives. A basketball hoop is set up in the driveway.</div> <bR> <div> Leilani Neumann said she and her husband are not worried about the investigation because "our lives are in God's hands. We know we did not do anything criminal. We know we did the best for our daughter we knew how to do."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>New details emerge in Ontario terror case</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Mar. 26  2008  21:24  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 27th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Crown lawyers expect to present evidence against the Toronto-area terror suspects that show some of the accused planned to commit attacks more deadly than the London subway bombings, according to documents filed in court containing anticipated evidence.</B></div> <bR> <div> New details contained in the Crown factum that was filed at the trial of the only remaining youth charged allege prosecutors have audio tapes and video tape evidence of some of the suspects plotting several explosions.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca8ba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The case is being heard at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the Toronto suburb of Brampton.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 482 WIDTH="707"><div> The factum contains transcripts of alleged conversations between suspects, including one where one of the accused speaks about the group's violent ambitions.</div> <bR> <div> "They're probably expecting what happened in London or something," the man is quoted as saying. "... Some bombing in a subway kills 10 people and everybody gets deported.</div> <bR> <div> "We're not doing that. ... So our thing it's, it's much, much greater on a scale ... you do it once and you make sure they can never recover again."</div> <bR> <div> The July 2005 bombings in London, carried out by four suicide bombers, claimed the lives of 52 commuters.</div> <bR> <div> One video allegedly shows the Toronto-area suspects at a wooded area in rural Ontario. A passionate speaker is heard saying the men have to "wage war against Rome" -- the Western powers including Canada, the United States, Britain and France.</div> <bR> <div> "Our mission's greater, whether we get arrested, whether we get killed .... Rome has to be defeated. And we have to be the ones that do it," the speaker allegedly says.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown alleges the accused attended two so-called training camps -- one near the town of Washago and the other at the Rockwood Conservation Area near Guelph. The suspects are accused of taking part in military-style exercises in camouflage gear and firearms training with a 9-mm firearm.</div> <bR> <div> The group is accused of planning to storm the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, taking politicians (including the prime minister) hostage and beheading them.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown's filing also alleges that the men planned to construct a radio frequency remote-controlled detonator. </div> <div> None of these allegations have been proven or tested in court.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 234 WIDTH="707"><div> The 18 suspects of the alleged al Qaeda-inspired cell were arrested in July 2006. Fourteen men, four of whom are free on bail, are charged with various terrorism-related offences.</div> <bR> <div> Four teens were initially charged, however, charges against three of the youths have been stayed.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown is asking the judge to impose a publication ban to prevent the media from linking evidence at the trial to any of the other adult suspects by name, saying the evidence is "prejudicial" and could destroy any chances of the other suspects getting a fair trial.</div> <bR> <div> The youth's trial has begun with numerous pretrial motions. Evidence is not expected to be heard until mid-to-late May. </div> <div> Lawyers have said the trials for the adults could be months or even years away.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from </I>ctvtoronto.ca and by <I>CTV Toronto's Chris Eby</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Alta. mom charged in death of newborn baby girl</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Mar. 25  2008  22:40  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 26th, 2008</div> <div> <B>A 20-year-old woman has been charged after a tenant found the dead body of a baby girl under a bed in a north-end Edmonton home last week.</B></div> <bR> <div> Naomi Russell-Simpson is charged with committing an indignity to a body, neglect to obtain assistance in child birth and concealing the body of a child.</div> <bR> <div> The 20-year-old college student was granted bail Tuesday.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca84a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Naomi Russell-Simpson, 20, is charged with committing an indignity to a body, neglect to obtain assistance in childbirth and concealing the body of a child.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 325 WIDTH="707"><div> Police have released few details on the autopsy results, but said Tuesday the girl was born alive. The girl's death is still being labelled as suspicious and not a homicide.</div> <bR> <div> The infant was found on March 19 when a man sharing a home at 69 Street and 130 Avenue, who would only identify himself as Wayne, entered the basement suite to do some laundry.</div> <bR> <div> Wayne said his dog began barking and eventually led him to the body. He and his girlfriend called police after they saw a small hand in the bag.</div> <bR> <div> Police said the girl's body was wrapped in towels and placed in a plastic bag.</div> <div> Police said there is a possibility more charges could be laid.</div> <bR> <div> The charges neglecting to obtain assistance in childbirth and committing an indignity to a dead body both carry a maximum penalty of five years.</div> <bR> <div> Russell-Simpson's next court appearance is scheduled for April 8.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from CTV Edmonton's David Ewasuk</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 125 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Security lapse exposes Facebook photos</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Mar. 25  2008  08:02  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 25th, 2008</div> <div> <B>SAN FRANCISCO -- A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the website's privacy controls.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="ca7fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 641 WIDTH="707"><div> The Associated Press verified the loophole Monday after receiving a tip from a Byron Ng, a Vancouver, Canada computer technician. Ng began looking for security weaknesses last week after Facebook unveiled more ways for 67 million members to restrict access to their personal profiles.</div> <bR> <div> But the added protections weren't enough to prevent Ng from pulling up the most recent pictures posted by Facebook members and their friends, even if the privacy settings were set to restrict the audience to a select few.</div> <bR> <div> After being alerted Monday afternoon, Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker said the Palo Alto-based company fixed the bug within an hour.</div> <bR> <div> "We take privacy very seriously and continue to make enhancements to the site," she said.</div> <bR> <div> The latest lapse serves as another reminder of the perils of sharing sensitive photos and personal information online, even when Web sites pledge to shield the information from prying eyes.</div> <bR> <div> Before the fix, Ng's computer-coding trick enabled him to find private pictures of Paris Hilton at the Emmy awards and of her brother Barron Nicholas drinking a beer with friends and photos of many other people who hadn't granted access to Ng.</div> <bR> <div> Using Ng's template, an AP reporter was able to look up random people on Facebook and see the most recent pictures posted on their personal profiles even if the photos were supposed to be invisible to strangers.</div> <bR> <div> The revealed snapshots showed Italian vacations, office gatherings, holiday parties and college students on spring break. The AP also was able to click through a personal photo album that Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg posted in November 2005.</div> <bR> <div> Some members of social networks like Facebook post photos of themselves or others in potentially embarrassing or compromising situations that include illegal drug use or underage drinking that can cause trouble at school or work. None of the photos reviewed by the AP appeared to fall into this category.</div> <bR> <div> Despite the risks, more people than ever -- especially teenagers and young adults -- are publishing personal photos and other intimate details about their lives on the Internet.</div> <bR> <div> News Corp.'s MySpace.com, the only online social network larger than Facebook, suffered a security breach that exposed its members' private photos earlier this year.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 470 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Protesters disrupt Olympic flame ceremony</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Mar. 24  2008  09:13  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 24th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Three protesters interrupted the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics Monday, despite massive security measures put in place at the stadium in Ancient Olympia.</B></div> <bR> <div> Three men ran onto the field during a speech by Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee and Beijing Communist Party Secretary.</div> <bR> <div> The protesters, members of Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders, were quickly detained by police.</div> <bR> <div> However, one of the protesters managed to hold up a black flag showing the five Olympic rings replaced with handcuffs.</div> <bR> <div> "If the Olympic flame is sacred, human rights are even more so," the group said in a statement Monday. "We cannot let the Chinese government seize the Olympic flame, a symbol of peace, without denouncing the dramatic situation of human rights in the country."</div> <bR> <div> Officials have confirmed that three French nationals were taken into custody. Reporters Without Borders is calling on heads of state to boycott the opening ceremony for the Games.</div> <bR> <div> Following the disruption, the flame for the Summer Olympics in Beijing was lit by an actress, who was dressed as a high priestess.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca76a0730.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Policemen detain a protester as he holds a banner at the beginning of the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 games in ancient Olympia, Greece, on Monday March 24, 2008. (AP / Petros Giannakouris)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca75a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A policeman, center, detains a protester holding a banner next to Liu Qi, left, president of the Beijing organizing committee, at the beginning of the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 games in ancient Olympia, Greece on Monday, March 24, 2008. (AP / Petros Giannakouris)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 362 WIDTH="707"><div> Later, a Tibetan woman covered in red paint lay on the road as a runner carried the Olympic torch into a nearby village. </div> <div> Protesters could be heard chanting "Free Tibet" and "Shame on China."</div> <bR> <div> International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge attended the ceremony, held at the 2,800-year-old birthplace of the games in southern Greece.</div> <bR> <div> "It's always sad when there are protests. But they were not violent and I think that's the important thing,'' Rogge said.</div> <bR> <div> China has become the focus of the world's attention ahead of the Games because of demonstrations against the government in Tibet.</div> <bR> <div> On March 14, riots in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, turned violent and prompted further demonstrations in neighbouring regions.</div> <bR> <div> On Sunday, the Chinese media attacked the Dalai Lama, accusing him of orchestrating the current unrest in Tibet to mar this summer's Olympics.</div> <bR> <div> But the Dalai Lama struck back at China on Sunday, saying accusations he's trying to sabotage the Beijing Olympics are "baseless."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Finley defends contentious immigration overhaul</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Mar. 23  2008  14:05  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 23rd, 2008</div> <div> <B>Immigration Minister Diane Finley says the Conservative government is willing to go to the polls over controversial proposed changes to the way the government selects new Canadians.</B></div> <bR> <div> The amendment -- packaged as part of the federal budget implementation bill tabled on March 14 -- overhauls the current system, allowing the government to speed up specific applications and decide which type of people can jump the cue. It would give the minister the ability to cap the list of people waiting to be accepted into Canada, reject applicants who have been</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca72a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Diane Finley defends her proposed overhaul of the immigration system on CTV's 'Question Period' on Sunday, March 23.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 728 WIDTH="707"><div> approved by immigration officers and make changes to immigration policy that must currently go through Parliament.</div> <bR> <div> The opposition parties say this will give the Conservative government unprecedented power over who comes to Canada and who is blocked out.</div> <bR> <div> Finley disagrees.</div> <bR> <div> "Nothing could be further from the truth," she said Sunday on CTV's Question Period. "We have to make it easier to get more people here faster. We have a backlog right now that the previous government ballooned from 50,000 to 800,000. It has since grown to 900,000."</div> <bR> <div> Finley says the changes are necessary in order to tackle the significant number of applicants waiting to get into Canada and to fill jobs that go empty while qualified people wait in the massive line.</div> <bR> <div> She said her government has processed applications from immigrants trying to join family members in Canada 20 to 40 per cent faster than the previous government, and the new provisions would speed this up even more. The amendment will also allow the government to target immigrants depending on what part of the world they are from, providing the option of faster processing for those in troubled areas.</div> <bR> <div> Considering the amendment's location within the budget implementation bill, the opposition will have to bring down the government in a confidence vote to kill the new provisions.</div> <bR> <div> The Liberal opposition party promised to support the budget, virtually guaranteeing the budget implementation bill will pass. The NDP says it will not support the bill.</div> <bR> <div> The House of Commons is currently on a break, resuming on Monday, March 31. The vote is expected to come around mid-April.</div> <bR> <div> Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow has introduced an amendment requesting the changes to immigration policy be removed from the bill. Her party, the NDP, believes the Conservatives chose to include it in the expansive budget implementation bill to divert attention from how radically it will change national policy.</div> <bR> <div> The budget implementation bill also includes a provision to block a Liberal private member's bill, the Registered Education Savings Fund, which passed under the radar and made its way to the Senate. The government says the bill, which would allow parents to contribute up to $5,000 annually for each child to an RESP and deduct the amount from their income taxes, would be too costly.</div> <bR> <div> This is not the first time Finley has introduced legislation to make big changes to immigration. Last year, she tabled a bill that would ban exotic dancers from getting visas to enter Canada. That bill is currently in its second reading.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 224 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Illinois-shaped corn flake sells for US$1,350</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Mar. 22  2008  10:31  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 22nd, 2008</div> <div> <B>CHICAGO -- Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350.</B></div> <bR> <div> "We were biting our nails all the way up to the finish, seeing what would happen," said Melissa McIntire, 23. "There's a lot of relief involved."</div> <bR> <div> The winner of the auction, which lasted more than a week, is the owner of a trivia Web site who wants to add the corn flake to a traveling museum.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca71a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This March 2008 photo provided by Melissa McIntire shows a corn flake next to a dime. Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night March 21, 2008 for $1,350. (AP Photo/Donald McIntire, HO)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 323 WIDTH="707"><div> "We're starting a collection of pop culture and Americana items," said Monty Kerr of Austin, Texas. "We thought this was a fantastic one."</div> <bR> <div> Kerr owns TriviaMania.com and said he will likely send someone to Virginia to pick up the flake by hand, so it won't be damaged. This isn't the first corn flake that Kerr has tried to buy. He said he purchased a flake billed as the world's largest, but that by the time it was delivered it had crumbled into three pieces.</div> <bR> <div> McIntire and her sister Emily, 15, listed the corn flake on eBay last week, but eBay canceled the auction saying it violated the Web site's food policy.</div> <bR> <div> The sisters restarted their Ebay auction, advertising a coupon redeemable for their corn flake, instead of the cereal itself.</div> <bR> <div> The McIntires said they'll likely use the money for a family vacation.</div> <bR> <div> Copycat items have popped up on eBay, including corn flakes shaped like Hawaii and Virginia. There's also been a potato chip shaped like Florida, and Illinois corn flake paraphernalia, including T-shirts and buttons.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Exploding star seen halfway across the universe</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Mar. 21  2008  15:42  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 21st, 2008</div> <div> <B>WASHINGTON -- Scientists say the explosion of a star halfway across the universe was so huge it set a record for the most distant object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye.</B></div> <bR> <div> The aging star, in a previously unknown galaxy, exploded in a gamma ray burst 7.5 billion light years away.</div> <bR> <div> Scientists say its light finally reached Earth early Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> The gamma rays were detected by NASA's Swift satellite at 2:12 a.m.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca6ca0770.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The extremely luminous afterglow of GRB 080319B was imaged by Swift's X-ray Telescope (left) and Optical/Ultraviolet Telescope (right). This was by far the brightest gamma-ray burst afterglow ever seen. (NASA /Swift /Stefan Immler, et al.)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 397 WIDTH="707"><div> However, NASA has no reports that any skywatchers spotted the burst, which lasted less than an hour.</div> <bR> <div> Telescopic measurements show that the burst - which occurred when the universe was about half its current age - was bright enough to be seen without a telescope.</div> <bR> <div> "We'd never seen one before so bright and at such a distance,'' NASA's Neil Gehrels said.</div> <bR> <div> "Someone would have had to run out and look at it with a naked eye, but didn't,'' said Gehrels, chief of NASA's astroparticles physics lab at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.</div> <bR> <div> The starburst would have appeared as bright as some of the stars in the handle of the Little Dipper constellation, said Penn State University astronomer David Burrows. How it looked wasn't remarkable, but the distance travelled was.</div> <bR> <div> The 7.5 billion light years away far eclipses the previous naked eye record of 2.5 million light years. One light year is about 9.5 trillion kilometres.</div> <bR> <div> "This is roughly halfway to the edge of the universe,'' Burrows said.</div> <bR> <div> Before it exploded, the star was about 40 times bigger than our sun. The explosion vaporized any planet nearby, Gehrels said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 110 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Good marriage equals good blood pressure: study</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Mar. 20  2008  08:00  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 20th, 2008</div> <div> <B>NEW YORK -- A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="ca66a0690.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 501 WIDTH="707"><div> That second finding is a surprise because prior studies have shown that married people tend to be healthier than singles, said researcher Julianne Holt-Lunstad.</div> <bR> <div> It would take further study to sort out what the results mean for long-term health, said Holt-Lunstad, an assistant psychology professor at Brigham Young University. Her study was reported online Thursday by the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.</div> <bR> <div> The study involved 204 married people and 99 single adults. Most were white, and it's not clear whether the same results would apply to other ethnic groups, Holt-Lunstad said.</div> <bR> <div> Study volunteers wore devices that recorded their blood pressure at random times over 24 hours. Married participants also filled out questionnaires about their marriage.</div> <bR> <div> Analysis found that the more marital satisfaction and adjustment spouses reported, the lower their average blood pressure was over the 24 hours and during the daytime.</div> <bR> <div> But spouses who scored low in marital satisfaction had higher average blood pressure than single people did. During the daytime, their average was about five points higher, entering a range that's considered a warning sign. (That result is for the top number in a blood pressure reading).</div> <bR> <div> "I think this (study) is worth some attention," said Karen Matthews, a professor of psychiatry, psychology and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. She studies heart disease and high blood pressure but didn't participate in the new work.</div> <bR> <div> Few studies of the risk for high blood pressure have looked at marital quality rather than just marital status, she said.</div> <bR> <div> It makes sense that marital quality is more important than just being married when it comes to affecting blood pressure, said Dr. Brian Baker, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>T.O. student won't be expelled over Facebook group</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Mar. 18  2008  23:23  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 19th, 2008</div> <div> <B>A first-year computer engineering student at Ryerson University will not be expelled for running a study group on the popular social networking website Facebook.</B></div> <bR> <div> The Toronto university's faculty appeal hearing ruled Tuesday that 18-year-old Chris Avenir did not commit academic misconduct for helping run the online group.</div> <bR> <div> Avenir had also been charged with 146 counts of academic misconduct for each classmate who used the website.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca60a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ryerson University student Chris Avenir leaves a news conference in Toronto on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. (Colin Perkel / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 666 WIDTH="707"><div> However, the teen will receive a 0 per cent on the assignments that the students discussed on Facebook, which could total 20 per cent of his final mark in one particular chemistry course.</div> <bR> <div> The appeal committee also ruled a "DN" (disciplinary notice) will appear on the student's transcript and he will have to attend an academic integrity tutorial.</div> <bR> <div> Because he is a first-year student, Avenir can appeal to have the notice on his transcript removed if he graduates without committing any academic misconduct.</div> <bR> <div> Avenir didn't comment after the ruling, but was somewhat dejected with the outcome.</div> <bR> <div> "I think he's still pretty disappointed because he worked hard on those assignments on those assignments, he did all of his assignments, he handed them all in on time," said Kim Neale, the Ryerson Students' Union advocacy co-ordinator.</div> <bR> <div> "He's feeling a little bit disappointed but happy that he gets to stay in school."</div> <bR> <div> Avenir was accused of using the site to help his classmates cheat on tests and assignments. Avenir said the group used the online forum to compare notes and share homework tips and questions.</div> <bR> <div> He argued if what he did was cheating, then so is tutoring and all the mentoring programs the university runs.</div> <bR> <div> Avenir's professor, however, stipulated the online homework questions were to be done independently and felt the actions violated the school's academic policies.</div> <bR> <div> After his appeals hearing last week, Avenir said he was optimistic he would be exonerated. The students' union stood behind the student, calling the charges "outrageous and totally unwarranted."</div> <bR> <div> Some Ryerson students also felt the charges were unfair.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm definitely on the student's side," one young woman said on Tuesday before the ruling. "I don't think the Facebook group is anything different than a group of students getting together in a library to work together in person. It's the exact same thing, just one's online."</div> <bR> <div> "I feel like (the school) is making an example of him," said another student. "Why should he have to take responsibility for all of the students that were involved in it as well?"</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from the toronto.ctv.ca & a report from CTV Toronto's Janice Golding</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Dalai Lama threatens to resign if violence worsens</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Mar. 18  2008  07:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 18th, 2008</div> <div> <B>The Dalai Lama warned Tuesday that he would step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if Tibetan protesters in China continue to act out violently.</B></div> <bR> <div> Tibetans began protesting early last week, timed for the anniversary of a 1959 uprising against the Chinese government. China took control of a then-independent Tibet in 1950.</div> <bR> <div> Speaking to reporters Tuesday, the Dalai Lama called on his supporters to show restraint.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca5aa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks to the media in Dharmsala, India on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP / Gurinder Osan)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 708 WIDTH="707"><div> He said that if the violence continued "out of control" his only option would be to "completely resign."</div> <bR> <div> Later, a top aide said the Dalai Lama "would have to resign because he is completely committed to non-violence.''</div> <bR> <div> However, the aide said he would resign only as the political leader and head of state -- not as the Dalai Lama.</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Steve Chao, reporting from the China-Tibet border, said the Dalai Lama is being blamed by Chinese officials for inciting the violence.</div> <bR> <div> "Chinese officials have gone so far as to say they want to put him on trial for the violence and the looting at the demonstrations that have been ongoing in Lhasa and Tibet and other parts of China over the past week," said Chao.</div> <bR> <div> But the Dalai Lama has maintained that he is not involved, said Chao.</div> <bR> <div> "For the most part the Dalai Lama has urged both sides to show restraint," said Chao.</div> <bR> <div> "He has always advocated peace rather than violence. So, in this case, he says if it is proven at all that he is involved he will step down."</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, China set a midnight deadline on Tuesday for leniency for Tibetan protesters.</div> <bR> <div> While Tibet's governor made the promise for a reprieve, he also made it clear that demonstrators who didn't turn themselves in will be facing the full brunt of Chinese law.</div> <bR> <div> According to the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, residents in the region fear that a military sweep will occur sometime after the deadline.</div> <bR> <div> The demonstrations in Tibet grew increasingly violent last Friday.</div> <bR> <div> Tibet's governor has said that 16 people have died in the protests. However, Tibet's government in exile, based in India, said that the number of people killed is closer to 80, which the governor has denied.</div> <bR> <div> China restricts the access of foreign journalists to Tibet, so independent verification is very difficult. There are reports that some local governments in western China are also banning foreign reporters.</div> <bR> <div> China has already ordered all tourists out of Tibet's capital, Lhasa. Canada has warned travellers to stay out of the region, unless it is absolutely necessary.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 180 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Latimer seeks legal redress in Ottawa, says friend</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Mar. 17  2008  06:47  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 17th, 2008</div> <div> <B>OTTAWA -- Robert Latimer, the taciturn Saskatchewan farmer who ignited a national furor when he killed his severely disabled daughter in 1993, is about to step into a new political and media maelstrom.</B></div> <bR> <div> Latimer, 55, returned to his Saskatchewan farm Saturday for a brief visit after being released from William Head Institution near Victoria, where he'd been serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca54a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robert Latimer speaks on his farm near Wilkie, Sask. on Saturday, Mar. 15, 2008.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 517 WIDTH="707"><div> After seven years behind bars, he's been granted day parole -- and he's elected to serve his time in an Ottawa halfway house so he can be close to Canada's foremost corridors of political and judicial power. He's expected to arrive in the capital Monday.</div> <bR> <div> "It is my hope that you will order a new trial for me," he wrote last summer to Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, the quiet start to a campaign Latimer now plans to take public.</div> <bR> <div> "A new trial that will allow a jury to decide if my actions were wrongful or not."</div> <bR> <div> He reiterated the same theme on the weekend, making it clear in a television interview that he doesn't accept the jury verdicts that went against him in 1994 and again at a retrial in 1997.</div> <bR> <div> "If you look at the first trial, that wasn't honest," said Latimer. "Then they pretty much had to carry it through and make that credible with another trial, which was just as crooked."</div> <bR> <div> That he's coming to Ottawa to publicize his ongoing legal battle is clear. What remedy he can hope to achieve, and how he plans to pursue it, are less so.</div> <bR> <div> "I really don't know how he's going to go about doing this, or if he does either," Ivan Bjornholt, a Latimer confidant who helps run a website on the legal case, said in a telephone interview from Sooke, B.C.</div> <bR> <div> "I think he's just going to play it by ear, see what comes up. But he figures if he's in Ottawa, at least he can talk to people there.</div> <bR> <div> "He has no indication his letters are even getting read."</div> <bR> <div> Latimer's last legal appeal has long since been rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada. He is not, apparently, seeking clemency. He believes he was wrongfully convicted, although he has admitted to killing 12-year-old Tracy Latimer by placing her in a pickup truck on his farm and pumping exhaust into the cab.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 538 WIDTH="707"><div> He has adamantly maintained it was an act of mercy toward his daughter, who suffered from the severest form of debilitating cerebral palsy, enduring constant pain, mutilating surgeries and arrested mental capacity.</div> <bR> <div> All of which has made Latimer a lightning rod for right-to-lifers and advocates for the disabled on one hand, and for proponents of euthanasia on the other.</div> <bR> <div> Bjornholt says they all miss the mark.</div> <bR> <div> "We even get supporters that write letters and e-mails to him and say, 'Bob, so glad to see you out. Good luck in Ottawa lobbying for euthanasia.' That's not the case at all," said Bjornholt, who met and befriended Latimer while visiting someone else at William Head.</div> <bR> <div> "He's not lobbying for euthanasia or (against) minimum mandatory sentences or anything like that. He just wants his own case looked at."</div> <bR> <div> What has so incensed Latimer are the opinions, stated as fact by the courts, that he and his wife could have managed Tracy's pain with better care or different medications.</div> <bR> <div> He has repeatedly described those assertions as a "fraudulent fabrication" in his letters to authorities.</div> <bR> <div> Essentially, Latimer is arguing a point of law after his final appeal, which is difficult in itself. But others are imbuing his campaign with all sorts of motivations he doesn't necessarily share.</div> <bR> <div> The Canadian Catholic News has written that Latimer is likely to be "plying the halls of Parliament Hill, trying to win people over to his point of view" for a new euthanasia law.</div> <bR> <div> Other critics have claimed his early parole is tantamount to declaring "open season" on the disabled.</div> <bR> <div> And Maclean's magazine published a story this month under the headline "Robert Latimer's Angry Crusade" that detailed the rage in his letters.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 631 WIDTH="707"><div> "The venom practically drips off the pages," the story began.</div> <bR> <div> Long-time observers of the national government are divided on whether Latimer is making the right choice in coming to the capital.</div> <bR> <div> Being physically present in Ottawa is important, but getting the ear of politicians and the national media in a manner that reflects well on the issue at hand is not as simple as marching on Parliament Hill wearing a sandwich board.</div> <bR> <div> Just ask the grim-faced anti-abortion crusaders who can be found pacing the parliamentary precinct.</div> <bR> <div> Elly Alboim of Earnscliffe Strategy Group says Latimer is absolutely making the correct choice: "The combination of the subject matter and the place makes sense."</div> <bR> <div> "From everything I've read about what he says, he thinks he did the right and moral thing," said Alboim. "And he has the right to speak to it. Whether it's going to be successful (as a legal question), I'm out of my depth.</div> <bR> <div> "But it's a high moral issue. It deserves debate. I can't think of a case more appropriate for this kind of debate and I think he has the right, and feels the personal obligation, to pursue it."</div> <bR> <div> However, more than one communications professional contacted by The Canadian Press expressed concern that Latimer may be in for a disappointment.</div> <bR> <div> "You are definitely: A. in uncharted waters and B. probably biting off more than you can chew," said one sympathetic veteran lobbyist who didn't want to speak on the record.</div> <bR> <div> "The big problem here is, what's the objective? . . . If it's extremely particular and personal, I don't know what audience he's looking for."</div> <bR> <div> Bjornholt is clearly conflicted by his friend's strategy.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't know what I'd do in the same situation - just do my time and go home and live the rest of my life, maybe," he said. </div> <div> "I don't think it's his name he wants to clear, because most people are supporters anyway. But he is going to be on parole for the rest of his life."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 169 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Rising food prices hurt children, world's poor: UN</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Mar. 16  2008  12:33  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 16th, 2008</div> <div> <B>The United Nations' largest emergency food program is facing a "perfect storm" of problems in getting help and food to more than 73 million of the world's poorest people.</B></div> <bR> <div> The increased food costs have left the World Food Program (WFP) with a US$500-million shortfall in its $2.9-billion budget for this year.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca50a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An Afghan woman and her child receive a much needed supply of rice from an aid worker.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 793 WIDTH="707"><div> UN officials say they're desperately trying to make sure they'll be able to help millions of children and families around the world that depend on the program. They say they urgently need help from Ottawa and ordinary Canadians.</div> <bR> <div> "It's really important that we get the money, so we don't have to do ration cuts or (cuts to) the number of people we have to reach this year," WFP spokesperson Bettina Luescher told CTV.ca in a telephone interview from New York.</div> <bR> <div> "You and I see the price of bread and pasta going up and we may skip one night out, but elsewhere they're regularly skipping meals."</div> <bR> <div> Food prices have skyrocketed in recent years due to a number of factors, including:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rising transportation costs due to fuel price hikes.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bad harvests due to droughts.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Economic boons in developing countries that have led to increased staple demands.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Agricultural shifts towards biofuel rather than food production.</div> <bR> <div> The dropping price of the U.S. dollar is adding to the problem because it's the global currency used for food purchases. The greenback's declining buying power means the WFP is not able to purchase as much food.</div> <bR> <div> "We are also seeing more need," says Luescher. "People are being priced out of the market. They were poor but were able to still buy food. But now, there's food on the shelves in the markets, but people can't afford it any more."</div> <bR> <div> According to the WFP: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">About 1 billion people still live on less than $1 a day, the threshold for the definition of "absolute poverty".</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">170 million children are undernourished.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Crop-yield losses are expected in 40 developing countries in the coming years.</div> <bR> <div> In the past, countries like the United States would chip in directly with food donations from excess food grown by farmers. But because demand has grown and prices have shot up, "the era of surplus food is over," says Luescher.</div> <bR> <div> In Afghanistan alone -- where Canadian soldiers are helping to secure the war-torn country -- an additional 2.5 million people will need help because wheat prices have shot up by as much as 67 per cent.</div> <bR> <div> Canada is among the WFP's biggest donors, but Luescher says Canadians need to give even more help now, so that the WFP isn't forced to leave children and families hungry.</div> <bR> <div> Luescher is calling on Canadians to write MPs and the government and ask them to provide more money to help the program this year. She's also hoping that ordinary Canadians and students get involved by holding fundraisers. She says global poverty issues may seem overwhelmingly large, but individuals can make a difference.</div> <bR> <div> "People have this wrong concept that they can't help, but they can. Feeding a child in school for a day costs 25 cents. (A quarter) gives them an education -- they can concentrate, and it's one of the best long term investments for the future," Luescher added.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from Parminder Parmar</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>New storm coming as Atlanta reels from tornado</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Mar. 15  2008  15:27  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 15th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Officials have determined that a tornado did strike downtown Atlanta on Friday night, says a U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist.</B></div> <bR> <div> "We have a survey team out there that has confirmed a tornado. They have not indicated the strength of the tornado yet," Laura Griffith told CTV Newsnet on Saturday, adding more severe weather might be coming.</div> <bR> <div> A tornado watch has been posted for a large area of Georgia, including the Atlanta area, plus</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca4da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The view from a helicopter over downtown Atlanta shows the extent of the damage caused by sever weather on Friday, March 14, 2008.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 778 WIDTH="707"><div> portions of South Carolina and Alabama. A warning was issued for parts of northern Alabama and northwestern Georgia.</div> <bR> <div> Friday night's storm left 27 injured and the streets around downtown landmarks such as the Georgia Dome, Phillips Area, the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park were littered with glass and other types of rubble. Power lines were downed, affecting about 19,000 customers.</div> <bR> <div> Judy Pal, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta police, said that about 350 emergency personnel were trying to clear the streets of debris before the second storm hits the city.</div> <bR> <div> "We could have some problems with buildings that are already under stress," Pal said, noting that one building has already collapsed.</div> <bR> <div> Pal said the cost of the storm will be "enormous."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Warning</B></div> <bR> <div> A tornado warning had been issued for downtown Atlanta minutes before the storm hit, but there was no warning for spectators inside the Georgia Dome watching play in the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament.</div> <bR> <div> "Ironically, the guy behind me got a phone call saying there was a tornado warning," fan Lisa Lynn said. "And in two seconds, we heard the noise and things started to shake. It was creepy."</div> <bR> <div> The Fiberglas fabric roof started to ripple, catwalks swayed and insulation fell upon the court during overtime in the Mississippi State-Alabama game.</div> <bR> <div> Fans headed to the exits, and teams to the locker rooms.</div> <bR> <div> "I thought it was a tornado or a terrorist attack," said Mississippi State guard Ben Hansbrough, whose team won 69-67.</div> <bR> <div> The game was delayed by an hour, and the roof was left with at least two visible rips. A later game was postponed.</div> <bR> <div> Play between the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers at a different facility about 800 metres away wasn't really disrupted.</div> <bR> <div> Downtown events for Saturday in Atlanta have been cancelled, including the St. Patrick's Day parade.</div> <bR> <div> If the Atlanta event is confirmed as a tornado, it will be the first to hit a U.S. city's downtown since Aug. 12, 2004 in Jacksonville, Fla. Atlanta itself hasn't had a tornado strike inside the city since 1975.</div> <bR> <div> "The storms that produce tornados don't really care if there's a city there or not," Kourounis said. "Nature is very unpredictable."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>India's top court suspends arrest warrant for Gere</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Mar. 14  2008  06:46  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 14th, 2008</div> <div> <B>NEW DELHI -- India's top court suspended an arrest warrant Friday against Hollywood star Richard Gere, wanted for allegedly breaking public obscenity laws by kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a public AIDS awareness event last year, an attorney said.</B></div> <bR> <div> "Gere is allowed to come and leave. He can't be arrested," said Anil Grover, attorney for Shetty, after attending the Supreme Court proceedings.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ba2fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Richard Gere hugs and kisses Shilpa Shetty during and event in New Delhi, India on Sunday, March 15, 2007. (AP / Gurinder Osan)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 414 WIDTH="707"><div> Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and Justice R. V. Raveendran indefinitely stayed the arrest warrant issued against Gere last year by a court in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur, Grover told The Associated Press.</div> <bR> <div> Gere embraced and kissed Shetty on her cheek at the public AIDS awareness event in New Delhi on April 15 last year, prompting Hindu hard-liners to allege the pair had offended the sensibilities of India's traditionally conservative culture.</div> <bR> <div> Hindu activists filed three cases against the pair last year, including one in Jaipur.</div> <bR> <div> The allegations of obscenity against Gere and Shetty have failed to stir wider outrage among Indians, most of whom have responded with utter indifference.</div> <bR> <div> Grover called the cases "frivolous" and "a total misuse of the legal process."</div> <bR> <div> Shortly after the cases were filed by Hindu activists, Gere apologized for any offense he may have caused. But he also said the whole controversy was manufactured by a small hard-line political party.</div> <bR> <div> Gere is a frequent visitor to India, promoting health issues and the cause of Tibetan exiles, tens of thousands of whom live in India.</div> <bR> <div> Shetty, a well-known actress in India, became an international star after her appearance on the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 420 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police probe scene of deadly Quebec collapse</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Mar. 13  2008  07:45  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 13th, 2008</div> <div> <B>One of the workers in a Quebec warehouse that collapsed on Wednesday, killing three women, said she warned her boss that the building appeared to be unsafe due to the accumulation of snow on the roof.</B></div> <bR> <div> The report suggesting there may have been warning signs appeared in Wednesday's <I>Journal de Montreal, </I>said CTV's Jed Kahane.</div> <bR> <div> "She said that yesterday morning she complained to her boss that she had seen cracks developing in the roof and said the doors to the cafeteria weren't closing properly anymore -- some indication the building was very unsafe," Kahane told CTV's Canada AM on Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> The collapse occurred Wednesday, just before 1 a.m. in the town of Morin Heights, Que., about an hour from Montreal.</div> <bR> <div> The victims are: Barbara Elliott, 54, Sharon Kirkpatrick, 62, and Marlyn Osiaza, 46 </div> <div> About 40 people were in the building when it began to collapse. All but the three victims managed to escape.</div> <bR> <div> "They just heard this incredible noise -- some of them said it sounded like an airplane crashing into the building," Kahane said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca40a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Friends and family grieve at the scene of a building collapse in Morin Heights, Que., northwest of Montreal, on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (Peter McCabe / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca41a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Firemen fight a fire at the scene of a roof collapse in Morin Heights, Que., northwest of Montreal, on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (Peter McCabe / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 521 WIDTH="707"><div> "And before they knew it the roof was coming down and they ran out. There are a number of exits in each area of the building and everyone managed to get out except these three women."</div> <bR> <div> Police are considering the location a crime scene and are investigating exactly what took place. However, most people in the community believe the building collapsed under the weight of snow that accumulated on the roof.</div> <bR> <div> About 50 centimetres of snow fell in the small community over the weekend, Kahane said.</div> <bR> <div> The town is reeling from the tragedy, Kahane said. The collapsed building houses a company called Gourmet du Village, a food repackaging and processing company that is a major employer in the community.</div> <bR> <div> One of the women killed in the collapse had recently celebrated her 20th anniversary with the employer, Kahane said.</div> <bR> <div> "This company is very connected to this community, everyone knows everyone who works here," he said. "That's why yesterday was such a terrible scene with everyone running to try and find out who was still in there and wait for the terrible news they got around supper time."</div> <bR> <div> After the collapse, a small fire started as a result of faulty electrical wires but the flames were quickly doused by firefighters. Smoke could still be seen billowing from the building Wednesday afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> It was initially reported that rescue officials could hear the trapped women underneath the rubble, but police spokesperson Marc Butz said that was never the case.</div> <bR> <div> "There was no contact with anybody," he told reporters.</div> <bR> <div> Firefighters discovered the women by sifting through the debris with a mechanical shovel. They were quickly taken to hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 184 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian soldier wounded in suicide car bombing</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Mar. 12  2008  07:59  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 12th, 2008</div> <div> <B>A Canadian soldier was wounded and a civilian was killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> The attack comes just one day after a Canadian soldier was found dead at Kandahar Airfield, though that death was 'not related to combat.'</div> <bR> <div> Wednesday's bomber detonated his explosives next to a convoy of Canadian troops, </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca38a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bombardier Jeremie Ouellet, 22, was found dead in Kandahar Airfield on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2008. (Department of National Defence)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 472 WIDTH="707"><div> destroying a Humvee military vehicle, according to a report from The Associated Press.</div> <bR> <div> A passing truck driver was killed in the blast.</div> <bR> <div> The Globe and Mail's Oliver Moore, reporting from Kandahar, told CTV's Canada AM that military officials were treating the incident as a 'suspected' suicide attack "but locals are a little more cynical, they're saying it's a definite suicide bombing."</div> <bR> <div> He said the Canadian was "very lightly injured," and was expected to return to work later Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> There were differing reports about how many people were wounded. An Afghan police officer told AP that two Canadian troops were hurt, along with the two others.</div> <bR> <div> However, Capt. Mark Gough, a spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force, said only one ISAF soldier -- presumably the Canadian -- suffered minor injuries.</div> <bR> <div> Lt.-Cmdr. Pierre Babinsky, a spokesperson for the Canadian Forces, would only confirm there had been an attack on a convoy.</div> <bR> <div> Journalists and police were kept away from the scene by NATO soldiers, so it was not immediately possible to sort out the discrepancy in the numbers.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Soldier found dead</B></div> <bR> <div> On Tuesday, 22-year-old Jeremy Ouellet was found in the sleeping quarters at Kandahar Airfield.</div> <bR> <div> Military officials are investigating his death.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 327 WIDTH="707"><div> The soldier was a member of the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, based in Shilo, Man.</div> <bR> <div> Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche told reporters that the soldier was found at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and that his death "is not related to combat."</div> <bR> <div> But he could not specify how Ouellet died.</div> <bR> <div> "The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service has initiated an investigation to establish the details and circumstances of this tragic incident," Laroche said. "As a result, no other details can be provided at this time."</div> <bR> <div> The CFNIS is the major crimes investigative unit of the Canadian military police. The organization must look into all incidents involving Canadian military personnel or property at home or abroad.</div> <bR> <div> Oliver said it is unlikely that more details will be released until the investigation is complete.</div> <bR> <div> Ouellet, born in Matane, Que., had arrived at the base within the past two weeks.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 169 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Guergis: I can't bring imprisoned Canadian home</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Mar. 10  2008  06:31  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 11th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Canada's secretary of state for foreign affairs says she cares about the health of an ailing Canadian woman imprisoned in a Mexican jail, but has no authority to bring her home.</B></div> <bR> <div> "It's a foreign country and she's in a foreign judicial system," Helena Guergis told CTV's Mike Duffy Live on Monday from Yellowknife, N.W.T.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca34a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brenda Martin sat down with W-FIVE for an exclusive interview from the Mexican jail.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 472 WIDTH="707"><div> "Canada does not have any control over the government of Mexico or their judicial process. Any suggestion that a politician can influence a judge's decision is completely inappropriate."</div> <bR> <div> Brenda Martin, 51, was transferred to the hospital ward of her prison early Monday and placed under a suicide watch, after a constitutional challenge to her continued imprisonment was denied.</div> <bR> <div> "I care a great deal," said Guergis. "If I could have Ms. Martin home I would."</div> <bR> <div> Debra Tieleman, a friend of Martin's, told CTV Newsnet that Martin is in an "extremely fragile" state.</div> <bR> <div> "She fluctuates between being extremely withdrawn ... to begging and pleading for somebody, anybody, to please help her," she said.</div> <bR> <div> "Mentally, she's really a mess ... I don't know how much more of this she can take."</div> <bR> <div> Martin, a native of Trenton, Ont., has been in a Mexican prison for two years.</div> <bR> <div> She has been jailed in connection with a fraud carried out by former boss Alyn Richard Waage, an inmate in a U.S. prison.</div> <bR> <div> Martin has proclaimed her innocence and Waage backs that claim. Although Martin has been charged with money laundering, she has not yet been tried or convicted.</div> <bR> <div> "The Mexican government considers this to be a very serious charge and there is no bail, which is why she's been in jail," said Guergis.</div> <bR> <div> On Monday, a judge decided Martin's case would proceed to a criminal trial.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 468 WIDTH="707"><div> Martin worked for Waage as a chef for 10 months, before she was fired and offered a severance package. She then opened her own catering business.</div> <bR> <div> After Waage was arrested and convicted of running a major Internet pyramid scheme, Martin was taken to prison in February 2006. Authorities alleged that her severance package was actually money she'd been given to launder.</div> <bR> <div> Tieleman said Martin was initially interrogated by "<I>federales</I> (federal police) without benefit of either a lawyer or interpreter." That claim was the focus of Martin's constitutional challenge to have her charges dismissed.</div> <bR> <div> She also said Martin is wondering if the Canadian government will write a formal diplomatic note of protest to the Mexican government.</div> <bR> <div> "In that note, it would lay out where Brenda's rights have been abused under the international treaty that Canada and Mexico are both signatories on," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Any such note would likely come from Guergis, according to CTV's Graham Richardson.</div> <bR> <div> Guergis said she has worked hard to ensure the Mexican government "is aware that we have concerns about the length of time Ms. Martin's trial has taken."</div> <bR> <div> She also said she met with the Mexican ambassador last Friday to discuss the case.</div> <bR> <div> Liberal MP Dan McTeague has been hammering the government's handling of the Martin affair, saying officials have done little to help Martin.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 434 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian pedophilia suspect on trial in Thailand</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Mar. 10  2008  07:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 10th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Canadian Christopher Paul Neil, who faces child molestation charges in Thailand, smiled and waved to a friend as he entered a Bangkok courtroom on Monday.</B></div> <bR> <div> The 32-year-old schoolteacher has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually abused a nine-year-old Thai boy several years ago.</div> <bR> <div> Barefoot, shackled to another prisoner and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, Neil smiled and asked a friend, "how's it going?" when he entered the courtroom.</div> <bR> <div> "I hope there will be justice in Thailand," he told an Associated Press reporter.</div> <bR> <div> The Maple Ridge, B.C. man's trial was quickly adjourned to June 2, but new details were released about the prosecution's case against Neil, said CTV's Steve Chao, reporting from Bangkok.</div> <bR> <div> "We learned much more about the evidence the prosecution has. According to the lawyers they plan to present 70 photos allegedly showing Neil molesting a nine-year-old boy in Thailand several years ago," Chao told CTV's Canada AM.</div> <bR> <div> "They're also expecting to put this boy, who is now 14, on the stand to testify."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca2da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Canadian pedophile suspect Christopher Paul Neil, right, sits next to a Thai prison official at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP / Apichart Weerawong)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c273a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Christopher Paul Neil is seen in these images released by Interpol on Monday, Oct. 8, 2007. German specialists produced the identifiable images from the original pictures, where his face had been digitally blurred.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 528 WIDTH="707"><div> The alleged victim's brother was also supposed to testify, but has now apparently dropped out, Chao said. He noted that the prosecution's case now appears to hinge on the boy's testimony and photos which police say they seized from Neil when he was arrested.</div> <bR> <div> The boy contacted police after seeing Neil's face on television following his arrest. He maintains that Neil paid him $15 to $30 to perform oral sex in 2003, while he was living in Thailand.</div> <bR> <div> Neil has been charged in Bangkok Criminal Court with:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Taking a child under 15 without parental consent with intent to molest, punishable by up to 20 years in prison;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Illegal detention, punishable by up to three years;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sexual abuse of a child under 15, punishable by up to 10 years.</div> <bR> <div> "We've got the evidence and we have the victim," prosecutor Sontus Singhapus told AP. "He's guilty."</div> <bR> <div> Investigations are also underway in Vietnam, Thailand and here in Canada, Chao said.</div> <bR> <div> "So even if he is found guilty or not guilty in Thailand, there could be extradition requests put in by these other countries to have him face charges there."</div> <bR> <div> If convicted on the child molestation charges in Thailand, Neil could face up to 20 years in prison.</div> <bR> <div> Neil became the object of an international manhunt after police officers in Germany managed to digitally restore altered photos of a man having sex with children.</div> <bR> <div> The photos were reportedly taken in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.</div> <bR> <div> Neil was finally arrested in Thailand last October.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="09"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 369 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ottawa recovers from near-record snowfall</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Mar. 09  2008  15:18  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 9th, 2008</div> <div> <B>The Red Cross has set-up cots in the Ottawa airport for the hundreds of people stranded there today, after more than 50 centimetres of snow fell on the capital city during this weekend's massive storm.</B></div> <bR> <div> Meteorologist Paul Delannoy happened to be stuck at the airport, waiting for his wife's flight to arrive. He spoke to CTV Newsnet Sunday afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> "There's hardly anything moving at the Ottawa airport," he said. "There are people sleeping everywhere, piles of suitcases and lots of people waiting for in-coming passengers who aren't coming."</div> <bR> <div> Ottawa now has had 410.7 centimetres of snow this winter, the second highest total on record. In 1970-1971, Ottawa had 444 centimetres.</div> <bR> <div> In Quebec, more than 71,000 customers are without power, mostly in Quebec City. Sections of several main highways are also closed and Montreal's airport was reporting more than 10 dozen cancellations around noon.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca28a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Students from Ottawa wait out flight delays at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Sunday, March 9, 2008. (Peter McCabe/ THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca2ba06e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Flights were delayed across Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, leaving passengers stranded for hours on Sunday, March 9, 2008.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 183 WIDTH="540"><div> Virtually the entire St. Lawrence River corridor of Quebec remains under a winter storm warning today.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, two-metre snow drifts have been reported in parts of eastern Ontario and the Ontario Provincial Police have taken to using snowmobiles to get around in some areas.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Maritimes in the dark</B></div> <bR> <div> In an all too common scenario, many Maritimers turned to candles and oil lamps as the storm system rolled into Atlantic Canada late Saturday night.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca2aa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A snow plow clears a major artery in Mississauga, ON, Saturday, March 8, 2008. (Aaron Harris/ THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 486 WIDTH="707"><div> Several thousand people were without power overnight in Nova Scotia.</div> <bR> <div> Glennie Langille of Nova Scotia Power said that a lightning strike knocked out a transformer near Saulnierville, a small community on the southwestern shore. She told CTV.ca that power was restored there by 1:30 p.m. local time.</div> <bR> <div> The other area affected is in Cape Breton. Power there was expected to back sometime today.</div> <bR> <div> In New Brunswick, NB Power is listing about 350 customers without power, mostly in Moncton and Miramichi, on their website.</div> <bR> <div> Northwestern New Brunswick is being told to expect another five centimetres of snow driven by strong winds of up to 80 kilometres per hour, but all weather warnings have been lifted for Nova Scotia.</div> <bR> <div> As for P.E.I., several thousand customers were without power Sunday morning but that number was down to about 300 by 2:00 local time, Maritime Electric spokesperson Kim Griffin told CTV.ca. The customers without power are mostly on P.E.I.'s eastern end and should have power back this afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> She said that most of the outages were caused by freezing rain weighing down the power lines. Weather warnings have been lifted for the province.</div> <bR> <div> The storm is now heading to Newfoundland, where some combination of snow, rain or freezing rain is expected.</div> <div> Accumulations of 15 to 30 centimetres of snow are predicted for the Northern Peninsula.</div> <bR> <div> The Avalon Peninsula could be in for some freezing rain over the inland areas, and up to 40 to 50 millimetres of rainfall along the coastal fringes.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Central Canada digging out</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 596 WIDTH="707"><div> Back in Ontario, the storm left more than 45 centimetres of snow in the Ottawa, Barrie, Cornwall and Niagara Falls regions.</div> <bR> <div> More than 40 centimetres fell in Montreal and the Eastern Townships, where higher winds made matters worse.</div> <bR> <div> The storm led to a 20-car pile-up just east of Montreal that left 10 people injured. More than 600 accidents were reported in Toronto, including a tour bus that tipped over.</div> <bR> <div> Police had urged everyone to stay off the roads if possible. In downtown Toronto, many heeded the advice.</div> <bR> <div> "There's always one or two bad last snowfalls in March and this is debilitating. I have a truck that's only reason I know I can get around," one resident told CTV News.</div> <bR> <div> The storm's length -- one dumping happened Friday, the second round lasted almost all day Saturday -- was particularly challenging for snow removal crews, who have about 20 cm of new snow to remove. The work isn't expected to be fully completed until Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Air travel was seriously disrupted throughout the storm region. Pearson International Airport in Toronto, the country's largest and busiest air hub, saw more than 100 flights cancelled on Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> The weekend marked the start of March break in Ontario, so many people were hoping for a warm weather getaway.</div> <bR> <div> "I prayed so much last night, just to say, 'Dear God, let me please get out of Toronto and this weather!'" one woman said with a laugh.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto is coming close to a record for snowfall this winter. One person is hoping this winter does end with at least one more solid dumping.</div> <bR> <div> "I kind of hope we break the record. Why go all the way and not win the gold, so to speak?" he wryly said.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada is reporting Toronto needs another 17 centimetres to 'win' the all-time record. Toronto sits at 190 centimetres this winter, trailing the 207 of 1938-1939.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 ><NOBR><div> <B>Does daylight time save or use more energy?</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Mar. 08  2008  07:12  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 8th, 2008</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="58" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="165" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 463 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>A new study discounts conventional wisdom that daylight time, which begins at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, saves energy.</B></div> <bR> <div> Instead, setting the clock forward one hour ends up using more energy, not less, according to the findings of two University of California, Santa Barbara researchers.</div> <bR> <div> One of the main arguments behind the time shift has always been that more sunlight in the afternoon reduces the need for artificial lighting, which in turn saves energy.</div> <bR> <div> Indeed, this was one of the main reasons why U.S. Congress extended daylight time in the 2005 Energy Policy Act.</div> <bR> <div> But that argument has holes in it, the study's lead researcher Matthew Kotchen and doctoral student Laura Grant explained at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in February.</div> <bR> <div> "There is surprisingly little evidence that DST actually saves energy," the researchers say in the abstract to their draft paper. "Our main finding is that -- contrary to the policy's intent -- DST increases residential electricity demand."</div> <bR> <div> The two researchers had the unique opportunity to test how daylight time affects energy use when most of Indiana's counties yielded and introduced it in 2006. Until that point, many of these counties had avoided the time shift because of protesting farmers who resisted working their fields in the dark. Only 15 of the state's counties followed daylight time until that point.</div> <bR> <div> In their study, Kotchen and Grant compared 2006's energy-use figures in the 77 affected counties with energy use in the years before they introduced the measure.</div> <bR> <div> They found that there was some energy savings in the early spring. But that was offset by greater use of energy in late summer and fall -- at an extra cost of US$8.6 million in electricity bills.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="707"><div> "If you shift clocks, you actually do save on electricity used for lighting. But you increase demand for heating and cooling in the household," said Matthew Kotchen, environmental economist and professor at University of California-Santa Barbara.</div> <bR> <div> The reduced cost of lighting in the afternoons during daylight time is offset by higher demand for air conditioning on the hotter, light-filled afternoons in the summer and heating on mornings in daylight time's cooler months, the study showed.</div> <bR> <div> "So the heating and cooling effect appears to be stronger than the lighting effect," Kotchen told CTV.ca in a telephone interview from Santa Barbara.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Spring forward</B></div> <bR> <div> At 2 a.m. on Sunday, the clocks will spring ahead one hour for most Canadian provinces and territories under the new timeline for extended daylight time, the second year it has been implemented.</div> <bR> <div> The exception is Saskatchewan, which has not observed this time shift.</div> <bR> <div> Under the Time Act, Saskatchewan introduced a compromise solution providing uniform time throughout the province. This means Saskatchewan follows Central Standard Time and therefore shares the same time as Alberta during the summer months and the same time as Manitoba during the winter months.</div> <bR> <div> And in Newfoundland and Labrador, the time will change at one minute after midnight.</div> <bR> <div> There are also some pockets that ignore the twice-annual switch -- most of them near provincial boundaries such as Creston, B.C. and Big Trout Lake in northwestern Ontario.</div> <bR> <div> While the shift has traditionally began on the first week of April and ended on the last week of October, this year it comes earlier on the calendar from last year by two days.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 505 WIDTH="707"><div> It's also a month earlier than previous years and will last four weeks longs.</div> <bR> <div> Under the new schedule, daylight time begins on the second Sunday in March, three weeks earlier, and ends on the first Sunday in November, one week later.</div> <bR> <div> Canada has followed the daylight time schedule -- on and off -- since 1918.</div> <bR> <div> In the U.S., daylight time began as a temporary plan during the First World War and eventually became a fixture in most states. In 1974 and 1975, the United States extended daylight time after the energy crisis that came on after the 1973 oil embargo.</div> <bR> <div> In 1975, a report by the U.S. Department of Transportation concluded that the time shift cut electricity demand by 1 per cent in March and April.</div> <bR> <div> One year later, in a 1976 report to Congress examining that report the National Bureau of Standards found there were no significant energy savings.</div> <bR> <div> But the original report's findings continue to stick even to this day, with U.S. lawmakers citing the study.</div> <bR> <div> In 2005, legislation was drafted to extend daylight time nationwide in the U.S. and the shift came into effect last year.</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. move was widely backed in Canada, which is observing the extended schedule for the second year in a row, especially by business representatives who wanted most of the continent to observe the same time.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Energy use in Canada?</B></div> <bR> <div> Indeed, even if the evidence in Indiana stands, observers point out that the effect on other states -- and even in Canada -- might be different.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 547 WIDTH="707"><div> Whether the results from the study in Indiana can be generalized to other locations depends on several factors, Kotchen said.</div> <bR> <div> "When are the sunsets and sunrises? It also depends on where you are in the time one and also on weather," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Kotchen believes that climate and weather are more important than placement and time zone.</div> <bR> <div> "If you have similar weather to Indiana, the results are likely to apply very similarly," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "My guess is, Indiana might better represent Canada than it does the United States overall," he said.</div> <bR> <div> However, in Ontario, the Independent Electricity System Operator told The Canadian Press that Ontarians used 9,000 megawatt hours of electricity less than in previous years during the three extra weeks in March.</div> <bR> <div> "That is equivalent to the amount of electricity about 10,000 families would consume in one month,'' Terry Young, an IESO spokesman told CP.</div> <bR> <div> Young said that while the saved energy is not "a lot,'' it is still a saving and "it all adds up.''</div> <bR> <div> <B>More research needed</B></div> <bR> <div> Kotchen and Grant conclude that while there are some benefits, re-examination of DST is warranted.</div> <bR> <div> "Future research should also investigate whether the findings here generalize to other locations throughout the United States. While we find that the longstanding rationale for DST is questionable, and that if anything the policy seems to have the opposite of its intended effect, there are other arguments made in favor of DST," they write.</div> <bR> <div> These range from more opportunities for recreation, increased public health and safety, and economic growth.</div> <bR> <div> With Indiana's population at 6,313,520, a cost of $8.6 million works out to about $1.36 a head.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 414 WIDTH="707"><div> "They get an hour more sunlight after supper at the additional cost of an hour of sunlight before breakfast. It sounds like a good deal to me," said Robert Douglas, physicist with the Time Standards Group of the National Research Council.</div> <bR> <div> Whether the benefits outweigh the costs is up to the people, he told CTV.ca in a telephone interview from Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> "You are asking people: 'Suppose I gave you a magic wand to have an hour more of sunlight, and it cost you $1 to wave that wand, would you do it?' The people of Indiana have to answer that," Douglas said, adding that he's seen very little evidence of active protest even in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> There are social benefits, Kotchen concedes.</div> <bR> <div> "Outdoor recreation, improved health if people are engaging in more physical activities," he listed.</div> <bR> <div> However, if those are the reasons for implementing daylight time, he said, "we should be discussing it for those reasons and not for the 200-year-old rationale that doesn't seem to apply anymore."</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. Department of Energy's next report on energy use after the implementation of extended DST will be noteworthy, Douglas said.</div> <bR> <div> "It's certainly going to show that they didn't save much energy, and it might even show that it costs energy. So what happens now? That will be interesting to see," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from Mary Nersessian</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="07"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 465 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian link to Times Square blast being probed</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Mar. 07  2008  07:57  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 7th, 2008</div> <div> <B>NEW YORK -- A U.S.-Canada border stop is being investigated in connection with Thursday's bombing of a military recruiting centre in New York's Times Square.</B></div> <bR> <div> ABC News says high-level law enforcement sources say the border stop has yielded evidence that may be linked to the case, and individuals are being sought in connection with the case. Canadian authorities declined to comment on the matter to ABC.</div> <bR> <div> Sources say the border stop took place about a month ago, but U.S. and Canadian authorities are reviewing the incident because of circumstantial evidence noticed at the time and the behaviour of one of four individuals in the car that was stopped.</div> <bR> <div> Law enforcement sources say one young man fled the vehicle on foot.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. authorities are also trying to determine if there's a link between letters sent to Capitol Hill and the blast.</div> <bR> <div> A congressional aide says the letters contain a photo of the recruiting office before it was bombed and a claim that says "We Did It.'' The manila envelopes also contained a photo of a man standing in front of the recruiting station.</div> <bR> <div> The envelope also contained a packet of approximately 10 sheets of paper that seemed to be a political statement opposing the Iraq war and a booklet. A second aide says similar letters arrived in as many as 10 offices.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca1da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> U.S. Army soldiers walk on shards of broken glass as they leave a military recruiting station in New York's Times Square on Thursday, March 6, 2008. (AP / Mark Lennihan)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca1ea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This photo released by the New York Police Department from a private security camera shows an explosion at the Times Square military recruiting station on Thursday morning March 6, 2008 in New York. (AP / New York Police Dept.)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 54 ><NOBR><div> The letters are being investigated by Capitol Police, the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from The Canadian Press</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="06"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 337 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Suspect in theft of elderly Vancouver patient's rings</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Mar. 05  2008  23:00  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 6th, 2008</div> <div> <B>Vancouver police believe a suspect know as the "Ring Cleaner" may be responsible for stealing three priceless rings from a 91-year-old woman recovering from surgery.</B></div> <bR> <div> "We do have a prime suspect," Const. Tim Fanning told CTV British Columbia Wednesday. "But there's other people that may be involved and that's what the detective are doing right now -- sorting it all out and piecing the file together."</div> <bR> <div> He said the suspect has a history of targeting seniors in hospitals.</div> <bR> <div> On Saturday, the thief walked into Agnes Ulmer's room at the Vancouver General Hospital and offered to take her jewelry for a cleaning.</div> <bR> <div> Ulmer, still medicated after having her leg amputated because of a blood clot, agreed.</div> <bR> <div> The thief, who was caught on surveillance cameras, never came back.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca16a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Agnes Ulmer speaks from her room at the Vancouver General Hospital on Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2008.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca17a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This image taken from surveillance video shows the alleged thief at the Vancouver General Hospital.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 423 WIDTH="707"><div> On Tuesday, speaking through tears, Ulmer said one of the stolen rings was her "mother's, mother's ring."</div> <bR> <div> The man also stole the wedding band Ulmer has worn for nearly seven decades.</div> <bR> <div> "(He said) I'll have them done in about 10 minutes," she recounted to CTV British Columbia.</div> <bR> <div> The surveillance footage shows a white male, dressed in dark clothes and a baseball cap, leaving the ward carrying a bag.</div> <bR> <div> Ulmer's family is outraged at the VGH and the company contracted for security at the hospital.</div> <bR> <div> Paladin Security's Leo Knight told CTV British Columbia that his company is doing all it can to keep patients safe.</div> <bR> <div> "We'll be responsive to whatever the Health Authority wants us to do," said Knight. "You can secure any building and make it as tight as you want. The question is how much is it going to cost and how much are you going to spend in emotional issues with families and patients?"</div> <bR> <div> Knight said the suspect in this case is believed to have struck six different times at four different facilities since 2005.</div> <bR> <div> For Ulmer, catching the thief comes second to getting her jewelry back.</div> <bR> <div> "Just bring back my ring. You can have my leg, you've got it, but I want my rings, please."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV British Columbia's Stephen Smart</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="05"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 155 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Teachers put off by revamped 'Bully' video game</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Mar. 04  2008  21:45  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 5th, 2008</div> <div> <B>The latest version of a high-school based video game went on sale Tuesday as a coalition of groups called for retailers not to sell it.</B></div> <bR> <div> "Bully: Scholarship Edition" is the latest version of a game released in 2006. This new version is for Xbox 360 and Wii.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="ca10a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An image taken from the 'Bully' website.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 521 WIDTH="707"><div> In the game, a player is in control of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, a rebellious kid dumped at Bullworth Academy by his mother and new stepfather after being expelled from seven other schools.</div> <bR> <div> Through Jimmy, the player tries to navigate the treacherous shoals of high school life.</div> <bR> <div> "All the mayhem, pranks, nerds, jocks, crushes, clueless professors and despotic administration that made the original release great -- now with added education!" says the video's website.</div> <bR> <div> Rockstar Games of Vancouver, producers of notorious titles such as "Grand Theft Auto" and "Manhunt," also created "Bully."</div> <bR> <div> "We're concerned. It's the re-release of 'Bully' ... that glorifies, from our perspective, violence and bullying. And that the way to deal with when you're angry and upset is to bully other people," Emily Noble, president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation, told CTV.ca on Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> "Enough is enough. It's time teachers spoke out and up."</div> <bR> <div> The CTF has joined with counterparts in the U.S., Britain, South Korea and the Caribbean.</div> <bR> <div> The excerpts Rockstar released on the game's website don't look much more violent than a classic "Bugs Bunny" or "Simpsons" episode.</div> <bR> <div> There are knees to the groin, exploding firecrackers, itching powder, stink bombs and people slipping on marbles.</div> <bR> <div> At the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, "Bully" is rated for teens 13 and over: "Animated Blood, Crude Humor, Language, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence."</div> <bR> <div> University of British Columbia education professor Don Krug is surprised the game rating allows kids as young as 13 to buy it, but said he doesn't think a ban is the solution.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 501 WIDTH="707"><div> "If we end up banning it, it's probably not going to go away," he told CTV British Columbia. "It's probably going to become something kids are going to want even more and we put it into a format where we can't address it (openly)."</div> <bR> <div> Krug believes students are smart enough to differentiate between fantasy and reality.</div> <bR> <div> "Does this video heighten the sense more bullying will take place? I don't necessarily think that's the case," he said. "I think actually what could happen is... it could be used as a mechanism or... a teaching strategy to deal with various forms of media literacy around how bullying happens."</div> <bR> <div> One observer suspects the teachers' call for a boycott may actually play into the marketing of Rockstar.</div> <bR> <div> "I think what is happening specifically with 'Bully' is that parents and the teachers who are upset about this game are reacting more to the marketing strategy of the game itself ... than the actual content of the game," CTV technology columnist Kris Abel told CTV.ca.</div> <bR> <div> In the game, the player goes to school and takes classes -- and has to make choices between being a good student or a mischievous student, he said.</div> <bR> <div> If one were to market "Bully" that way, "I don't think it would sell very well," Abel said.</div> <bR> <div> "But if you're marketing to kids, and you specifically create a campaign that's going to incite a reaction from parents and teachers -- any time you upset authority figures, you're going to get good sales from kids."</div> <bR> <div> Abel thought "Bully" was an inaccurate title. "A more appropriate title might be 'School Life' or 'Surviving High School'," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The game seems to already be attracting plenty of attention among video gamers. One Ottawa video game retailer says he can't keep enough copies of "Bully" in stock.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 294 WIDTH="707"><div> "We are stuck with three copies on the shelf right now and they are probably going to be sold out by the end of the day," said Game Shack's Luigi Vaccaro. "Tomorrow we will get more and they will sell out tomorrow."</div> <bR> <div> In many teen-rated games, the weapons can involve chainsaws and guns. Bully's worst weapon is a slingshot, he said.</div> <bR> <div> But Noble said "Bully" gives the impression that the bullying of disabled students, overweight girls and teachers is okay.</div> <bR> <div> "Our members have said, 'look, enough is enough,'" she said.</div> <bR> <div> Noble said parents must educate themselves as to what's on their children's video games.</div> <bR> <div> "Whether it's satire or not, we need to help kids distinguish those fine lines," she said.</div> <bR> <div> A spokesperson for Take 2 Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar, wasn't available for comment.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from CTV's Scott Laurie and Dag Sherman</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="04"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 125 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Montrealer sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Mar. 04  2008  07:08  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 4th, 2008</div> <div> <B>MONTREAL -- Friends of a Canadian jailed in Saudi Arabia on murder charges lashed out at Saudi justice and demanded help from the Canadian government Monday upon learning that he was convicted and sentenced to a public beheading.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="ca08a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 596 WIDTH="707"><div> Mahmoud Al-Ken, a reporter for a Montreal Arabic radio station, says the family of Mohamed Kohail told him Monday that Kohail was found guilty of murder.</div> <bR> <div> He says Kohail is to be beheaded in public but has 80 days to appeal the ruling.</div> <bR> <div> Kohail "got nine court sessions, each court session lasted 10 minutes,'' Al-Ken said.</div> <bR> <div> A spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Department in Ottawa confirmed Monday night that Kohail had been convicted and faces the death penalty.</div> <bR> <div> "We are deeply disappointed at the verdict handed down by Saudi authorities,'' said Bernard Nguyen, a Foreign Affairs spokesman.</div> <bR> <div> Nguyen said Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier and Secretary of State Helena Guergis had been briefed on the situation and are following it closely.</div> <bR> <div> "We are in close contact with the family and continue to provide consular services,'' Nguyen said. "The family continues to explore other legal avenues including an appeal of this verdict.'' He would not elaborate further, citing the family's privacy.</div> <bR> <div> A close friend of the family called on the Canadian government to take further steps to help Kohail.</div> <bR> <div> "I want the government here to ask on what basis the Saudi government decided this was first-degree murder,'' Mayada Jabri told Info690, a Montreal radio station.</div> <bR> <div> "It was the influence of the other family which got a verdict that was not fair. I only want justice.''</div> <bR> <div> A family friend who spoke with Kohail's parents shortly after the verdict was handed down says they are livid at the Saudi justice system.</div> <bR> <div> "They don't believe by any means they got a fair trial,'' he told The Canadian Press.</div> <bR> <div> The friend, who lives in Montreal and asked that his name not be used, claimed the court ignored evidence that would have cleared Kohail.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 509 WIDTH="707"><div> He also said Kohail's lawyers were repeatedly denied access to the courtroom.</div> <bR> <div> Kohail was allegedly involved in a schoolyard brawl that left one person dead.</div> <bR> <div> He was arrested along with his brother, Sultan, last spring and imprisoned in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The younger brother's fate remains unclear.</div> <bR> <div> Dan McTeague, the Liberal critic for consular services, said he hopes the federal government acts swiftly to secure Kohail's release.</div> <bR> <div> Ottawa must also investigate allegations that confessions were obtained under duress, McTeague said.</div> <bR> <div> But he said the government is in an awkward position after a recent decision not to seek clemency in a death penalty case in the United States.</div> <bR> <div> "It has already precluded the standard request for clemency to only request clemency in those cases where it disagrees with the judicial or legal system of another country,'' he said.</div> <bR> <div> "They are starting off from a position that is potentially difficult, not to mention potentially insulting.''</div> <bR> <div> Those who knew Kohail are shocked that diplomatic efforts to lessen the charges failed.</div> <bR> <div> "We originally felt he would not face the death penalty,'' said Barry Gaiptman, a guidance counsellor at Kohail's former school in Montreal who has been circulating a petition calling for his release.</div> <bR> <div> Gaiptman believes Kohail received a rough shake from the Saudi justice system.</div> <bR> <div> "He's a young boy who is certainly not involved in anything more than schoolyard brawl,'' he said.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 420 WIDTH="707"><div> The family spent several years in Montreal before recently returning to Saudi Arabia.</div> <bR> <div> The two boys were involved in a fight that broke out after a girl's male cousin accused Sultan of insulting her.</div> <div> The brother demanded an apology, but Sultan refused.</div> <bR> <div> Sultan, then 16, said he called for help from Mohamed when he was confronted by several boys over the insult.</div> <bR> <div> According to the account of the Kohail brothers, Mohamed Kohail arrived at the school with a male friend to face about a dozen of the girl's male relatives and friends. Some were armed with clubs and knives.</div> <bR> <div> One of the attackers was punched, fell to the ground and died.</div> <bR> <div> He has been identified as Munzer Haraki, a cousin of the girl who was supposedly insulted.</div> <bR> <div> Ali Kohail, the brothers' father, has said the family had only temporarily relocated to Saudi Arabia to attend a relative's wedding -- an Arab tradition says three ceremonies must be held.</div> <bR> <div> They always intended to return to Canada, where they still own a home in Montreal.</div> <bR> <div> A Foreign Affairs official has said the department was offering assistance to the Canadians who spent several months in jail before Monday's verdict.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="03"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Mar. 02  2008  20:38  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 3rd, 2008</div> <div> <B>Legendary blues and jazz guitarist Jeff Healey has died, his publicist said Sunday. The Canadian musician had battled cancer his entire life.</B></div> <bR> <div> "It was something he fought with considerable bravery," his publicist, Richard Flohil, told Newsnet late Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> Healey, 41, had lost his eyesight to a rare form of the disease, Retinoblastoma, at the age of one.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c9b0a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jeff Healey, of the Canadian based Jeff Healey Band, performs in New York's Central Park on July 1, 2000. (AP / Stephen Chernin)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 505 WIDTH="707"><div> The musician had performed with such acclaimed guitar players as B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and George Harrison.</div> <bR> <div> His full name was Norman Jeffrey Healey and he passed away Sunday in the city of his birth, Toronto, at St. Joseph's Hospital.</div> <bR> <div> Healey first began playing guitar at the age of three and formed his first band while still a teenager, according to his website. He played with a very distinctive style, laying his guitar on his lap.</div> <bR> <div> "Visually, Jeff was an intriguing player to watch, because he played guitar -- by any conventional standard -- all wrong, with it flat across his lap," said Flohil. "But he was remarkable, a virtuoso player."</div> <bR> <div> One of his best-known songs, "Angel Eyes," came from the Grammy-nominated album See the Light.</div> <bR> <div> His blues band, simply called the Jeff Healey Band, has sold more than 1 million albums in the United States. But along with rock and blues music, Healey was also an accomplished jazz musician.</div> <bR> <div> In his final years he had hosted a jazz program on Jazz-FM in Toronto, playing rare tracks from his vast collection of more than 30,000 78-rpm records.</div> <bR> <div> He had also been touring with a group called the Jazz Wizards, playing American jazz from the 1920s, 1930s and early 1940s.</div> <bR> <div> They had been planning to perform a series of shows in Britain, German and Holland in April.</div> <bR> <div> Healey leaves behind his wife, Cristie, 13-year-old daughter Rachel and three-year-old son Derek.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="02"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Conrad Black down to a final day as free man</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Mar. 02  2008  11:56  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 2nd, 2008</div> <div> <B>Disgraced businessman and former Canadian Conrad Black has about one day of freedom left before he begins serving a 6½-year fraud sentence.</B></div> <bR> <div> He must report to as-yet-unspecified Florida prison by 2 p.m. ET on Monday to begin his sentence, although he could show up earlier.</div> <bR> <div> When he does that, he will become identified as inmate 18330-424.</div> <bR> <div> It is believed that Black will serve his time in Florida, possible at the Coleman low-security prison near Orlando.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c9afa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Conrad Black stands with his wife Barbara Amiel-Black stand inside the U.S. federal building in Chicago after hearing his sentence on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 741 WIDTH="707"><div> Black owns a mansion in West Palm Beach, Florida -- something he acquired while still the head of Hollinger, once the world's third-largest newspaper empire. That home is about a one-hour drive from the Coleman facility.</div> <bR> <div> The 63-year-old was found guilty last summer on four of 13 charges stemming from his activities at Hollinger International, the arm of his empire that actually operated his vast stable of newspapers. The convictions were for fraud and obstruction of justice.</div> <bR> <div> The trial showed Black and three others had siphoned money from Hollinger International by unlawfully using "non-compete" agreements -- monies paid to avoid having someone start a competing publication after having sold a newspaper in a given market -- to line their own pockets.</div> <bR> <div> Although he tried to stay out of prison pending his appeal, Black was unsuccessful.</div> <bR> <div> Lawyer James Morton told CTV Newsnet on Sunday that Black wasn't able to stay out on bail because the appeal court decided that Black wouldn't be likely to succeed in his appeal of the obstruction charge.</div> <bR> <div> Two other men, Peter Atkinson and Jack Boultbee, were allowed to remain free on bail before their appeals are heard.</div> <bR> <div> "One, because their sentences are shorter ... but probably more important is their appeals are far more likely to succeed than Conrad Black's appeal," Morton said.</div> <bR> <div> The two former Hollinger International executives were convicted on fraud-related charges but not obstruction of justice. Boultbee was sentenced to 27 months and Atkinson to 24 months.</div> <bR> <div> The appeal process could take anywhere from four months to a year to play out, Morton said.</div> <bR> <div> David Radler, Black's former business partner, preceded Black to prison, having surrendered himself last Monday.</div> <bR> <div> Radler, who co-operated with prosecutors and testified against Black, was sentenced to 29 months.</div> <bR> <div> If the 65-year-old is successful in being transferred to Canada, Radler could be eligible to apply for day parole after serving as few as six months in prison. Radler normally resides in VAncouver.</div> <bR> <div> Black may have to serve 85 per cent of his sentence before being eligible for parole of any type.</div> <bR> <div> Because Black gave up his Canadian citizenship to serve in the British House of Lords, the British subject cannot apply to transfer to a Canadian prison.</div> <bR> <div> Boultbee and Atkinson are both Canadian citizens.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="01"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 164 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Mom, two kids among dead in Hamilton house fire</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Mar. 01  2008  18:24  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 1st, 2008</div> <div> <B>A woman and two of her children, both under the age of five, were killed in an early-morning house fire in Hamilton, west of Toronto, on Saturday.</B></div> <bR> <div> Another unidentified woman was killed, Sgt. Terri-Lynn Collings of the Hamilton Police Service told CTV.ca.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="c9aea0730.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A fire killed four people, including a mother and her two kids, early Saturday morning in Hamilton, Ont.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 432 WIDTH="707"><div> Three others were injured in the blaze and were taken to hospital. One of those hospitalized is an infant child of the dead mother. Neighbours said all the children were girls.</div> <bR> <div> Several witnesses said they heard children crying inside the house and a woman pleading for help, suggesting the mother ran back inside the house to try to save her kids.</div> <bR> <div> "There was a lady and she was screaming 'My babies are trapped inside, my babies are trapped inside,'" one man told CTV Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> About 20 firefighters were called to the single-dwelling home on Broadway Avenue, near McMaster University, at about 2:40 a.m. When they arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames.</div> <bR> <div> The identities of the victims, who were all found on the main floor, have not been released.</div> <bR> <div> Neighbours were distraught by the event.</div> <bR> <div> "The first thing I thought of was the children, and I started crying and I couldn't stop crying," Donna Tatti, who has lived across the street for 35 years, said through sobs. "They probably didn't have a chance."</div> <bR> <div> Police said two families were living in the house. A neighbour who asked to remain anonymous told The Canadian Press one family had been living there for about five years.</div> <bR> <div> She said she got out of bed when she heard screaming and came downstairs to discover the home completely ablaze.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 525 WIDTH="707"><div> "How do you explain when you wanna barf and there's nothing in your stomach,'' the woman said of her initial reaction. "You stand there and you say I can't do anything about this and it's going to get worse.''</div> <bR> <div> While police and fire officials offered few details about the relationship between the occupants, neighbours said a woman in her 20s and her three children lived there with the woman's boyfriend, Richard Griffin.</div> <bR> <div> Hospital officials confirmed Griffin is among the survivors of the blaze. He was taken to hospital, where he remains in the intensive care unit in stable condition. A female friend of the woman and a teenage male were also said to be living at the house.</div> <bR> <div> No cause has been determined yet. Jim Fisher, of the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office, said he suspects smoke detectors may not have been working.</div> <bR> <div> "Fire just doesn't go from a smoldering fire to a full raging fire,'' he said. "It takes time.''</div> <bR> <div> Police Staff Sgt. Steve Kovach said it is difficult for emergency services workers to deal with situations in which children lose their lives.</div> <bR> <div> "Any time there are children involved, and especially when there are fatalities involving children, it's particularly upsetting,'' he said.</div> <bR> <div> Homicide detectives were at the scene, which is routine when children die in fires.</div> <bR> <div> Just a week ago, a house fire in Toronto killed a 44-year-old father and his five-year-old daughter and four-year-old son. The man's wife and their two-year-old daughter managed to escape.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from toronto.ctv.ca & with a report from CTV Toronto's Chris Eby and files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Mar 08"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>